ARYA which stands for ‘Attracting Rural Youth in Agriculture’ is a new scheme being planned by the state government of Jharkhand to attract rural youth in agriculture. The scheme will be launched by the Chief Minister Raghubar Das soon.
Under the scheme, Agriculture Technology Management and Training (ATMA) will provide the training to the rural youth. From each village, two people will be selected and trained on how to make the proper use of barren and uncultivated land and inspired to grow pulses.
The Chief Minister sent an instruction to the departments to connect the youths with agriculture. CM wants the youth not to be a part of the rush in the cities and earn their livelihood in their villages itself.
via Target
The objective of the ARYA scheme will be to promote the green revolution in the state. The state government will attract rural youth in agriculture by making them skilled and make the state self-dependent in agriculture under the ARYA scheme.
Objectives
- Identification of barren land in their respective villages under the guidance of Agriculture- Science Center and promote farmers to grow pulse on them.
- Promoting farmers to grow something else after harvesting paddy.
- Inspiring farmers to use fertilisers as per Soil Health Card.
- Propagating the use of neem coated urea in their respective areas.
- Inspiring farmers for Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme.
- Promoting farmers for agriculture of Rabi crop.
- Appealing farmers not to graze their cattle in open in the season of Rabi.
- Promoting seed treatment.
- Growing advanced seed and promoting it among the farmers.
- Registering farmers on Farmer Portal.
- Providing farmers new technology by telephoning Kisan Call Center.
- Constituting farmer group in their respective areas.
Who Can Apply?
Rural youth who are residents of Jharkhand state are eligible for this scheme.
How To Apply
You can visit the website for further details
Conclusion
In India, there is a lot of concern about engaging youth in agriculture to increase its productivity and efficiency. Unfortunately, the young generation is not interested in continuing in agriculture because they do not see much prospect in the future of agriculture. Therefore it becomes a compulsion to attract them towards this field which will be fulfilled through this scheme.