Das urges farmers to help in making J'khand cashless by Mar 31

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today called upon the farmers to assist to make the state cashless by March 31 through 'JAM' (Jan Dhan/Aadhar/Mobile).
Stating that 29 blocks would become cashless by December 30, Das asked farmers to take the support of JAM to assist in making the state cashless, an official release said.
Addressing the 'Krishak Samvad' under the 'Cashless Jharkhand Campaign' here, Das asked farmers to discharge their responsibilities and assist the government in making the state cashless.
He said everyone should work in this regard to make Jharkhand the first cashless state in the country.
Das said the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes have broken the backbone of corruption, terrorism and extremism and people have taken a sigh of relief.

This is patriotrism, he said and saluted the people for their support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.

Asking the farmers to ecounrage Jandhan, Rupay cards and mobile banking, Das said cashless society would make the country strong and it would save 30 per cent of the money, which would be used for welfare of the poor.
Stating that the state was already moving towards cashless, he asked farmers to make it a success and this challenge has been taken as an opportunity by the people and in this way we could make Jharkhand cashless.
Das said the government's priority was to make farmers prosperous as their prosperity was connected with the state's prosperity and the state would make special provisions in the 2017/18 budget to increase their purchasing power.

There would be hundred per cent employment for the people residing below poverty line, he said.
Das said the government would provide Rs four lakh to women below poverty line for establishing poultry and become self-sustenance and added, the eggs would be supplied to the nearby schools.
Saying there would not be any tender to purchase eggs, Das said the life-line of rural economy was animal husbandry.
Asking the farmers to encourage milk production, Das said the government would fully support it.
In pisciculture, the state has moved forward, he said and exhorted people to move forward in every sector.

The Chief Minister also appealed to farmers in helping to make their villages open defecation free and asked them to construct toilets at their houses and use them.
Das made them pledge to construct toilets in their houses in the next three months and praised a girl student of standard VI from Jamshedpur for donating Rs 24,000, which she had saved in her piggy bank, to the nearby village to construct two toilets.