The Kerala government proposed to give pension to all farmers. Agricultural minister V S. Sunil Kumar presented the Kerala farmers welfare fund bill in the assembly on wednesday. In this scheme including all farmers with a minimum 5 cents to maximum 15 acres of own or leased land.
Eligibility
- All farmers can become members.
- Each farmer has to make at least a contribution of Rs.100-Rs250 for 5 years, they get pension on 60 years old.
- The farmers should be more clarity once the law is formulated.
- The pension is calculated based on contribution and the number of years.
- Farmers with less than 7.5 acres of rubber, coffee,tea, cardamom included.
- In this case they should not have annual income for more than 5 lakh.
- All type of farmers include gardening, farmers (Honey Bee,fish, duck, goat, silk worm, rabbit, pig)
- The farmers must have been agricultural field for 3 years.
- The farmers should also about the age of 18 years.
- They should not a part of other welfare funds.
- In this pension of Rs 3000 will be provided to small and marginal farmers in the age of 18 to 40 years, attaining the age of 60 years