A meeting of Agriculture Standing Committee of West Tripura Zilla Parishad was held recently at the conference hall of the Zilla Parishad. Sabhadhipati in-charge of the Zilla Parishad Haridulal Acharya presided over the meeting. Members of the committee and officials of concerned departments were present in the meeting.
An official of Water Resources Development department informed in the meeting that works of 184 Lift Irrigation Scheme and installation of deep tube wells are in progress in order to extend water irrigation facilities in the district. Commissioning of total 134 small tube wells has been completed in Agartala Municipal Corporation, Hezamara, Belbari, Lefunga, Mohanpur and Bamutia under Small Bore Irrigation Scheme under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana in the present financial year.
An official of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare department informed that 95 Ha land has been brought under Ayush paddy cultivation in Kharif season, 1900 Ha land has been brought under Aman paddy cultivation, 774 Ha land has been brought under Maize cultivation, 415 Ha land has been brought under pulses crop cultivation, 110 Ha land under Bajra cultivation and 166 Ha land has been brought under oil seeds cultivation. Apart from that, farmers of the district have been provided with assistance in the present financial year for Ayush paddy, Aman paddy, Sankar variety Maize and Bajra cultivation.
Kisan Credit Cards have been granted to 135 farmers in the present financial year and loans worth 54.316 lakh rupees have been provided through KCC. 18977 farmers in the district were registered under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana 12,686 MT paddy were procured at MSP from 270 farmers in the district in the present financial year
An official of Horticulture & Soil Conservation department informed in the meeting that 15 Ha land in Mohanpur, Bamutia, Jirania, Dukli, Hezamara and Mandwi of the district will be brought under mango cultivation under MIDH project through MGNREGA in the present financial year. Apart from that, assistance will be provided to 12,705 families in the district for vegetable and cash crop cultivation under Chief Minister Swanirbhar Parivar Yojana.
An official of Fisheries department informed that assistance for pisciculture has been provided to 65 fish farmers in the present financial year under which 5.70 Ha land of the district has been brought under pisciculture. 34 beneficiaries were provided with assistance for prawn farming. An official of ARDD informed that assistance will be provided for pig rearing to 900 families, for goar rearing to 450 families, for poultry farming to 4290 families and for duck breeding to 1430 families in the present financial year under Chief Minister Swanirbhar Parivar Yojana.
