National-Agriculture MNREGA Committee to present workplan by July

Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the National Agriculture-MNREGA Committee will present its work plan to the NITI Aayog by the end of July to ensure widespread use of MNREGA in agriculture in the country. He said that give final shape to the work plan, discussion will be held with agriculture experts and various organizations first. Chouhan directed the officials to present the initial outline of the work plan promptly. He held a discussion with senior officials at a high-level meeting as the Chairman of the National Agriculture-MNREGA committee.

CM Chouhan said that the Rashtriya NITI Aayog has resolved to double the income of farmers by the year 2022 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To fulfil this resolve Madhya Pradesh will also ensure its significant role. He said that the national committee will give suggestions to the NITI Aayog relating to increasing income from forest areas and expansion of water conservation, rural hat-bazaar and self help groups.

Among those present during the meeting were Chief Secretary B.P. Singh, Commissioner Agriculture Production P.C. Meena, Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Iqbal Singh Bais, Additional Chief Secretary Water Resources R.S. Julaniya, Principal Secretary Agriculture Dr. Rajesh Rajoura, Principal Secretary Cooperatives K.C. Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Ashok Vernawal, Vivek Agrawal and Hariranjan Rao.-Window To News