Additional Chief Secretary of Agriculture Department and Commissioner, Agriculture Production, Ajay Singh on Monday reviewed the status of preparations being made for National Agriculture Fair scheduled to be held from December 26 in the city.
Along with the officials from various departments and organisations linked with Agriculture Department, representatives from the departments including Panchayat and Rural Development, Cooperative, Village Industry, Transport and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) attended the meeting.
In the wider interest of the State’s farmers, Agriculture Fair of national-level is being organised in Chhattisgarh for the first time and around 30,000 farmers are likely to take part in the fair, Singh said.
“For successfully organising the mega event, participation of every department is essential. Along with stall of Agriculture Department, departments associated with it, which include animal husbandry, fisheries, horticulture, are going to set up their stalls in the fair,” he informed. He added that organisations doing commendable job in the agriculture sector would also be putting up their stalls. The training classes to be organised for farmers during the fair would be of special importance for them, Singh said.
Singh also instructed officials of Transport Department to make necessary arrangements for providing transportation facility to farmers from across the State.
He also directed officials from Panchayat and Rural Development Department and Cooperative Department to set up a stall for highlighting schemes linked with farmers.