Jammu and Kashmir will introduce high density fruit plants, Crop Insurance Scheme (CIS) and set up Apple Model villages, besides constituting of State Pesticides Regularity Authority and establish Soil, Pesticides and fertilizer laboratories in the State.

With a view to introduce these new schemes for increasing fruit production in the State, a high level meeting of the officers of Horticulture, Finance Departments besides S K Agriculture University Science and Technology (SKAUST) and Jammu and Kashmir Bank was held under joint chairmanship of Minister for Horticulture, Abdul Rehman Veeri and Minister for Finance, Haseeb Drabu here, an official spokesperson has said.

He said the meeting discussed threadbare introduction of High Density Plants, Crop Insurance Scheme, Setting up of Apple Model villages, besides constitution of State Pesticides Regularity Authority and establishment of Soil, Pesticides and fertilizer laboratories in the State.

However, it was decided that before introducing the high density fruit plants, all parameters should be considered and SKAUST should certify the variety of plant material to be imported from European Countries. Regarding the introduction of CIS, it was decided that Chairman J&K Bank would takeup the matter with the Insurance Companies for its early implementation.

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