Advisor to Lt Governor UT-Ladakh, Umang Narula reviewed physical and financial achievement under ATMA for the year 2019-20, while chairing a meeting of UT Level Sanctioning Committee (UTLSC) for Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) at Leh. Commissioner/Secretary, Agriculture/Horticulture, Rigzin Samphel, Secretary Animal & Sheep Husbandry Ravinder Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Leh Sachin Kumar Vaishya, Director DIHAR Dr Om Prakash Chaurasia, Director Animal/Sheep Husbandry Dr Mohammad Raza and I/c Associate Director SKUAST Dr Deldan Namgial participated in the meeting. Deputy Commissioner, Kargil Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary, Chief Regional Wildlife Warden, Chief Agriculture Officer Kargil, KMA Khan participated through video conferencing. The Advisor advised the officers that there should not be any shortfalls in future in achievements of targets under ATMA and benefits/outcomes of the schemes must percolate at the grass root level to the farming community. Tarvinder Singh Director Horticulture/Agriculture through Power Point Presentation presented Action Plans of Agriculture/Horticulture Department and Animal/Sheep Husbandry department with tentative allocations of Rs 184.53 lakh, Rs 52.97 lakh and 35.58 lakh, respectively under different components. He informed that Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi has conveyed tentative ceiling of Rs 270.00 lakh as 100 percent Government of India share for Ladakh under ATMA component of Sub Mission for Agriculture Extension under Krishonnati Yojana for 2020-21 for UT of Ladakh. The UTLSC approved the Action Plan of Ladakh with allocation of Rs 273.08 lakh and Chairman exhorted the departments for effective time bond implementation as per guidelines and cost norms of the scheme. Besides, plan proposals of Agriculture department, Horticulture Department, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, Fisheries Department and SKUAST Leh were also discussed under RKVY. It was decided that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare would be approached for allocations under RKVY for 2020-21.
