Aimed at making the water reach every farm in Haryana, the State Irrigation Department has decided to launch 14 Israel-type pilot projects this year.
Besides, processing of cow milk has started and it would soon be made available in the market with the name ‘A-2’, said Haryana Agriculture Minister, OP Dhankar, while speaking in Jhajjar on Sunday.
He said that the State Government has lined up plans to celebrate 2016 as the Golden Jubilee year of the formation of Haryana. To mark the 50th anniversary, the State Government would not only focus on irrigation, but also launch various welfare schemes.
Every department has been asked to prepare schemes to meet the future requirements of the people and also have its vision document for the year 2026, he said. On the issue of providing irrigation water to every field in the state, Dhankar said that presently the farmers made arrangements for irrigating their fields, but now it would be the responsibility of the State Government to ensure water to every field. Such schemes have changed the fate of agriculture in Israel, he added.
The Minister said that the Tarun (Garvit) scheme launched from Jhajjar had also come to implementation stage. Under this scheme, the youth would give new direction to rural development. Besides, various other schemes would also be launched in the Golden Jubilee Year and “Swaran Jayanti Fund” for rural development would be one of them.