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KCR chosen for National Agriculture Leadership Award 2017
As a reward to the hard work and commitment to develop agriculture sector in the newly formed State, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was selected for the prestigious National Agriculture Leadership Award-2017 by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) under the chairmanship of well known agriculture scientist Prof MS Swaminathan.
Hyderabad: As a reward to the hard work and commitment to develop agriculture sector in the newly formed State, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was selected for the prestigious National Agriculture Leadership Award-2017 by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) under the chairmanship of well known agriculture scientist Prof MS Swaminathan.
The Chief Minister was chosen for the award for the path braking measures adopted by the Telangana government which benefiitted millions of farmers. Tha launch of many schemes by the government brought a positive impact on therural sector under the leadership of K. Chandrashekhar Rao, a communique from thje ICFA said.
The ICFA requested the Chief Minister to personally come and collect the award in presence of national level gathering of important stake-holders at New Delhi on September 5 during the 10th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit.
Under the leadership category, Rao was shortlisted by the National Awardee Committee, which met on August 1. The Chief Minister got recognition for the role he played in individual and organization category towards the development of Indian Agriculture and bringing prosperity in rural segment.
Earlier prominent personalities such as MS Swaminathan (2009), Balram Jakhar (2010), Sharad Pawar(2011), PK Dhumal(2012), Dr Raman Singh(2013), Prakash Singh Badal(2014), Akhilesh Yadav(2015), Shivarj Singh Chauhan and Ratan Tata (2016) received ICFA leadership award for their contribution in Agriculture sector
