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Summary of Initiatives – Tourism

  1. Under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, 84.96 Crores was sanctioned for the infrastructure development of circuits in Garo Hills, Jaintia Hills and West Khasi Hills.
  2. Infrastructure was inaugurated at Lake View and Orchid Lake Resort, Umiam under Swadesh Darshan Development Scheme for development of circuits in East Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi Districts.
  3. Assistance for creation of tourism infrastructure in the form of homestays and resorts was provided by the State Government in the form of the “Meghalaya Tourism Development and Investment Promotion Scheme 2012”
  4. Incentives & Concessions to local entrepreneurs through The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Under this Policy, incentives for Service Sector have been covered for Hotels (not below 2-Star Category) Adventure and Leisure Sports including Ropeways, Vocational Training Institutes such as Institutes for Hotel Management, Catering and Food Crafts.
  5. Assistance for purchase of multi utility vehicles to approved resort owners/hotel owners/tour operators for purchase of vehicles for tourism purposes.
  6. Development of rural tourism in Meghalaya through the creation of infrastructure and amenities such as lodges and eateries for tourists in 500 villages
  7. Incentives to house owners who are willing to provide Hospitality in the form of Bed ‘n’ Breakfast in all the prominent tourist destinations.
  8. Training Capacity Building and Skill Development through training partners such as IL&FS Education, B-ABLE, Avenues, ETPL India, and IHM & FCI etc. Training have been conducted in the areas of grooming and building of life skills in hospitality and service, front office work including communication skills, housekeeping, food and beverage service, food and beverage production, outdoor and adventure activities and skill development of masons and electricians.

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Initiatives : Agriculture

Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020

The Mission comprise of a series of interventions to support farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling them to build growth-promoting basic infrastructure and services. Under this Mission, 1917iTEAMS – the IT Platform aimed at enabling farmers access to agricultural information, crop advisories and markets will be expanded logistically through induction of another 100 vehicles.

Creation of the Directorate of Food Processing on May 2018

With the objective of seizing opportunities in the sector and the untapped food processing potential of the state for uplifting the livelihoods of farmers and value chain actors, the Government of Meghalaya created the Directorate of Food Processing (DFP) as a one-stop agency to handle all matters relating to food processing in the state and to deal with all central government Ministries and Agencies (viz. Ministries of Agriculture, and Food Processing, SFAC, NCDC, NABARD, etc.) in all matters pertaining to the development of agricultural food processing sector.

First Ever Farmer’s Parliament held on 4th - 5th December 2018

The parliament was organised by the state department of agriculture in collaboration with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) and the Hill Farmers' Union (HFU). As a step toward the promotion of new technologies, HFU with the support of Meghalaya government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence App for farmers — called Nongrep (nongrep in Khasi language means farmer) with its software partner Impetus Solutions from Hyderabad — as a social innovation project. This app will address matters of farm aggregations, soil health and disease identification, crop yield, farm produce pickups, market linkage and retail sellers app.

Launch of the Farmer’s Portal on 7th May 2018

The Meghalaya Famers’ Portal (www.megfarmers.gov.in) of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries, etc. is provided. Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Meghalaya has been selected for the Commendation award in 'Total foodgrains Category-III' for 2017-18. The award consists of a citation and an amount of Rs. 1 crore.
  • Meghalaya Agriculture Department and the MIE Meghalaya Team won the '7th eNabling North East (eNorth East) Award 2019-20' in the 'Agriculture & Rural Development' category for 1917 iTEAMS project which is a project in collaboration with Digital India.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Meghalaya on May 2018 the Krishi Commendation Award for the year 2015-16, in recognition of the commendable foodgrains production achieved by the State.
  • Meghalaya has been adjudged the Most Improved Small State in the category of Agriculture and received the India Today – "The State of the States” Award on 23rd November 2018.