04-04-23 Daily-Jharkhand-JPSC Current Affairs

Apart from mango , other fruit bearing Plants like guava, lemon, pear, custard apple, ber, jackfruit, drumstick horticulture have to be promoted. Horticulture of mixed fruit plants is to be encouraged. Under MGNREGA, mango horticulture, guava horticulture, shady tree plantation will be done through Birsa Green Village Scheme.

It was decided in the meeting that Didi Bagiya Yojana, run by the sisters of SHG, training and other assistance should be provided to the entrepreneurs to prepare fruit plants so that quality plants can be produced in the nursery. It was also decided to consider getting the nurseries established under the Didi Bagiya scheme registered with the National Horticulture Board through JSLPS.

It is necessary to train Horticulture Sakhis for the purpose of timely capacity building and to make them technically more capable, as continuous technical advice is given by them in the horticulture being done by the beneficiaries. Therefore, after training them, timely payment of wages should be ensured in lieu of the work done by them under horticulture.

It was decided to provide <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/drip-Irrigation“>Drip Irrigation facility in horticulture through JSLPS under convergence under Birsa Harit Gram Yojana. Work should be done to connect the institutions to which the members of the advisory committee are associated with the horticulture scheme being implemented in their work areas/districts so that the current status of the plants can be monitored during field visits from time to time and technical advice can also be given to them. Can be given Along with this, technical cells will be formed in the state and district.

Under the Birsa Green Village Scheme, besides mango plants, other fruits like pear, orange, lemon, guava, jackfruit, dates, custard apple, etc., which can be grown according to Jharkhand’s Climate, have also agreed to include bamboo, drumstick. Along with this, it was also decided that mixed fruit horticulture should be ensured in at least 25 percent of the total horticulture area under each district in the financial year 2023-24.