GUWAHATI: "The state government is striving to provide dignity to the farmers of the State and the new appointees must dedicate themselves towards making agriculture glamorous so that the young generation aspires to take up farming. Lots of irregularities took place in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kishan Sanman Nidhi scheme in the State and no one, who embezzled the money meant for the farmers, would be spared. The new ADOs will have to shoulder that responsibility of ensuring that no such corrupt practices take place in future'', Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asserted this while distributing appointment letters to 111 Agriculture Development Officers (ADO) under Agriculture Department at a programme held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra on Wednesday.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for doubling farmers' income by 2022, Chief Minister Sonowal urged the new appointees to take up the mantle of strict and proper implementation of schemes like Fasal Bima Yojana, Soil Health Card, PM Kisan, and Kishan Credit Card etc. for bringing rapid development in agriculture and allied sectors. He called on the newly recruited ADOs to guide the farmers and solve their problems while making them aware about latest technologies in the field of Agriculture.
Congratulating the newly recruited 111 ADOs for the opportunity to serve the farming community of the State, the Chief Minister informed that Agriculture Department would recruit additional 3,189 personnel including Agricultural Extension Officers, Village Level Extension Workers (VLEW) etc while 157 technical recruitments would be made by the department including junior engineers within this year itself.
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