## Promote Drip Irrigation:

- • Irrigation needs to be further promoted through frequent field level • Irrigation needs to be further promoted through frequent field level demonstrations. The issue of two different criteria being used by Agriculture Dept. and Horticulture Dept. needs to address this issue by providing drip option for 2 feet also. The Government should establish an agency for 'on-demand tank creation' for drip irrigation.

## Dry Port:

- • recommendation about the export center, ACS Finance shared that the second run- • recommendation about the export center, ACS Finance shared that the second run- way at the Hisar Airport will be ready soon and efforts will be made to develop a dry port so that the farmers of the State can export their products easily.

## Lower GST Slab for Agriculture Inputs:

- • issue of high cost of production needs to be addressed. This can be done through by • issue of high cost of production needs to be addressed. This can be done through by keeping items like diesel, pesticides, agricultural implements etc. out of GST or by keeping them in lower GST slab.

#### Other Recommendations:

- • Agriculture shared that Soil Testing Labs will be set up at every block headquarters • Agriculture shared that Soil Testing Labs will be set up at every block headquarters in the state.
- • scheme may be extended for conducting various agricultural operations on • scheme may be extended for conducting various agricultural operations on the farmers' fields with 70% payment support from government and 30% from the farmer.
- • supply schedule for irrigation purposes to be changed and should be fixed during • supply schedule for irrigation purposes to be changed and should be fixed during daytime.
- • sorting, grading, packaging, etc. should be at the farmers' fields and processing • sorting, grading, packaging, etc. should be at the farmers' fields and processing facilities should be promoted for value addition of the farm produce.
- • and Paddy stock management is still a challenge. To address this monthly based • and Paddy stock management is still a challenge. To address this monthly based mandi rates may be set. The farmers opting for crop diversification instead of paddy should be incentivized. (Shri Shamsher Singh, Representative from Gurukul Organic Farming, Kurukshetra)
- • work concerning Kisan Credit Card should be further reduced. • work concerning Kisan Credit Card should be further reduced.
- • Farmer Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan from Sonepat suggested that to promote • Farmer Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan from Sonepat suggested that to promote food processing, the state should focus on select horticulture crops like maize (its corns having multiple uses in poultry, industries etc.)
- • crop insurance process needs to be further simplified. Vegetable may be included in • crop insurance process needs to be further simplified. Vegetable may be included in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana .
- • diversification of paddy by alternate crops such as maize, vegetables, pulses, to be • diversification of paddy by alternate crops such as maize, vegetables, pulses, to be promoted. The moisture in maize, grains is a major problem and drying machine of