NTPC Ramagundam & NABARD Sign MoU For Integrated Farming

Integrated farming system is a sustainable agricultural system that incorporates livestock, crop production, fish, poultry, plantation crops and other mutually beneficial systems.

On February 4, the MoU was signed at NTPC-Ramagundam by NTPC Ramagundam head of HR, Bijoy Kumar Sikdar, and Chief General Manager, NABARD, Telangana Regional Office, Suseela Chintala.

Sunil Kumar, NTPC Executive Director (Ramagundam & Telangana), was present. Nabard pegs credit plan at Rs 1.85 lakh crore in Telangana.

The plan is to implement an integrated farming system based on technology to provide a solution for water conservation, manure management, food security, regular farmer income, and crop productivity in a cluster of six villages in the Peddapalli district, including Kanalla, Ranakpur, Bamla Nayak Tanda, Brahmanpally, Antergaon, and GD Nagar.

The project's total cost is Rs 54.29 lakh. While 51 percent will be borne by NTPC-Ramagundam HR-CSR, NABARD would bear the remaining 49 percent.

With an effort to convert more than 100 acres of barren land into fertile land, the IFS will benefit more than 20 small and marginal farmers from the SC-ST community. The Society for Health, Agriculture, and Rural People (SHARP) will serve as the IFS's implementing agency.

NTPC Ramagundam, a subsidiary of National Thermal Power Corporation, is a 2,600 megawatt power station located in Ramagundam, Telangana, India. It is currently South India's largest power station.