SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Ajaz Andrabi today conducted an extensive tour of district Budgam to take stock of the preparedness for Kisan Pakhwada commencing from 7th July to 21st July 2020.
On the occasion, the Director instructed the concerned officers to ensure cent percent registration for Kisan Credit Card scheme in all the areas of the district especially Beerwah, Khag, Tosa Maidan, and Sitaharan.
Interacting with the officers, the Director impressed upon them to make Pakhwada a grand success by covering the entire farmers community including those engaged in Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy, Fisheries, and Sheep rearing etc under Kisan Credit Scheme.
He directed the concerned officers that in order to grow credit flow by 2.5 times this year all bottlenecks should be removed for farmers in obtaining loans against KCC.
Andrabi said that during the campaign massive awareness regarding farmer welfare schemes like PM-Kisan, PM-Mandhan, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), Minimum Support Price (MSP), promoting use of advanced seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, low cost production technologies, organic farming, and integrated farming will be provided to the participating farmers.
Director said the thrust area during the campaign will be promoting latest agricultural implements and machinery, storage techniques, processing and marketing of produce, besides formation of Farmers Produce Organizations (FPOs), Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs).
During the visit, the Director was accompanied by Joint Director Agriculture Extension Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal, Joint Director Inputs Amir ud Din Andrabi, District Agriculture Extension Officer Budgam and other concerned officers of the district.