UP News: To control the increasing demand and skyrocketing prices of garlic, the state government has taken a special initiative for the farmers. Now a special scheme has been started to promote garlic cultivation in the state, in which the Government of India is also cooperating. Under this scheme, garlic will be cultivated on 10 thousand hectares of additional land in the entire state, in which farmers will get a subsidy of Rs 12 thousand per hectare. Garlic seeds will be made available from the National Horticulture Research and Development Institute (NHRDE), New Delhi. 

What is this scheme? 
Minister of State for Horticulture Dinesh Pratap Singh said that under the Masala Area Expansion Program, farmers will be given incentives for garlic cultivation. The unit cost of Rs 30 thousand per hectare has been fixed in the scheme, in which there is a provision of 40% (maximum Rs 12 thousand) subsidy. This subsidy will be given on land ranging from 0.2 to 4 hectares. The price of seeds has been fixed at Rs 370-390 per kg.

60% of this scheme is funded by the Centre and 40% by the State Government. To avail the scheme, farmers can contact their District Horticulture Officer office, or register online on the department's website (dbt.uphorticulture.in).

The scheme will currently be implemented in 45 districts, including Saharanpur, Moradabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Jhansi and many other districts.

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