Women Farmers Felicitated under BBBP Scheme in samba

5 Dariya News

Samba 07-Mar-2020

District ADMINSTRATION Samba in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Samba today celebrated International Women Day under Centrally Sponsored Scheme Beti  Bachao Beti Padhao for the empowerment and upliftment of women at Ghagwal.The programme was presided over by the District Development Commissioner, Samba  Rohit  Khajuria. Chief Planning Officer, Samba Sukhleen Kour, Block Development Committee Chairman, Ghagwal Vijay Tagotra, Sub District Magistrate, Ghagwal Ramkesh Sharma,  Sub Divisional Agriculture Officer, Samba Tilak Raj Sharma, Karuna Nidhi, Dr. Aadil Rashid, Agriculture Extension Officer Ghagwal R.C. Pandoh, Agriculture Extension Officer  Rehyian Gurdeep Singh, Agriculture Extension Officer Samba Surinder Mishra, Agriculture Extension Officer Rajpura R.P.Singh, Sarpanches, Panches and Progressive Women  farmers of district samba.While addressing the gathering, the District Development Commissioner, Samba emphasized the need for more involvement of women in the farming for  their empowerment and upliftment. DDC Samba also distributed awards among the progressive women farmers who did excellent and outstanding works in the field of agriculture  sector along with cash rewards of Rs 2100/- per awardee for 25 progressive farming women and also distributed 20 women Gender Friendly Tool Kits to  boost the organic  farming.In the programme, Chief Planning Officer, Samba, Sub Divisional Agriculture Officer, Samba, Subject Matter Specialists, Samba, Block Development Committee Chairman,   Agriculture Extension Officer’s of various Zones also spoke on the empowerment and upliftment of women and explained various schemes implemented by the department of  agriculture for the welfare of farming community.