Vegetable vendors exempted from paying market fee in mandis

CHANDIGARH, JAN 11

 Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal said that fruit and vegetable vendors will not have to pay market fee in the mandis of the State, one percent market fee and one percent HRDF fee has been waived by the State Government. He said that due to this, a total profit of Rs. 30 crore would be given to the traders of the State annually.

This information was given by the Haryana Agriculture Minister after a surprise inspection of the vegetable market in Bhiwani today.

He said that the State Government supports the trading community and is continuously implementing welfare policies in the interests of traders. He said that the fruit and vegetable vendors of the state had been demanding waiver of market fees from a long time, which the government has waived off. On this, the fruit and vegetable vendors extended gratitude towards the Agriculture Minister, Sh. Jai Prakash Dalal.

During this, the Agriculture Minister also inspected the sanitation system in the mandi and directed the officers to remove water from the Mandi premises and ensure regular cleaning. He also directed to prepare a plan for sewerage system in Mandi.

FARMERS TRAINING: Meanwhile, to ensure saving of time and finances of the farmers amidst Corona pandemic, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCS HAU), Hisar will organise  farmers training programme through video conferencing. For this, arrangement of modern equipment has been made at Saina Nehwal Institute of Agriculture Technology, Training and Education under CCSHAU

While giving information in this regard today, a spokesperson of the University said that on behalf of Saina Nehwal Agricultural Technology Training and Education Institute, various training programmes including mushroom production, bee keeping, sewing-embroidery, value addition of crops, dairy farming, horticulture, production of vermicompost, production and preservation of vegetables etc. are organised for farmers, youth and women, but due to the on-going pandemic, it is not possible to conduct training programme through offline medium. In such a situation, online training will be given to farmers, so that they can get information easily about the advanced varieties of crops and modern farming techniques which would provide maximum benefits to them.

He said that by organizing such training programmes, unemployed youth would get opportunities for self-employment.

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR NSS AWARDS:  The State Level NSS Awards for the year 2020-2021 will be given by the Higher Education Department of Haryana for which applications can be sent by January 31, 2022.

Giving information in this regard, an official spokesperson of the department said that one award for 'University NSS Programme Coordinator', three awards for 'NSS Programme Officer and NSS Units', one award for 'District NSS Programme Coordinator’ and 10 awards for ‘NSS Volunteers' will be given. He said that as per the directions of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, from the year 2017-18, the tradition of giving the above awards to those who have done exemplary work in the field of NSS has been started.

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