Apple growers in the Kashmir Valley are facing unprecedented losses.
The Union government has now announced that it will procure apples directly from the growers and that money will be transferred directly to their accounts.
Under a special Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) will make the purchase.
Due to government-enforced security clampdown, growers have been unable to transport their produce to markets.
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MIS is implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation.
All the agricultural and horticultural commodities for which Minimum Support Price (MSP) are “not fixed” and are generally perishable in nature are covered under MIS.