Department of Agriculture to Launch Special Campaign 6.0 from Oct 2–31

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Department of Agriculture to Launch Special Campaign 6.0 from Oct 2–31 Various activities undertaken by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) during Special Campaign 5

Posted On: 18 SEP 2026 4:53PM by PIB Delhi As per the Guidelines issued by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is marching forward under the Special Campaign 6 from 2nd October to 31st October, 2026. The Campaign aims at institutionalizing Swacchata, minimizing work pendency in Government offices and enhancing experience of common public with these offices,collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste generated in Government Offices as per Rules.

Acton/activities undertaken during Special Campaign 5.0 Under Special Campaign 5.0, Department of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare has undertaken a comprehensive cleanliness drive, in the Headquarters and its subordinate/attached offices, PSU etc. across the country. Plantation of sapling and cleaning of public places had also been undertaken by many Organisations under the Department. One of the main concerns of this Department had been disposal of public grievances particularly relating to implementation of flagship schemes. In addition to the CPGRAMS that is available to the citizens of the country including farmers to lodge complaints on any issue, relating to the Ministry, we have developed dedicated portals for our flagship schemes like PM KISAN and PMFBY. Union Agriculture Minister reviewed the quality of disposal of Farmer’s grievances received on the Portals. Secretary, DA&FW guided the Officers for achieving the targets during the Implementation Phase from 2nd to 31st October, 2025.

A Workshop on Public Grievances and Special Campaign 5.0 was successfully organised by this Department on 9.10.2025 with the help of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, which was addressed by Secretary, DA&FW and Secretary, DARPG.All Subordinate/ Attached Offices under DA&FW enthusiastically took part in the Campaign. Focus area of this Campaign was disposal of E-waste. In this background Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes, by using e-waste materials, made a number of models of equipment and machineries used by the Farmers, like models of Drones, Tractors, Cultivators etc. An exhibition of these items were organised during the Workshop. Secretary, DARPG also appreciated the efforts of the Officers. These were taken as Best Practices by the Department under Waste to wealth Category.

This Department has robust Farmer’s grievance redressal system. In addition to CPGRAMS, Krishi Rakshak Portal provides one stop platform to farmers for resolution of their grievances relating to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY).During the Special Campaign 5.0, Six PIB Notes and more than 274 Tweets were posted by this Department and its Attached/Subordinate/ Field Offices etc. on various social media platforms, such as, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook etc.

Progress / achievements of this Department during-Special Campaign 5.0 are as under:- S. No. Parameters Targets Achievements 1 No. of cleanliness campaign sites 1133 1133 2 Number of pending references from MPs 32 31 3 Pending Public Grievances 177336 177336 4 Record Management 31722 31722 (Physical files reviewed) 5 Record Management 10597 10597 (Physical files weeded out) 6 Space freed (area in Sq. ft.) 18,042 sq. ft.

7 Revenue generated (Amount in Rupees) Rs. 40,38,150/- *** SS/MS/DK (Release ID: 2312089) Visitor Counter : 351

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