FPOs of Haryana are giving strength to a quiet revolution in terms of hundreds of Pak Houses across the state. A pack house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market.
The growing influence of the state in terms of agri and agri-related produce brought Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to a village in Sonipat namely Aterna.
Besides the PACK houses, Haryana is a state where the world’s largest vegetable market is being set up in Gannaur, which will be spread over 5500 acres. It will cost Rs 10,000 crore to make it.
Tomar has said that Haryana is ahead in crop production and horticulture, it cannot be praised enough. Today it is necessary that farmers cultivate new crops, use technology in production and produce quality products. It is a matter of happiness that the farmers of Haryana and the Haryana government are walking on this path.
In Haryana, 30 pack houses are being built across the state through FPOs. The Haryana government has planned about 500 pack houses, and not just 100 pack houses in the state. Setting up of 100 pack houses will change the picture of Haryana, while 500 pack houses will bring revolution in the field of horticulture in the state.
Haryana is the state of farmers – no other state has as many schemes as the Haryana government has brought, claimed J.P. Dalal, state agriculture minister who accompanied Tomar.
This includes Crop Insurance Scheme, Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, purchase of crops on MSP, proper
arrangement of mandis etc. He said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal, pack houses have been established in the state through FPOs. This will benefit the farmers.
Dalal said that today there are 11 excellence centers in the state, through which crores of saplings are being prepared and given to the farmers. The state government has doubled the budget for canals. Up to 85 percent subsidy is being given in the field of irrigation.
The Haryana government has formed a pond authority for the renovation of ponds. Along with this, brackish water farmers have been encouraged to take up shrimp farming. The land on which earlier the farmer used to earn 20 to 30 thousand rupees annually, today 20 to 30 lakh rupees are being earned from shrimp farming.
