Rs. 80.56 crore released under technology mission for north eastern states as first installment
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12 Sept 2009

The Centre has released Rs. 80.56 crore as the first installment in 2009-10 under Technology Mission for North Eastern States, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture. Of this, Rs. 57.46 crore are for North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim and Rs. 23.10 crores for three Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Rs. 349 crores have been earmarked during the current fiscal, of which Rs. 280 crores are for North Eastern States and Rs. 69 crores for three Himalayan states.

Funds to the tune of Rs. 1538.60 crores have been released during the last eight years since 2001-02 leading to overall development of horticulture in the region. An additional area of about 4.9 lakh hectares has been brought under cultivation of various horticulture crops in these ten states. Forty seven Wholesale markets, 267 Rural Primary Markets, 64 Apni Mandies, 18 State grading laboratories, 31 Rope ways and 49 processing units have been established so far under the scheme. Infrastructure facilities have also been created in significant numbers. They include 935 model nurseries, 10032 community tanks, 11106 tube wells and 2,49,6025 squire meters of greenhouses. Training has also been imparted to 1,64,960 farmers/trainers and 67,329 women under the scheme.

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