Chhattisgarh will once again receive 'Rashtriya Krishi Karman Award' from the Central Government on Monday in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Raman Singh, while congratulating the farmers of the State, said that along with policies and schemes of the State Government for promoting agriculture in Chhattisgarh, this significant achievement was the result of the hard work of lakhs of farmers of the State. Therefore, this time also, the State Government was dedicating the award to them.
In 2010-11, the State had received this award for producing 62 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Delhi on July 16, 2011. President Pranab Mukherjee will present the award to the State on February 10 at the Agroforestry World Congress to be held at New Delhi for producing highest 73 lakh metric tonnes paddy in the year 2012-13, according to an official press release issued here on Sunday. On the occasion, the President will decorate two farmers of the state — Sushila Gabhel of Janjgir-Champa district and Bholaram Sahu of Dhamtari district — for highest production of paddy, with Agriculture Minister-Krishi Karman Puraskar of the Union Agriculture Ministry.
Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal will participate the function as the representative of the chief minister and receive the award. Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner Ajay Singh, director agriculture PR Kridutt and former agriculture minister Chandrashekhar Sahu will also be present at the function.
In the greeting message issued in the name of the farmers of the State here on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that the State government in its budget 2014-15, has made a provision of Rs 8,459 crore for agriculture and various other sectors linked to it, out of which Rs 4,102 crore would be spent on agriculture and horticulture.