Minutes of National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaaign-2022 held under the Chairmanship of Secretary(A&FW) on 7th September,2022 at NASC, New Delhi
The National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign- 2022 was held on 07.09.2022 in A.P. Shinde Auditorium, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary(A&FW). The list of participants is enclosed at ANNEXURE-II.
After recitation of National Anthem, the Conference started with lighting of the lamp by Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon'ble Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and senior officials of the Ministries/Departments. Later Conference was joined by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, extended a hearty and warm welcome to Hon’ble Ministers for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Secretary (A&FW), Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Secretary(A&FW), Secretary(DARE), Secretary(Fertilizer), senior officials from the departments, representatives of the States and other participants.
In his inaugural welcome speech, he said that climate change is an issue which is before all of us. The importance of this conference has increased even more in the field of agriculture and in the context of climate resilient strategies. The discussion shall be on the issues like what should we implement on wheat, what kind of climate resilient seeds should be developed and what should be the strategies and what state governments can do.
Provision has also been made for representation of two state governments, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. AS(AL) also informed that there will also be a discussion about digital agriculture . He further added that the discussions made here under the direction of Hon'ble Minister, will be applied in the forthcoming Rabi season and whatever steps have to be taken, we will be able to accomplish them firmly.
Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, said that she always believes that if the State Governments and the Central Government work together, they can really bring about a tremendous change. The Secretary talked about nutrition. Just as a child needs the right kind of nutrition to thrive, in the same way a plant also needs the right kind
of nutrition to thrive. She stressed upon the need for timely supply of fertilizers. She also acquainted the gathering about the various steps taken by the department to ensure timely supply of fertilizers.
Secretary (Fertilizers) mentioned that in the current Kharif the fertilizer availability has been comfortable across the states. She mentioned that against the requirement of 179 LMT for Urea a quantity of 196 LMT has been supplied to the states. Similarly, for the requirements of NPK, Ministry has already supplied and it is available in the field more than the requirement that was projected. She also mentioned that their team meets with the states every week and small issues are resolved on the spot and she requested the States to attend those meetings and resolve such issues. For availability of fertilizers, Ministry of Fertilizers has entered into long term agreements for different kinds of fertilizers with different players and different countries. Long term agreements have been signed with Oman, Saudi Arabia, Canada and other countries. so that over a period of time availability and pricing of fertilizers are both under the control.
Secretary(Fertilizers) also informed about Nano Urea. She stated that Nano Urea is indigenous and is a great innovation which has the potential of over taking the world. In fact there is lot of enquiries from lot of countries for going field trials for Nano Urea because they are seeing value in it. Nano Urea has been shown to increase production by 14.8%, while reducing the costs. Similarly SSP, which is indigenous produced, is a very good substitute for DAP. Speaking of farmer friendly initiatives, she mentioned that generally, the farmer keeps waiting for a particular brand of fertilizer and therefore, the last mile connectivity is essential for its availability. So, there is need to create a uniform brand, Bharat Brand. This brand of Bharat Urea is being launched on 2nd October, 2022. She solicited the support of all state governments in the national interest. She said that it must be ensured that there is no long movement of fertilizers and that fertilizers are available all the time under a single brand name to the farmer. Another farmer friendly initiative is creation of modern fertilizer shops. Starting from Block and District levels, these fertilizer shops will be set up by the companies. In all the villages, currently we have about 3.3 lakhs shops. These shops will be converted into modern shops in different phases.
Secretary(Fertilizers) also talked about misuse of fertilizer in industrial production. She mentioned that something which actually costs Rs. 3000 is being sold at
Rs.300 and the same thing is also used for industrial purposes. So, she emphasized that Urea doesn’t go into industrial production. Diversion of Urea is again a collective responsibility. She told that fertilizer subsidy for Rs. 2.5 lakh crore has been paid last year.
She mentioned that Government is subsidizing the farmer, not to someone else.
Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Mr Pathak made a presentation regarding climate resilient strategies and said that both climate and agriculture are very closely associated in the Vedas. It has been said that water, land, climate and life are all related to each other, no one can live without the other(s).
Along with this, he emphasized the need to adopt climate-friendly methods. He also detailed the global perspective of climate change and the adaptation strategies being established.
DG, ICAR further mentioned that Climate and Agriculture are closely associated.
Climate is changing widespread or intensifying. Invariability and intensity is increasingand cyclones have become frequent. Crop quality, farm income and production have been declined. Crop production will be declined by 25% and water availability by 20% by the year 2040. Soil erosion has increased. In most of the cases the effect of climate change is going to be negative. Climate resilient varieties may be used to reduce the impact. He further added that International Year of Millets shall be celebrated next year. Use of new technologies like nano technology especially for nano area; adoption of nature friendly farming like conservation agriculture, regenerative agriculture and also adoption of protective cultivation as well as vertical farming will be beneficial. He emphasized the need for adopting the technology. He told that ICAR made a map at District level and district contingency plan for climate change. All these information are available on the website and ICAR is providing it to the states. Agriculture is the prime sufferer of climate change, but it can also be a solution.
Shri Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare spoke in detail the incidents related to climate. He said that due to heat, the wheat crop was damaged in many states. The pattern of rain has also changed a lot. For this, the states will have to adopt climate strategy. The Secretary informed that a new system for release of funds in Centrally Sponsored Schemes has been made. Release proposals have
not come from the states. He requested the states to review and send the release proposals at the earliest so that the funds could be released at the earliest. Regarding fertilizers, the Secretary said that despite the Ukraine war, there was no shortage of fertilizers for Kharif crops. Adequate quantity of fertilizers will be given to the states for Rabi crops also. He requested the states to sensitize the farmers about balanced fertilizers, soil quality and how to maintain the availability of nitrogen in it.
The Secretary (A&FW)said that the assessment of Rabi seeds has been done. The states should choose the variety carefully and the seeds of the new variety which give more yield should reach the farmers. At the same time, he said that the states should plan the productivity of Rabi crop - wheat, so that the production of wheat can be increased. He also informed that 40% of the production of Toor, Masoor and Urad Dal will be procured from the States, which earlier was 25%. In this regard, a cluster based approach is to be adopted in 370 districts to increase the production of pulses. For oilseed, he said that there is a lot of dependence on foreign countries. 55% of oilseed is imported. The states should also concentrate on attracting the farmers towards natural farming. 425 Krishi Vigyan Kendras are imparting training – MANAGE has given training to 40-50 thousand sarpanches. NCOF is acting as a certification agency. Under the state cluster approach, farmers can be trained so that they get fair price for their crops and they are able to get training in new technology at one place. Work is also going on in the field of drone technology for farmers. The state should give training to the farmers and also establish infrastructure facilities for drone technology. He said that the guideline SOP for drone technology will be brought in soon.
The states should also create an ECO-system for this and document them all.
Speaking on Digital Agriculture, Secretary(A&FW) informed that measures are being taken to provide digital ID for farmers, digital ID for land, and details for farmers' crops, which will be useful for the farmer in availing benefits from other schemes like Kisan Credit Card, Insurance Scheme etc. He also informed that on the request of Government of India, the year 2023 has been declared as International Year of Millets by UNO. The quality of millet, its nutrition, etc. have to be shared with everyone and its yield has to be increased.
Further, Secretary (A&FW) also informed about the different schemes of micro-irrigation, e-NAM, 10000 FPO, Agriculture Infra Fund etc.
Thereafter, following Presentations were made:
1. Presentation on Strategy for Wheat for Rabi 2022- Perspective by Dr. G.P.Singh, Director, Wheat and Barely Research Institute, Karnal.
2. Presentation on Digital Agriculture by Shri Pramod K. Meherda, JS (IT).
3. Presentation on Drought Management by Smt. Chhavi Jha, JS (DM).
Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said that National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Abhiyan 2022 is a very important conference. In this Conference, there was a lot of contemplation on the preparation of Rabi crops and climate change. There were discussions about the cultivation of wheat, the topics of giving benefits to farmers, increasing production, climate change and saving the crop from losses, etc., and as a result of this, our production is also increasing continuously. It is the hard work of the farmers, the research of the scientists and support and advice of states and central government together which enables the increase the production. Her further stated that once upon a time we were dependent on other countries, we had to import but today we are increasing production and have food grains in surplus. He asserted that the country is definitely moving towards self-reliance. He said that since 2016 due to special efforts, our production has increased from 252 million tonnes to 315 million tonnes. The production of oilseeds has increased from 252 lakh tonnes to 377 lakh tonnes and pulses from 152 lakh tonnes to 277 lakh tonnes. It is only 6- 7 years figure which makes it clear that we are increasing production, but with the increase in production he also expressed concern on climate change. He said that due to this new diseases are also emerging which may hamper our production. For this, the scientists of ICAR have extracted very good varieties, about 1752 such varieties have been extracted by ICAR and the state governments have a big role in taking those varieties to the farmers.
Hon'ble Minister talked about agriculture infrastructure and told that till date 50% of the agriculture infrastructure has been allotted only in Madhya Pradesh. Therefore, there is a need to assess as to why some states are behind. He said that the diversity of climate change needs to reach the farmers. He stressed on giving seed minikits for this and ensure that these seed minikits reach a good number of farmers. Hon'ble Minister also expressed concern over farmers not having planting materials available in their vicinity. He
said that there are many areas where planting material has to be brought from other states.
For instance, for cultivation of dates in Rajasthan , the farmers have to go to Hyderabad to get the date palm plant. He stressed on making the planting material easily available in every state and preventing black marketing.
Hon'ble Minister talked about farming through sensor system. He told that inside ICAR Pusa, farming is done with sensor system and there are some progressive farmers who do farming with sensor system. Its benefits are many, he can sit at a remote place and find out through mobile that in which part how much fertilizer is needed. He emphasized the importance of training of farmers in new technology. Hon’ble Minister informed that the International Millets Year shall be celebrated in 2023 and the whole of India will lead it. He stressed on increasing the production of millets like ragi, jowar, bajra etc. and farmers should get their prices. He stated that our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi made a proposal in UNO which was accepted by them. He said that the Hon'ble Prime Minister especially emphasized on making the farmers self-reliant. During the first National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in Dharamsala in June 2022, the Prime Minister, in consultation with the States, set the agenda for crop diversification and self-reliance in pulses and oilseeds.
Hon’ble Minister talked about making the farmer self-dependent. He stressed on giving improved varieties of seeds to the farmers, reducing the cost of cultivation, arranging for storage, etc. He said that all efforts are being made by the government. Today the budget of agriculture has also been increased, from Rs 23000crore during the previous government, to Rs 1,32,000 crore in the present day. He further requested the state governments to give the proposals, duly complete, on time. In the end, he said that he had faith that this conference shall prove to be very important for the coming times, we will reflect on all the topics that have come for discussion and going forward will make all the farmers self-reliant.
Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar welcomed everyone and conveyed his appreciations on the efforts put in by all concerned - the farmers, the Government of India and the State Government, scientific researchers who, together are discharging their responsibilities in the field of agriculture as a result of which, we find ourselves in a good place in today's agriculture situation. He
commended the enormous work that has been done by our scientists and farmers from the point of view of production due to which, food grains, oilseeds, pulses, all sectors are witnessing steady growth. He also stated that at the time of Rabi and Kharif, all stakeholders come together and discuss the problems and make a roadmap so that the crop is good across the country thereby being successful in achieving our goals. Today the most important thing is to deal with the challenges that exist in agriculture. It is the era of climate change, due to which farmers are facing problems. Where there used to be drought, it is raining; where it used to rain, there is drought. Not only this, in this era of climate change, many different types of diseases are arising. Although scientists are trying to solve them, many a times it is too late to reach the solution, the farmer also has to bear the loss.
So from this point of view, after discussing the challenges, the central government and the state government together need to move forward and arrive at solutions.
He stressed on giving compensation to the farmers under the crop insurance scheme and covering all the farmers under the crop insurance scheme. He further stated that the small farmer, in the event of his crop getting ruined, needs to feel safe with this protective shield. At this time of Green Revolution, many types of methods are being adopted, due to which we are successful in fulfilling our requirement, but at the same time the capacity of the soil is decreasing due to the use of chemical fertilizers. For this, emphasize may be given to natural farming. Hon'ble Minister asked ICAR to analyze the cause of climate change in advance and develop such variety so that agriculture sector can flourish. He added that making full use of technology, we need to reach every farmer through digital mission.
He emphasized that there is a need to work on Digital Agriculture Mission too and solicited the cooperation of everyone in that sphere. There is also a need to constantly exercise in their respective states. The year 2023 is the year of Millets. From that point of view, India is going to lead this program all over the world and every type of program is going to be held in our country also, and many departments will be involved in it. The Prime Minister is emphasizing that the production of millets should increase, the export of its products should increase, and consequently the income of the farmer should also increase, for which we need to work in our respective states. In the end, he informed that the need of the States from the point of view of Rabi viz. fertilizer, seeds, other things, will
be looked into and the Central Government will stand shoulder to shoulder with the states.
He ended his address by conveying his best wishes to all.
Discussion with states
After detailed presentations on key strategies for Rabi Crops and Agriculture development, states shared their initiatives, plans, and preparedness for Rabi Season and difficulty faced in achieving the targets. These along-with responses of the Centre are given in Annexure II.
Smt. Neerja Adidam, JS (Fertilizers) assured the States that the demand of fertilizers would be met. She asked the states to do micro-level planning before raising fresh demands. Bharat brand is being adopted for urea in the country to solve logistic and quality issues. States should co-operate with the Centre in stopping diversion of subsidized urea for industrial use by strict monitoring and surprise visits.
Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG (Agri. Extension), ICAR and Agriculture Commissioner advised states to focus on seed production. States should lift the indented quality seeds produced by large number of seed hubs (150 for pulses, 35 for oilseeds & 25 for Nutri Cereals) created for this purpose. Cluster demonstration have shown a gap of 30-40% in yield which needs to be bridged by adoption of suitable technologies. These fields should also be visited by the State Government officials alongwith the farmers. Large area under rice fallow is available in the country and this should be used for cultivation of short duration crops like mustard, sunflower, linseed and sesame. Under limited water availability, mustard can provide good yield and returns to the farmer. The country will soon achieve self sufficiency in pulses. More emphasis should be given on lentil production.
Early sowing in wheat and rice can itself lead to increased productivity.
Smt. Shubha Thakur, JS (Crops/Oilseeds) shared that district level planning has been done for increasing area and production under oilseeds and pulses. The Government is implementing a special programme ‘TurMasoorUrad – 370’ from 2022-23 through which 120 districts under Masoor and 150 districts under Urad are being targeted to increase the production and productivity of these pulse crops by ensuring maximum convergence of components in these targeted districts. Government has announced Viability Price of Rs
10,516 per tonne of FFB for Oil Palm. No state should allow price below viability price.
States should utilize this provision to provide remunerative prices to the farmers. For NER, 2% above factory price is given by Central government. States should utilize this facility.
Director, NIPHM, Hyderabad suggested timely sowing, crop diversification, inter- cropping and proper plant protection measures to reduce damage by insects and pests under changing climate scenario.
Dr. P. Chandrasekhar, DG, MANAGE, Hyderabad highlighted role of Manage in capacity building of large number of stakeholders in agriculture. The training contents are on production and marketing. State can see the contents and details for training on the institute`s website. Manage has also imparted training to 56000 beneficiaries on natural farming.
Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Horticulture Commissioner highlighted the need for the States to focus on quality planting material in horticultural crops viz., new varieties of potato and requested the states to actively co-ordinate with the ICAR institutes for upscaling of the available technologies. He requested the States to promote new varieties of potato.
Shri Ashwani Kumar, JS (Seeds and GC) summed up the discussions held in the conference. Fertilizers availability and additional requirement as put by states would be arranged by Department of Fertilizers. Some states raised the issue of shortage of seed.
States need to evolve seed rolling plan and can reach NSC for current year requirement.
New bio-fortified varieties should be brought in supply chain and indent for these HYVs can be placed by states. Issues of drought and floods were shared in the conference. Fund release under NFSM and RKVY will be looked on priority and release made where possible.
States should not have more than 25% of allotted fund in their account. If more, then it is to be returned to the centre.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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Annexure I Discussion on Rabi Preparedness with States
The states shared their plan of action and targets and raised issues concerning their states.
Concerned officials from Govt of India responded to the queries raised by states. These are summarised state wise below.
Maharashtra
(i) 18 lakh ha area has been affected during kharif in Maharashtra state due to weather.
(ii) Area under rabi crops is increasing in the state for last 3 years and gram is major crops under pulses during rabi.
(iii) State is expanding area under oilseeds and has shortage of quality seed for sunflower and groundnut.
(iv) State has launched use own seed campaign during kharif to overcome seed shortage.
JS (Seed) informed that problem of seed can be resolved by NSC. State should give indent to NSC for supply of seed of oilseed crops. Supply of seed will be ensured.
Andhra Pradesh
(i) Groundnut area is being converted to castor.
(ii) There is no shortage of seed and fertilizers in the state.
Bihar
(i) State has no issue of seed and fertilizer supply.
(ii) Crop contingency plan is being implemented. 16 hours power supply is given to farmers,
(iii) Early sowing of rabi is planned.
Rajasthan
(i) 2 lakh ha more area has been brought under crops during kharif season.
(ii) Some area in Kota district is under water logging and good rains in other parts of the state.
(iii) 115 lakh ha will be cultivated during rabi season. More area will be brought under mustard and gram.
(iv) State received only 50% of fertilizer quantity received during last year. Additional requirement of fertilizers (SSP) will be there.
(v) PKVY release is held up by the ministry and release is awaited.
JS (Fertilizers) assured to look in to additional fertilizers demand. She also mentioned that the demand should come from DA&FW so that action on the issues can be taken.
Karnataka
(i) State has good area coverage during kharif season.
(ii) The state received heavy rains in last one month due to which large area got destroyed. Resowing in the damaged area is being done. For this, additional fertilizers will be required.
(iii) The state is creating buffer stock of fertilizers but is facing difficulty as subsidy is given directly on the fertilizers issues to farmers. Issue of subsidy for buffer stock needs to be resolved.
JS (Fertilizers) clarified that at present subsidy cannot be provided on fertilizers used for buffer stock.
Himachal Pradesh
(i) State has large committed responsibility under NFSM. SNO has notreceived under NFSM this year.
AS&FA informed the conference that some states have unspent budget during last year and this is adjusted in current year release. State demand will be considered on priority on receipt of all documents and last year spending.
Kerala
(i) In Kerala, focus is given on crop diversification particularly to oil palm and oilseeds.
(ii) There is no issue in respect of seeds and fertilizer in the state.
Uttar Pradesh
(i) State received <50% of normal rainfall in 61 districts.
(ii) 15-20% loss in production is expected in rice in the state.
(iii) Fertilizer allocation is less than average of 3 years.
(iv) State will require 1.00 lakh MT more DAP and will submit revised demand.
(v) State has waived land revenue and electric bills of farmers in drought affected districts.
(vi) More minikits for pulses and oilseeds should be provided to the state.
West Bengal
(i) The state will bring additional area under oilseeds and pulses. 39b lakh ha area covered under paddy.
(ii) AAP for NFSM- Oilseeds has been approved but is being awaited for other components like pulses, nutri-cereals and commercial crops.
(iii) Good area coverage will be under potato. So, state will required additional amount of NPK fertilizers.
JS (Crops & Oilseeds) informed that release for other components will be looked into and state will be informed.
Odisha
(i) The State has experienced deficit rainfall in some parts and 1.2 lakh ha crops were affected.
(ii) 49 lakh ha area will be covered during rabi season which will be 4 lakh ha more than last year coverage.
(iii) Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of NFSM, committed liability is there for approved items.
(iv) State is implementing special millet mission to increase the production.
Conservation of land races of millets is also being done.
JS (Crops and Oilseeds) assured that the matter of release of funds for committed expenditure under NFSM will be considered for release.
Uttarakhand
(i) State has good rainfall and achieved 100% target for kharif season, (ii) Release under RKVY and PMKY is awaited.
(iii) State requested for timely supply of fertilizers.
Tamil Nadu
(i) More area will be covered during rabi season.
(ii) Millets will be promoted during IYoM and these are being distributed under public distribution programme.
(iii) Additional requirement of fertilizers will be there.
(iv) States has committed liability under NFSM which is yet to be received.
Gujarat
(i) The State achieved 97% of targets during kharif. Area under sowing will increase during rabi season.
(ii) The State has shortfall of funds under NFSM.
Jharkhand
(i) State is facing drought condition and contingency plan is being implemented.
(ii) Release of funds under NFSM is awaited.
JS (Crops) informed that funds worth Rs 1.80 crore have been released under NFSM
Chhattisgarh
(i) As per Govt of India policy, state is giving focus on pulses and oilseeds. Area under pulses and mustard will increase in the rabi season.
(ii) Millets are being promoted in the state. Millets are being procured by the state.
(iii) Seed for rapeseed & mustard, ragi and niger seed is required for area expansion.
Intervening in the discussion, JS (Seeds) assured that seed supply can be met by NSC. State should contact NSC for timely supply.
Madhya Pradesh
(i) State has shortfall in area coverage for rice and soybean due to less rains but area under other crops will rise during kharif season.
(ii) Many firms are coming with liquid NPK fertilizers. Decision is requested whether these will come under subsidy or not.
(iii) Salary of staff under NFSM is being not paid for many years. These should be permitted as per guidelines.
(iv) For drone, only one model is available in the State and this creating some problem for certification.
(v) There is some gap in guidelines of PKVY and SMAM which inhibits desired benefits to farmers. These need to be looked in to.
AS (DA&FW) assured that the gaps in the schemes highlighted today will be looked in to and amended if required. AS&FA stated that state can use their 40% share for giving salary to project staff. Subsequently funds will be released by the centre.
JS (Fertilizer) informed that liquid fertilizers did not qualify for fertilizer subsidy.
Telangana
(i) State got delayed monsoon.
(ii) State will increase area under oilseeds particularly ground nut.
Punjab
(i) The state faced damage of white fly in cotton. It is taking all management intervention to control damage.
(ii) Seed issues have been resolved with NSC
(iii) State will require additional 1.5 lakh MT of DAP fertilizers.
Nagaland
(i) Millets will be promoted in the state.
(ii) Special project on oilseeds submitted under RKVY for funding.
(iii) Fund release under RKVY is being awaited.
Sikkim
(i) Funds awaited under RKVY and NFSM.
Tripura
(i) State received heavy flood in last 2-3 weeks and it has affected fertilizer movement.
(ii) RKVY funds are yet to be received.
(iii) Higher allocation of minikits for ground nut and mustard.
JS (RKVY) informed that fund will be released soon for Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
Arunachal Pradesh
(i) Sowing of kharif is normal in the state.
(ii) State has submitted millet proposal for seed multiplication and area expansion.
(iii) One palm oil mill foundation was held in the state.
(iv) Village seed proposal submitted for funding.
(v) No of farmers should be reduced for benefit under SMAM.
Meghalaya
(i) State has no issue of seed and fertilizers.
(ii) State received approval of all NFSM components except commercial crops.
Mizoram
(i) State has limited area under rabi around 3000 ha. Majority is under pulses and oilseeds.
Manipur
(i) No issue of seed and fertilizers in the state
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Annexure-II LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN-2022 HELD ON 07TH SEPTEMBER , 2022 AT NATIONAL AGRICULTURE SCIENCE CENTRE (NASC), PUSA COMPLEX, ICAR , NEW DELHI.
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE
1. Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister for A&FW 2. Sh. Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble Mos for A&FW
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE 3. Sh. Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, DA&FW
4. Smt. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Fertilizer
5. Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary ,DARE & DG ICAR 6. Sh. Sanjiv Kumar, AS&FA
7. Sh. Abhilaksh Likhi, (AS)
8. Dr. A.K Singh, Agriculture Commissioner 9. Sh lal Sanglur, Sr (ESA)
10. Sh. Ashwani Kumar, JS(GC) 11. Smt. Chhavi Jha, JS(RKVY) 12. Smt. Shubha Thakur, JS (Crops)
13. Smt. Vijaya Laksmi Nadendla, JS ( Marketing) 14. Dr. Pramod Kumar Meherda, JS (PP)
15. Sh. Priya Ranjan, JS(INM) 16. Dr. Smita Sirohi,JS (G-20)
17. Sh. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, JS ( NRM)
18. Sh. Rajeev Chawla, Chief knowledge officer, DA&FW 19. Dr. Prabhat Kumar, ( Horticulture Commissioner) 20. Sh. Joseph C.F, Adviser, ( Horticulture)
21. Sh. S.B.S Reddy, Adviser, (Trade)
22. Sh. Kailash Choudhary, GC, (DS) 23. Smt Sowmya Srikanth, US, (GC) 24. Smt. Seema Pahuja SO, (GC) 25. Smt. Niti Sukhija, ASO, (GC) 26. Ms. Renu Ogra, ASO, ( PC) 27. Sh B.K Naskar, ASO, (GC) 28. Sh. Rohit, ASO (GC)
29. Sh. Surya Narayan Prasad Gupta, ASO (GC) 30. Sh. Lalit Bhandoria, ASO ( Estt-I)
31. Sh. Anoop kumar, SO (IC)
32. Sh. Rajendra Kumar Meena, SO ( Parl) 33. Sh. OM Kumar, SO (AIF)
34. Sh. Shailesh kumar Sharma, SO ( Estt-I) 35. Sh. Rakesh Singh Nayal, DS ( GA)
36. Sh. Ram Naresh, US ( IFD) 37. Sh. Chandan Kumar, US ( IT) 38. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, JD ( Extn) 39. Sh. Krishna Mohan, Director ( IT) 40. Sh. Adita Pratap, US ( GA)
41. Sh. Shyam Pratap Mishra, SO ( GA) 42. Sh. Pankaj Tyagi, Director ( RFS)
43. Sh Prashant Armorekar, Addl.Comm ( Extn) 44. Sh. Y.R Meena , Addl Comm ( Extn)
45. Sh. K.K Dash, Asst Comm. ( Crops) 46. Sh. Saurabh Yadav, ASO DA&FW
47. Sh.Lalit Mohan Bhandoria, ASO DA&FW 48. Sh. Ranvir Singh,DA&FW
49. Sh. A.A Anzari,DA&FW
50. Dr.Pradeep Kumar, DA&FW 51. Sh.Pawn Kumar,DA&FW 52. Sh. Sharukh Khan, DA&FW
53. Sh. Vijay Kumar Pawan,ASO, DA&FW 54. Sh. Sharukh Khan, DA&FW
55. Sh.Mohit Panwar,Stno, DA&FW 56. Sagar B.T
57. Dr. P. Chandra
58. Sh.Vijay Kumar, Assistant Director, DA&FW 59. Sh. Vijay Kumar Pawan, ASO, DA&FW 60. Sh.Shivam Rawat, D/o, Fert
61. Sh. Harvinder Singh, Director , D/o, Fert 62. Dr. Nikunj Tyagi, DA&FW
63. Sh. Jatin, DA&FW
64. Sh. Subhash Chand Ram, Addl Com 65. Dr. Nikunj Tyagi, DA&FW
66. Sh. Harvinder Singh, Director, D/o, Fert 67. Sh. Udai Negi,Director
Preparation for Minutes during Conference 1. Sh. Harit Kumar Shakya, US (MIDH) 2. Sh. Dhrup Kumar,US (FW)
3. Dr. Somnath Agasimani, Asst. Comm ( Crops) 4. Sh. Aafaw Alam Ansari, Steno ( English) 5. Sh. Mohit Panwar, Steno,( English) 6. Sh. Shahrukh Khan, Steno ( Hindi) 7. Sh. Manoj Steno ( Hindi)
Protocol Duty (DA&FW)
1. Sh. K.R Meena Director ( AIF)
2. Sh. Subhash Chandra Ram, ADC ( NRM) 3. Sh. A.K Sinha, DS ( O&M/PG)
PIB
1. S.N Choudhary, ADG ( PIB) Centre/PSU/Autonomous Bodies
1. Dr. P Chandra Shekara, DG (Manage) 2. Dr. S.H Singh, DG, ( NIPHM)
3. Dr. M Jagan Mohan Reddy, ( IFCCO) 4. Dr. Sanjeev kumar, AGM, ( NSC)
5. Dr. Puran Tiwari Sharma,( Dte of Extn) 6. Dr. Tarunendu singh, ( IFCCO)
7. Dr. PB Mohanty, ADG (ICAR)
8. Dr. HB Singh, Chief Manager, (KRIBHCO) 9. Sh. RK Singh, ADG ( ICAR)
10. Dr. Virendra Singh, DSD, 11. Dr. P.K Agrawal, ADG, ICAR 12. Dr. S.K. Jha, PS (OP) , ICAR
13. Dr. PRC Choudhary, PS ( Seed) ICAR 14. Dr. BP Mohan, ADG
15. Dr. S.H Singh , NIPHM 16. Sh. Shivam Rawat, DOF
17. Sh. Subhash Chand Ram, Addl Com 18. Dr. K.K Singh,IMD
19. Dr. S.K Gonshi, IMD
20. Dr. S.C Dubey, ICAR 21. Dr. Devdutt, ICAR 22. Dr. Ranvir Singh ,ICAR 23. Sh. Devdutt,ICAR
24. Dr.Man Singh, Director DRD 25. Dr. A.L Waghmare, Director, DCD
State Agriculture Department Assam
1. Sh. Ashim Kumar Dutta, DGU ( Mktg) 2. Sh. V.N Agu (BRFCL)
3. Sh. Amal Sharma, Director Agriculture 4. Sh. J.K Biswas, Director Agriculture
Andhra Pradesh
1. Sh. Vdv. Krupadas, Agriculture Commissionerate 2. Sh. S.S Kagi, Joint Director Agriculture
Arunachal Pradesh
1. Sh. T.D Neckom, Directorate of Agriculture 2. Sh. Nitum Riba, Directorate of Agriculture
3. Sh. Shir kumar ram, Directorate of Agriculture
Bihar
1. Sh. Jamir kumar, Joint Director Admin Agriculture 2. Sh. Krishna Bihari, Joint Director Agriculture 3. Mr. Aditya, Director Agriculture
Chandigarh
1. Sh. S.C Padam, 2. Sh. Shankar Kumar Chhattisgarh
1. Sh. S.C Padam, Directorate of Agriculture 2. Sh. Ayyaj Tamboh, Director Agriculture Delhi
1. Dr. Surendra Singh, JDA, Dev Deptt Gujarat
1. Mrs. K.B Chhaiya, Directorate of Agriculture 2. Sh. N.M Shukla, Directorate of Agriculture
Himachal Pradesh
1. Sh. Raghbir Singh, Joint Director Agri
Haryana
1. Sh G.P Singh, Director ( IIWBR) Jharkhand
1. Mr.Aboobacker Siddique, Secretary Agriculture 2. Mrs. Nisha Oranon Singhmarr, Director Agriculture 3. Vikas kumar, Addl Director Agriculture
Kerala
1. Sh. George Alexander, Director Agriculture Karnataka
1. Sh. V.J Dutt, Addl Director 2. Sh. C. B. Balareddy, Director
3. Sh. S. Devaraja, Commissioner of Agriculture
4. Sh. C.B. Balareddy, Addl Director Oddisha
1. Dr. Akshay Kumar Sahu 2. Sh. Subrath Das Samyak Bharat 3. Sh. Prem Chandra Choudhary,
Tamil Nadu
1. M. Asokan, Additional Director of Agriculture 2. Sh. P. Siva Kumar, Addl Director
Telangana
1. M.R. Rao, Secretary
Himachal Pradesh
1. Director (Agriculture) Uttakhand
1. Gauri Shankar,Director Agriculture 2. Dinesh Kumar,JDA
3. Vinay kumar , MD (Organic Board)
Utter Pradesh
1. Dr. Vivek Singh, Director 2. Sh. Neeraj Kumar, IDA Sikkim
1. Sh. J.D Bhutia, Secretary Agriculture 2. Sh. Norbu Tsheing Gensapa,Joint Director 3. Sh. Churamani Upreti, Joinet Director 4. Sh. Dhan Singh Chettri, Joint Director 5. Sh. P.L Basnt, Agriculture Department
Meghalaya
1. Director (Agriculture) Nagaland
1. Director of (Agriculture) Rajasthan
1. Sh. Kamaram, Commissioner Agriculture 2. Sh.M.L Asiweal ,Agri Department
3. Sh. YAshpal Mahawat, Agri Department 4. Sh. Yaswant Lal Yadav, Agri Department 5. Sh. Rajesh Singh Horticulture Department Telangana
1. K. Vijaya Kumar, Addl Director Tripura
1. Adurba Roy, Secretary, Agriculture 2. Saradinda Das, Director Agriculture Goa
1. Rena Menezes, Assistant Director West Bengal
1. Sajal Ghose
2. Dibyendu Das, Additional Director
3. Ashok KR. Tarafda, Addl. DA (P) & JE DA (Ext.)
Maharashtra
1. Dheeraj Kumar, Commissioner Agriculture 2. Vikas Patil,Director of Agriculture
3. Pandusang sisedar,Deputy Director
4. Prabhat Kumar,Advisor (RKVY) 5. Eknath Dawale,PS (Agriculture)
Madhya Pradesh
1. Sh. G.S Choudhary, Director Agriculture
Manipur
1. Sh. T Yogehndra Singh, Addl Director 2. Sh. Shantha Kumar, AFO
Meghalaya
1. Smt. Sanme R Marak, Joint Director
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