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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma handed over land lease documents to residents of Balsrigittim and Warimagre in Williamnagar township

Shillong, December 12,2022: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday handed over land lease documents to residents of Balsrigittim and Warimagre in Williamnagar township of East Garo Hills District  in presence of MLA Marcuise Marak.

Over 1200 plus residents from both the localities have been living in the Government land for years and had been seeking for land settlement.

The residents of the localities had to face various hardships in absence of land documents necessary to avail loans and other benefits from the Government.

The residents sought the intervention of the Government for resolving the issue and under the leadership of the Chief Minister, the Department of Revenue finally came up with the settlement land document.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister appreciated the effort of the MLA Marcuise Marak for his persistence by bringing different stakeholders together to resolve the issue.

He said that in Tura and Williamnagar, few localities had similar issues with regards to land settlement and the Government has worked out a solution through issuance of the land document that will pave way for access to basic Government amenities in such localities.

In today programme, Chief Minister and local MLA Marcuise Marak had a ceremonial handing over of land settlement document to 17 residents of Balsrigittim and 6 residents of Warimagre.

 

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.