Haryana Government will set up 140 consolidated pack houses under its ambitious Rs 510.54 crore horticultural village project.
The consolidated pack houses will be set up for packing, storage, processing and marketing of vegetable and horticultural products on commercial and industrial level in the State, said Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Abhilaksh likhi, who was presiding over a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The representatives from Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB), Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, National Centre for Cold Chain Development and Safal (Mother Dairy) attended the meeting.
likhi said that 20,000 farmers of the state have been associated with the scheme.
In the first phase, ten different consolidated pack houses should be established as pilot centres to ensure successful implementation of the scheme. Union Food Processing Industries Department and National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management would serve as advisers, said he.