JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kishtwar district has been selected as the aspirational agricultural district under the Prime Minister’s Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) programme, Union MoS (PMO), Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
Kishtwar is an Assembly segment of J&K’s Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, which is represented in the Lok Sabha by Dr. Jitendra Singh.
The minister said on X on Monday, “As a follow up to PM @narendramodi’s thoughtful advice to develop 100 districts across the country as #AspirationalAgriculturalDistricts under PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (#PMDDKY)… in #JammuAndKashmir, district Kishtwar has been selected to be designated as 'Aspirational Agricultural District'.
“Thanks, Minister of Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) ji for facilitating this.
“I am sure, this will herald agricultural boost and encourage Agri-Entrepreneurs/#StartUps in this remote far-flung area, which was denied it’s due share of attention for several decades by successive governments in the past.
“Close on the heels of the widely-acclaimed 'Purple Revolution' from #Bhaderwah, this initiative holds the promise of being another major farming launch from the erstwhile #Doda district region.”