Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 22: Member Legislative Assembly (MLA), Marh Constituency, Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar today inaugurated Exhibition-cum-Kissan Mela here at Mini Stadium, Bhure Chak, Mandal.
The Mela was organized by Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture.
MLA Marh, who was also chief guest on the occasion, stressed upon the farming community to adapt modern farming techniques. He said farmers can avail benefits from recently launched Centrally Sponsored Schemes like Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojan (PMKSY), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Soil Health Cards, National Mission for Agriculture Extension and Technology (NMAET-ATMA).
He assured the farmers that State Government is well aware with various problems of farming community and looked into them for their early redressal.
He asked the Agriculture Department to organize similar kind of Exhibition-cum-Kissan Melas at Panchayat and village level to make aware the farmers with various state and central sponsored schemes so that they could get benefited from these schemes.
Earlier, MLA along with other dignitaries inspected the various stalls of Agriculture and its allied sectors like Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Sericulture, Fisheries, Agrostology, Seed Analytical Lab, Soil Testing Lab and Soil Survey Division.
While delivering the welcome address, Director Agriculture Jammu, A K Malhotra gave overall view and highlighted the role of agriculture for the welfare and upliftment of the farming community.
Among others, who addressed the farmers included Director Information and Broadcasting, Government of India R P Saroj.
Later, the MLA also gave away the prizes among the farmers who got their best performance in Agriculture productivity.
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