New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) Union Minister of State (independent charge) for AYUSH Shripad Naik and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh on Saturday laid the foundation stone for Post Harvest Management Centre for Medicinal Plants at Bhaderwah and inaugurated 21 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres in Jammu and Kashmir through video conferencing.
Acknowledging that the centre was a long-pending demand of people of the area, Mr Yesso Naik said almost 194 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres worth Rs 11 crore have been sanctioned for the UT in the past two years, of which, more than 50 have been made operational with the availability of latest IT equipment, medicine and doctors.
Stating that the Government of India was according top priority to J&K for accelerating the pace of development, he expressed hope that with the setting up of this institute, herbal cultivation would increase in the entire Chenab valley, and new seeds would be produced and given to the farmers for herbal cultivation.