Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 16: On World Food Day, Director Horticulture Jammu Ram Savak visited various ICDS centres of Block Dansal and made the women aware of various schemes of the Horticulture Department.
At ICDS centre in Janakah village, Director Horticulture, announced that every lady participating in the programme will be provided four fruit plants on 90 percent subsidy so as to boost production of fruits for home consumption.
He also announced that 30 women will be provided fruit preservation training and later will be provided one lakh subsidy to the interested groups or individuals for establishment of small scale preservation units where Pickles, Jams, Preserves, Squashes etc can be made.
The Director later visited another ICDS center at Shurtah village where while addressing the gathering of women, he discussed all major schemes of department. He elaborated that for improving irrigation facilities in the farms, subsidy of about Rs 90,000 to 2 lakh can be provided as per feasibility.
CDPO Dansal, Chief Canning Instructor Jammu, Chief Horticulture Officer Jammu, Pomologist, Entomologist and Horticulture Development Officer, Sandeep Sharma was accompanying the Director.
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