Andhra Pradesh government today constituted an 11-member Group of Ministers to provide policy direction to the agriculture sector for the 12th Plan.
The GoM will also monitor and review the performance of the agriculture sector during the 12th Plan period.
Minister for Agriculture will be chairman of the GoM that will have ministers for finance, major irrigation, horticulture, animal husbandry, co-operation, forests and environment, marketing, major industries, minor irrigation and civil supplies as members.
Representatives of industry and research organisations will be special invitees to the GoM while Principal Secretary (Agriculture) will be the member-convenor, according to an order issued by Chief Secretary P K Mohanty.
"The GoM will approve the Agriculture Action Plan, review the functioning of the Group of Secretaries for convergence in agriculture sector and monitor the performance of agriculture sector programmes in achieving the annual and 12th Five Year Plan targets set by the government," the Chief Secretary said in his order.
The GoM should meet once in three months or "as frequently as required" to accomplish its tasks.
