The government of India has taken several initiatives to overcome the shortage of vegetables and fruits during the winters. Due to their rich nutrients like vitamins, carbohydrates, fiber, etc, vegetables are a priority for the administration. In this article, Sahil Manzoor with Kashmir Reade will highlight the role of the horticulture department: how the department carries out distribution, installation of greenhouse shed schemes, and distribution of vegetable saplings among the growers.
The horticulture department holds awareness programs during the seasonal cultivation of vegetable and fruit varieties in the valley. We are well aware of the fact that most of our farmers are not well educated, but they feed the people by their day-and-night hard work, so they deserve our appreciation and should be brought under beneficial schemes, provided advanced equipment, carriages, sprayers, fertilizers of good quality so that the yield of their crops increases.
The horticulture department introduced a scheme years ago to help install miniature greenhouses and provide farmers an amount of Rs 10,000 as a subsidy. The grower has to submit an application form on A4 size paper, and after approval from the concerned authorities, the beneficiary has to credit an amount of Rs 21,000 into the account of the horticulture department. After the installation of the greenhouse shed, Rs 10,000 is credited back into the account of the beneficiary.
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