Ranchi, 13 December (HS). Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperation Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey, after the first departmental review at Nepal House on Friday, instructed the officials that senior officials of the department will be on field visits two days a week. Its objective is to know the reality of the department’s plans on the ground level. Officers will come out of the closed rooms of the department and work to understand the reality of the schemes on the ground.
After the day-long marathon meeting, Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey said that in the review meeting, there was discussion on identifying the challenges facing the department and moving towards their solutions. Along with this, instructions have also been given to the officers regarding the departmental budget. The Minister has directed the officers to adopt the mindset of accepting people’s suggestions with an open mind. He said that the department will develop the rural haat market. It has also been agreed to spend the department’s money to repair dilapidated haat markets in rural areas. For complete information about the schemes of the department, instructions have been given to release the scheme calendar at the block level.
In fact, due to lack of correct information about the scheme, the benefits of the department’s scheme are not able to reach the beneficiaries. During the review meeting, clear instructions have been given to the officials regarding the schemes of the Central Government. Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey instructed the officials that the Central Government scheme will first be reviewed at the departmental level. After departmental consensus is reached regarding the plan, the department will work on it.
Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey said that instead of building new cold storage, the department’s focus will be on operationalizing the old cold storage. The department will promote rural level markets to promote the products of farmers. It has been decided to promote Medha Dairy rapidly. In Jharkhand, farmers pay more attention to Kharif crop and Ravi crop. There is a need to change this with time. Potato cultivation in the state will first require storage and processing units. For this, the department officials will take initiative in this direction in coordination with the Industries Department.
