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| Basharat Bukhari calls on Union Agriculture Minister |
NEW DELHI, JULY 13: Minister for Horticulture Syed Basharat Bukhari
today called on Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Radha Mohan
Singh at New Delhi and discussed various issues pertaining to the overall
welfare of the fruit industry of J&K State.
The meeting was attended by Union Secretary for Horticulture, Secretary
Horticulture J&K State, M H Malik and other senior officers.
The minister during his interaction said that J&K government is
making all efforts to boost fruit and vegetable sector across the country as
the Horticulture Sector is one of the primary contributors of the state economy
and provide employment to the large chunk of population.
During the meeting Mr Bukhari proposed that there should be a
Horticulture University in Kashmir that will further help in boosting this
sector in the state. The union Minister assured that financial assistance would
soon be provided for establishment of Horticulture University in Kashmir.
Minister said that the state government should start the process of
establishment of the horticulture university and the centre will provide the
necessary financial and other related support.
Mr Bukhari while asking for establishment of Horticulture University in
Kashmir, said that the same is imperative for increasing the annual yield of
horticulture produce of Rs 7000 crore to 40,000 crore and
in this regard the state government has already constituted a high level
committee of technocrats of horticulture and related fields to formulate the
horticulture policy which would soon submit the report on the basis of which a comprehensive
State Horticulture policy envisaging the parameters to be adopted for increasing
the sector’s potential visa-a-viz the fruit production and its consumption in the
country and abroad for next 30 years.
Mr Bukhari also asked for taking necessary measures for deletion of
1-MCPfrom the Insecticide Act of 1968 in order to allow the JK Govt to
generate/ manufacture the product based on the molecule to enhance the shelf
life of the fruit produced in the state especially the apple for use in
orchards and Controlled-Atmosphere-Stores. Union Minister directed the officers
to fix a meeting in order to take a decision in this regard.
During the meeting the minister further discussed with Union Minister
for placement of permanent space for exhibiting activity and promotion of
marketing Horticulture produce of the state. On this the Union Minister said
that the government is establishing Agriculture Haat at Pusa where state will
be given due space.
On demand of the state minister, the Union Minister also gave direction
to his officials to come up with a concept proposal to arrest the irregular
rates of fungicides, insecticides and other related molecules in market so that
the farming community will get benefited at the large
scale.
The Ministers also discussed about the rate of cardboard boxes to be
subsidised and proposal for high density of Mango fruits (drip and drip less)
for growth of Horticulture sector in Jammu. He said the Jammu region has high
potential for mango produce and introducing modern technology in the sector
will help in increasing the produce. Union minister asked the state government
to formulate a detailed proposal in this regard.
Union Minister while asking for taking the steps for providing subsidy
to the prospective entrepreneurs for establishing manufacturing units of card
board boxes needed for packaging of the fruit produced, said, that same should
be done as early as possible as it would besides arresting the tendency of
using wooden boxes also provide employability and better packaging facility to
the fruit produce.
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