The State Government is committed to double the income of the farmers of Uttarakhand and for it, many facilities and required technological help is being provided to them said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat while inaugurating the 102 Kisan Meal at GB Pant university of Agriculture and Technology at Pantnagar on Friday.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that the scientists should work for providing modern scientific techniques to the farmers. He emphasised the need to provide new technology for the plantation of aromatic plants in the State as global demands for them has increased.
Rawat said that in the endeavour to stop migration emphasis on providing education, health and employment are needed. He informed that the farmers are provided loan of up to Rs 1 lakh on an interest of 2 per cent in the State.
Rawat said that the old glory of Uttarakhand Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation (USTDC) would be resorted with suggestions of intellectuals and scientists.
The CM felicitated nine farmers for adopting modern technologies on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the GB Pant University AK Mishra said that the university is focussing on lowering the cost of farming and increasing the productivity of the farmers.
He informed that thousands of farmers from the State, neighboring States and Nepal participate in the Kisan Melas which are organised twice a year.
The VC suggested that the agriculture produce which cannot be stored for a long period of time should be processed into value added products. He said that agri based industries like mushroom cultivation, bee farming, poultry, animal husbandry and fish rearing should be adopted to increase income by the farmers.
The local MlA Rajesh Shukla, Rajkumar Thukaral, district magistrate Neeraj Kairwal, Senior Superintendent of Police Sadanand Date and senor officers and scientists of university were present on the occasion.