Nawanshahr, December 1: The government is providing subsidy to farmers on stubble management machines under the Crop Residue Management (CRM) scheme for proper management of crop residues, especially paddy stubble.
Nawanshahr, December 1: The government is providing subsidy to farmers on stubble management machines under the Crop Residue Management (CRM) scheme for proper management of crop residues, especially paddy stubble. Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Gurdev Singh said that the physical inspection of the machines of the farmers who have purchased the machines under this scheme under the second phase during the year 2023-24 will now be done on Friday, December 8, 2023. He said that earlier this investigation was to be held on December 1, which has been postponed by the department, now this investigation will be held on December 8.
He said that the inspection of Aur, Nawanshahr, Balachore and Saroa blocks will be done at the concerned block agriculture office and the inspection of Banga block will be done at the Baharowal and Dana Mandi Katarian block offices. Farmers can contact concerned Block Agriculture Officer for verification of machines. 88720-06794 for Block Aur, 88720-06796 for Block Balachor, 98881-35451 for Block Nawansehr, 88720-06795 for Block Banga and 99425-00076 for Block Saroa.
Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Gurdev Singh appealed to all the farmers of the district to make maximum use of these machines and to make these machines available to other farmers especially small and marginal farmers so that they can manage the stubble and burn it on time. can be avoided and the cleanliness of the environment can be maintained.
