Chandigarh-Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini on Monday inaugurated the Kharif Krishi Mela-2026 at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural College (CCS HAU), Hisar, and appreciated the initiative of bringing farmers, scientists and innovation onto a typical platform. He mentioned the soil of Hisar symbolizes onerous work, livestock prosperity and the sacrifices of courageous troopers. Rakhigarhi represents the satisfaction of our historical civilization, whereas Agroha narrates the story of Maharaja Agrasen’s beliefs of social concord and commerce prosperity. Upon arrival on the honest, the Chief Minister first paid floral tributes to the statues of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on the event of Shaheedi Diwas.
On this event, the Chief Minister additionally launched publications introduced out by the college’s Directorate of Extension Schooling, Cotton Part, Oilseeds Division and different departments to disseminate data amongst farmers. Vice Chancellor of CCS HAU, Prof. B.R. Kamboj, offered a memento symbolizing affluent farming within the type of a plough to the Chief Minister.
He mentioned the auspicious event of Navratri, devoted to Maa Skandamata, coinciding with the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, evokes us with the values of sacrifice, penance and dedication. The agricultural honest, based mostly on the theme “Sustainable Agriculture – Path to Prosperity,” displays this spirit.
The Chief Minister mentioned that the honest organized by CCS HAU is an emblem of farmers’ onerous work and scientists’ foresight. The college has made vital contributions within the areas of improved seeds, water conservation, soil well being and climate-smart agriculture. He additional knowledgeable {that a} Nutri-Cereals Analysis Centre has been inaugurated at Gokulpura village in Bhiwani district, unfold over 64 acres and constructed at a value of Rs. 11.67 crore. The centre will work in the direction of growing disease- and pest-resistant kinds of millets, enhancing shelf lifetime of millet flour, establishing market linkages for producers, and selling worth addition. It’s going to additionally develop fashionable processing applied sciences for millet-based merchandise.
Throughout the honest, the Chief Minister honoured 42 progressive farmers, together with 21 girls, describing them as a supply of inspiration for the state’s progress. He mentioned Haryana has now grow to be the second-largest contributor to the nation’s meals grain pool, which is a results of farmers’ onerous work, scientific analysis and authorities insurance policies.
Referring to the imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat-2047, the Chief Minister mentioned that farmers are the spine of this objective. The double-engine authorities is working in the direction of remodeling agriculture right into a worthwhile enterprise and empowering farmers. He emphasised adopting fashionable and sustainable farming practices to handle challenges comparable to declining groundwater ranges, soil fertility degradation and local weather change. He highlighted drip and sprinkler irrigation, pure and natural farming, and the usage of fashionable agricultural equipment as the necessity of the hour.
He talked about the crop diversification initiative and the “Mera Pani Meri Virasat” scheme, below which farmers are being given monetary help of Rs. 8,000 per acre for adopting different crops. Up to now, Rs. 157 crore has been distributed over 2.20 lakh acres below this scheme. As much as 85% subsidy is being offered for micro-irrigation applied sciences, and rainwater harvesting is being promoted for water conservation. Farmers are additionally being given as much as 85% subsidy for establishing ponds. He urged farmers to maneuver past the standard paddy-wheat cycle. Thanking Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Sh. Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the Nationwide Agriculture Growth Scheme, he mentioned that Rs. 16.66 crore has been allotted for pulses and Rs. 25 crore for oilseeds below the scheme.
The Chief Minister mentioned that multiple lakh machines have been offered to farmers for stubble administration. At current, 24 crops are being procured at Minimal Help Value within the state, and Rs. 1.64 lakh crore has been paid to 12 lakh farmers by the e-Kharid portal. Funds for crop procurement are actually being made inside 48 hours.
He additional mentioned that below the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, Rs. 7,562 crore has been transferred to twenty lakh farmers, whereas claims price Rs. 16,160 crore have been settled below crop insurance coverage. To advertise horticulture, greater than 35,000 farmers have been given Rs. 157 crore below the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana.
Referring to the Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana, he mentioned that farmers are being shielded from uncertainties of climate, with 21 crops coated below the scheme. He urged youth to undertake drones, synthetic intelligence and digital applied sciences in agriculture, highlighting immense alternatives in agri-startups and meals processing.
