Government Assistance to farmers

• Purchase of Indigenous/Desi Cow:
  SPNF is totally based on domestic cow breeds and availability of high yielding domestic cow breed germplasm would be ensured by Animal Husbandry Department. Department of Animal Husbandry would submit separate work plan to ensure availability of domestic cows in selected Districts and other areas. The subsidy of 50% subject to maximum of Rs. 25000/- would be given to SPNF practising farmers as per the scheme of Animal Husbandry Department in collaboration with NABARD.
• Prakritik Kheti Sansadhan Bhandar:
  All farmers in the village may not have a local cow or unable to rear. To facilitate such farmers, it is approved in the guidelines that lump-sump assistance of Rs 50000/ per Bhandar would be provided for running of the Bhandar. It may include packaging material, cowshed lining, drums as per requirement or any other material required. This bhandar will cater to the requirement of needy farmers in the village on nominal cost.
• Lining of cowshed:
  Urine of indigenous cow is an important input in the SPNF concept. To facilitate collection of cow urine, it is proposed to provide 80% assistance subject to maximum of Rs 8000/ family.
• On-Farm input Generation:
  SPNF concept advocates use of on-farm inputs in the production system to minimise the dependence on external inputs. Basic inputs are to be prepared at farm level from cowdung and urine of indigenous cows. Thus to facilitate on-farm input generation, financial assistance @ 75% will be provided to the farmers for purchase of plastic drums/tanks . three drums/tanks per family would be the maximum limit. Financial assistance would be limited to Rs 750/drum/tank.