Question: Recently the Union Agriculture and farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh laid the Foundation stone of Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences in which of the following district?
(a) Hisar
(b) Panipat
(c) Karnal
(d) Kurukshetra
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 6 April 2016 the Union Agriculture and farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh laid the Foundation stone of Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences at Karnal, Haryana.
- The horticultural university will cater the needs to support the gap between teaching, research and extension activities in the state and will establish the convergence and synergy to disseminate latest technology and horticulture education to our young generation, besides identifying strategies for further development.
- Haryana is leader in adopting Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture programme and giving priority for protected cultivation and post Harvest management.
- The State leap forwarded to increase area under horticultural crops from 2.0 lakh hectare in the year 2002-03 to 4.5 lakh hectare during 2013-14 and production increases from 2.51 million tonnes to 6.30 million tonnes during same period.
- State has planned to increase the area to 9.0 lakh hectare with production to 27 million tonnes in next decade.
- On the occasion, Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar was also present.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138639