01.07.2026: Governor presents top State-Level Agriculture Awards to farmers

01.07.2026: Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma today presided over the State-Level Agriculture Awards and Felicitation Ceremony for the years 2023 and 2024 in Mumbai on Wednesday (1 July).The Governor presented the prestigious Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishiratna Award, Vasantrao Naik Krishibhushan Award, Jijamata Krishibhushan Award, along with several other State Agriculture Awards. A total of 189 farmers, agricultural institutions and farmer groups were honoured by the Governor for their outstanding contributions to the agriculture sector.As part of the programme, the Governor also symbolically distributed laptops to Assistant Agriculture Officers serving at the field level to strengthen extension services and improve the delivery of agricultural support to farmers. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, Minister for Water Resources Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Minister for Agriculture Dattatray Bharane, Minister for Horticulture Bharat Gogawale, Minister of State for Agriculture Ashish Jaiswal, Minister of State Indranil Naik, Agriculture Secretary Parimal Singh, Agriculture Commissioner Suraj Mandhare and other senior government officials were present.