Bihar Chief Minister Launches Kharif Mahabhiyan-2024
Nitish Kumar flags off Kisan Awareness Vehicles to educate farmers on agricultural schemes and techniques
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched Kharif Mahabhiyan-2024 from 01 Anne Marg. On this occasion, the Chief Minister flagged off Kisan Awareness Vehicles for all the districts under Kharif Mahabhiyan-2024.
The objective of this program is to make farmers aware by giving them information about various schemes run by the Agriculture Department. Through these Kisan Awareness Vehicles, farmers will be given technical information about Kharif crops and information about the schemes run by the Agriculture Department in the Kharif season. Along with this, farmers will be made aware by promoting information about the distribution of inputs at subsidized rates in Kharif, awareness towards crop residue management, information related to climate-friendly agriculture program, incentives for organic farming, special information on crop diversification, information about various dimensions of the Fourth Agriculture Road Map and other programs.
At the beginning of the program, Secretary of Agriculture Department Sanjay Kumar Agarwal welcomed the Chief Minister by presenting a green plant and a flower bouquet. On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, Agriculture Minister Mangal Pandey, Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Deepak Kumar, Chief Secretary Brajesh Mehrotra, Development Commissioner Chaitanya Prasad, Agriculture Department Secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Secretary to the Chief Minister Anupam Kumar, Special Officer to the Chief Minister Gopal Singh, Agriculture Director Mukesh Kumar Lal and other senior officials were present.
