Projects costing Rs 239 crore were approved by the State level Sanctioning Committee of Haryana for National Agriculture Development Scheme (NADS) on Thursday.
The State level Sanctioning Committee for National Agriculture Development Scheme met under Chief Secretary DS Dhesi here and projects were approved for the year 2016-17, said an official spokesman.
The activities to be carried out would include agricultural water management, promoting cultivation of sugarcane, crop diversification, providing subsidy on distribution of certified seeds of paddy, millet, wheat and barley and paddy.
The spokesman said that a sum of Rs 45 crore was approved for agricultural water management scheme, Rs 11 crore for promoting cultivation of sugarcane in the State, Rs 56 crore for crop diversification scheme, Rs 34 crore for providing subsidy on distribution of certified seeds of paddy, millet, wheat and barley, Rs 9 crore for direct seed rice scheme and Rs 7 crore for fodder development programme.
Apart from this, approval was also given to other schemes of Fisheries and Horticulture Departments of lala lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, added the spokesman.