Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday said that the State Government has fulfilled its responsibility towards farmers by way of timely completion of special girdawari (crop damage assessment), immediate disbursement of compensation and smooth procurement of their crops. The Chief Minister while addressing the farmers here said that both the Centre and Haryana Government are working for the welfare of all sections, especially the farmers. Being agrarian State, entire Government machinery is standing firmly beside the farmers in their time of trouble, he added.
While referring to the shrinking land holding,. Manhoar lal said that some new systems would have to be evolved for serving the interests of small and marginal farmers whether engaged in cooperative farming or other agro related fields. The Government is formulating a scheme to support and facilitate the small and marginal farmers. He also suggested the farmers to adopt crop diversification from conventional farming like wheat and paddy to cultivation of flowers, vegetables, fruits and medicinal plants etc.
The Chief Minister said that Government had decided prompt disposal of all pending mutation cases every month by way of making the mutation system computerised. He said that consolidation was also pending in the villages due to the unrealistic decisions of previous Government. The Government had also decided for speedy disposal of all pending consolidations by the end of current financial year. For this, we would impart training to 1,000 patwaris, he added.