Dir Agriculture Kashmir monitors physical & financial progress on the CAPEX under HADP

Srinagar : To review the physical and financial progress on the implementation of Capex budget (scheme wise/district wise), Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Tuesday chaired a meeting of officers of the department at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi Srinagar.
Addressing the meeting, Director Agriculture highlighted the importance of effective and timely utilization of funds for the welfare and wellbeing of the farming community of the region. He asked the officers to maintain accountability and transparency during all the levels of expenditures and submit the utilization certificate immediately on all the schemes.
While talking about the application to be processed by the farmers, all the officers were directed to make the farmers aware about the projects and help them to apply through dashboard for availing benefits under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) so that the deliverables for the year 2023-24 under the HADP shall be achieved.
Director Agriculture laid emphasis on lavender cultivation and directed officers for distribution of 15 lac stens of the lavender among the beneficiaries so that area expansion under the crop shall be achieved.
He impressed upon the officers to put in all the efforts for the successful implementation of farmers friendly schemes. He also asked them to evolve new concepts and innovations by adopting new cropping systems in the potential areas so that the productivity could be enhanced.