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Shivraj Chouhan announces ₹150-crore Clean Plant Centre for Srinagar after J&K review

On 3 July 2025 in Srinagar, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed agriculture with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and announced a ₹150-crore Clean Plant Centre in Srinagar under MIDH.

Summary

Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a review meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the State Secretariat in Srinagar on 3 July 2025. Chouhan announced that a ₹150-crore Clean Plant Centre will be set up in Srinagar under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) to provide disease-free planting material for apples, almonds, walnuts and berries, and praised J&K's 'Kisan Khidmat Ghar' one-stop centres for farmers.

Key facts

Event
Review with CM Omar Abdullah, Srinagar, 3 July 2025
Announcement
₹150-crore Clean Plant Centre in Srinagar under MIDH
Crops
Apples, almonds, walnuts, berries
J&K initiative
Kisan Khidmat Ghar — one-stop centre for farmers

Practice MCQs 2 questions

Q1

Under which mission will the ₹150-crore Clean Plant Centre in Srinagar, announced on 3 July 2025, be set up?

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Correct answer: C — Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

Agriculture Ministry: a ₹150-crore Clean Plant Center will be established in Srinagar under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).

Q2 Advanced

Which J&K initiative, a one-stop centre giving farmers access to all agricultural services, did Shivraj Chouhan praise on 3 July 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Kisan Khidmat Ghar

Agriculture Ministry: he praised the state's initiative 'Kisan Khidmat Ghar' — a one-stop center providing farmers access to all agricultural services under one roof.

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