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Crop diversification schemes on 50,000 acres of land
Chandigarh, July 21 – A meeting of the State Level Approval Committee under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was held under the Chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal. Projects worth Rs. 159 crore were approved in the meeting.
Additional Chief Secretary, Disaster Management, Revenue & Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. PK Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra and senior officers of Agriculture Department participated in the meeting.
Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Sh. Devender Singh, Commissioner & Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Department, Sh. Pankaj Agarwal, Managing Director, Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, Sh. A. Sreenivas and many agricultural experts joined online.
Promote risk free farming
The Chief Secretary said that effective schemes are being implemented to reduce the risk of farmers of the state and to make agriculture a profitable economic activity through promotion of agri-business and entrepreneurship. Permission has been given for these schemes in the meeting of the State Level Approval Committee. The implementation of these schemes will help in developing technology in agriculture and will increase the income of the farmers.
Incentive for crop diversification – Rs. 38.50 crore approved
The Chief Secretary approved an incentive of Rs. 2,400 per acre to the farmers growing maize in the state and Rs. 3,600 per acre for pulse crops. This will give a boost to oilseeds and pulses crops in the state. Apart from this, Rs. 38.50 crore has been approved for crop diversification so that farmers can strengthen their economic condition by adopting crop diversification in addition to traditional farming. He said that schemes for crop diversification would be implemented on 50,000 acres of land to promote dencha, maize and pulses crops in 10 districts of the state for crop diversification. He said that crop rotation will also help in preventing serious exploitation of ground water and improve soil health. He said that water conservation works should also be increased so that the ground water level can be improved.
Target to get rid of waterlogging on 20,000 acres of land
The Chief Secretary said that a portal has been made to provide relief to the farmers of the state from the problem of water logging. Farmers can voluntarily get drainage done from their agricultural land by uploading their complaint on the portal. This year a target has been set to get rid of waterlogging on 20,000 acres of farmers of Jhajjar, Rohtak, Sonipat.
Created 25 lakh Soil Health Cards
He informed that soil testing is being done under the Soil Health Card scheme and farmers are being motivated to use fertilizers, seeds etc. according to the quality of the land. For this, 100 soil testing laboratories are being operated. So far 25 lakh samples have been taken through them and training is being given to farmers and farmer assistants. Along with this, demonstration plants are also being set up through self-help groups.
