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The popular varieties included Gala Red,
Schinco Red, Jeromnie, Red Chief, Red
Velox, and Scarlet which have mostly been
imported from Italy.

CA Storage Capacity increased from 1.70
LMT to 2.00 LMT during the year. Three
new CA Stores were approved by SLEC and
forwarded to the government of India for
sanction. 15 new Nurseries are being es-
tablished in the private sector including04
Walnut Nurseries and 3 HiTech nurseries.
Among all States /UTs, Jammu and Kashmir
has been ranked 3rd in monthly income to
Agriculture households and 5th best per-
forming State /UT in Agriculture & Allied
sector. More than a million beneficiaries
from J&K received direct financial sup-
port of Rs. 1983.29 crores during the last
three years under the PM-Kisan scheme. 12
lakh farmers have been issued Kisan Credit
Cards (KCC). Out of this 9.46 lakh KCC are
live/operative in UT of J&K .

Under National Saffron Mission, irrigation
infrastructure with a sprinkler system con-
nected to 126 deep Bore wells has been cre-
ated. An area of 2598.75 Ha of land stands
rejuvenated as of date. The implementation tablished two J&K Seed and Organic Cer-
of the National Mission on Saffron has en- tification agencies, one each in Jammu and
sured a substantial increase in crop yields Kashmir Divisions. More so, the govern-
from 1.88 kg per hectare to 4.50 kg per ment also facilitated the opening of Offices
hectare which has ultimately doubled the of APEDA and LULU Groups in the Kash-
income of Saffron Growers. The J&K Gov- mir Division and APEDA in the Jammu
ernment has successfully got the G.I tag- Division.
ging for Saffron and Basmati for effective
domestic and international marketing. Action-oriented policies of the government
are bringing ground-breaking and struc-
The registration for G.I tagging for Gu- tural transformation in the agriculture and
chhi (Morchella), Solai Honey, Rajmash horticulture sectors in J&K and thus con-
(Red Beans), and Muskhbudji is also in tributing towards economic growth, and
the pipeline. It will promote the econom- employment creation in the Union Territo-
ic prosperity of the farmers by enhancing ry. Moreover, the income of farmers is in-
their demand in National and International creasing and they are becoming job provid-
Markets. The J&K government has also es- ers rather than job seekers.

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