Performance of Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare under Special Campaign 3.0

07 November 2023, New Delhi: During the Special Campaign 3.0, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare exceeded the targets fixed exclusively for cleanliness of sites, disposal of pending Public Grievances, review and weeding out of physical old files etc. During the Implementation phase ended on 31^st October, 2023 of this Special Campaign 3.0, more than 100% against the fixed targets were achieved, especially in disposal of Public Grievances, review and weeding out of physical files etc. During the Preparatory Phase (from 15^th September, 2023 to 30^th September, 2023) of Special Campaign 3.0, Divisions in DA&FW had set the targets of cleanliness sites, space management, disposal of scrap & redundant items, disposal of references from MPs, State Governments, Inter-Ministerial references, Parliament Assurances, PMO References, Public Grievances and its Appeals, and Record Management. Simultaneously all Subordinate/Attached Offices, PSU, Autonomous Bodies and Authorities had set the targets of cleanliness sites, planning for space management, disposal of scrap & redundant items, etc. 

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare had undertaken cleanliness activities in all subordinate/attached offices, autonomous bodies and all field units in all states (including north-eastern state) of India under its administrative control. The various activities covered are cleaning up exercises both within and outsides office premises, removal of scrap, disposal of all old and redundant files, cleaning of bushes in the outfields, planting of trees and plants within the office premises, cleaning of drains in Kozhikode  and cleaning of Ghats in Varanasi, etc.

The successful implementation of Special Campaign 3.0 has resulted in substantial reduction of pending matters, efficient management of space, overall improvement of working environment in this Department and its subordinate/attached offices. 

Achievements of Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare:

Name of the  offices	Sites Target	Sites Cleared	Area Cleared (Sqft)	Revenue(in Rs)	Scrap disposal (in Kg)	Tweets(In Numbers)
DA&FW	10	10	3500	867000	0	65
Directorate of Economics & Statistics	27	27	830	283000	0	0
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices	18	18	0	0	0	3
Directorate of Plant Protection	10	10	0	0	0	0
Directorate of Marketing & Inspection	151	149	5490	167740	840	0
Central Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Budni	40	40	1500	72500	1500	0
Northern Region Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Hissar	48	48	13466	553892	0	0
Southern Region Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Garladinne,	48	48	514	93500	1500	0
North Eastern Region Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Sonitpur	21	21	600	93163	2695	0
Directorate of Cotton Development,	18	18	300	8200	0	22
Directorate of Jute Development	16	16	120	2250	0	23
Directorate of Millets Development	08	08	0	0	0	23
Directorate of Sugarcane Development	40	40	150	744	0	34
Directorate of Rice Development	06	06	100	0	0	0
Directorate of Wheat Development	82	75	7200	46500	0	0
Directorate of Extension	21	21	0	0	0	0
Directorate of Oilseeds Development	181	256	360	55500	0	18
Directorate of Pulses Development	1	1	150	0	0	24
National Centre of Organic Farming	2	1	1400	0	60	19
Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development	33	33	0	0	0	3
Soil and Land Use Survey of India	4	4	200	0	0	16
Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development	4	4	75	5000	150	4
National Seeds Corporation	68	67	3897	0	0	20
Coconut Development Board, Kochi	78	78	6800	45056	4000	12
National Horticulture Board, Gurgaon	56	56	4500	11900	391	0
National Institute for Agricultural Extension Management	4	2	0	0	0	0
National Institute of  Plant Health Management	2	2	0	0	0	10
National Centre for Cold Chain Development	3	3	800	0	0	0
TOTAL	1000	1062	51952	2305945	11299	296

Achievement of the Department in different parameters of DARPG:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICLTURE & FARMERS WELFARE/	Pendency as on 1st October 2023	Disposed off
Reference from MPs	42	16
Parliament Assurance	14	04
State Government Reference	05	04
Public Grievances	3537	12818
Public Grievances Appeals	27	24
PMO References	02	00
Review of Physical Files	21041	36823
Weeding out of files	11600	16006

During the Special Campaign 3.0, the total revenue of Rs. 2305945/- generated, 51952 Sq. ft. space freed, over 11299 Kg Waste disposed, 12818 Public Grievances disposed, 36823 physical files reviewed, 16006 files weeded out and 238 files weeded out and 296 tweets on twitter and other social media platform of DA&FW was done.

Glimpses of the cleanliness drive being undertaken by field offices of Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare during the Special Campaign 3.0:

Some unique Agricultural Implements were lying in Scrap at Northern Region Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute, Hissar and were not in use and the repainting work of Unique Implements was started to exhibit at Main Gate of NRFMTTI, Hisar as a Beautification measure.

Director of this Institute decided to use these waste materials for beautification work. However, removing of old paint was a tedious job. The end result of the effort gives a charming look in TRI-COLOUR just at the main Entrance of the Institute Gate.

It is also evident that the best efforts have been put together to maximize the output which resulted excellent achievements against the targets flagged in various events. 

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