‘The aim of medicinal plant board centre in Himachal Pradesh is to provide inputs for conservation, cultivation, technology upgradation, sale of medicinal plants, training and research, and development of region-specific planting material.’
The central government would provide a grant of Rs 149.60 lakh, he said. The decision to commission the facilitation centre was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here.
To enable the people to procure approvals of building plans speedily, the Cabinet decided to delegate powers of the Town and Country Planning Department Directors to the Executive Officers or Panchayat Secretaries in 20 Nagar panchayats.
The people in these urban local bodies will now get all the approvals and clearances through single window system and will not have to apply to Town and Country Planning Department.
The prominent urban local bodies are in Sunni, Kotkhai, Jubbal, Arki, Rajgarh, Naina Devi, Tahliwal, Kangra, Nagrota, Dehra, Jwalamukhi, Sarkaghat, Riwalsar, Karsog and Banjar.
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Indian Government in Search of Land to Set Up National Institute on Medicinal Plants
Survey and documentation of all plant resources of the country, including medicinal and aromatic plants and herbs serve as resources for the institute.
Survey and documentation of all plant resources of the country, including medicinal and aromatic plants and herbs serve as resources for the institute.
