Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, February 19: Agriculture Minister of Manipur Abdul Nasir today appraised the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Tariq Anwar about the decrease of food production in Manipur due to draught like situation last year and requested him for all-out assistance from the Centre to the marginal farmers for better food production in the State. Referring to the Central Sponsored Schemes like National Food Security Mission and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY); Minister Abdul Nasir urged the Union Minister to provide additional fund for Manipur from those central schemes.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar assured the Agriculture Minister of Manipur for providing all sorts of help for development of agriculture sector in Manipur. He asked the Manipur Agriculture Minister for submission of project proposals as soon as possible so that the fund could be released before March this year. Union Minister also assured for taking up new projects for Manipur under the National Fishery Development Board.
Manipur Minister Nasir sought for the meeting with the Union Minister to express the grievances of the farmers of Manipur yesterday when the 84th Annual General meeting of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) took place at A.P.Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC Complex, Pusa here. He had a half hour meeting with the Union Minister today at 11.30 am at the Krishi Bhawan, here.
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