Dehradun: The 12th State Level Steering Committee meeting of “Himmothan” Project run by Tata Trust under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh was held at secretariat on Thursday.
Praising the programmes run under “Himmothan” project, Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh sought suggestions to make these programmes more effective. He said that to achieve the goal of making the income of farmers’ double as envisaged by Prime Minister, he stressed that “Himmothan” project should focus on processing of agriculture products and providing low cost power tillers to the farmers.
He emphasized on awareness campaign for encouraging farmers to sow commercial crops. Chief Secretary instructed that to double the income of farmers, the officers of agriculture, horticulture, peyjal, development officers concerned with employment generation projects should work in close cooperation with Tata Trust officials.
Vibha Puri Dass, Chief of “Himmothan” said that under the project, a target has been fixed to raise the living standards of one lakh families in one thousand villages till 2020.
She said that to achieve this goal, “Himmaothan” project in cooperation with state government Integrated Livelihood Help project, Participatory Forest management and JAIKA, Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihood Project has been working for farmers in agriculture, horticulture, livelihood, skill development, education, peyjal and cleanliness. She gave a detailed presentation on the works being done by the “Himmothan” project.
Himmothan Project Director Yashpal Singh Bisht gave a detailed presentation about the implementation and monitoring of the project. During the presentation, Bisht said that the programmes organized under the project are monitored and evaluated by the committee constituted at the district level, once a year. He explained in detail about the various programmes – toilets free schemes, livestock development, agriculture, horticulture, education and livelihood rehabilitation programme being run under the project. Bisht said that co-operatives of different districts have formed Trishulii Producer Company for value addition of local products, branding and marketing in various markets of the state, through which, the livelihood project is operated.
