Four agriculture supermarkets to come up in State

Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout on December 01 said on the floor of the Assembly that four agriculture supermarkets would be set up one each at Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela. All the agriculture products would be procured and sold in these supermarkets. “Rs 80 crore would be spent for setting up these markets,” he said.

Giving reply to the queries of the members, Rout said the State Government is spending fund from its own resources for the development of horticulture in six districts which are not included in the National Horticulture Mission Programme.

“The State Government has planned to do horticulture programme in 50,000 hectre of land each year. People are getting huge profits from drumsticks and papayas, “he said, adding that all the vacant posts in the horticulture department at the block level would be filled up.

Source:The Pioneer