Agriculture News: The government takes all necessary steps to promote farming and increase the income of farmers. In such a situation, now the Bihar government has brought good news for those farmers who cultivate fruits and flowers. The Bihar government is running the Horticulture Cluster Development Scheme, under this scheme, the Bihar government is giving subsidy to farmers for planting guava, amla, lemon vine, papaya, marigold flowers and lemon grass plants and trees.
Government is giving subsidy up to 1 lakh
Under this scheme, the government will give subsidy for doing horticulture on more than 25 acres in the village, to take advantage of this scheme, farmers have to apply by visiting the official website. Bihar Government Horticulture Directorate also gave information about this scheme on its social media platform X. In this post, it was told that under the Horticulture Cluster Scheme, farmers growing horticultural crops on more than 25 acres in the village will be given assistance of Rs 1 lakh per acre. This will increase income, improve farming and promote new methods of agriculture.
Under the Horticulture Scheme in Cluster, get assistance of up to ₹1 lakh per acre for growing more than 25 acres of horticulture crops in the village! This will increase income, improve farming, and promote innovation in agriculture.@mangalpandeybjp @SanjayAgarw_IAS @abhitwittt #Bihar #Agriculture #Cluster pic.twitter.com/3H7Onhg9X2
— Directorate Of Horticulture, Deptt of Agri, Bihar (@HorticultureBih) August 14, 2024
The aim is to promote flower cultivation
The aim of this scheme is to increase the income of farmers and promote flower cultivation. Actually, marigold plants come to Bihar from Kolkata, which increases their cost. On this, the Bihar government is now preparing to form groups of farmers and send them to Kolkata for plant production training. It is also suggesting that they should cultivate flowers using poly houses so that the supply of flowers can increase.
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To apply, farmers will first have to visit the state government’s horticulture website, after which you will see the link of the scheme on the home page which you have to click. After this, you will have to choose the option of horticulture in your horticultural cluster. Here you will have to apply for subsidy. After this your registration form will open, by filling all the requested information properly, you will be able to take advantage of this scheme if you are eligible.
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