Subodh Uniyal

In January 2020, the Uttarakhand government was awarded the Krishi Karman award which entails a cash prize of Rs 5 crore by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru for good performance in agriculture sector in category II (hill states). Agriculture Minister Subodh Uniyal, said that the state has received the award because of the efforts of the agricultural department. He was quoted as saying “In the past three years, we have taken 70 major decisions in favour of farmers like having the country’s first Nursery Act and implementing innovative measures like identifying correct markets for farmers as per their commodity, and setting up standard prices of their produce. Hence, the award doesn’t come as a surprise.”^[12]

In October 2021, Uttarakhand has been conferred with the best horticulture State in the country award by the Agriculture True group. The award was presented to the Agriculture and Horticulture minister of Uttarakhand Subodh Uniyal by Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi on Thursday during the 12th Agriculture leadership summit. Speaking on the occasion Uniyal said that though Uttarakhand is a small state having only 13 districts, it has dedicated itself completely to fulfil the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the income of farmers.^[13]

Under the leadership of Subodh Uniyal, Uttarakhand became the only state in the country, which has made a provision of six months imprisonment under the Nursery Act.^[14]

Subodh Uniyal has earned and built an image of being the People's Leader.^[15] He believes in the development and welfare of not only the people of the state, but also its infrastructure. He has strong beliefs that no state could develop if the women are not educated and for the fulfillment of this idea, he has constructed several schools and colleges in his constituency. His work in his constituency is a proof of how he has been dedicated to the task for which he has been elected by the people. Out of the 70 seats in Uttarakhand, Narendra Nagar leads the way when it comes to the education sector having 44 Inter Colleges, 22 High Schools, 4 Degree Colleges, 3 Polytechnics and 5 ITI's (all being the highest in the state). Since being elected for the first time, he has constructed over 3000 km of roads in the area and now his constituency has 100% road connectivity, which is very rare for a hilly area. When he was first elected the Narendra Nagar has just 12% electrification, but now the constituency has 100% electrification.