The minister added that the state government is motivating and training the farmers to adopt Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) technique through Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana (PK3Y) for the last four years.
Each park will have state-of-the-art exercise and recreational equipment intended to improve fitness and balance-targeting areas that typically show decline with age.
There are around 5,900 tea farming families in the state and the average land holding of 95 percent of tea growers is less than 0.5 hectares.
The shortage of green fodder has been estimated to be 40- 45 percent at present which will be addressed through this project.
He directed the department to make timely arrangements for wheat procurement and also to provide basic facilities at the procurement centers so that the farmers visiting the center do not face any kind of inconvenience.
'A wide range of activities would be made available in these parks to meet physical, emotional and social needs of elderly.'
The export of fisheries was affected due to lockdown but now the situation has begun to improve and soon the department would further strengthen the fisheries activities.
The hill state records about 1000 kilogram Pashmina wool production annually at present and aims to double it in next five years.
In his reply, Animal Husbandry minister Virender Kanwar said the issue of declaring cow as ‘Rashtra Mata’ comes under the purview of Central government.
Fisheries minister Virender Kanwar said that under blue revolution scheme, provision of 40 per cent has been made to provide assistance to general category and 60 per cent aid will be for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women.
