Jammu: Director Agriculture Jammu, Inder Jeet today
inaugurated a day long Kisan Mela cum Awareness Camp as a part of “Kisan Pakhwada” at Higher
Secondary School, Akhnoor.
SDM Akhnoor, Gopal Singh, BDC
Chairman, Baldev Raj, local farmers and others attended the camp amid
observance of all necessary preventive protocols regarding COVID-19.
Director Agriculture impressed
upon the officers of Agriculture and allied departments to put all out efforts to make this programme a
grand success by achieving 100 per cent target of covering all the farmers
including those engaged in Dairy
Farming, Fisheries, Poultry and Horticulture. He called for mass awareness of
farmer welfare schemes with the aim of doubling the Farmers income. He also
urged the farmers to take full advantage of the kisan Mela to get registered
under Kisan Credit scheme (KCC) on the spot. “Farmers should also use the
occasion to acquire full knowledge about latest technological interventions in
the field of Agriculture and allied sector and also clear their doubts
regarding government schemes”, he added.
Later, Director inspected
various stalls put up by agriculture, horticulture, animal/sheep husbandry
departments and banks as well. These stalls exhibited latest farm machinery,
high quality seeds and seedlings, Mushroom, Apiculture and Pamphlets/printed
material relating departmental schemes and on the spot processing of KCC.
Director also handed over the
133 new Kisan Credit Cards to the concerned farmers.
Joint Director Agriculture
SLUB, Chief Agriculture Officer Jammu, Deputy Director Trainings, DAO
(Extension) Jammu, ADO (Vegetable) Jammu, SDAO Akhnoor and field functionaries
besides bankers including LDM SBI Jammu,
Head JK Bank, Regional Manager JK Grameen Bank, District Coordinator PNB were
also present in the camp.
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