Chandigarh, September 30:- A meeting of the High Power Purchase Committee was held today under the chairmanship of Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shyam Singh Rana.
Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda also joined the meeting specially through online mode.
The main objective of the meeting was to ensure timely availability of high-quality certified wheat seeds to farmers during the upcoming Rabi season and to promote practical education related to agricultural science and soil health in government schools across the state.
Keeping in view the upcoming wheat sowing season, Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana made it clear that the state government is fully committed to making quality seeds available to farmers without any delay. In this regard, during the committee meeting, freight rates for transporters were finalized and approved for transporting certified wheat seeds from the major seed processing centres of Haryana Seeds Development Corporation at Hisar, Tohana, Pataudi, Yamunanagar, Sirsa and Umri (Kurukshetra) to more than 80 distribution centres at district and block levels across the state. With the fixation of these rates, smooth and timely distribution of seeds to farmers throughout the state will now be ensured.
At the same time, promoting unique coordination between the agriculture and education sectors, approval was also given to the tender for purchasing Mini Soil Testing Kits for the laboratories of PM SHRI schools across the state. Under this initiative, students of the schools will first be provided practical training in soil testing, after which these schools will test the soil of fields belonging to farmers in the villages around them.
Rana said that on the basis of the reports obtained after soil testing, agricultural scientists and experts would provide farmers with scientific advice on applying the necessary nutrients according to the fertility of their land and selecting suitable crops for sowing. This will not only improve the fertility of the soil in the fields and enhance crop yields, but balanced use of chemical fertilizers will also reduce farmers’ costs and significantly increase their net income.
