Agriculture Department Frees 13,553 Sq Ft in Special Campaign 6

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) has published what it achieved under Special Campaign 6, the government's annual drive to clear pending work and tidy up offices. The drive ran in two stages: a preparatory stage from 16 to 30 September and the main stage from 2 to 31 October 2026. Across the department and its attached, subordinate and field offices, 21 October 2026 was set aside as its own dedicated day for an all-day push on cleanliness and office efficiency.

What the drive covered

The campaign took in pending references, public grievances, record keeping, the release of locked-up office space, and the sorting and safe disposal of electronic waste and scrap. More than 2,000 saplings were planted by field offices around the country. Against a target of 999 sites marked for cleanliness work, the department covered 1,179 sites, overshooting the figure set for it.

The numbers

Waste into worth

Several training institutes turned junk into exhibits. Offices at CFMTTI Budni, MANAGE Hyderabad, NRFMTTI Hisar and NERFMTTI Biswanath Chariali built working models entirely out of electronic waste and discarded machine parts, including sea boats and tractors. The standout was a life-size rhinoceros assembled from circuit boards at NERFMTTI in Assam.

Review at the seed corporation

The Secretary of the department visited the National Seeds Corporation in New Delhi to take stock of the drive. The visit included a tree-planting round, the flagging off of trucks carrying scrap and e-waste to authorised recyclers, and a felicitation of sanitation staff. The Secretary also looked over the rooftop solar plant of 84 kW capacity and the seed processing and packing unit. Staff there showed bird feed made from non-seed material and micro greens grown from unsold seed, both offered as examples of the waste-to-wealth idea. Review meetings with nodal officers were held through the drive to keep the work on track.