Udhampur: A day long Kissan Kalyan Karyashalla was organized by the Department of Agriculture under “Gram Swaraj Abhiyan” on the theme Doubling farmers income (DFI) by 2022 was held here Wednesday.
Member Legislative Assembly, Pawan Kumar Gupta, was the chief guest while District Development Commissioner Ravinder Kumar was the guest of honour on the occasion.
While interacting with the progressive farmers, the MLA asked them to focus on increasing their income through adoption of new technologies in the field of agriculture. He said that all-round development of agriculture sector is needed to enhance farmers’ income which is the ultimate aim of the government. He said the main aim of organizing this Karyashalla is to create awareness among the farmers community about the schemes of the government for their development. He further said the seven-point’ strategy pursued by the Government of India includes an emphasis on irrigation along with end to end solution on creation of resources for ‘more crop per drop’, provision of quality seeds and nutrients.
While interacting with the farmers, DDC exhorted upon the farmers to utilize their resources in an effective way to get maximum benefits.
Later, DDC distributed felicitation certificates among the best and progressive farmers.
Among others, Sub Divisional Magistrate Dudu, Abdul Sattar, Chief Planning Officer, Ashok Khajuria, Chief Agriculture Officer, Sunil Kumar, Chief Horticulture Officer, Brij Vallabh Gupta, AD Planning, Darshan Kumar, and other District Officers of concerned departments besides large number of farmers were present on the occasion.
