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          SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 05: Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Manzoor Ahmad Lone chaired a high-level meeting of concerned officers to review the status of ongoing projects funded under NABARD here at agriculture complex Lalmandi.
          Secretary APD also reviewed the status of DPR’s formulated for raising institutional financing under NABARD funding. The meeting was informed that for the financial year 2018-19 under NABARD Rs 38 crore worth of projects have been submitted for approval for Agriculture Sector.
            Speaking on the occasion Manzoor Ahmad Lone said that ground level projects enable NABARD to touch almost every aspect of Rural economy. He asked the participants for preparation and submission of DPR’s and project completion reports with focus on developing composite, multidimensional and multipurpose infrastructural utilities.
           He said, "80 to 90% of State population is directly or indirectly connected to agriculture and horticulture sectors and there is huge potential to create more employment in the State given the potential of these sectors, therefore DPR’s should be prepared in such a manner that all the stake holders must be taken on board.” He asked the concerned officers to expedite the expenditure in the ongoing projects and submit utilization certificates (UC’s) and project completion reports (PCR’s) immediately. He asked the officers to assess the viability and economic sustainability of all the projects that are being submitted for funding under NABARD assistance.
            Lone asked the officers to take all the works in a mission mode and ensure their completion in a set time frame with all the quality standards uphold. He impressed upon the officers to explore the opportunities for promoting entrepreneurial culture among the farmers, rural youth and encourage them to start agri-based enterprises. He highlighted the importance of capacity development measures for farmers.
            Among others Director Planning APD A.K. Gandhotra, Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi, Director Agriculture Jammu H K Razdan, M D Agro’s Bhawani Rakhwal, Director Sericulture Kashmir Gulzar Shabanum, Director HPMC Shanawaz Bukhari, Director Planning and monitoring SKUAST(K), (J) attended the meeting.  
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Hello Jammu News at 7:24:00 PM 0

Calls for imparting technical skills to agriculturists, closely monitoring schemes
SRINAGAR, JULY 09: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai today stressed on identifying appropriate technological advances in the field of agriculture and helping the farmers to adopt the same so that it leads to overall progress of this vital sector.
He said this while chairing a review meeting of Agriculture Production Department (APD).
The meeting was attended by Commissioner/Secretary APD, M D Khan, Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Altaf Andrabi, Director Agriculture, Jammu, H K Razdan, Special Secretary APD, Leena Padha, Director Command Area Kashmir, Harun Malik, Director Command Area, Jammu, Jatinder Singh, Directors from SKUAST Jammu/Kashmir and other senior officers of the Department.
The Advisor emphasized on bridging the gap between farmers and officers of the Department and exhorted upon them to impart technical skills for improving their agricultural produce. “The role of our Agricultural Universities is of paramount importance in researching and practically implementing its results in the field. For this, the farmers have to be taken on board as they are the principal stakeholders,” he added. 
Calling for close monitoring of schemes, especially flagship Central programmes, Ganai said increasing the frequency of the interactions with the farming community will yield better results in the agricultural sector, which comprises of the backbone of the State's economy.
Describing entrepreneurship in farming sector as pivotal for its growth, the Advisor asked the officers to make strenuous efforts to motivate farmers to open bank accounts so that it becomes easier for them to avail benefits entailed under various schemes, aimed at promoting farming in the State.
He also directed them to frame and augment a comprehensive plan for increasing vegetable production in the State, especially targeting exports which generates good revenue and creates ample job opportunities.
The Advisor directed the Administrative Secretary to expedite all files pertaining to the CSSs so that future installments are sourced in time from the concerned Central Ministry, paving way for effective implementation of the flagship programmes in the State. He also directed the Agriculture Secretary to immediately move proposals with the Planning, Finance and General Administration Departments to fill up all vacant posts so that the Department functions at optimum capacity.
Asking the Department to operationalize Bio-metric attendance to scale up accountability, besides canceling all attachments in pursuance to the orders issued by the Government, the Advisor directed the concerned HoDs within the Department to submit those cases only which deserve re-consideration on extremely compassionate grounds, as per the circular by the General Administration Department.
He also directed Administrative Secretary to convene separate meetings of the Planning and Finance Wings of the Department to expedite revalidation, seeking UCs, submission of proposals and pursuing release of funds with the Central Government.
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