Govt at work to ensure self-sufficiency on food grains: PM Dahal

 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the government was at work to make the country self-sufficient on rice and food grains.

Addressing the 21st National Paddy Day and ropai jatra organised by Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan today, Prime Minister Dahal reminded that the government had announced agriculture-decade programme in its policies, programmes and budget in a bid to reduce production cost and increase productivity.

He mentioned that the country could be made self-sufficient on paddy providing irrigation facility, seeds and fertilizers in a smooth and easy manner and adoption of mechanization. Sharing that rice crop is country's strategic crop, the PM called three-tier governments for successful implementation of government's policies.

Dahal further expressed his belief that the country could be made prosperous through agriculture, laying emphasis on the need of involvement on agro-based trade business and promotion of country's economic sector.

Similarly, Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shalikram Jammakattel, shared that the province government had forwarded a programme to provide grant to dairy farmers, promote agriculture and create employment.

Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolis, Renu Dahal, informed that an arrangement would be made to provide irrigation facility in all fertile land of Chitwan throughout the year. She was active to make Chitwan self-sufficient on food grains, she added.