SRINAGAR,: To review the physical and financial progress on the implementation of the Capex budget (scheme-wise/district-wise), Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today chaired a meeting of officers of the department at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi Srinagar.
Addressing the meeting, the Director of Agriculture highlighted the importance of effective and timely utilization of funds for the welfare and well-being of the farming community of the region. He asked the officers to maintain accountability and transparency during all the levels of expenditures and submit the utilization certificate immediately on all the schemes.
While talking about the application to be processed by the farmers, all the officers were directed to make the farmers aware of the projects and help them to apply through the dashboard for availing benefits under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) so that the deliverables for the year 2023-24 under the HADP shall be achieved.
The Director of Agriculture laid emphasis on lavender cultivation and directed officers to distribute 15 lac stems of lavender among the beneficiaries so that area expansion under the crop shall be achieved.
He impressed upon the officers to put in all the efforts for the successful implementation of farmers-friendly schemes. He also asked them to evolve new concepts and innovations by adopting new cropping systems in the potential areas so that productivity could be enhanced.
