Lucknow, Oct 26: In honour of the ‘Annadata’, December 23, which is also the birth anniversary of the fifth Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh, will be observed as the ‘Kisan Samman Diwas’ in Uttar Pradesh.

During his short stay at the helm of the country, Chaudhary Charan Singh introduced some remarkable policies that completely changed the face of the agricultural industry in the country. Coming from the same background, he understood the problems of the farmers’ community and provided them with a lot of support to thrive.

On this occasion, farmers, who have made significant contributions to traditional farming and done some remarkable work in the field of agricultural diversification or horticulture farming will be honoured.

Under ‘Mission Shakti’, women farmers who have done remarkable work in agriculture and the allied sector will also be rewarded at the state and district levels.

‘Kisan Samman Diwas’ will be celebrated at the state, district and development block level. The main event will be organised in Lucknow under the supervision of the Divisional Commission in the presence of CM Yogi along with the Agriculture Minister and others, officials here on Tuesday said .

Agriculture Director UP has been assigned as the nodal officer for all the programmes which will be organised on the occasion of Kisan Samman Diwas.

It is to be mentioned that on the occasion of ‘Kisan Samman Diwas’, Agricultural Universities will organise Kisan Goshthi and exhibition at all Krishi Vigyan Kendras.

For doing excellent work at the state level, three awards will be distributed under the category of organic farming / natural farming and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO).

At the state level, three beneficiaries under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), three scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and three officers of the district doing important work for stubble management will also be honoured by the state government.

Agriculture and allied departments like – Cooperation Department, Horticulture Department, Fisheries Department, Milk Development Department, Sericulture Department and Sugarcane Departments have been asked to ensure active participation in the Kisan Samman Diwas event and development seminar.(UNI)