Indian government is offering subsidy on jamun cultivation

Jamun is one of the indigenous fruits of India. It is believed to have some amazing medicinal properties and is considered boon for those suffering from diabetes. In India, most of the Jamun Trees are found in tropical & subtropical areas. It is widely grown in Indo-Gangetic plains & is cultivated on a large scale in Palghar Taluka of Maharashtra. The climate here is considered very good for the cultivation of Jamun, but harvesting of Jamun fruit is very expensive for the farmers. Farmers have to face a lot of problems due to the high cost of the tools used to pluck its fruits. Meanwhile, there is good news for the farmers cultivating Jamun, the Jamun growers are now being given subsidy by the government on the tool that is used for plucking the fruit. “Paranchi” is the tool used to pluck the fruit from the Jamun tree and it is made of bamboo. An initiative is being taken to give a subsidy of about 10 lakhs for Paranchi through the Zilla Parishad of the state to help the farmers. ...