Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious scheme ‘pre drop more crop’ would be very beneficial to enhance the agricultural production.
‘Micro irrigation system’ is very useful to save water, insecticides and fertiliser. Thus, this would reduce the utilisation of manpower, said Horticulture and Food Processing Minister Surya Prakash Meena.
While addressing a seminar organised at the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Meena, praised the works being executed by the CIPET and its role in initiating the ‘Micro irrigation system’.
CIPET is technically helping other Departments in plastic processing, tooling and plastic testing.
Plastic is very useful for ‘Micro irrigation system’ and to boost this system, the Government is increasing its budget annually.
Meena congratulated the Department and the CIPET institution for organising the seminar.
The fact also came to fore in the seminar that the materials used in micro irrigation system are tested for quality at the CIPET.
The officials of CIPIET along with the officials of Horticulture Department going to the fields collect samples of the materials. This is helping the farmers in using quality products in their fields.
Meena stated that this system of collecting samples from the fields is being lauded in other States.
Ashok Barnwal, Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing departments, Additional Chief Secretary PC Meena and other officials remained present on the
occasion.