(a) whether the Government propose to set up a Mango Research Centre at Malda/Murshdabad in West Bengal; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government propose to set up a Mango Research Centre at Malda/Murshdabad in West Bengal; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The Mango Research Centre has mandate to carryout research principally on mango crop. Alongwith this its mandate also covers basic strategy and broadly research on fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants that can be inter-cropped with mango. The Centre is being set up on land provided by the Government of West Bengal.