Mr. Rupani said that both Union and State Governments are committed to welfare of farmers. He briefed about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana which has been announced by the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and said that crop insurance worth Rs. 1795 crore has been already paid to the farmers of Gujarat during the current year.
“The state government is concerned about farmers to provide them water, electricity, pure seeds and the best prices of the crops on time to make them more prosper and to increase the growth of agriculture economy of the state,” said CM Mr. Vijay Rupani. CM Rupani specially mentioned about the new direction in agriculture revolution among Saurashtra farmers through ‘SAUNI’ yojana.
The Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department of Gujarat Govt. takes care of agriculture and related matters in its charge likehorticulture, soil conservation, dairy development, animal husbandry, and and formation of policies / schemes in co-operative activities as well as implementation, monitoring and supervision. A separate Horticulture Department has been set up from the Agriculture Department considering the importance of the increasing agriculture area for Horticulture farming and horticultural activities in the State.
Four Agriculture Universities are functional under the Department to carry out education and research related activities in the area of agriculture and related subjects. Head of the Department (HOD), Corporations, Committees and other institutions are working under the administrative control of the department to advice and assist in policy making for departmental activities and in implementation and monitoring of programs.
The key objective of the Agriculture Departmentis to meet the need of the State and to increase the income of farmers by increase in agricultural production by increasing agricultural productivity by giving the knowledge of scientific methods of agriculture to the farmers and by implementing various schemes