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Summary of Initiatives – Infrastructure

  1. Set-Up of Shillong Smart City Limited for implementing the Smart Cities Mission Scheme in Shillong city
  2. Construction of the first phase of the Technology Park at Umsawli, New Shillong is in progress since October 2018.
  3. Launch of the Solar Power Policy 2020: Proposed to setup a 10MW plant in Meghalaya which would see an investment of 150 crores. The location for the plant has been set at Ri-Bhoi and West Garo hills. Solar Energy is one of the sources to help bridge the gap between the production of 185.2MW Energy against the requirement of at least 610MW of power.
  4. Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020: Under the “Restart Meghalaya Mission”, the following initiatives in Infrastructure have been
    • Total Investment of 7453 Crore committed over the next 3 years for infrastructure development
    • 13 major roads covering a length of about 350kms will be constructed at an estimated cost of 850 Crore
    • Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) to all 5,89,000 rural households in the State by 2022.
    • 22.5 Megawatt Ganol Hydro Electric Project will be completed in the next 2 years
    • Tura and Jowai will be developed as Smart Towns with an investment of 50 Crore each.

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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.