Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Monday announced a new scheme-- ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Khet Sadak Marg’ Yojana --under which all small passage in villages of the State would be strengthened and made of ‘Khadanja’ in next five years in a phased manner.
Speaking at the concluding session of Top 100 Agriculture Meet of agriculture farmers, scientists and government officers organized by Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department here, he also announced that the registration of the cultivable land of the farmers, giving details of crop sown and area under cultivation would be done twice in a year to assist the farmer’s right from sowing of their crop upto the sale of their produce in the market.
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister O.P Dhankar, Chairperson, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) Krishna Gehlot were also present on this occasion.
Announcing the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Khet Sadak Marg’ Yojana, the Chief Minister said that the work under the scheme would be undertaken by Rural Development Department and under the first phase 25 kilometers passage of 3 and 4 karam in villages from each constituency would be taken up.
Manohar Lal said that it has also been decided that now the farmers in the State would get the registration of their cultivable land twice in year. He said that farmers could give details like name of crop sown and the area under cultivation at the Common Service Centres established at village level.
This decision, he said would help the farmers on various parameters include procurement, compensation, insurance and bank loan. While the registration of land would be got done by the farmers, the same would be checked by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and verified by the village Patvari. The registration of farmers’ land would be done in both cases whether cultivated or non-cultivated, he added.
The CM said that efforts are being made to double the income of farmers. Haryana being primarily an agrarian State, farmer’s income should also be increased as of other groups of society. A target has been fixed by the State Government to ensure that the farmers earn an income of atleast Rs one lakh per acre through crop diversification and use of scientific and modern technology.
For this, he also urged the progressive farmers and farmers’ leaders to come forward and work towards increasing the farmers’ income.
He also emphasized the need of preparing a mechanism for the financial management of farmers so that they could make efficient use of funds for enhancing their productivity.
While describing agriculture as a business, he said that system of direct marketing is being promoted so as to minimize the expenditure of farmers and enhance their income.
While underlining the need of encouraging the farmers to shift from traditional farming to the farming of vegetable, fruit, flower and medicinal plants, he said that the government is also giving special focus on the concept of peri-urban farming to tap the about four crore population of Delhi and nearby areas like Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida etc through supply of essential commodities like milk, fruits, flowers and eggs to increase the income of farmers of the State.
Earlier, speaking on this occasion, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister O.P Dhankar said suggestions given by all the stakeholders including farmers and scientists on various issues including doubling the farmers income and organic farming would definitely help the state government in taking concrete decisions in this direction.
Dhankar said that the present State Government has taken various unique initiatives like Agri Leadership Summit, Cattle Fairs, Kisan Ratan Awards which have never been taken earlier. Mr Dhankar also emphasized the need of doubling the income of farmers, reducing cost of production and use of bio-fertilizers.
