The Government has decided to make a digital process for horticulture projects and provide approval in just 45 days. It will ease farmers in getting projects without delay across the country.<br />''<br />''The decision was taken in the 32nd meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Horticulture Board held in New Delhi today, under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Chairman of the Board Narendra Singh Tomar. The new simple design will come into effect from first January next year.<br />''<br />''The Minister expressed the hope that this process will make the system more transparent and efficient, promote Ease Of Doing Business for the benefit of the farming community and generate more hi-tech commercial projects for NHB funding.<br />''<br />''The meeting also discussed a new initiative of NHB- The Swachh Plant Programme, under which the problem of availability of planting material to the farmers will be solved by spending 21 hundred crore rupees with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank. This will largely solve the problem of planting material, especially for many commercially important fruits. This programme will go a long way in providing a major contribution to the much-needed quality planting material for horticulture crops in the country.<br />''<br />''<br />