To enhance farmers’ income, the State Government has sanctioned 47 new projects in agriculture, food production and allied sectors to be implemented during the current year.
The projects were sanctioned at the sanctioning committee meeting of Rastriya Krushi Vikash Yojana ( RKVY) held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat here on Wednesday.
Different departments presented various technical, administrative and financial facets of the proposed projects. Padhi directed the departments to ensure that each product adds to farmers’ production and productivity.
Agriculture and Cooperation Principal Secretary Manoj Kumar Ahuja told reporters 47 projects would come at a total cost of Rs 150 crore during the current year.
The major projects include establishment of a crop insurance decision support system with technology application, a bio pesticide laboratory, seed testing laboratory, e-Paste surveillance and management of vegetable crop, biological control laboratory, mini soil testing laboratory, alternate seed system for rain fed crops.
Similarly, cold store centric potato incentivization programme, development of tanks and ponds for intensive aquaculture, a multiplication center and hatchery for producing genetically-improved tilapia, an operational blood bank for cattle, a modern wholesale markets at different places would come up, said Ahuja.
As many as 615 projects have been undertaken under the RKVY since 2007-08. Out of them, 379 projects have been completed and works for the rest 236 projects underway as per schedule. These schemes are funded by the Union and the State Governments on the 60: 40 ratio. For the year 2017-18, the Union and the State Governments have so far allocated Rs 205.19 crore and Rs 136.79 crore, respectively.