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Assam govt mulls to set up Farmers' Development Corporation
Guwahati, Apr 17 (IBNS): Assam government has mulled to set up a Farmers' Development Corporation and allocated Rs 1000 cr for taking up various farmers oriented schemes in the state.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that, his government has all along been giving emphasis on the agriculture sector and has taken up a slew of schemes aimed at raising the income of the farmers.
During an interactive programme with 100 farmers of different parts of the state held at CM’s official residence in Koinadhora outskirts of Guwahati, the Assam CM said, "We have an agrarian economy and the development of the state hings on agriculture and allied sectors."
“We has accorded to priority to the agriculture sector and has taken up a slew of schemes towards this end,” Gogoi said.
The Assam CM declared the year 2015 as “Year of Agriculture” and said that, his government has put emphasis on farm mechanization and the farmers have to adopt modern farming to raise the agriculture production, thus boosting their income.
“The state government would provide assistance to farmers who have done exceedingly well in their respective fields and asked the agriculture department to draw a list of 100 selected farmers,” the Assam CM said.
On other hand, the state agriculture minister Rockybul Hussain said that, the thrust of his department is to shift from single to multiple cropping in a year to augment the income of the farmers.
The Assam CM had released a crop calendar.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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