Makhana growers can get up to ₹71,600 in assistance to adopt modern methods; applications are via the Bihar Krishi App.
Launched under the National Makhana Board, the scheme offers subsidies across the supply chain — cultivation, processing, sales centres and exports — to turn makhana into an organised industry.
Bihar produces the large majority of India's makhana, mostly in the Mithila region, and the scheme is expected to raise rural incomes and create jobs.
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Five model villages per district will train farmers from nine neighbouring villages each in crops and methods that cope with floods, drought and heat.
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