JAMMU: Legislative Assembly today passed with voice vote the grants of the horticulture department for the year 2018-19, amounting to over Rs 528.33 crore.
The grants for the horticulture were passed after a thorough discussion involving 21 members.
Replying to the discussion on demand for grants, Horticulture Minister Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari said the horticulture sector generated a total wage employment of 7.71 crore mandays in the year 2016-17 under apple orchards and others, coming out as one of the major sources for direct and indirect employment generation in the State. (AGENCIES)
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