The Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Minister Shobha Karandlaje today said that the Centre will work with the government to create Goa a self-sufficient state within the next three years.
In a review meeting, Ms Karandlaje said that the Centre is prepared for all types of support to determine an integrated agriculture university within the State.
“In the meeting, we’ve reviewed what the Centre has given us. We discussed the necessity for an integrated agriculture college here which is that the subject of the government too,” the Minister said.
Ms Karandlaje said, “For establishing an agriculture college, the government will need help from the Centre and not only on this – there are other problems, like some farmers aren’t able to receive the advantages of ‘PM Kisan Samman Yojana’ thanks to some issues with land records. But these collective issues also will be discussed with the Centre.”
Speaking further, the Minister said, “Goa is self-sufficient in milk but we’ve got a target in vegetables additionally. So like these, we’ve many targets.”
Ms Karandlaje also talked about the welfare of the farmers and said, “We are visiting everywhere and interacting with farmers. for his or her welfare, both the govt Centre and therefore the state will work together.”
“The Chief Minister of the state Pramod Sawant is aggressively working here especially for farmers,” she added.
