Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Saturday said the establishment of ‘Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran’ will play a very important role in doubling farmers income by integrating different schemes and policies.
Presiding over a meeting of ‘Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran’ constituted under Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department here, he said that the Pradhikaran has been set up with the purpose of undertaking a humanistic and holistic welfare based approach to address the difficulties faced by the farmers of the state and to provide relief to distressed farmers in varying and challenging situations.
Manohar Lal said facilities for branding and food processing should be made available to the farmers for adding values to their produce.
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, O.P. Dhankar said farmer’s welfare is one of the most important agenda of the Government. Emphasising that Pradhikaran will make farmer centric policies, he said efforts are being made to protect farmer market risks.
He said that the Pradhikaran will provide a platform for exchange of ideas across departments, farmers and experts.
Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Navraj Sandhu made a presentation about the basic functions, objective and latest station of Pradhikaran.
Others present in the meeting included Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Karan Dev Kamboj, MLA, Jasbir Deswal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rajesh Khullar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, V. Umashankar, amongst others.