DC Kathua reviews progress under 11th Agriculture Census

KATHUA, APRIL 17 – To review the progress of 11th Agriculture Census Phase-1, Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Pandey today convened a meeting of all the concerned officers here in the DC Office Complex.Threadbare discussion was held with focus on the collection of data about the number of Agricultural Operational Holders, its land utilization, Tenancy status and irrigation facilities available etc.The Census is being conducted in a phased manner and comprises three phases. The first phase of the scheme is based on complete enumeration study, whereas the other two phases are based on survey study.It was given out in the meeting that the Ist stage Census has been going on in full swing in 353 villages, while 177 villages are taking up the census task this week.Speaking on the occasion, the DC said that the crux of the scheme lies in knowing about the size of the agricultural holding and the number of operational holders in the state/UT.The Agricultural Census is a large Statistical Operation and the information collected through it is quite significant for the policy planners both at national as well at State/UT level, he informed.With regard to the related exercise the DC said that the enumerators (Patwaries) are supposed to upload the data entries (Survey Numbers) on the given portal which is accepted or rejected by the supervisors (Tehsildars).The DC directed officers of Revenue Department to complete the Census exercise and uploading of data entries on the given portal by or before end of current month.The DC also directed ACR Kathua to fix daily tehsil wise targets besides collecting and collating the detailed report so as to continuously monitor the progress made in the matter.Assistant Commissioner Revenue Vishav Pratap Singh, District Statistical & Evaluation Officer Ranjeet Singh besides officers from Revenue, Agriculture and others attended the meeting.