Union Ministers inaugurate Post-Harvest Management Centre for medicinal plants, AYUSH units in J&K

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Sep 25, 2020

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Union Ministers inaugurate Post-Harvest Management Centre for medicinal plants, AYUSH units in J&K

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Union Minister for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik and Union Minister of State PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh today jointly laid e-foundation of Post-Harvest Management Centre for Medicinal Plants at Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir.

AIR Jammu correspondent reports that 21 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres were also e-inaugrated by Yesso Naik and Dr. Jitendra Singh across different districts of the Union Territory. The inauguration was done through a digital event. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Singh said that during the last five years some unprecedented developmental works and projects of national importance have started to come up in J&K particularly in Doda-Udhampur -Kathua region.

He said that even the people of this belt would have never imagined that such a prestigious Centre for Medicinal plants will be set up at Bhaderwah. During the current year, in Jammu and Kashmir, work on establishing 194 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres (HWCs) is going against a target of establishing 319 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres in next 3 years in the UT.