Srinagar: In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today reviewed the progress made under CAPEX, PMDP, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and other components in Atmanirbhar Bharat in Agriculture and Horticulture sectors across Jammu and Kashmir.
Navin Choudhary discussed capital expenditure of horticulture and agriculture sectors under these schemes and laid stress on realization of targets.
Several innovative ways to be adopted for enhancing the productivity of crops in J&K besides developing other infrastructure to obtain progressive information related to these sectors were also discussed in the meeting.
The Principal Secretary directed the officers to prepare ATLAS at UT, provincial and district levels higlighting the potential of horticulture sector in J&K besides other achievements and advancements made by the sector. He asked them to implore the possibilities of hiring any consultancy firm like EY for preparing the ATLAS.
Navin Choudhary impressed upon the officers to devise farmer friendly schemes besides exploring the possibilities of giving subsidy to farmers on packaging materials. He asked for promotion of use of community borewells in Karewa areas so as to reduce the shortage of water due to rising temperatures.
The meeting also discussed the progress of establishment of centers of excellence one each for Jammu and Kashmir divisions.
The Principal Secretary was informed that the Centre has been established in Kashmir while as the process for setting up the centre at Jammu is going on.
He directed for formation of Empowered Committee on spot which will be headed by Vice Chancellor SKUAST, Jammu and the Committee will monitor the progress and activity of the centre at Jammu.
