Addressing farmers at Ghazipur, Union Minister Manoj Sinha said farmers are feeding the whole country and their welfare is crucial to the country’s progress. The govt has launched several policies to help them and it is encouraging to note that IFFCO and its Managing Director Dr U S Awasthi are also doing their best to help them, the union minister said.
The minister praised IFFCO’s digital platform and advocated its spread throughout the country. The IFFCO digital platform is aimed to connect 4 crore farmers in India and the website traffic, iffcobazar.in ranks high among shops launched across the world.
Ghazipur was the 94th destination covered by IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi. The place saw a huge turnout of farmers numbering more than 3000. MD displayed exemplary patience and met each of them one on one. “Met each of them personally”, he later tweeted.
With the diffusion of mobile digital technology among young people across the countryside, IFFCO has started
IFFCOYuva, another big move at enlisting the young farmers in the field of agriculture, said IFFCO sources.
Addressing the farmers in Ghazipur Awasthi tried to convince them of their crucial role in the food-chain value. He emphasized on the role of mobile phone in increasing the earnings of farmers.
Earlier in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha released the postage stamp on Padma Bhushan Shrilal Shukla. The Governor said the Shukla books are personal treasury for him.
India Post, in fact released commemorative postage stamps on five eminent writers including – Prof. Balwant Gargi, Bhisham Sahni, K.V. Puttappa, Pandit Shrilal Shukla and Krishan Chander.
For the last five years, IFFCO has been bestowing the Shrilal Shukhla Smriti Award on a renowned Hindi litterateur whose writings reflect struggles, challenges and wishes of the agrarian India.
