LEH, APRIL 11:
Minister for Ladakh Affairs and Cooperatives Chering Dorjey Lakrook today urged
farmers of this mountainous district to avail loan facilities being provided
through National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for increasing
their agriculture and milk products.
The Minister was interacting with the
representatives of Cooperative Marketing Societies of Leh, Changthang, Kharu,
Sakti, and Sham areas here at DC Conference hall.
The farmers were given a detailed resume of terms
and conditions for availing the loan for dairy development, fruit cultivation
like apricot and seabuckthron, vegetables, and wide range of by-products. They
were also told about the value addition possibilities like tetra packaging and
other components.
Dorjey asked the representatives of cooperative
societies to create mass awareness about the NCDC project so that the farmer
community could get the benefits under the scheme. He also called for getting
feedback for introducing area specific measures.
Councillor, Skyurbuchan, SDM Nubra and officers of
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, DIHAR, and Cooperative Department also attended
the interaction session.
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