Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched Kharif Mahabhiyan-2024 in Patna today, Thursday. On this occasion, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off farmer awareness vehicles to all the districts.
About the objective of the Kharif Mahabhiyan-2024 program, an official said that all the information about the various schemes conducted by the Department of Agriculture is to be given to the farmers and to make the farmers aware of those schemes.
The farmers awareness vehicle which has been dispatched by the Chief Minister to all the districts will be given technical information about Kharif crops to the farmers. Farmers will also be given information about the schemes conducted by the Department of Agriculture in the Kharif season through Kisan Awareness Vehicle. Apart from this, information on distribution of inputs at subsidized rates in Kharif to farmers of all districts, incentives for organic farming, information related to climate friendly agriculture programs, special information on crop diversification, awareness of crop residue management, fourth agricultural road map Information of various dimensions etc. will be given. Apart from these information, many other programs will also be publicized to make the farmers aware.
Agriculture Department Secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal welcomed the Chief Minister by presenting green plant and bunch of flowers at the beginning of the program.
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Agriculture Minister Mangal Pandey, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and many other top officials were also present on this occasion.