Himachal Cabinet extends MIS for apple, mango purchase

Tribune News Service

Shimla, July 14

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet today gave nod to extending the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for the procurement of apple, mango and citrus fruits such as kinnow, malta, orange and ‘galgal’ for 2022 at an enhanced rate of Re 1 per kg compared to the last year.

Around 144,936 metric tonnes (MT) of apple would be procured under the MIS at the rate of Rs 10.50 per kg with handling charge of Rs 2.75 per kg. As many as 305 procurement centres would be opened, as per the demand of the fruit growers. HPMC Ltd would open and operate 169 procurement centres while HIMFED would operate 136 centres.

Around 250 MT of seedling, 500 MT of grafted and 500 MT of ‘achari’ mango would be procured at the rate of Rs 10.50 per kg for all varieties. The produnce would be procured through the HPMC and HIMFED with handling charges of Rs 1.30 per kg.

Similarly, 500 MT of kinnow, malta and orange would be procured at the rate of Rs 9.50 per kg (B grade) and Rs 9 per kg (C grade) while 100 MT of ‘galgal’ would be procured at the rate of Rs 8 per kg with handling charges of Rs 2.65 per kg for citrus fruits and Re 1 per kg for ‘galgal’.

The Cabinet also approved the signing of a loan agreement through the Department of Economic Affairs with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Rs 1,098.89 crore externally-aided Himachal Pradesh Rural Water Improvement and Livelihood Project for providing clean drinking water to every household. The project would be financed through a loan of Rs 760.77 crore (69.2 per cent) by the ADB and a counter fund of Rs 338.12 crore (30.8 per cent) by the government.

It also approved the opening of two new cyber crime police stations in Dharamsala and Mandi.

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