3 weeks ago
Odisha Deputy CM demands monthly field visit reports from officials
A big leader in Odisha, India, held a meeting with workers who help farmers grow fruits and vegetables.
His name is Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, and he is the Deputy Chief Minister.
He told the workers they need to visit farms often and talk to farmers.
He wants them to understand farmers' problems and find real solutions.
He also said every worker must write a report every month about their farm visits.
If workers travel to other states or countries to learn about farming, they must write a quick report within seven days of coming back.
If they do not write the report, they might get in trouble and their trips will be stopped.
The meeting also talked about growing more oil palm trees and better crops to sell to other countries.
The goal is to help farmers earn more money and make sure people have healthy food to eat.
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo warned officials at the State Level Horticulture Officers' Conference in Bhubaneswar against failing to follow government guidelines.
He ordered all officials, including the Director, to submit monthly field visit reports to the office.
Tour reports must be submitted through the Secretary within seven days, or out-of-state and overseas tours will be stopped.
Singh Deo said officials had been given 'a long rope' for two years and warned that action would be taken against those who fail to submit reports.
Conference priorities included expanding oil palm cultivation, improving crop quality for export markets, high-value crops and commercial floriculture.
- Who
- Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, along with state horticulture officials.
- What
- Singh Deo demanded mandatory monthly field visit reports and warned of action against officials who fail to submit tour reports within seven days.
- Where
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- When
- Date not specified in the article.
- Why
- To ensure government schemes reach the ground, improve agricultural development, boost farmers' earnings and strengthen nutritional security.
Key facts
- Event
- State Level Horticulture Officers' Conference
- Location
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Key official
- Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment Minister
- New requirement
- Monthly field visit reports from all officials, including the Director
- Tour report deadline
- Within 7 days, submitted through the Secretary
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Action against officials; out-of-state and overseas tours stopped
- Conference objectives
- Agricultural development, higher farmer earnings, nutritional security
- Technical session topics
- Modern farming practices, advanced technology, post-harvest handling, direct farmer-to-consumer sales
Quotes
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister
“When we are sending farmers at government expense to other States to learn about the best farming practices and potential that can be implemented here, when they come back from the tour, are they (officials) not supposed to submit a tour report to the government?”
thehansindia.com
“They need to submit their tour report through the Secretary to the government within seven days, failing which all tours outside the State or outside the country will be stopped.”
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