Director Agriculture visits Ganderbal; reviews Physical/ Financial achievements under different CSSs

GANDERBAL : The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today convened a meeting of District Officers at Ganderbal and took stock of the physical and financial achievements under different centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs), flagship programmes and CAPEX.

During the meeting, different centrally sponsored schemes being implemented by the department including RKVY, MIDH, ATMA, NFSM, PM KISAN, CAPEX, Soil Health Card Scheme, Kissan Credit Card Scheme etc. were discussed in detail.

Addressing the meeting, the Director highlighted the importance of expeditious and judicious expenditure of funds under different schemes. He asked the officers that funds allocated under different components of centrally sponsored schemes must be expended in a time bound manner. He reiterated the importance of maintaining the highest level of transparency and accountability during all the expenditures.

Director asked the concerned officers to work in close coordination with district administration during the implementation of different initiatives at district level. He directed the officers to reach out to the farmers of every area of the district and make them aware viz-a-via latest farmer friendly technologies in the agriculture sector.

He asked the officers to work in collaboration with the representatives of Panchayat Raj institutions for the successful implementation of different schemes at grass root level.

Chief Agriculture Officer Gul Ajaz, District Agriculture Officer Farooq Ahmad Bhat, SDAO Ganderbal Irfana Gul, SDAO Kangan Shafat Raja and other senior officers were among others present in the meeting.