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| Saffron to be presented as a product on national level: Mir | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 20: Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today reviewed, at an officer meeting, the measures to be taken for increasing the saffron production in the State.
Minister of State for Agriculture, Javiad Ahmad Dar, VC, SKAUST, Srinagar, Anwar Aalam, VC, SKAUST, Jammu, Mishra, Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Mian Abdul Majeed, Director Agriculture Jammu besides officers of agriculture department were present on the occasion.
Under lining the need for increasing the saffron production in the State, Mir said that the product has vast marketing potential in and outside the country. He asked the officers to indentify the areas where saffron could be cultivated at a large scale.
Mir said that Saffron would be presented as a product in the Country, adding the matter would, shortly, be taken up with the Union Minister for Agriculture. The Minister asked the officers to come up with a proposal so that funds could be arranged from the Centre to increase saffron production in the State.
Terming the marketing an important factor for promotion of the product, the Minister said that the primary need is to check the sale of fake saffron in and outside the State. He said proper marketing can ensure increase of the price of the product.
Hassan said that, apart from input facilities, the farmers need viable irrigation facilities to take the mission forward successfully.
Javaid, while speaking on the occasion, said that need of the hour is to initiate concerted efforts for increasing saffron production in the State, adding that expansion is necessary for bring more areas under the cultivation of saffron. He said the more land we bring under saffron cultivation, the more production is possible. He said Government would encourage those farmers who will come forward to cultivate saffron. He asked the officers to launch a massive awareness drive among the farmers about the benefits of the product.
The Minister said that in view of insufficient production of saffron, our country has to import saffron to meet the requirement in the country, adding a huge amount of foreign exchange could be saved once the production is increased in the country to balance the demand and supply of product. He said the Saffron of our state is considered a qualitative product compare to other countries.
The meeting was informed that earlier saffron was cultivated in Kashmir Valley at Pampore and in Jammu at Kishtwar, which has now been spread to Budgam district in Kashmir Valley and at Kud in Jammu. It was given out that 256 nurseries have been established in the State for producing saffron seedlings.
The meeting was told that a proposal of Rs. 120 crore was earlier sent to Centre in 2005 for promotion of saffron cultivation in the State.
VCs, SKUAT, Srinagar and Jammu, Directors of Agriculture, Kashmir and Jammu also share their opinions and put forth several suggestions for consideration and implementation.EP with effect from the date in occupation of the same on rates as provided under EP Act and Rules made there under.
Later, Bhalla also attended a convention of Kashmiri Dogra Migrant Rajput Sabha (KDMRS) at PWD Guest House in Gandhi Nagar, here this evening.
The convention was organized by MLA Kulgam and State Secretary CPI (M) M Y Tarigami.
Relief Commissioner (M), Vinod Koul and other senior officers of Revenue and Relief Departments were also present. The representatives of the KDMRS highlighted their problems which include registering the community as migrants at Jammu, issuance of migrant certificates by the Relief authorities, retrieving the illegally encroached property and due share in recruitment in class-IV category under special package for migrants and police department.
The Minister gave patient hearing to them and assured these would be solved in a phased manner.
Dingra, and Shiv Charan Singh Sambyal.under construction additional accommodation for the hospital.
organizer Bahi Naishkan Sewa Society Harjeet Singh President Nirbha-o- Nirvai Organisation, Paramjeet Singh President AISSF Indra Bhalla W/o Raman Bhalla, Dayal Singh Wazir Amrik Singh Advocate, Gurbachan Singh Dutta also spoke on the occasion.thorough verifications through a responsible agency and allocation of fresh house numbers to avoid fictitious names in the electoral rolls.
The members demanded that the separate District Development Board for Jammu Urban be constituted under the chairmanship of Chief Minister so that the planned and balanced development of Jammu district could be done.
The officials and non-officials should also be associated as the members of the developmental board. It is resolved that the copy of the resolution should be sent to the concerned authorities for the immediate implementation of the above demand raised in the DCC (U) meeting. It is also further resolved that the deputation of DCC (U) will seek an appointment with the Deputy Chief Minister in order to present the charter of demands in person.demands of Sagoon village. He said that he has been working with full zeal and commitment to see that the basic facilities are made available to the people of his constituency. Expressing his gratitude for reposing faith in him for the second consecutive term, Jugal Kishore Sharma said that he is a common man like any one living in any part of Nagrota Constituency and is well aware of all the needs and problems of each and every village and town falling under his constituency. "I tried my level best to ensure equal development of all the areas of the constituency during my first tenure as MLA and shall continue to do so", he assured. Nnumber of local residents including Soni Ram, Gian Chand, Darshan Kumar, Gharu Ram, Sagar Singh, Kartar Singh, Bittu Sumbria, and Hans Raj were prominent among those who were present on the occasion.
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