CA storage capacity to be augmented in 5-yrs

Suhail Bhat

Srinagar Oct 27: The Government today announced that the Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) is in its final stage, with the tendering process underway to select an insurance company for implementation.

The Government said that if the insurance scheme does not materialize, it will launch a Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) to protect the interests of fruit growers across Jammu and Kashmir.

Replying to a question by the PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra in the Legislative Assembly, Agriculture Minister Javed Dar informed in a written reply that under the Re-structured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS), crops such as apple, saffron, mango, and litchi have been notified.

“The tendering process for the selection of th

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