GANGTOK, 21 Nov: Union Agriculture Minister, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, will be in Sikkim on a 4-day visit next week to attend two conferences of ministers of North Eastern states. He is expected to arrive on 27 November, next Wednesday.
The Union Minister will be attending the North East States’ Agriculture Ministers’ conference on 28 November followed by another conference with NE Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Ministers on 29 November at Chintan Bhawan, it is learnt.
He will also inaugurate the annexe building of the College of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology [CAEPHT] at Ranipool on 30 November.
Ministers of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture from all the eight Northeastern states will be arriving in Gangtok on 26 and 27 November for the annual conference. The last conference was held in Assam.
Official sources inform that the Union Agriculture Ministry has confirmed Mr. Pawar’s visit to Sikkim and also approved the programme list in consultation with the State Agriculture, Horticulture and Cash Crops Development department and Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Livestock department.
On his maiden visit to Sikkim, the Union Agriculture Minister is also expected to visit Temi Tea estate but this is yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Pawar was briefly admitted to the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai today following complaints related to high blood pressure. It is not yet known whether this could change his itinerary.
The Union Minister will be attending the North East States’ Agriculture Ministers’ conference on 28 November followed by another conference with NE Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Ministers on 29 November at Chintan Bhawan, it is learnt.
He will also inaugurate the annexe building of the College of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology [CAEPHT] at Ranipool on 30 November.
Ministers of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture from all the eight Northeastern states will be arriving in Gangtok on 26 and 27 November for the annual conference. The last conference was held in Assam.
Official sources inform that the Union Agriculture Ministry has confirmed Mr. Pawar’s visit to Sikkim and also approved the programme list in consultation with the State Agriculture, Horticulture and Cash Crops Development department and Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Livestock department.
On his maiden visit to Sikkim, the Union Agriculture Minister is also expected to visit Temi Tea estate but this is yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Pawar was briefly admitted to the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai today following complaints related to high blood pressure. It is not yet known whether this could change his itinerary.
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