Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

land use, promoting crop diversification, generating employment and above all providing
nutritional security to the people. The main schemes/programmes included in the Annual
Plan 2011-12 are given as follows:-
Ongoing schemes
State funded schemes
HORT-1 Diversification of Agriculture through Development of Horticulture
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Outlay – Rs. 500.00 lac
2.1.45 During the 11 th five year Plan, the scheme has been reframed by merging the
three schemes i.e. development of horticulture including sericulture, diversification of
agriculture through horticulture and improvement of quality of perlette variety of grapes.
2.1.46 The main objectives of the scheme are-
(1) To bring an additional area of 23,800 hectares and 4350 hectares under fruits
during 11 th Five Year Plan and 2011-12 respectively.
(2) To strengthen the nursery production work for raising 65.62 lac plants for new
plantation during 11 th Five Year Plan and 10.88 lac nursery plants during
2011-12.
(3) To popularize spawn production and Mushroom cultivation in the State.
(4) To strengthen the Govt. Gardens, Nurseries, Govt. Potato Seed Farms, Land
Scape Units and Mushroom Laboratories..
2.1.47 An amount of Rs. 2000.00 lac is provided for the 11 th Plan. An expenditure of
Rs. 382.67 lac and Rs. 375.23 lac was incurred during 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.
An expenditure of Rs. 308.34 lac had been incurred during 2009-10. Against an expenditure
of Rs. 181.82 lac incurred during 2010-11, an outlay of Rs. 500.00 lac is provided for the
Annual Plan 2011-12.
HORT-2 Demonstration-cum-Fruit Preservation Laboratories and Community
Canning Centres
Outlay – Rs. 40.00 lac
2.1.48 The objective of the scheme is to train and educate the fruit growers/public in
latest techniques for the preservation and preparation of various products like squashes, jams,
jellies and other canned products from fruits and vegetables. Six Fruit Preservation
laboratories one each at Hoshiarpur, Abohar, Patiala, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar and