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Chief Minister visits Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong

Shillong, 28th June 2023: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, today, visited Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong and distributed completion certificates and appointment letters to the passing out students.

Interacting with the students of the school Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma said, “I can see a sense of passion and a spark and a desire to do something in all of you and that is the most important aspect in life and added that the youth is a great strength to the State and the country but there is a challenge to use this work force of youth in a productive manner. He added that the government has in the last few years been working on a roadmap to scientifically map the skill that is required that will help in the economic growth of the state and sustain it for future.

Lauding the Don Bosco Technical School, the Chief Minister said “The number of students passing out from this technical school is higher than of all it is put together in the State and I congratulate Don Bosco Technical School for the amazing work it is doing.” He also said that the government has a target of creating five lakh job opportunities in different sectors and assured that the government would partner with Don Bosco Technical School in a larger way to achieve this target. “Don Bosco Technical School will be a great partner for the government of Meghalaya to compliment and supplement each other and scale up the targets and goals that we have and achieve it together,” he added. He also urged the technical school to upgrade and integrate their courses to keep up with changing needs and technology.

The Chief Minister also interacted with the students and answered a number of queries related to skills, employments and policies of the State government for the youth.

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.