14 July 2023, Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that 100 percent registration of farmers’ land will be done on the ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal. This registration will be done twice a year. The farmer who will register his 100 percent land on the portal by July 31 will be given Rs 100.
This was stated by Mr. Manohar Lal while presiding over a meeting held with office bearers of Haryana Kisan Sangh and officers of various departments in Chandigarh held late evening on Wednesday. During this, the office bearers gave many suggestions which were discussed and mostly agreed upon.
HAFED will prepare a plan to promote organic and natural farming
The Chief Minister said that HAFED will prepare a scheme as a pilot project to promote organic/natural farming. He said that soon ADOs will be recruited in the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, who will be posted at village secretariats by forming units on the basis of area.
A letter will be written to the Government of India for including insurance of the udders of milch animals in the PashuDhan Bima Scheme
Mr. Manohar Lal said that a letter will be written to the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, Government of India asking to include insurance of udders of milch animals in the Pashu Dhan Bima scheme. He said that proper arrangement of fertilisers will be made before sowing the crops and the availability of fertilisers will be ensured in the area of the state where it is required primarily.
Scheme to encourage farmers to adopt bamboo cultivation
The Chief Minister said that a scheme will be formulated and will be introduced as a pilot project to encourage farmers for bamboo cultivation in the state. Apart from this, topics like getting the drains cleaned, solving the problem of waterlogging, etc. were also discussed in detail during the meeting.
Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang, Managing Director, HAFED, Mr. J. Ganesan, Special Secretary, Home-I Department, Mr. Mahavir Kaushik, President, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Haryana and other office bearers also remained present on this occasion.
