BANDIPORA: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora, Zahoor Ahmad Mir Thursday convened a meeting to discuss modalities and review arrangements for organizing ‘Kissan Pakhwada’ starting from July 7.
The DDC during the meeting took a detailed stock of the preparations made by Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, departments and banks.
He directed the concerned officers to organize awareness programmes to sensitize farmers and growers about various welfare schemes being implemented by various departments to boost the agro industry.
Mir stressed on the cooperation among the allied agricultural sectors to deliver benefit oriented results among the farmer community.
The DDC said that the district has a good agricultural scope and urged the farmers to participate in the forthcoming Kissan Pakhwada to reap benefits of various centrally sponsored schemes besides others.
He also directed the bankers and officers of Agriculture and allied departments to ensure full coverage of farmers under KCC.