SRINAGAR, JULY 19: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today convened a meeting of Officers to take stock of the physical/ financial achievements under Holistic Agriculture Development Program (HADP), CAPEX and CSS.
During the meeting, different centrally sponsored schemes being implemented by the Agriculture department including RKVY, MIDH, ATMA, NFSM, PM KISAN, Soil Health Card Scheme, KCC scheme etc were discussed in detail. The implementation of projects under the HADP was also discussed threadbare.
Addressing the meeting, the Director highlighted the importance of expeditious and judicious expenditure of funds under different projects of HADP and CAPEX. He asked the officers that funds allocated under different components of centrally sponsored schemes must be expended in a time bound manner. He reiterated the importance of maintaining the highest level of transparency and accountability during all the expenditures.
He also asked the concerned officers to work in close coordination with district administration during the implementation of different initiatives at district level.
He directed the officers to reach out to the farmers of every area and make them aware about HADP, viz-a-viz latest farmer friendly technologies in the agriculture sector. He asked the officers to work in collaboration with the farmer communities for the successful implementation of different schemes at grassroots level.
