Monday 13 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
Herbal plantation in 40 more Himachal villages

NABARD would adopt the villages under the Village Development Plan to give boost to herbal farming and to improve livelihood of the farmers

Shimla: The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will adopt 40 more villages in Himachal Pradesh to promote herbal plantation in the state.

NABARD has already adopted 20 villages in the state, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said.

"NABARD would adopt 40 more villages under the Village Development Plan to give boost to herbal cultivation and to improve livelihood of the farmers," Dhumal said.

Such an initiative would supplement the income of the farmers, he added, reports IANS.

The Chief Minister said the government last year launched a herbal plantation campaign under which the farmers were provided saplings of more than 50 indigenous species like neem, banyan, jamun and peepal free of cost for plantation.

Over one crore herbal saplings were distributed among the locals through government-monitored 525 joint forest management committees.

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