Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, September 30-
Cabinet Minister Mohinder Bhagat held a review meeting at Chandigarh on Monday with officials regarding the various works and schemes being run by the Horticulture Department for the welfare of farmers. During this meeting, SCS Horticulture, KAP Sinha, informed the Minister about the farmers cultivating the Center of Excellence for Vegetables, Kartarpur (Jalandhar), Center of Excellence for Potato, Dhogri (Jalandhar), Pathankot, and lychee orchards and sericulture. During the meeting, Horticulture Director Shailinder Kaur gave information about the work of the department and various schemes being run in the interest of farmers.
On this occasion, Bhagat emphasized to the officials of Horticulture Department to convey the current schemes being run for the welfare of farmers to the farmers. The minister said that special camps will be organized to convey the farmer welfare schemes to the farmers so that the farmers can get more information about the farmer welfare schemes of the state government. On this occasion, the minister appealed to the farmers to adopt horticulture occupations.
During the meeting, Director of Horticulture Shalinder Kaur informed that the Department of Horticulture is the nodal agency for the state under the Government of India's Agriculture Infrastructure Fund scheme.