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Rs 109.29 crore approved for horticulture mission

CHANDIGARH: The Government of India has approved Annual Action Plan of Rs 109.



Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 23

The Government of India has approved Annual Action Plan of Rs 109.29 crore under the Haryana State Horticulture Mission for the financial year 2017-18, including state share and spillover activities. Besides, the Haryana Government has also approved Rs 6.95 crore as 15 per cent extra state share for the release of assistance to the beneficiaries of protected structures.

While stating this here today, Dr Abhilaksh Likhi, Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, said that while the Central Government had released the first instalment of funds of the Annual Action Plan amounting to Rs 50 crore, the state Finance Department had also released Rs 6.90 crore as extra state share.

He said the mission would focus on protected cultivation, hybrid tomato production, water creation resources, establishment of new gardens, seed production programme, mushroom production, pollination support through bee-keeping, training of farmers and development of Integrated Post Harvest Management Infrastructure.

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