Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to explore various possibilities of works under MGNREGA, which can benefit the labourers as well as the farmers

Haryana Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala

Chandigarh, July 15– Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to explore various possibilities of works under MGNREGA, which can benefit the labourers as well as the farmers. He added that awareness should be generated so that farmers are motivated to plant cash crops other than traditional crops in the State. He also directed to study the techniques of ‘successful farmers’ of other states so that the farmers of the State could become more prosperous by adopting such techniques.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Rural Development and Panchayat Department, chaired a meeting of Departmental officers today and reviewed the work being done under MGNREGA. On this occasion Director General Rural Development Department, Sh. Vikas Yadav, Director General Development and Panchayats Department, Sh. R.C. Bidhan and other officers were present.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala informed after the meeting that the State Government is getting more and more work done under MGNREGA. During the year 2019-20 in the State, where works of worth Rs. 370 crore were initiated under MNREGA scheme whereas during the year 2020-21, an amount of Rs. 802 crore was spent which is more than double. He said that this time in order to get more work done under MGNREGA in rural areas, the officers have been directed to identify more work in departments including Agriculture, Horticulture, Forest, Irrigation Department, Public Health Engineering, Public Works, Women and Child Development and Youth and Sports Affairs. In order to achieve the plan, a target has been set to spend about Rs. 1200 crores.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said in the present circumstances, the agricultural holding with the farmers is decreasing. About 80 % of the farmers in the State have less than 5 acres of agricultural land. Most of the farmers’ have been sowing traditional crops, whereas the farmer can get more income from cash crops. He said that the aim of the State Government is to motivate these small farmers for crop diversification and make them move towards cash crops other than fruits and vegetables so that their income can be enhanced.

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