Punjab to promote floriculture

Punjab government has launched a new policy to encourage flower transplantation in the state.

The state government will now control purchase, sale, storage and processing of all flowers in notified areas of market committees in several districts, a notification issued in this regard said.

An official spokesperson today said the initiative will help the farmers to get out of the vicious cycle of wheat-paddy cultivation and supplement their income with the plantation of flowers, the demand for which is on the rise.