Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that Agriculture Policy would soon be implemented in the State.
Presiding over a meeting to review action report on the recommendations of Haryana Kisan Ayog here, Hooda directed the concerned officers to provide Kisan Credit Cards to all farmers in the State at the earliest. It was also informed that about 13 lakh Kisan Credit Cards have so far been issued to farmers.
Hooda also directed the officers concerned to increase the production of green fodder (barseem) in the State as the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department spends 60 per cent of its expenditure on green fodder for animals.
The Chief Minister said that substantial reduction has been made in the rate of water charges on community ponds and individual’s ponds from existing Rs 300 per 2,500 cubic feet to Rs 40 per 2,500 cubic feet. This will considerably cut down the cost of production and make fish farming more lucrative proposition. It will give a big boost to fish farming and increase the profitability of fish farmers in the State.
Hooda said that recently livestock Mission has been set up in the State for which a provision of Rs 1 crore has been made. He Hooda directed the officials to get done the production of the promising wheat variety WH-1105 by farmers of the State so that this variety could be supplied all over the country.
It was also informed in the meeting that Haryana will soon have a Veterinary University and a Fisheries College. The Chief Minister also released the Working Group Report of Haryana Kisan Ayog on Development of Animal Husbandry in Haryana. Agriculture Minister, Paramvir Singh, Principal Secretaries to Chief Minister, SS Dhillon and Dr KK Khandelwal, among other officials were present in the meeting.