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CM attends Anniversary Celebration of YESS Meghalaya


Shillong, 3rd July 2023: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, today attended the Anniversary Celebration of YESS Meghalaya at Pinewood Hotel Banquet Hall.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, said that there is a huge gap in the activities that the youth would like to do and the support that they get for implementing the activities. “There are so many youth organisations and groups who are doing many activities on their own without any support from anyone and yet they do it because they are passionate about it,” he said. He added that there was no systematic way of structuring the financial assistance that was being given to them by government or departments.

The Chief Minister said that the government is working in a planned and strategic manner so that financial assistance can be given to the youth organisations to carry out their activities. He also said that the YESS Meghalaya program that was so far being implemented through the Chief Minister’s Secretariat will now be handed over to the Sports & Youth Affairs Department. He also said that there will be program for entrepreneurs, musicians, sportspersons and filmmakers to showcase their work and achievement so that other youth can be motivated and said, “It is very important to motivate and push the youth and to showcase their talent therefore the program that will be launched in the net few days will give them this platform.”

“YESS Meghalaya is one of the most successful programs that we have had and we have received a positive response from the youth and I urge more youth to come forward and register so that we as a government can support the positive energy that you have,” he said.

The Chief Minister launched the Revised Guidelines of YESS Meghalaya and also distributed cheques to beneficiaries of YESS Meghalaya.

Also present during the occasion were, Minister, Sports & Youth Affairs, Shakliar Warjri, Commissioner & Secretary, Sports & Youth Affairs, Dr Vijay Kumar D and Director, Sports & Youth Affairs, Isawanda Laloo.

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.