Related Keywords: Agriculture Department, Agriculture Department under high density plantation technique, Cotton growers, eight districts of the Malwa belt, giving a subsidy of Rs five hundred per acre, Indian state of Punjab, set a target of four lakh hectares, this season, under cotton cultivation
The Indian state of Punjab Agriculture Department has set a target of 4 lakh hectares to be brought under cotton cultivation in eight districts of the Malwa belt this season. Last year, the area under cotton cultivation was 2.56 lakh hectares. Meanwhile, the Agriculture Department under its high density plantation technique is giving a subsidy of Rs 500 per acre to cotton growers.
