Bhubaneswar/Bengaluru: Odisha has been conferred with the Krishi Karman Award again.
Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Dr. Arun Kumar Sahoo received the “Commendation Achievement in Agriculture” for total food grain production in 2016-17 from Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at Tumakur in Bengaluru on Thursday.
The award consists of a trophy, citation and a cash amount of Rs 1 crore.
Additional Chief Secretary and Agricultural Production Commissioner Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra and Director, Agriculture and Food Production, Dr M Muthukumar accompanied Dr Sahoo to Bengaluru to attend the event.
The Odisha government has also released its new agriculture Policy SAMRUDHI 2020, which focuses on market linkage, crop diversification and leveraging science and technology to ensure agricultural growth and enhance farmers’ income and livelihood.
