Haryana Agri Minister orders special girdawari to assess crop damage due to rains
Chandigarh Sep 23 PTI Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal on Thursdayordered a special girdawari revenue survey for the assessment of crop damage caused by heavy rain in some parts of the state To compensate the farmers on time he said the officials have been directed to complete the process of girdawari at the earliest Notably moderate to heavy rains have lashed many parts of Haryana during the past few daysThe minister said the Haryana government has decided to cover farmers growing horticultural crops under the Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima schemeHe said the Haryana government has been making sterling efforts to take welfare decisions for farmersMoreover efforts have been made to connect the youth with the business of beekeeping mushroom milk processing fisheries etc he saidHe said 8-10 per cent of the area is under horticulture crops in the state and earlier there was no insurance scheme for these cropsTotal 21 vegetables fruits and spice crops will be covered under the scheme which was approved by the state cabinet on WednesdaySometimes farmers growing horticulture crops have to bear huge financial losses due to various factors This scheme will compensate the farmers suffering due to the crop damage caused by sudden outbreak of crop diseases insect-pests infestation unseasonal rainfall hailstorms drought and frost etc Meanwhile with an aim to promote bee keeping in the state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday launched the Haryana Bee Keeping Policy-2021 and Action Plan 2021-2030 Khattar directed the officers to aim at enhancing the production of honey by 10 times by 2030 He also directed officers to motivate the farmers to start bee keeping and get 5000 new farmers to take up the initiative for which the state will provide help Director General Horticulture Department Arjun Singh Saini said Haryana stands at 7th place in honey production in the country He said 4800 MT of honey is produced in Haryana The country produced about 1 lakh MT of honey in 2019-2020 PTI SUN ANU ANU
Chandigarh Sep 23 PTI Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal on Thursdayordered a special girdawari revenue survey for the assessment of crop damage caused by heavy rain in some parts of the state To compensate the farmers on time he said the officials have been directed to complete the process of girdawari at the earliest Notably moderate to heavy rains have lashed many parts of Haryana during the past few daysThe minister said the Haryana government has decided to cover farmers growing horticultural crops under the Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima schemeHe said the Haryana government has been making sterling efforts to take welfare decisions for farmersMoreover efforts have been made to connect the youth with the business of beekeeping mushroom milk processing fisheries etc he saidHe said 8-10 per cent of the area is under horticulture crops in the state and earlier there was no insurance scheme for these cropsTotal 21 vegetables fruits and spice crops will be covered under the scheme which was approved by the state cabinet on WednesdaySometimes farmers growing horticulture crops have to bear huge financial losses due to various factors This scheme will compensate the farmers suffering due to the crop damage caused by sudden outbreak of crop diseases insect-pests infestation unseasonal rainfall hailstorms drought and frost etc Meanwhile with an aim to promote bee keeping in the state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday launched the Haryana Bee Keeping Policy-2021 and Action Plan 2021-2030 Khattar directed the officers to aim at enhancing the production of honey by 10 times by 2030 He also directed officers to motivate the farmers to start bee keeping and get 5000 new farmers to take up the initiative for which the state will provide help Director General Horticulture Department Arjun Singh Saini said Haryana stands at 7th place in honey production in the country He said 4800 MT of honey is produced in Haryana The country produced about 1 lakh MT of honey in 2019-2020 PTI SUN ANU ANU
