Commissioner land Records Dr Bl Tiwari has issued instruction for bringing improvement in crop statistics and for collection of figures related to farming in State during the year 2013-14.
Every year, Chhattisgarh Government, in association with the Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Central Government and National Sample Survey Organisation, conducts the collection of figures related to farming and crop production. This instruction has been issued to the field staff of land Records office for the regular and proper tally of figures. In a letter written to collectors of all the districts, commissioner Tiwari instructed them to extend cooperation of field officers of the revenue department to the officers send by the Central and State Governments for inspection.
In the letter the commissioner instructed to complete the collection of information related to Kharif crops in the 20 per cent villagers selected for time bound reporting compulsorily by September 30. The information related to Rabi crops should be collected by January 15, 2014, he added. The officers of Revenue department have been instructed that they should not hand over any other work to Patwaris and revenue inspectors during harvesting and collection of figures related to agriculture work. The commissioner instructed the officers to be careful during the harvesting time and asked them to ensure right usage of all practical materials like tape, balance etc. After collecting figures related to crop, the patwari concerned should give information about reported area compulsorily to higher officials.