JAMMU, NOVEMBER 15: Vice Chairman State
Advisory Board for Development of Kisans, Daljit Singh Chib, called on
Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Farmers Welfare & Panchayati
Raj Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at New Delhi and
discussed various issues of the farmers of Jammu and Kashmir.
He apprised the Union Minister that
Agriculture Sector in state needs attention on priority and
requested that there is a need to open more Krishi Vigyan Kendras in the
State for development of new agricultural practices and technologies
suitable for agroclimate of state besides it will also help in capacity
building, skill development, improving socio-economic condition of the farmers
.
Vice Chairman said that opening of
procurement Mandies was a historic decision of the Centre which has given
a new lease of life to the farmers of the country and which has helped to
check black marketing and interventions of middlemen. He requested the
Union Minister for providing sufficient funds to State Government for
establishment of such type of Permanent Procurement Mandies in the State.
The Union Minister
assured the Vice Chairman of every possible help to the state in
improving the condition of the farmers . He further assured that more
Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Research Centres shall be established in the State of
Jammu and Kashmir besides providing possible help for establishment of
Permanent Procurement Mandies.
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