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Dr Jitendra launches 'Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojana' 10/18/2014 11:22:01 PM Early Times Report New Delhi, Oct 19: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh today launched "Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojana'' under which the CSIR (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research) will identify one thousand villages in Jammu & Kashmir for the growth of aromatic plants with active participation of local farmers and owners of the land. The Government will initially spend over Rs.25 crore on this scheme in addition to technical support by a team of CSIR scientists. Elaborating on the scheme at a press conference here today, Dr Jitendra Singh said that this scheme is a new concept whereby the agricultural land with the potential for growth of aromatic plants will be identified and CSIR scientists as well as aroma experts from different parts of the country will educate and train the local farmers to bring up this cultivation. This will not only enable the local farmers to usher in a new area of cultivation but will also prove economically beneficial to them since the net profit for the farmers through this venture has been estimated to be Rs. 1 - 1.5 lakh per hectare per annum, he added. Among those present at the press conference were Director General, CSIR P S Ahuja and senior scientists of CSIR.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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