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| Navin Choudhary visits Reasi; reviews functioning of agriculture, allied departments | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
REASI, Jan 22: Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture Production and Farmer's Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today visited Reasi district to take stock of activities of the department of agriculture and allied sectors.
During the meeting, Animal Husbandry Department highlighted their progress achieved during 2020-21 under different schemes.
Joint Director Agriculture and Family Welfare, Jammu, K K Sharma gave a detailed account of activities being undertaken by the department of Agriculture in the district. He also gave an account of lemon grass cultivation which has proved to be a boon to deal with the monkey menace suffering by farmers of the district.
Principal Secretary emphasized the need of promoting spices cultivation in clusters in different blocks of the district besides helping farmers in online sale of their production through different state and national marketing agencies. He directed to increase the area under Lemon Grass cultivation besides stressing on integrated farming. He asked all department heads to meet on every Tuesday to discuss implementation of various programmes in agriculture sector. He also directed the officers to create Whatsapp groups involving the farmers so that communication level is strengthened.
Choudhary directed Animal Husbandry Director to setup Milk Chilling Plant with 50% subsidy and also setting of cattle feed unit at Katra.
District Development Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib, briefed about the activities being undertaken in the district including setting up of waste management system and other vital works of public benefit. |
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