Jammu, Jan. 12 -- SOPORE, Jan 12 (KNS) ; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Altaf Malik on Monday called for immediate government action to support Jammu and Kashmir's apple industry, describing it as the "backbone" of the Union Territory's economy, upon which nearly 70 percent of the population depends directly or indirectly.

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