Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that increasing farmers’ income is a priority of the State Government and several schemes have been implemented to achieve this objective.
Animal Husbandry can play a key role in increasing farmers’ income, said the Chief Minister while speaking at a prize distribution function of the Swarna Jayanti State level Cattle Fair-2017 organised in Jhajjar.
Manohar lal urged the farmers to take up animal husbandry, bee keeping, poultry farming, mushroom production, vegetable production and fruit production, to increase their income.
The annual milk production in Haryana is 89.75 lakh tonnes and the State ranks second in the country with milk availability of 835 grams per person, said the Chief Minister while giving credit for this achievement to the farmers.
Referring to the utility of Murrah and indigenous breeds of cows, he said that in view of more consumption of milk products in Delhi, development of milk production business in Haryana has strong potential.
At the concluding ceremony of the Swarna Jayanti State level Cattle Fair-2017, the Chief Minister awarded 157 stockmen, including seven award winners of different championships.
Prizes worthRs 9 crore were given away to stockmen in different award schemes during the current financial year.
Expressing concern over groundwater depletion, the Chief Minister said that groundwater had decreased considerably in 64 blocks of the State. Works are being executed to recharge water to maintain the optimum level, he added.
Referring to the pollution caused by the burning of crop stubble, he said efforts were being made to increase usage and consumption of crop stubble. Speaking on the occasion, the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, OP Dhankar said that the State Government is committed to enriching the agriculture sector. livestock worth about 1,000 crore was exhibited at the cattle fair, he added.
Earlier, the Chief Minister had laid the foundation stones of various development projects costing Rs 115.92 crore and inaugurated development projects worth Rs 1.21 crore in district Jhajjar.
He also laid foundation stones of RoBs on national highway 334-B (Jhajjar-Dadri road) and national highway 22 (Jhajjar-Kosli Road) on Rewari-Rohtak railway line to be set up at a cost of Rs 35.27 crore and Rs 25 crore, respectively. He also laid down stone of RuB on Delhi-Bathinda railway line in Bahadugarh to be set up at a cost of Rs 31.04 crore. Apart from this, the Chief Minister inaugurated covered shed in new Anaj Mandi, Bahadurgarh, established at a cost of Rs 1.21 crore.