Dehradun, Sept. 22 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 21 Sep: On Saturday, Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi, while addressing a press conference at his camp office, declared that the state government has taken a major decision in the interest of apple growers of district Uttarkashi in view of the recent disaster situation. Responding to farmers' demands, the government has fixed the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for apples at Rs 51 per kilogram for Royal Delicious and Rs 45 per kilogram for Red Delicious.

Expressing gratitude to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for this decision, the Agriculture Minister said that the Chief Minister has been consistently taking farmer-friendly initiatives. He added that apples from the Harshil Valley are...