ITANAGAR, Jan 9:  Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein called for submission of innovative schemes to achieve the target of doubling farmer’s income by 2022. He said this while conducting a pre-budget meeting with the secretaries and directors of agriculture and allied sectors for inclusion in the next budget.

He said that the objective of doubling farmer’s income by 2022 as envisaged by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi can only be achieved with farming related activities through agriculture and allied sectors.

Seeking submission of proposals with five years perspective planning so that the objective can be achieved by 2022, Mein emphasised officials to propose something new for the coming budget.

He said that in addition to supply of quality planting materials to the farmers, feasibilities of drip and sprinkler irrigations to the cash and plantation crops should be looked into and provided wherever feasible. He also asked them to make optimum use of farmer’s portal and e-marketing portal like eNAM for marketing of local products outside the state which would help to fetch better price for farmers.

He also asked the veterinary and fishery departments to increase their activities and propose schemes that can supplement the agriculture and horticulture income of the farmers which would also help in augmenting their income. Dairy and poultry farming would give double benefit to the farmer in terms of milk production as well as in achieving the objective of organic farming. DCM opined.

He asked the Fishery Department to go for large scale fish cultivation and also to make all the defunct fish farms functional again. Tourism on Fishery is another potential of the State where educated youths and established progressive fish farmers can be engaged, he asserted.

Secretary Horticulture, Mimum Tayeng, Secretary Agriculture, Y W Ringu and Advisor to Budget, P Aich also attended the meeting besides the Directors and Joint Directors of Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary and Fishery Departments. 

 

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