AGRI MISSION

In order to give the agriculture sector a boost , the Government of India has kept a sharp focus on the development of this sector on modern lines in Jammu and Kashmir . In this connection Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir recently said that Agristack & Agri Mission will complement each other to revolutionize the Agriculture sector here . He said Geo – referencing of Land Records to be a reality soon . He maintained that the soon to be launched J & K Agriculture Mission and ongoing Government of India scheme Digital Agriculture Mission ( Agristack ) will complement each other in revolutionizing the Agriculture sector in the UT . He made these remarks while chairing the High Level Meeting to take stock of the implementation of the mission here . Chief Knowledge Officer & Advisor , Ministry of Agriculture , Gol ; Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture Production Department ; Commissioner Secretaries of Forest , Ecology & Environment , Revenue Department , Information Technology & Information Departments ; Secretary in Agriculture Department ; Director Ecology , Environment & Remote Sensing ; Director Agriculture Production & Farmers ‘ Welfare Jammu / Kashmir and other concerned officers attended the meeting in person and through online mode . The Chief Secretary observed that the Agristack is a technology based information system with huge potential for the farming sector which is the future of J & K covering nearly 70 % of our population directly or indirectly . He stated that Aapki Zamin Aapki Nigrani was an earnest step taken by the UT administration towards transparency and digitization of land records . He made out that in coming months J & K would complete the digitization of cadastral maps and thereafter the Geo – referencing of the same for better implementation of Agristack .