In Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, Navin Kumar Chowdhary chaired a joint meeting of Agriculture and Horticulture departments on Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises in Srinagar today.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Principal Secretary directed all the district officers to reach out to the people and entrepreneurs encouraging them to establish Micro Food processing units. He said Micro Food Processing units are to be established on the basis of one district one product for which products have already been notified. Mr. Chaudhary informed that the target for current year to establish MFP units is 1537.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Meanwhile, Additional Secretary apprised that J&amp;K Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (JKHPMC) will create four incubation centers two each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions to facilitate the new unit holders by providing first, second and third line of packaging.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In a separate meeting, Principal Secretary deliberated upon several issues with the Director Agriculture and other concerned officers regarding operation green scheme. In the meeting it was informed that the government is providing 50% subsidy on transportation of 100MT production from farm gate to markets of 100 km distance besides three month subsidy for Controlled Atmosphere storage facilities under the scheme.</span><br />
News On AIR | November 23, 2020 9:15 PM
J&K: Navin Chowdhary chairs meeting of Agriculture & Horticulture depts on formalization of MFP Enterprises