GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 
                                    DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION PUBLIC RELATIONS & PRINTING 
                                                                                NAHARLAGUN 
NO.IPR(PR)86/2000                                                                                             Dated Naharlagun the 5th February 2005 

                                                                    PRESS RELEASE SL.NO. 83 

NAHARLAGUN,JAN 5 : A MEETING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 'SWABHIMAN ROZGAR YOJNA' (SRY) WAS HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE, HERE, AT ANINI  ON FEB 3 LAST. THE 'SRY' IS A CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME FOR HIGH ALTITUDE TEMPERATE REGION, WHERE THE CULTIVATION OF FOOD GRAINS LIKE  RICE IS COMPARATIVELY DIFFICULT. THIS SCHEME PROVIDES BENEFIT FOR CULTIVATION OF TEMPERATE FRUIT CROPS LIKE APPLE, WALNUT, ETC.  SPEAKING IN THE MEETING, SUDHIR KUMAR, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ANINI,WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF THIS SCHEME IN THE DISTRICT, EXPLAINED THE MEANING OF THE SWABHIMAN ROZGAR YOJNA WHICH MEANS 'SELF-RESPECT EMPLOYMENT SCHEME' TO THE BENEFICIARIES (FARMERS)  PRESENT. HE AGAIN URGED THEM TO WORK EXTRA HARD SAYING THAT THE GOVT. POLICY HAS CHANGED NOW. REFERRING TO THE OLD SAYING " IF YOU GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY. BUT IF YOU TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR EVER", SAID THAT THE POLICY OF SPOON FEEDING OF EARLY DAYS IS OVER. HE URGED THE BENEFICIARIES TO IMPLEMENT THE SCHEME SERIOUSLY AND DIRECTED THE HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN UNDERTAKING FROM EACH BENEFICIARY AND TO INSPECT THE FIELD OF EACH BENEFICIARY FROM TIME TO TIME. EXPRESSING SADNESS AT THE POOR TURN OUT OF THE BENEFICIARIES, HE DIRECTED THE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE TO THOSE WHO WERE ABSENT ON THE DAY. HE WARNED THE BENEFICIARIES THAT OUT OF 300 PLANTS SUPPLIED AND PLANTED IF 10% PLANTS ARE FOUND DEAD THEN PENALTY WILL BE CHARGED FROM THE PARTICULAR BENEFICIARY. AND FURTHER, HE ASSURED TO UNDERTAKE VISITS OF THEIR FIELDS WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES IN TERMS OF CASH OR KIND TO THE SUCCESSFUL AND DEDICATED BENEFICIARIES. DISTRICT HORTICULTURE OFFICER, O.P. PANDEY, IN HIS WELCOME SPEECH, INFORMED THAT FOR DIBANG VALLEY DISTRICT, THERE ARE 100 UNITS OF TEMPERATE CROPS, OUT OF WHICH THERE ARE 80 UNITS OF WALNUT AND 20 UNITS OF APPLE AND EACH BENEFICIARY WILL GET 300 PLANTS. HE ALSO EXPLAINED THE PACKAGING PRACTICES FOR APPLE AND WALNUT TO THE BENEFICIARIES, IN BRIEF. HE SUGGESTED THEM TO TAKE-UP VEGETABLE CROPS IN BETWEEN THE FRUIT PLANTS FOR MAXIMUM UTILISATION OF SPACE,AS THE SPACING FOR APPLE AND WALNUT ARE VERY LARGE, i.e., 6 x 6 M FOR APPLE AND 10 x 10 M FOR WALNUT ADDING THAT THIS WILL NOT ONLY SAVE THE WASTE OF LAND, BUT ALSO PROVIDE INCOME TO THE FARMERS BY SELLING THE VEGETABLE CROPS BY THE TIME THE PLANT BEAR FRUITS WHICH TAKE 5 OR 6 YEARS. DISTRICT AGRICULTURE OFFICER, B.K. SRIVASTAVA AND ASST. DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, K. RIRAM ALSO SPOKE ON THE OCCASION, EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH SCHEME FOR INCOME GENERATION AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT . ABOUT 30 BENEFICIARIES ATTENDED THE MEETING. THE MEETING ENDED WITH VOTE OF THANKS BY HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, KAGO KOJING.REPORTS,DIPRO,ANINI. 

(Ms Deepali Dodum ) 
Press Research Officer 
Deptt of Information Public Relations Printing 
Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun