Assam floriculture mission

Guwahati, Jan 31: The Assam Cabinet approved a state floriculture mission with an initial investment of Rs 150 crore, covering 20,000 farmers, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated.

Several different vital selections had been taken at the cabinet meeting, including setting up an additional CM secretariat at Dibrugarh, a new Raj Bhavan at Tezpur, and converting employment exchanges into youth welfare offices, he stated.

A cabinet committee has additionally been shaped to put together an event on April 14, marking the Assamese new year, when an attempt could be made to go into report books with the meeting of 10,000 ‘Bihu’ dancers, Sarma stated.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, the CM stated 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.


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Under it, the area of flower cultivation will be expanded from 2,200 hectares to 3,288 hectares within three years.

“After paddy and fishery, we are now focusing on achieving self-sufficiency in floriculture,” the chief minister said.

He also announced a slew of projects and schemes worth around Rs 1,500-2,000 crore for the Dibrugarh district.