Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 25: Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura said that the Government would launch a Crop Insurance Scheme for the benefit of the farmers in the State.
Replying to the supplementaries to the main question by Mubarak Gul in Legislative Assembly here today, the Minister said the survey report of damaged crops due to rains and recent floods in the State have been formulated by the department. He said once the funds in this regard are received, relief would be provided to the affected farmers.
The Minister said that development of agriculture in the State is priority of the Government. He said all requisite measures would be taken to promote agriculture sector in the State, as it is the backbone of State’s economy.
Mr. Lone said that several State and Central schemes are in vogue to provide high yield seeds, quality fertilizer besides farming tools / machinery as well as to generate awareness about latest techniques of agriculture cultivation to the farmers of the State.
The Agriculture Minister said that incentives on various inputs like seeds, agriculture implements/tools, irrigation infrastructure and other agriculture machinery are being provided to the farmers to boost the agriculture produce.
The Minister said that Agriculture Department has carried out various training/awareness programmes among the farmers of the constituency to keep them abreast with modern farming technology. He said exposure visits of farmers outside the State have also been conducted to acquaint them with modern technology being adopted in different parts of the country.
Legislators, Ch Sham Lal, Gagan Bhagat, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabar, Abdul Majid Bhat, Altaf Ahmed Wani and M. Y. Tarigami raised supplementaries to the main question.
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