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Shillong, June 14, 2022: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, on Tuesday flagged off an ambulance under CMDSF at a function that was held at St John’s White Hall, Dum Dum, Nongthymmai.

Speaking during the occasion, the Chief Minister said that extending support by providing ambulances to different localities is an effort of the government to ensure that small but significant services are given in the Health care sector. “The pandemic was unprecedented and challenges faced during the last two years were huge both for the government and the society but we were able to overcome the difficult times because of the active participation and cooperation of the community,” he said. He hoped that the ambulance will be able to save precious lives the days to come and urged the community to take care of the asset with a sense of ownership and responsibility.

“The government has been very focussed on ensuring that the social sectors are crucial and steps have been taken to ensure that goals are met by shifting from the scheme based approach to mission mode approach,” he said. He further added that constant monitoring and accountability and course correction where required are essential to good governance.

Earlier, East Shillong legislator, Dr Ampareen M Lyngdoh, urged the locality of Dum Dum to adopt good practises that will nurture, maintain and ensure that the ambulance will serve the people with love, compassion and commitment.

The Chief Minister also unveiled the roadmap of Dum Dum locality during the event. The flagging off was also attended by Dorbar members, Dum Dum locality and the Managing Committee of the school.

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.