To discuss the modalities for realising desirable results during “Kissan Pakhwada”, the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh on Thursday chaired a meeting of the concerned officers, here.The Kisan Pakhwada is being celebrated from 7th July to 21st July 2020 across the country.A threadbare discussion was held during the meeting on various objectives of Kissan Pakhwada including saturation of KCC to 100% farmers, foolproof final list of beneficiaries under PM Kissan, removal of bottlenecks for farmers in obtaining loans against KCC, credit to primary agriculture sector, massive awareness regarding schemes available for farmers, organizing Kissan melas etc.With regard to the saturation of 100% KCC to farmers, he asked the concerned officers to work in close coordination to achieve the target within shortest possible time.For framing a full proof final list of the beneficiaries under PM Kisan, he asked the Chief Agriculture Officer to share the list with the concerned tehsildars to verify them through revenue records and submit the same to the banks for crediting the benefit into the accounts of the farmers.With respect to the removal of bottlenecks for the farmers in obtaining loans against KCC, the DC asked the LDM Rajouri to generate mass awareness among the farmers about the benefits of KCC loans in order to get a positive and enthusiastic response from them.
Regarding the awareness campaigns, he directed the concerned officers from Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and other allied departments and bank authorities to organise special camps at different locations in the district during the programme to aware the farmers about various centric and UT Government schemes meant for the welfare of the farmers.Additional Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioner Revenue and tehsildars were directed to ensure the proper monitoring of all the activities to be carried out in the areas of their respective jurisdictions during the programme.The Deputy Commissioner asked the concerned officers to put in extra efforts to achieve the desired outcomes. He also directed them to ensure that necessary benefits are provided to the farmer community in a hassle free manner.The DC also asked the concerned officers to ensure that the Covid protection SOPs guidelines are followed while carrying out different activities related to the programme.The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer, Shama-Un Ahmed; Additional Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, Sher Singh; Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sunderbani, Vinod Kumar; Additional Deputy Commissioner Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh Sambayal; Additional Deputy Commissioner Kalakote, Krishan Lal; Additional Deputy Commissioner Koteranka, Surinder Mohan Sharma; Chief Horticulture Officer, Madan Lal; Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Mohammad Younis; District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Dr.Sarfraz Naseem Chowdhary; District Panchayat Officer, Dr. Abdul Khabir; Assistant Director Fisheries, Bashir Chowhan and Lead District Manager Rajouri, Sunil Sharma.