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Ten States have been selected for the newly instituted ‘Krishi Karman’ awards for best performance towards raising production of food grains.
Three awards are being given for total food grain production and four awards for production of rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses – the crops that constitute the food grain basket. Krishi Karman awards are the first-ever awards being given to States for their effort and contribution towards raising the country’s food grain production.
Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are the joint winners of the Krishi Karman award in the category of States with overall food grain production of more than 10 million tonnes recorded in the last five years.
Assam and Orissa get the award in the category of States with overall food grain production of between one and 10 million tonnes.
Tripura is the sole winner in the category of States with overall food grain production of less than one million tonnes.
In the second set of four awards, being given for individual crops and crop groups, the award for rice goes to Chhattisgarh, wheat to Haryana, pulses to Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and coarse cereals to Karnataka.
Each award winning State gets a trophy, a citation and cash award. The cash award (for each State) is Rs. 2 crore for total food grain production and Rs. 1 crore for each of the four crops included in food grains.
A selection committee headed by Secretary (Agriculture and Cooperation) assessed the performance of States against objective criteria that took into account production outcomes, implementation of crop production programs and innovative approaches adopted for effective service delivery. Initial screening for the selection of best performing States was done based on the 3rd advance production estimates and the reported performance of the States against the set parameters. The 17 shortlisted States made detailed presentations before the Selection Committee and finally ten States were selected for the awards.
The awards will be given away by the Prime Minister later this month.
