Tag: Shimla apple
Apple festival to promote tourism
To promote tourism in the State, the department of Tourism & Civil Aviation in association with the Horticulture department organising Apple Festival at Manali...
Apple season starts picking up, 7.76 lakh boxes reached markets
Apple season has started picking up, and as per the Horticulture Department, 7,76,294 apple boxes have been sent to the various markets across the...
Apple tree felling: Govt to file review petition in High Court
Shimla: Aiming to give reprieve to the small and marginal farmers, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to file a review petition in the high...
CPM opposes apple tree cutting, calls for Chipko movement
The Himachal Pradesh CPM has opposed the cutting of apple trees and given a call of ‘Chipko’ movement to protect plants from the nefarious...
Nadda pitches inclusion of Apple in ‘ Special Products ‘ category
New Delhi: To give much needed relief for apple growers, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P Nadda called on Union Minister of State...
Govt to procure only above 51mm diameter apple under MIS
Aiming to procure 1, 06,887 M.T. apples, the State Government has decided to implement Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) from 20 July to 31 October,...
Avoid Indiscriminate Use of Urea
Constant decline in soil fertility status, mainly due to nutrient removal by intensive cropping systems in amounts far-exceeding their replenishment through fertilizers and...
This apple does not talk
Cash-strapped Himachal Pradesh government is chalking out strategies to improve the grim financial health of the state, but the real side of it shows...
HPMC and HIMFED procured 7956 MT apples
The HPMC and HIMFED have procured 7955.6 metric tonne apples under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) so far. Horticulture Department official said that 4380.200 metric tonne...
256 MT apples procured under MIS
The HPMC and HIMFED claimed to have procured 255.516 metric tonne apples under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) upto 25th August, 2014. An official, in a...
One way traffic on Jubbal-Kotkhai, movement of trucks restricted
To ensure smooth traffic movement of trucks on Jubbal-Kotkhai road through Khara-Pathar, the local administration has imposed one way traffic regulation. As per the...
GPS to protect vehicles ferrying apples
The Horticulture department has decided to install Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for monitoring of trucks ferrying apple produce. Identity cards would also be issued...
