Over 51 lakh farmers receive Rs 1,041 crore

Bhubaneswar (27/08/2025): On the occasion of Nuakhai, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment held a state-level ceremony at the Agriculture Education Hall of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, to distribute the third installment of the CM‑Kisan scheme for Rabi 2025‑26.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi presented a total of Rs 1,04,129 crore via Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) to over 51 lakh small, marginal, nominal farmers, landless cultivators, tribal groups, and urban‐region farmers. The Chief Minister also inaugurated a ‘Krushak Bhavan’ and an ‘Guest House’ at the OUAT with an investment of about Rs 59 crore. He announced that the farmer registration period would be extended soon. The CM said, "The farmers received Rs 3,100 per quintal for paddy and a record 92.63 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured.

Now, more than 51 lakh small, marginal, nominal, and 39,239 landless farmer families have received Rs 1,041 crore (Rs 1,04,129 crore seems a typo—should be Rs 1,041 crore) under the third installment of CM‑Kisan through DBT." .