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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
of Mango-guava and pomegranate model and from 6 th year itself in Mango+Amla
and Guava model as against only in the 8 th year in pure crop fruit model.The
details are shown in the table.(mpg-1, mpg-2, mag-1 and mag-2).
It is assumed that in line with current government practice all the establishment
costs will be funded by the government. The ongoing maintenance costs will be
funded by the farmer himself.
Break up of Costs
Establishment cost ( 1st year)
Sapling cost, planting materials for
fodder trees, ploughing, mulch crop,
pit making, seed preparation, drip installation,
labour cost
Maintenance costs per year : (2 nd
Year)
With Drip
Rs.1.5-2.0 lakhs
Weed management through power
tiller ,Jeevamirtham, Growth promoter,
Supplemental mulching Rs.18-2.0 lakhs (since banana is grown )
Maintenance costs per year: (After
3 years with increased labour costs)
Pruning, Jeevamirtham, Plant protection
spray, harvesting, additional
labour, weed management
Rs.70000-80,000
7.2 FARMER EARNINGS VIA THE MULTI FRUIT-CROP MODEL
In the base earning model for the farmer we have assumed that the horticulture
produce is of the normal inorganic kind, and not of the organic kind. Given that,
the resultant earnings ofthe farmer would become Rs.1.8 lakhs per annum by year
5, and about Rs.5.0 lakhs per annum by year 10. (See detailed calculations inmpg-2).
This earning is more than the current farmer income of Rs.0.09 lakhs per
annumwhen he grows pure mango crop in the first ten years period. In addition
there will be earnings from the sale of timber in the long run after 15 years - that
has not been accounted for in the earnings model. There will also be some regular
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