Assam Cabinet approves floriculture mission

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Category : State Published on: February 02 2023

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The Assam Cabinet has approved a state floriculture mission with an initial investment of Rs 150 crore, covering 20,000 farmers.
Several other important decisions were taken at the cabinet meeting, including setting up of an additional CM secretariat at Dibrugarh, a new Raj Bhavan at Tezpur and converting employment exchanges into youth welfare offices.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, the CM said in view of the huge demand for flowers in Assam, which is currently met with supply from Kolkata and even Thailand, a State Floriculture Mission has been approved.
Under it, the area of flower cultivation will be expanded from 2,200 hectares to 3,288 hectares within three years.

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Assam Cabinet approves floriculture mission