Dear friends,

In this peak summer, when the sun is mercilessly beating down on the earth, with mercury hovering around 40 to 45 degrees Celsius, when even birds disappear from the scene, what motivates one lakh Karma Yogis of the Gujarat Government to go out there from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. and extensively cover the countryside, across the state, for nearly a month?

It is for Krishi Mahotsav, which is being held for the last eight years with a determination to reach out to the farmers, to bring the latest technology for the growth of agriculture and animal husbandry at their doorsteps.

If someone wants to see the glimpse of a true democracy with people’s participation in action, one must get a firsthand glimpse of this successful campaign called Krishi Mahotsav. One must join the whole lot of senior officers and junior employees, progressive farmers and agricultural scientists, office-bearers, join hands with them to see them explain to the farmers the benefits, the nitty-gritties of the best agricultural practices.

It often happens in a government’s functioning that the concept is clear but glitches arise in implementation. Gujarat Government has already established its identity in good governance, both in terms of conceiving ideas and successfully implementing them.

In this case, like many other schemes, the government’s think tank discussed the entire campaign, the pros and cons, the difficulties likely to crop up during the implementation and prepared a foolproof roadmap for Krishi Mahotsav, which must succeed. They ensured the experts’ teams reach the last man in the very last mile.

The efforts have not gone in vain! While India’s agricultural has not gone beyond 3 per cent, Gujarat has continuously achieving 11 per cent growth rate during the last ten years.

This is despite the fact that Gujarat does not have perennial rivers and has to depend on rain for agriculture. The Government’s farsighted water management too, helped make Krishi Mahotsav a success.

Alongside Krishi Mahotsav, Gujarat paid equal importance to Cattle Medical Camps throughout the length and breadth of the state, taking care of 2.50-crore cattle wealth – be it treatment of diseases or vaccination campaign. To serve mute animals is a matter of great spiritual satisfaction.

The efforts resulted in an increase in milk production by 68 per cent during the last ten years, contributing to the state’s economic growth.

The message is clear: if the nation has to prosper, we have to make farmers and the villages prosperous. Gujarat’s success story on this front is sure to generate renewed confidence among the achievers.

This makes an apt subject for in-depth study or research into Gujarat’s unique achievement in agriculture and animal husbandry, parts of which can be seen through these links

Yours,

Narendra Modi

Gujarat Fast Track Krushi Mahotsav

Realizing Gram Swaraj by Boosting Milk Economy in Gujarat
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કૃષિ મહોત્સવ : કૃષિ ક્રાંતિ નો સાદ દરેક ખેડૂત ના ઘર આંગણે

 

ગુજરાત ગરમીમાં બરાબર તપી રહ્યું છે. ૪૦ થી ૪પ ડીગ્રી તાપમાનમાં દિવસે જાણે પક્ષી પણ ડોકાતું નથી. આવા ધોમધખતા ભર ઉનાળામાં ગુજરાત સરકાર, કૃષિમહોત્સવ દ્વારા ખેતી અને પશુપાલનના વિકાસ માટે ગામડાં ખૂંદી રહી છે.

આવી કાળજાળ ગરમીમાં, સરકારના સહુ નાના મોટા મળીને લગભગ એક લાખ જેટલા કર્મયોગીઓ, સવારે ૭ થી રાત્રે ૯ સુધી આખો મહિનો કઠોર પરિશ્રમ કરી રહ્યા છે. અધિકારીઓ, પદાધિકારીઓ, જાગૃત પ્રગતિશીલ ખેડૂતો, કૃષિ વૈજ્ઞાનિકો બધા સાથે મળીને કૃષિક્રાંતિને વધુ આધુનિક અને ઉપકારક બનાવવા ભારે જહેમત કરી રહ્યા છે.

લોકશાહીની સાચી વિભાવના એવી લોકભાગીદારીનો આ કૃષિ મહોત્સવ, સરકાર, ખેડૂત અને કૃષિ વિજ્ઞાનીકોની ભાગીદારી સુનિશ્ચિત કરનાર અદ્દભૂત આયોજન છે. જેના વિવિધલક્ષી સુફળ પણ મળ્યા છે.

ગયા આઠ વર્ષથી દર વર્ષે સતત એક મહિનો આ કૃષિ મહોત્સવ ચાલે છે. ઘણીવાર સરકારમાં યોજનાઓ કે કલ્પકતામાં કોઇ ખોટ નથી વરતાતી પણ અમલીકરણમાં જ મોટી થાપ ખવાઇ જાય છે.

પણ...ગુજરાતની સરકારે ઉત્તમ યોજનાઓનું ઉત્તમ રીતે અમલીકરણ કરી, સુશાસનની નવી મિશાલ કાયમ કરી છે.

સામાન્ય રીતે સરકારી વાત કે વિચાર પણ છેવાડાના માનવી સુધી ન પહોંચી શકતા હોય ત્યાં, યોજનાઓ તો કેવી રીતે પહોંચી શકે? આવી અનેક અનેક યોજનાઓ કેવી રીતે સાકાર થઇ શકે?

ગુજરાતે સુશાસન બાબતે પોતાની આગવી ઓળખ ઉભી કરી છે તેના મૂળમાં, યોજનાઓના અમલીકરણનો અને નિશ્ચિત લક્ષ્યાંક પાર કરવાનો સુવ્યવસ્થિત Road Map તૈયાર કર્યો છે એ જ એની સફળતા છે. કૃષિ મહોત્સવ પણ તેનો એક ભાગ છે.

ભારતનો કૃષિવિકાસ દર ૩ ટકાથી આગળ વધતો નથી. જ્યારે ગુજરાતે આ આખો દસકો લગાતાર ૧૧ ટકા, કૃષિવિકાસ દર હાંસલ કરી, દુનિયાનું ધ્યાન આકર્ષિત કર્યું છે.

ગુજરાત જેવો સુક્કાભઠ્ઠ વિસ્તાર બારમાસી નદીઓનો અભાવ, મુખ્યત્વે વરસાદ પર નભતો ખેડૂત છતાંય કૃષિક્રાંતિમાં સફળ હરણફાળ ભરી છે તેનું કારણ કૃષિમહોત્સવ દ્વારા યોજનાઓનું અમલીકરણ છે.

કૃષિ મહોત્સવની સાથે સાથે પશુ આરોગ્ય મેળા પણ યોજાઇ રહ્યા છે. લગભગ અઢી કરોડ પશુઓની સારવારનો આ સઘન પ્રયાસ છે. ગરીબ ખેડૂતના ગંભીર માંદગીમાં પીડાતા પશુઓની સારવાર હોય કે પશુ રસીકરણનું અભિયાન હોય, પશુની કાળજી લેવાનો આ સફળ પ્રયોગ છે. અર્થકારણથી ઉપર જઇ વિચારીએ તો, જીવદયાનું કે અબોલ પશુની સેવાનો સંતોષ પણ અનેરો હોય છે.

પરિણામે, દૂધ ઉત્પાદનમાં દશ જ વર્ષમાં ૬૮ ટકાનો વધારોએ પણ કૃષિ અર્થકારણ અને ગ્રામિણ અર્થકારણના અભ્યાસુઓ માટે સુખદ આશ્ચર્ય છે. દેશને સમૃધ્ધ કરવો હશે તો ગામડું અને ખેડૂતને સમૃધ્ધ કરવા જ રહ્યા. ગુજરાતની આ પહેલ અને તેની સફળતા, વિકાસને વરેલા સહુ માટે નવો વિશ્વાસ પેદા કરશે તેવી મને શ્રધ્ધા છે.

આ સાથેની Link દ્વારા આપ ગુજરાતના કૃષિવિકાસ અને પશુપાલન ક્ષેત્રે મેળવેલ સિધ્ધિઓનો વિગતે અભ્યાસ કરી શકશો.

આભાર.

 

कृषि महोत्सव: कृषि क्रांति का उद्घोष प्रत्येक किसान के द्वार पर

 

गुजरात गर्मी से बराबर तप रहा है। 40 से 45 डिग्री की झुलसा देने वाली तपिश में दिन में पक्षी भी नजर नहीं आ रहे। आग उगलते आसमान के इस मौसम में गुजरात सरकार खेती और पशुपालन विकास के लिए कृषि महोत्सव के जरिए गांवों की खाक छान रही है।

ऐसी भीषण गर्मी में सरकार के लगभग एक लाख छोटे-बड़े कर्मचारी सुबह 7 से रात्रि 9 बजे तक पूरे महीने कठोर परिश्रम कर रहे हैं। अधिकारी, जागृत प्रगतिशील किसान, कृषि वैज्ञानिक सभी साथ मिलकर कृषि क्रांति को और भी आधुनिक और उपकारक बनाने को पसीना बहा रहे हैं।

लोकतंत्र के मूलभाव समान लोकभागीदारी का यह कृषि महोत्सव सरकार, किसान और कृषि वैज्ञानिकों की भागीदारी सुनिश्चित करने वाला अद्भुत कार्यक्रम है, जिसके विविधलक्षी सुफल भी मिले हैं।

गत आठ वर्षों से निरंतर आयोजित होने वाला कृषि महोत्सव प्रति वर्ष पूरे एक महीने तक चलता है। प्राय: सरकार की योजनाओं और दृष्टि में कोई कमी नहीं रहती, लेकिन उसे अमलीजामा पहनाने में ही बड़ी चूक हो जाती है।

लेकिन... गुजरात की सरकार ने उत्तम योजनाओं का बेहतरीन तरीके से अमलीकरण कर सुशासन की नई मिसाल कायम की है।

आम तौर पर जहां, सरकार की सोच या विचार भी समाज के अंतिम व्यक्ति तक नहीं पहुंच पाते, ऐसे में योजनाएं भला कैसे अपना रास्ता बनाएं? ऐसी अनेक योजनाएं किस तरह से साकार हो सकती हैं?

सुशासन को लेकर गुजरात ने अपनी एक अलग और अनोखी पहचान स्थापित की है। योजनाओं के क्रियान्वयन का और निश्चित लक्ष्य को पार करने का सुनियोजित रोड मैप तैयार किया है और यही उसकी सफलता है। कृषि महोत्सव भी इसमें शुमार है।

भारत की कृषि विकास दर 3 फीसदी के आसपास हिचकोले खा रही है। वहीं, गुजरात ने बीते समूचे दशक के दौरान मुसलसल 11 फीसदी कृषि विकास दर हासिल कर दुनिया का ध्यान आकृष्ट किया है।

गुजरात जैसे सूखे प्रदेश ने बारहमासी नदियों के अभाव और विशेषकर बारिश आधारित खेती के बावजूद कृषि क्रांति में तरक्की की सफल छलांग लगाई है। इसकी वजह कृषि महोत्सव के जरिए योजनाओं का क्रियान्वयन है।

कृषि महोत्सव के साथ-साथ पशु स्वास्थ्य मेले भी आयोजित किये जा रहे हैं। करीबन ढाई करोड़ मवेशियों के ईलाज का यह सघन प्रयास है। गंभीर बीमारी से पीडि़त पशु का उपचार हो या पशु रसीकरण (टीकाकरण) का अभियान हो, गरीब किसान के पशुओं की देखभाल का यह सफल प्रयोग है। अर्थव्यवस्था के नजरिए को दरकिनार कर सोचें तो, जीवदया का या फिर मुक पशु की सेवा का संतोष भी अनोखा होता है।

नतीजा यह कि, दूध उत्पादन में केवल दस वर्ष में ही 68 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी हुई। यह बढ़ोतरी भी कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था और ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था का अभ्यास करने वालों के लिए सुखद आश्चर्य के समान है।

यदि देश को समृद्घि की दहलीज पर खड़ा करना है तो गांवों और किसानों को यकीनन समृद्घ बनाना होगा। मुझे श्रद्घा है कि, गुजरात की यह पहल और उसकी सफलता विकास के लिए कटिबद्घ सभी लोगों में एक नया विश्वास पैदा करेगी।

इसके साथ दी गई लिंक के जरिए आप गुजरात के कृषि विकास और पशुपालन क्षेत्र में हासिल की गई उपलब्धियों का विस्तार से अध्ययन कर सकते हैं।

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Our cooperation also covers the space sector. India's impressive advancements in space exploration and satellite technology, together with Italy's aerospace engineering excellence, offer significant opportunities for joint initiatives and next-generation technology development.

Security and stability remain essential to ensuring nations' prosperity. Italy and India intend to further strengthen their cooperation in sectors such as defence, security and strategic technologies. Our collaboration will help ensure the security of critical maritime routes, strengthen resilience in the face of threats, such as terrorism, international criminal networks, drug trafficking, cyber-crimes and human trafficking.

Energy is another key pillar of our partnership. The global transition towards diversified energy sources requires innovation, investment, and cooperation. India and Italy are collaborating from renewable energy to hydrogen technologies, and from smart grids to resilient infrastructure. While India's push for becoming a hub for green hydrogen exports offers immense potential, it perfectly complements Italy's advanced technology in renewable infrastructure and its strategic role as an energy gateway for Europe. Our collaboration along with other countries in key India-led initiatives - International Solar Alliance (ISA), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) - is also important in this context.

Physical, digital and human connectivity is the thread that weaves us together. Both India and Italy are located at the very heart of two crucial hubs of the global economy, the Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean-regions that cannot be viewed as separate spheres, but instead as increasingly interconnected spaces.

As a matter of fact, we are witnessing the emergence of what might be termed the Indo-Mediterranean, an important corridor for trade, technology, energy, data and ideas tying the Indian Ocean to Europe. It is precisely within this interconnected space that our bond naturally evolves into a special strategic partnership-one that bridges two continents and shapes new global dynamics.

In this context, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor represents a vision aimed at connecting our regions through modern transport and infrastructure, digital networks, energy systems, and resilient supply chains. India and Italy are also committed to working together with other partners to make this vision a reality.

We can address our shared challenges by drawing upon the profound partnership and the enduring cultural ties between our nations. Within Indian culture, the concept of "Dharma" evokes the sense of responsibility that must guide our actions, whilst the principle of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" - the world is one family-resonates powerfully in this interconnected digital age. Such values find a natural echo in Italy's humanist tradition, rooted in the Renaissance, which highlights the dignity of each individual and the power of culture to unite peoples and societies.

Our shared vision, therefore, aims to lay the foundation for a strong and forward-looking India-Italy partnership with our people at the centre.

(By Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy)