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Agriculture to be mechanised through multipurpose cooperatives: PM Hasina
Agriculture to be mechanised through
multipurpose cooperatives: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina on Wednesday said the government will mechanise the agriculture through
multipurpose rural cooperatives to boost production of food and other crops.
“We are taking an
initiative to mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives
system which was initially taken up by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib,” she said.
The prime minister was
addressing the three-day first-ever National Land Conference 2023 along with
launching seven initiatives of the land ministry.
The programme was held
at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) with Land Minister
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury in the chair.
The
conference (March 29-31) will focus on the role of the land ministry in
building a smart Bangladesh and to find out the future challenges of
digitization of land services.
Other objectives of the conference include
informing citizens, government agencies, and stakeholders about the steps taken
by the land ministry, creating awareness among them about land management, and
giving an idea about the existing laws and regulations related to land.
One of the 7 initiatives that the prime minister
is set to inaugurate is the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Monument and the
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Guchchagram Complex.
The remaining 6 initiatives include
Registration-Mutation Interconnection, Smart Land Map, Smart Land Records,
Smart Land Pedia, Smart Land Service Center, and Union Land Office.
Hasina said that under the planned
cooperatives system one portion of the harvest will go to the owners of the
lands, one portion to the engaged labourers while one portion to the
government.
She mentioned that the government will utilise
its portion for the land preservation and maintenance.
“Already, the
cooperatives ministry has been instructed to make a policy regarding this
matter. We want that,” she said.