Chandigarh – Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated that protecting in view the altering instances and shrinking agricultural land, the Agriculture Division ought to encourage farmers to undertake trendy applied sciences resembling vertical farming. He stated the division should speed up its efforts towards future readiness by understanding rising technological wants, modifications and challenges.
The Chief Minster, who was chairing a evaluate assembly of the Division of Future right here immediately, stated that the varied schemes being applied by the Agriculture and Horticulture Departments ought to be assessed to establish the challenges prone to emerge over the subsequent decade. He burdened that the departments should work with a transparent imaginative and prescient and well-planned methods all year long, protecting future necessities in focus.
The Chief Minister stated that efforts should be made to introduce know-how that forestalls farmers from burning crop residue. He emphasised that the Agriculture Division and the Division of Future ought to collectively develop options that discourage stubble burning and make the elimination of crop residue from fields simpler. Equally, to make sure adherence to prescribed moisture requirements in produce, he prompt that consultations be held with related industries in order that machine/combine-harvested crops adhere to the required moisture ranges.
The Chief Minister stated that with quickly enhancing connectivity throughout the state, the India Worldwide Horticulture Market being developed in Gannaur is prone to witness appreciable stress within the coming years. To handle this successfully, he stated the division ought to put together a long-term plan spanning 10 to twenty years. He added that Haryana’s future readiness ought to concentrate on guiding farmers towards crops that shall be in world demand and the place Haryana has a aggressive benefit.
He stated that each one departments work in direction of strengthening using AI and digital governance as a part of their long-term planning. Earlier within the assembly, Amneet P. Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary of the Division of Future introduced detailed info on the division’s preliminary work and progress.
Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajesh Khullar, Principal Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Division, Pankaj Agarwal, Commissioner and Secretary of Finance Division, Mohammed Shayin, OSD to the Chief Minister, Raj Nehru, Director Division of Future, Dr. Aditya Dahiya and different senior officers have been additionally current within the assembly.
