Punjab Minister for Agriculture Ahmed Ali Aulkh has said that the government is giving priority to agriculture and is distributing 60,000 acres land on lease to the landless farmers, and priority will be given to agriculture graduates. "The government is also planning to start schemes for irrigation with a cost of Rs 7 billion," he added. He told a press conference in the Agriculture House on Friday that the government had allocated Rs 550 million for tunnel technology used in growing off-season vegetables.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/landless-farmers-punjab-distribute-60000-acres-land-minister
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-recorder-pakistan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-fertilisers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vegetables
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan
