Pays tributes to Chaudhary Charan Singh on National Farmers’ Day
Precious Kashmir News
Jammu, Dec 22: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on the occasion of Dogri Manta Diwas has extended his heartiest greetings to the people of J&K, Dogri speaking folks of the UT, in particular.
The day is observed to commemorate the inclusion of Dogri language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
The Lt Governor observed that a Language is a cultural identity, heritage, and promotion of any language needs collective efforts.
The development of any region shall also be measured with the development of local culture, literature, and language. To achieve the desired results on the ground, the Government is making determined efforts for the promotion of Dogri and other local languages of J&K, he maintained.
Not only the Government, but every stakeholder must come together for the promotion and preservation of Dogri Linguistic heritage and must pay attention to the use of local languages for protection of the cultural identity, said the Lt Governor.
Pertinently, Dogri has already been included in five official languages of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pays tributes to Chaudhary Charan Singh on National Farmers’ Day
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, in his message on the occasion of the National Farmers’ Day (Kisan Diwas), paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. The former Prime Minister played a pivotal role in empowerment of the farmers, he added.
Acknowledging massive contribution of the farmers in Nation’s growth and development, the Lt Governor observed that the day must be seen as an opportunity to create awareness among people, especially the youth, on the importance of farmers and farming for a healthy and prosperous nation.
The Lt Governor observed that welfare of the farmers is one of the key focus areas of J&K Government and laid special emphasis on providing sustained handholding to the farmers, besides giving a determined push to Agriculture and allied sectors for achieving better results on the ground.
Farmers have a major role to play in achieving inclusive growth of the nation. There is ample scope of entrepreneurship in Agriculture and allied fields and more youth should be encouraged to take up Agriculture as a career, said the Lt Governor.