New Delhi, India
November 19, 2007
Source:
Government of India
Certified area under organic
farming has reached 3.12 lakh hectares in the country.
The Government is implementing a Central Sector Scheme, National
Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) for production, promotion,
certification and market development of organic farming in the
country, wherein financial assistance is being provided for the
capacity building through service providers, setting up of
organic input production units of fruits/vegetables waste
compost, bio-fertilizers and Vermiculture hatcheries, promotion
of organic farming through training programme, field
demonstrations, setting up of model organic farms and market
development.
Government is also implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on
National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in the country from 2005-06
under which promotion of organic farming has been included as
one of the components and financial assistance is being provided
for organic cultivation of horticultural crops, setting up of
vermin compost units and for organic farming certification.
In addition, Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry
is promoting export of organic products and implementing
National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP). Under the
Scheme financial assistance is being provided to its registered
exporters for Market Development Infrastructure Development,
Quality Development, R&D and transport assistance.
This information was given by Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria, Minister of
State for Agriculture in written reply to a question in the Lok
Sabha today. |
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From:
Wikipedia |
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A
lakh is a unit in the Indian
numbering system, widely used
both in official and other
contexts in Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and
Pakistan. One lakh is equal to a
hundred thousand (105). A
hundred lakhs make a crore or
ten million. The word is
particularly notable because it
is used almost exclusively in
English language articles
written for Indian audiences (as
opposed to writing "hundred
thousand").
This system of measurement also
introduces separators into
numbers in a place that is
different from that which is
common in certain other number
systems. For example, 3 million
(30 lakh) would be written as
30,00,000 instead of 3,000,000. |
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