‘Against requirement of 6 LMT, J&K has capacity of 2.92 LMT controlled atmosphere storage’

Srinagar, Oct 27: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has said that the process of tendering to provide insurance cover to fruits under the Re-structured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) is currently underway, aimed at safeguarding the horticulture sector from weather-induced losses.

Replying to a question of MLA Pulwama Waheed Ur Rehman Para, Minister for Agriculture Javed Ahmad Dar, in a written reply, said that the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) was announced by the Government of J&K in the year 2019 for procurement of Apple fruit crop through Government of India’s authorized Enterprise, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd. (NAFED) to provide benefit to the farm

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