Shimla, July 17 (IANS) A World Bank-funded Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project is being implemented in the state with an outlay of Rs 1,115 crore, mainly to protect apple cultivation, a government spokesperson said on Sunday. To protect the fruit crop, mainly from the hailstorms, the state government has increased subsidy on anti-hail nets to 80 per cent. The spokesperson said for strengthening marketing facilities, 10 fruit yards and collection centres have been made operational in the state in the past three and a half years with an expenditure of Rs 27.45 crore. Himachal Pradesh is one of India's major apple producing states, with more than 90 per cent of the produce consumed in the domestic market.
from https://in.news.yahoo.com/world-bank-funded-fruit-project-underway-himachal-112403176--finance.html
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