Gujarat govt announces financial aid to farmers cultivating dragon fruit
July 01, 2022
Gandhinagar: The farmers, cultivating Kamlam fruit (dragon fruit), will get financial aid of a total Rs 1000 lakh and Rs 650 lakh under comprehensive horticulture development.
State agriculture minister Raghavji Patel declared that the state government has started a special program of financial aid of Rs 1000 lakh to encourage the farmers cultivating Kamlam fruits in the state. The maximum aid of Rs 3,00,000 per hectare will be provided to the farmers of general category and Rs 4,50,000 per hectare to the farmers of SC and ST categories.
Moreover, the program of Rs 650 lakh will be started for an aid of maximum Rs 50 lakh to the individual farmers, FPO, FPC and registered trusts for various factors such as cultivation of perennial plants, irrigation tools, horticultural mechanization, horticultural infrastructure facility, vermicompost unit, plastic covering and so on. The aid will be deposited directly in the bank accounts of the farmers through DBT. DeshGujarat
Recent Stories
- Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation becomes Congress-mukt
- Panchmahal Congress candidate faces trust deficit among section of party workers
- Lion and leopard spotted in Diu; collector issues warning
- In Pictures : Praveg Ltd launches Safari Velavadar Resort in Gujarat
- Man befriends woman using fake Hindu name, converts her religion to marry her; booked
- Technical glitches in RTOs halt license tests for thousands of applicants in Gujarat
- Can't rely blindly on existing list of Page Pramukhs, observes Mandaviya