PATNA, Oct. 31 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday said the state government had disbursed Rs.270 crore as agriculture input subsidy to farmers against crop losses during the floods and also had started assessment of the crop damages caused by the recent flash floods in various districts so that adequate compensation to farmers could be given. The CM,while addressing the Pradhan Mantri Kisan utsav at Banaskantha in Gujarat through video conferencing from Patna, highlighted that Bihar government had already disbursed Rs.1,476 crore to 7.3 million households of farmers under the PM Kisan Samnan Nidhi scheme so far. PM Modi attended the event at Banaskantha to disburse the 24 instalments of the PM Kisan scheme to beneficiaries. In his address, CM Choudhary also outlined how the state government was taking major initiatives to increase the income of farmers with several new measures being taken for silt management to provide succour to farmers who were affected by silt deposition after floods in their fields. "Steps are being taken to remove the silt from the fields especially in districts close to Nepal as discharge of water from the upstream brings silt and it adversely affects the farmlands in these areas. All DMs have been asked to address the problems faced by farmers due to silt deposition in their fields," the CM said. He also talked of the efforts being made to promote organic farming, dairy and also creating market for the products being manufactured by Jeevika didis. " Jeevika didis have created a market of 1.36 lakh crore for their products and there is a target of enroling 5 million women as Pashu Sakhi. Already, 3.2 million women have got enrolled, which will boost the rural farm and dairy sector as well as economy," the CM said. The event was also addressed by principal secretary, agriculture, Narmdeshwar Lal and attended prominently by deputy CMs Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Speaker Prem Kumar , cooperative minister Ram Kripal Yadav , minor water resources minister Santosh Kumar Suman, industries minister Shreyasi Singh and others....