Chief Minister Raman Singh will attend the ceremony of Chhattisgarh State Farmer Welfare Council (CSFWC) office-bearers who will be taking charge of their posts in the Council to be held on Monday (August 29) at Agriculture College premises here around 11 am.
At the farmers' convention to be held on the occasion, the Chief Minister will also award the farmers and agricultural officers under the Extension Reforms Scheme.
This programme to be organised by the Chhattisgarh Government and the Agriculture and Biotechnology Department which will be presided over by Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Welfare Minister Kedar Kashyap, Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, Cooperatives Minister Dayaldas Baghel, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, Parliamentary Secretary Tokhan Singh, Chhattisgarh Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation Chairman Shyam Bais, Chhattisgarh State Gau-Seva Commission Chairman Visheshar Patel, Agriculture Production Commissioner Ajay Singh, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr SK Patil, and Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu University Durg Vice Chancellor Dr UK Mishra will attend the programme as special guests.
In the taking-over ceremony, Vice-Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Farmer Welfare Council Dr Vishal Chandrakar and members namely Ajeet Chandravanshi (Kawardha), Ramkrishna Dheewar (Raipur), Visheshar Sahu (Rajnandgaon), Bheemsen Dubey (Raigarh), Khemraj Chandrakar (Raipur), Omprakash Sai (Jashpur), Vipul Sharma (Bilaspur), Mitul Kothari (Raipur) and Kamal Kishore Kashyap (Bastar) will take charge of their new responsibilities.