KV News

HP&MD conducts Awareness Camp on HADP at Maloora Mujgund

Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page

SRINAGAR: A one-day awareness program on Holistic Agricultural Development Program (HADP), Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME), support for Grading & Packing, eNAM and Centrally Sponsored Schemes was Thursday held at Maloora Mujgund Srinagar.

The programme, organized by Area Marketing Office, Horticulture Planning & Marketing Department (HP&MD) Parimpora Srinagar, witnessed active participation from PRIs, farmers, traders, multiple Business Unit Holders of the area interested in upgrading their existing units/setting up of new units etc.

The awareness camp was attended by Officers of Horticulture Production Department, Agriculture Department, Manager J&K Bank Mujgund, Shahzad Ahmad Bhat Corporator Ward Mujgund-32 etc.

The experts from different allied departments deliberated upon the schemes pertaining to the Horticulture Sector in detail.

Area Marketing Officer Srinagar, Shamma Manzoor apprised the participants about the departmental activities.

Assistant Marketing Officer Bashir Ahmad Wani/Marketing Inspector Shabir Mufti apprised the audience about HADP, PMFME, eNAM and other centrally sponsored schemes pertaining to food processing sector in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and need to integrate the existing unorganized Micro-food Processing Units of the district.

In order to accomplish the objective of self-reliant India (Atma Nirbhar Bharat), the Officer apprised that the Govt. is providing 50% subsidy under HADP and the Ministry of Food Processing Industries provides financial, technical and marketing support to upgrade the existing micro-food processing units/establish new units under PMFME thereby integrating around two lac micro-food processing enterprises in the unorganized sector with formal supply chain.

The educated unemployed youth were encouraged to set up their own micro-food processing units and avail credit linked subsidy of 35% of the eligible project cost with a maximum ceiling of Rs 10.00 lac per unit and interest subvention of 3% available under the scheme.

He requested the interested applicants to contact him for assistance in the submission of application, DPR preparation, follow up of cases at bank level etc.

In the end on spot assistance was provided to the beneficiaries to register them under the different schemes.


KV News

Kashmir Vision cover all daily updates for the newspaper

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *