Chhattisgarh Government’s Agriculture Department has invited applications for Dr. Khubchand Baghel, Krishak Ratna Award 2014. The award includes cash prize of Rs2 lakh and a certificate, a Government statement informed on Saturday.
last date of application submission is July 31. Applications are available at Agriculture Department’s Deputy Director Offices for free of cost. Agriculture Department officials informed that duly filled applications are to be submitted at Deputy Director Agriculture Offices itself. No applications shall be entertained after the last date of submission.
Officials informed that farmers of Chhattisgarh, who are domicile of Chhattisgarh and have been engaged in agriculture activities since last 10 years, can apply for this award. It is also mandatory that agriculture is the source of at least 75 per cent of the applicant’s annual income. Defaulter farmers, indebted to cooperative banks or irrigation tax, are ineligible for this award. Officials further informed that Dr Khubchand Baghel Krishak Ratna Award is awarded every year to the farmers having excellent contribution in the field of agriculture. It includes those farmers, who deploy modern technology and who have high crop density.
Farmers, who deploy integrated agriculture system and adopt crop diversification, who adopt innovative methods for agricultural works, who have done significant work in the field of ground water conservation, who have utilized agricultural resources in best possible way and who have given contribution in agricultural marketing, can apply for this award.
District-level Scrutiny Committee and State-level Jury will nominate the farmers for this award.