Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that to ensure availability of water in each and every agricultural field in the State, a new Micro Irrigation Scheme has been started. Under this scheme, four districts namely Bhiwani, Dadri, Mahendragarh and Fatehabad have been included in the first phase.  National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has also agreed to give subsidy under this scheme, he added.

The Chief Minister said that under this scheme, farmers who will make clusters of at least 25 acres of land or more will be provided water through Micro Irrigation System. For this, a portal will soon be launched and applications from interested farmers will be invited.

Presiding over the NABARD State Credit Seminar 2021-22, in Chandigarh with a theme ‘Collectivization of Agricultural Produce for Enhancing Farmers Income’,

Khattar said that due to COVID-19, country’s and state’s economy has suffered a huge setback and to overcome this crisis which has badly affected various sectors of the economy a relief package of Rs. 20 lakh crore was given by the Central Government under Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign for revival of various sectors. “Now we have to ensure that out of this Rs. 20 lakh crore package, projects worth at least Rs. 80, 000 crore will be planned so as to ensure that lives of the people of the state can be improved,” said the Chief Minister.

“While drafting the welfare schemes, we have to keep the upliftment of the poorest of the poor in mind. ’Antyodaya' will not be achieved till the benefit of these welfare schemes do not reach the grass root levels,” said Khattar.

The Chief Minister said that evaluation of progressive farmers will be done on the basis of 8-10 standards for which a portal will be developed. Through these progressive farmers, it will be ensured that one such farmer further encourages at least 10 farmers to become progressive farmers. Similarly, under Peri-urban agriculture farming, districts falling in NCR region will be encouraged to adopt the farming techniques as per the requirement of the area instead of traditional farming. He said that a list of every ancillary activity related to farming should be made and a separate plan should be made for it and work should be done according to 'One District One Product'. Further, the target should be set for one year rather than long term targets.

Interacting with the bank representatives, the Chief Minister said that there are no bank branches in about 400-500 villages. There is a need to provide banking facilities in such villages also. For this facility of one mobile van for five villages can be arranged.  He said that through information technology, several concrete steps have been taken in the direction of establishing Good Governance in Haryana. The work of digitization of revenue records of about 7,000 villages of the state, except for 42 villages has been completed and the link has also been provided ensuring transparency and leaving no scope for any fraud in the sale and purchase of land.

The Chief Minister said that for the purpose of identifying every inch of land in the State, an ambitious scheme called SVAMITVA has been started. He said a Pond Authority has been constituted for the rejuvenation of ponds in the State. Under this, 1700 ponds will be cleaned in the first phase so that the drain water coming out from villages does not overflow into the streets and it can be used for irrigation. Separate command areas will be defined for this. For the purpose of improving the water level, ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana' is also being implemented.

During the seminar, Chief General Manager of NABARD Rajiv Mahajan, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Jyoti Kumar Pandey and Convener, State Level Banker’s Committee (SLBC) Haryana, SK Panigrahi also shared their views.

HARYANA CM SAYS MERI FASAL MERA BYORA PORTAL TO BE LINKED TO PARIVAR PEHCHAN PATRA FROM JAN 11

Stating that Meri Fasal Mera Byora portal will also be linked to Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) from January 11, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that PPP will be the basis of change in the system in the State. The verified data on PPP will form the basis for delivering benefits of government services, he added.

Presiding over a review meeting of Additional Deputy Commissioners of the state regarding PPP held here, he said  the verified data on PPP will form the basis for delivering benefits of government services. So far 114 SARAL services have been linked to PPP and soon the benefit of 544 services will be given under PPP in the state, he added.

Khattar said that the work of eradicating corruption in government funded schemes will also be done through PPP. He said that Antyodaya is the first priority of our government. Therefore, the process for PPP must be completed with honesty and integrity.

The Chief Minister also directed to complete the verification of the claims made by 12 lakh families about having an annual income of less than Rs 50,000 by January 31. The Chief Minister also gave directions to set up local committees between January 11 and 13. A government official of Group B or C rank will be a part of these committees.

The committees will consist of an operator, a college student, a social worker (to be nominated by the Deputy Commissioner) and a volunteer. This committee will visit 250 to 300 homes and investigate. An officer will be appointed on the Deputation of Civil Resources and Information Department (CRID) for every 15 committees who will work under the leadership of Additional Deputy Commissioner.

Khattar said that Haryana is the only state in the country, where the PPP Scheme is being implemented for the development of every person. He said that the economic development of the people standing on the last rung of the society is our goal. The PPP will prove to be a milestone to achieve this goal.