By Scoop News
Ganderbal/Srinagar, September 06 (Scoop News) - Underlining the importance of agriculture and allied activities in the economic development and job creation for youth in the State, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said that the vast potential of Jammu and Kashmir in this sector needs to be harnessed to the maximum to realize the self reliance in agriculture production and comprehensive economic growth.
Omar Abdullah said that agro-based small industries promise substantial and viable avenues for budding entrepreneurs of the State to venture upon and earn handsome livelihood not only for themselves but many more. He said government has introduced various schemes in this regard to encourage investment in this sector. He asked the youth to take best advantage of these schemes and create a healthy and growing MSME temperament in agriculture and allied sectors.
The Chief Minister asked the concerned departments to create awareness about the viability and profitability of investing in this sector in the State encouraging the local youth by providing them all technical, financial and other facilities envisaged in various programmes initiated by the government.
The Chief Minister said that in order to give considerable fillip to the horticulture and agriculture activities, his government has made this sector free from taxies adding that various schemes of providing concessions and subsidies to promote horticulture and agriculture are also being implemented in the State.
Omar Abdullah was reviewing the development of agriculture and horticulture sectors in Ganderbal Assembly Constituency at a meeting of officers here this afternoon.
Taking appraisal of various agriculture schemes under implementation in the Constituency, the Chief Minister was informed that over 4900 hectors of land has been brought under the cultivation of paddy in Ganderbal Constituency during current Kharief to achieve the production target of 23000 tonnes of rice. The cultivation of maize has been over an area 472 hectors and vegetables on 750 hectors while fodder has been cultivated over 2010 hectors.
The Chief Minister was told that as many as 367 quintals of quality paddy seeds, 360 quintals of potatoes, 170 quintals of fodder and 47 quintals of hybrid maize seed have been distributed amongst the farmers in the Constituency this year. An amount of over Rs. 1 crore has been provided to the farmers in the shape of incentives and subsidy on major agriculture activities in the Constituency this year.
It was stated that agriculture activities are being encouraged in the Constituency under various centrally and state sponsored schemes including technology mission, ISOPOM, RKVY, micromanagement, seed village programme, poly-green houses development programme, vermin culture, water harvesting, irrigation pumps and power tillers providing schemes.
Taking brief on horticulture activities the Chief Minister was told that the production of apple in the constituency during last year was over 51000 tonnes, production of pear over 3000 tonnes, cherry about 1800 tonnes, plum over 1000 tonnes, apricot over 480 tonnes, peach 430 tonnes, grapes 277 tonnes, quince apple 641 tonnes, strawberry 2 tonnes and pomegranate 36 tonnes. The production of walnut was about 5000 tonnes while the production of almond has been registered at 22 tonnes.
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