• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Lake City Times
No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
No Result
View All Result
Lake City News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Centre approves Rs 135 cr Apple Cluster for Shopian

LCT Desk by LCT Desk
January 19, 2023
in News
Reading Time: 1min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsappTelegram

READ ALSO

Secy Health reviews status of work on State Cancer Institute Jammu

Rahul, Priyanka pay obeisance at Kheer Bhawani temple, Hazratbal Shrine

Jammu, Jan 19: Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) Thursday approved an “Apple Cluster” for Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir under Cluster Development Programme.
This was announced during a daylong conference on ‘India Cold Chain Conclave’, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in conjunction with the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi.
During the conference, Secretary MoAFW, Manoj Ahuja, formally announced the decision with regard to setting up of the Apple Cluster for the district under Cluster Development Programme and nod to the ‘Acceptance Letter’ to J&K for implementation.
The Shopian Apple Cluster envisages development of Shopian Apple on three verticals including pre-production-production, post-harvest management and value addition and logistics, marketing and branding to make it globally competitive.
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, while highlighting broad contours of the project, said that Agriculture Production Department, with the technical support of National Horticulture Board and Grant Thorton (Ministry’s Consultants for the CDP) invited RFPs for selection of Implementing Agencies (IAs) to execute the verticals in Shopian district and M/s FIL emerged as the successful Implementing Agency for the project.
The project is estimated to cost Rs 135.23 crore, of which, about Rs 37.05 crore would be provided by the MoAFW as grant- in- aid. The IA shall provide an equity to the tune of Rs 29.91 crore and raise a term loan of Rs 68.27 crore.
The project is expected to be implemented in four years and it is expected to transform the landscape of the horticulture eco-system of Shopian district.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Related Posts

News

Secy Health reviews status of work on State Cancer Institute Jammu

January 31, 2023
Secy Health reviews status of work on State Cancer Institute Jammu

Jammu, Jan 31: Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, Tuesday reviewed status of work on State Cancer Institute, Jammu,...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Rahul, Priyanka pay obeisance at Kheer Bhawani temple, Hazratbal Shrine

January 31, 2023
Rahul, Priyanka pay obeisance at Kheer Bhawani temple, Hazratbal Shrine

Raja Syed Rather Ganderbal, Jan 31: A day after culminating event of Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY) in Srinagar, All India...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Srinagar-Jammu highway closure triggers mutton shortage in Valley

January 31, 2023
This Eid, Kashmir consumes mutton worth Rs 100 crore

Srinagar, Jan 31: The closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway due to landslides and snow triggered shortage of mutton in...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

6 years on, overhead railway pass on NHW far from completion in Anantnag

January 31, 2023
6 years on, overhead railway pass on NHW far from completion in Anantnag

Jahangeer Ganaie Anantnag, Jan 31: After six years, the overhead railway pass on National Highway in Anantnag district is far...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Sopore’s tourist destination remains cut off as admin fails to clear roads

January 31, 2023

Sopore, Jan 31: After the moderate to heavy snowfall in Kashmir, the tourist destination in Sopore, Rampora Rajpora continued to...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Three persons injured as shed collapses in Kulgam

January 31, 2023
Three persons injured as shed collapses in Kulgam

Kulgam, Jan 31: At least three persons were injured after a floriculture shed collapsed inside a park in South Kashmir's...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Next Post
G20 Summit: Div Com takes stock of preparations

G20 Summit: Div Com takes stock of preparations

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.