Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India ,Shri Sudarshan Bhagat visited KVK, South Tripura, Birchandramanu on 20th February 2017
Shri Sudarshan Bhagat, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare visited Krishi Vigyan Kendra, South Tripura on 20th February 2017. In presence of him, a “Farmers’ Meet cum Input Distribution programme” has been organized by the KVK, South Tripura. Dr. S.V. Ngachan, Director, ICAR (RC) for NEH Region, Dr. B.K. Kandpal, Joint Director, ICAR, Tripura Centre, Shri Arun Debbarma, Additional Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura, Shri Monoj Kumar Tripathy, PS to the Hon’ble Union Minister, Shri, Vineet Kumar Verma, Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India, were the other dignatories present in the programme. The farmers meet programme inaugurated by lightening of lamp by the Hon’ble Minister and other dignatories along with ICAR theme song. Total 300 numbers of farmers from Gomati and South Tripura district participated in the programme. On that day, various agricultural inputs like seeds of high yielding varieties of rice, vegetables, sprayer machine, powertiller, fish feed, lime, chicks, mango, litchi and lemon sapling, biofertiliser, fingerlings keeping container etc. has been distributed among the farmers. Other than this, soil health cards has been distributed among the farmers of the district. A newly formed fish (magur) hatchery was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat. An exhibition stall was a part of the programme and was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister. Farmers displayed their own field item of rice, vegetables, fruits, honey, egg etc in the exhibition stall. Dr. B. K. Kandpal, Joint Director, ICAR, Tripura Centre welcomed Hon’ble Minister, all the dignatories and gatherings of the programme. Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat in his speech emphasized on the use of soil health card for sustainable crop production. He asked farmers to avail benefits from animal resource, fishery sector, fruit production, apiculture, floriculture etc. He also appreciated the overall activities of KVK, South Tripura.
Snapshots of Minister visit at KVK, South Tripura
Fig: Felicitation of Hon’ble Minister by the Director,ICAR(NEHR) Fig: Farmers gathering of the Minister Programme
Fig: Visit of exhibition stall by the Hon’ble Minister Fig: Inauguration of magur hatchery at KVK by Hon’ble Minister
Fig: Chicks distribution to the farmers by theHon’ble Minister Fig: Planting material distribution by theHon’ble Minister
Fig: Distribution of sprayer and powertiller to the farmers by Shri Sudarshan Bhagat, Hon’ble Minister of state for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
