Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Activities of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) Till 3rd Week of Special Campaign 5.0 (I.e. upto 17.10.2025) Posted On: 17 OCT 2025 5:55PM by PIB Delhi Special Campaign 5.0 has been launched by DARPG for minimizing pendency in Government offices. Special Campaign 5.0 is being implemented in two (2) phases namely Preparatory Phase from 16th - 30th September 2025 and Main Phase from 2nd - 31st October 2025. Disposal of E-waste is the Focus area of Special Campaign 5.0. This Department has undertaken comprehensive cleanliness drives in the Headquarters and its subordinate/attached offices, PSU etc. across the country. Dedicated efforts have been made to achieve these targets during the Implementation Phase from 2nd to 31st October, 2025. All offices/officers have also been encouraged for proper disposal of E-waste as per the Government guidelines. They have also been requested to explore innovative utilization of E-waste generated by them. All Subordinate/ Attached Offices under DA&FW are enthusiastically participating in the Campaign. Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes have made a number of models of equipment and machinery used by the farmers, from E-waste. A Workshop on Public Grievances and Special Campaign 5.0 was organized 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. Other senior Officers, Nodal Officers for Public Grievances and Special Campaign 5.0, were present in the Workshop. Officers of the Department and Attached and Subordinate Offices etc under DA&FW, were sensitized on the NextGen CPGRAMS portal and Special Campaign 5.0. Booklets on Work Allocation and Channel of Submissions in DA&FW were jointly unveiled by the Secretaries. During the Workshop the models of Drones, Tractors, Cultivators etc. made out of e-waste by Officers and staff of various Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes under DA&FW, were showcased. Secretary, DARPG appreciated the efforts of the Officers. This Department has robust grievance redressal system for farmers. One such system; Krishi Rakshak Portal was also presented in the Workshop. A 3D physical model of same was also displayed during the workshop. Till the midway of Special Campaign 5.0 (I.e. upto 17.10.2025), four PIB Notes and more than 150 Tweets have been 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 till Mid-Campaign are as under:- | S. No. | Parameters | Targets | Achievement | | 1 | No. of cleanliness campaign sites | 1105 | 500 | | 2 | Number of pending references from MPs | 33 | 3 | | 3 | Pending Public Grievances | 171442 | 90150 | | 4 | Pending PG Appeals | 1500 | 859 | | 5 | Record Management (Physical files reviewed) | 27735 | 11891 | | 6 | Record Management (Physical files weeded out) | 5181 | 5181 | | 7 | Space freed (area in Sq. ft.) | | 5917 sq. ft. | | 8 | Revenue generated (Amount in Rupees) | | Rs. 12,73,071/- | ****** RC/AR (Release ID: 2180450)