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Agricultural Census launched in Doda

5 Dariya News

Doda 05-Oct-2016

The 10th Agricultural Census with 2015-16 as reference year was today launched in the district under the overall supervision of District Development Commissioner, Bhupinder Kumar. Agricultural Census is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), made functional by the Planning wing of Financial Commissioner Revenue’s office. Joint Director Planning, working as the Technical Officer of the Scheme during the initial deliberations briefed the Revenue Staff comprising of Patwaris, Girdawars, Naib Tehsildars etc.of whole district about the importance of the scheme.Agricultural Census is a quinquennial census which was first launched by the Government of India in 1970-71. The crux of the scheme lies in knowing about the size of the agricultural holding and the number of operational holders in the state. The Agricultural Census is a large Statistical Operation and the information collected through it is quite significant for the policy planners.During the programme, census material was distributed among the patwaris for furnishing of information as per the schedule fixed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.ACR Ranjeet Singh, Tehsildars, NTs and other revenue officials from all the tehsils of district were present in the meeting.