Pb Govt Spent Hefty Amount For Increasing Yields: DC
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 28, 2018 | 04:51 PM
Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Dr Farrukh Naveed said on Wednesday the Punjab government had spent billions of rupees under various schemes to provide guidance, training and incentives to farmers for increasing the yield of agricultural, livestock, poultry and fishery
SIALKOT, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Feb, 2018 ) ::Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Dr Farrukh Naveed said on Wednesday the Punjab government had spent billions of rupees under various schemes to provide guidance, training and incentives to farmers for increasing the yield of agricultural, livestock, poultry and fishery.
He express these views while addressing a meeting of District Agricultural Advisory committee held in DC office. Deputy Director Agriculture Sialkot, Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed, Additional Director Livestock Dr.
Farzad Ali, local authorities of Fisheries, Live Stocks, Market Committee, Agricultural Banks, Farmers' Representatives and officials of departments concerned were also present. The DC said that the main purpose of training and guideline to farmers was to enable them to use modern agricultural equipment and technology.
He directed the officials concerned to keep in mind the transparency so that all people can get the benefits of these schemes simultaneously.
Dr Farrukh Naveed directed the departments concerned to achieve the target of soil sampled laboratory test in Sialkot district and also improve performance in this regard, saying that last year's laboratory samples report should be released to farmers immediately.
He directed the farmers to establish registration booths for issuance of e-credit cards on the Land Revenue Management and Information System. In this meeting, the authorities of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and Cooperative department briefed about the issuance and recovery of agricultural loans.
Dr Farrukh Naveed also directed the additional director livestock Lahore to install trackers in Livestock mobile Dispensaries so that their locations could easily be viewed. Meanwhile, DD Agriculture briefed about the performance of the district sub-committee task force.
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