President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today presented Krishi Karman Awards to eight States for their achievements in foodgrains production in 2011-12. Ten States were given commendation awards.
Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur and Nagaland received the awards for special contribution to totalfoodgrains production. Bihar received the award for contribution to production and productivity of rice, Haryana for wheat, Jharkhand for pulses and Uttar Pradesh for coarse cereals. Punjab, Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh received commendation awards.
Krishi Karman Awards were instituted in 2010-11 for recognizing the meritorious efforts of States in foodgrain production. The awards announced now - for 2011-12 - will be presented by the President tomorrow to Chief Ministers or Agriculture Ministers of these States.
The awards are given to best performing States in two broad sets, one for the total foodgrain production and the other for individual foodgrain crops of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals. States for total foodgrains category are further divided into three categories based on total foodgrain production capacity of the State.
Award winning States get a trophy, a citation and cash award. The cash award is Rs. 2 crores for total foodgrainproduction and Rs. 1 crore for each of the four individual crops. Commendation award winners get a cash prize of Rs. 25lakh. Individual farmers get Rs. one lakh besides a trophy and citation.
A selection committee headed by Secretary (Agriculture and Cooperation) assessed the performance of States against criteria that took into account production outcomes, implementation of crop production programs and innovative approaches adopted for effective service delivery.
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