Chandigarh, May 3, 2015: Haryana Government has constituted a State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) headed by Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture as per operational guidelines of Sub-Mission of Agricultural Mechanization(SMAM), Government of India. The main function of committee will be to vet the Annual Action Plan prepared by the State Nodal Department for implementation of the SMAM.
Stating this today, an official said that the committee would comprise of Director General, Agriculture as Member Secretary, Director General, Horticulture as Co-Member Secretary and Additional Director or Joint Director, Agriculture Engineering, Head of the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CCSHAU, Hisar and Director FMTTI, Hisar as members.
He said that the SLEC would oversee the implementation of components of the Mission in the state through regular meetings with the nodal and other line departments. It would also provide inputs to the Executive Committee for appropriate policy formulation.
He said that the committee would prepare Mission Implementation Plan (MIP) for entire plan period for achieving the farm power availability to 2 kW/ha, primarily focusing on increasing farm mechanization with local specific advantages and easier adaptability for improved production and productivity. The committee would prepare indicative list of machines and equipments which should not be eligible for subsidy under the Mission. While preparing the negative list, State should consider various aspects including fact whether an equipment or machinery could be run commercially without subsidy. He said that the committee would prepare Annual State Level Action Plan in consonance with the goals and objectives of Mission by taking into account tentative outlay of state as communicated by department of Agriculture and Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, government of India at the beginning of the financial year. / (SK Vyas, jalandhar)