Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
Avail crop and livestock
insurance
Set up easy to use online platforms for farmers to enroll in river
revitalization programs and avail insurance.
Enroll all farmers in the target area for mandatory crop and
livestock insurance.
Implement Microirrigation
Learn about and set up
FPOs
Tie up with banks for zero percent loan/subsidy to help
farmers access micro-irrigation technology like drip irrigation.
Collaborate with Ministry of Water Resources in specific areas
when this is rolled out.
SFAC, under the Department of Agriculture is mandated to help
identify and set up FPOs based on produce.
Local NGOs can be used to support FPOs in the initial years of
setting up.
Facilitate group certification of farmers who grow produce under
NPM or organic methods, based on the farmers’ choice.
Facilitate industrial tie-up for produce from FPOs.
Initiate grading and
pre-processing activities
Facilitate FPOs to set up infrastructure for preliminary value-addition
in terms of cleaning, grading and pre-processing.
Use NABARD funding to conduct administrative activities of
FPOs.
Set up cold storages and warehouses to store goods to reduce
wastage and get better prices.
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