The Centre has approved annual action plan of Rs 109.29 crore under Haryana State Horticulture Mission for the financial year 2017-18, including State share and spillover activities.
The major focus under this mission in 2017-18 would be on protected cultivation, hybrid tomato production, water creation resources, establishment of new gardens, seed production programme, mushroom production, pollination support through bee-keeping, training of farmers and development of Integrated Post Harvest Management Infrastructure.
While the Central Government has released the first installment of funds of the annual action plan amounting to Rs 50 crore, the Haryana Finance Department has released Rs 6.90 crore as 15 per cent extra state share for the release of assistance to the beneficiaries of protected structures, said Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Abhilaksh likhi.