Training Prog for Agriculture Census held at Shopian

Shopian : A training programme for field functionaries and supervisors/enumerators of Revenue Department for Agricultural Census was on Monday organized at Meeting Hall, Shopian.
Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Shopian, who is also Nodal Officer of the district for the census programme was present at the event. Besides, various Revenue Officers including Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars and Patwaries of district Shopian participated in the programme.
The training focused mainly on the collection of data on the number of agricultural operational holders, land use, digitization and kind of soil, besides tenancy status and irrigation facilities.
On the occasion Master trainers from the Office of Financial Commissioner Revenue, Srinagar explained the importance and methods of agriculture census through a detailed powerpoint presentation (PPT).
This agricultural census in phased manner is continuing through an Android App and web based system in Shopian district which is very significant for the planners and policy makers.