The State of Jharkhand has bagged the ‘Krishi Karman’ award for producing best quality rice in the year 2016-17. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh apprised CM Raghubar Das of the decision through a letter on Thursday that the State has been selected for the award. Singh also congratulated the Agriculture Minister of State and officials of the department in his letter.
According to the letter sent by the Union Minister the award will carry Rs 2 crore, a trophy and a commendation letter, which will be handed over to the State representative in the Agriculture Fair scheduled to be organised in Delhi in the month of February-March, 2019.
Meanwhile, CM Raghubar Das congratulated the farmers and officials of agriculture department for the achievement. In his message, Das said that it is because of the efforts of farmers and officials the State has been selected for the award.
The CM said that it is a remarkable achievement that the State of Jharkhand is being recognised for agriculture.
“On the directions of PM Narendra Modi and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh Jharkhand is working fast on doubling income of farmers.
This is a result of the department putting in efforts to provide advanced techniques and services of agriculture to the farmers of the State. Farmers trained in Israel will help a lot to make their knowledge reach each village in the State and double income of farmers,” said the CM.
The State BJP unit also hailed the achievement and said that the Raghubar Das led government has given special focus on agriculture sector in the State. State BJP Spokesperson Pratul Sahdeo said that the government has special focus on using new techniques to increase yields. He said that the
government is thinking in the interest of farmers and sending them Israel to learn new techniques. He congratulated the government for bagging the award and hoped that in coming years Jharkhand will become a model State in the field of agriculture.