RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has started a project for five years worth Rs 780 million to promote high yield varieties of seedless Kinnow in Punjab.

PAD will provide free of cost high yield varieties of Kinnow to the farmers belonging to district Sargodha, Toba Tek Singh, Mandibahaud Din, Sahiwal, Vehari and Layyah can apply for this subsidy scheme.

Interested farmers can get application forms free of cost from office of Deputy Director Agriculture (Ext) of their districts or can download it from official website of PAD (www.agripunjab.gov.pk).

It has been directed to interested people for this subsidy scheme has to abide by all the conditions written on application form in this regard. For getting date plants, farmers will have to submit their application forms either by hand or through courier to the office of Director, Horticultural Research Station, Bahawalpur and for seedless Kinnow plants, farmers must submit their application form to office of Director, Citrus Research Institute, Sargodha till February 20, 2018. Interested people in date plants may contact with Agriculture Helpline (0800-15000 or 0800-29000) or Phone Number 062-9255432whereas for seedless Kinnow interested persons can contact on 048-3701312 in this regard.