Punjab soon to emerge as frontrunner in White & Blue revolution: Badal Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today envisioned that due to hard work and dedication of farmers the state would soon emerge as frontrunner in ‘White and Blue’ revolution also. Addressing the gathering on the concluding day of Livestock Expo and National Championship here, the Chief Minister said that the hard working and resilient peasants of the state had scripted a new chapter in the history of nation by making it self-reliant in food production through the ‘Green Revolution’ in 1960s. In such a dismal scenario, the Chief Minister said the only silver lining for the farmers was the allied farming sector, which was having a huge potential in the state. He said that in order to emerge out of the current agrarian crisis, the Punjabi farmers must take the initiative of opting for the allied farming activities like Dairy farming, piggery, apiary, goatery and others. ‘This will bail out the farmers from the crisis by supplementing their income’ added Mr Badal. Listing the initiatives taken by the state to promote allied farming sector under its flagship programme of crop diversification, the Chief Minister said that the farmers have given positive response to this program by evincing keen interest in Livestock sector. He also said that it was a matter of great pride and honor for them that Punjab has emerged as number one state in pisciculture amongst the non-coastal states of the country. Mr Badal said that to further promote Fishery in the state he had recently visited China along with a delegation of the progressive fish farmers to get acquainted about their expertise in the fishing sector in order to encourage the farmers for adopting fish farming as the state government was giving 100 per cent subsidy for setting up fish farms in water logged areas and 50 per cent subsidy in other parts of the state. Likewise, the Chief Minister said that to popularize Dairy farming in the state 50 per cent subsidy was being given to the women dairy farmers.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:26:18 +0000
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