AVM wants PGIHRE to be set up soon

Amritsar, April 27 2022 (Tribune News Service):- The members of Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM) stressed for early setting up of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)-run Post Graduate Institute of Horticulture Research and Education (PGIHRE) here in Amritsar area.

During a virtual meeting of the AVM held here on Monday, retired principal Kulwant Singh Ankhi Patron, appreciated Guru Nanak Dev University and its expert team for timely submitting the social impact assessment (SIA) for land acquisition needed to establish PGIHRE at Chhiddan village on Àmritsar-Attari highway. Among others office-bearers of Harjap Singh Aujla Patron, Manmohan Singh Brar, Former President, Dr Charanjit Singh Gumtala, Patron, Yogesh Kamra Secretary and others participated.

They hoped that the PGIHRE Amritsar, on establishment will bring a revolution in the field of agriculture especially in the cultivation of fruits and vegetables. They recalled that late Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the setting up the PGIHRE during the budget session 2015-16. The then Akali-BJP Punjab government had transferred 100 acres of land in the name of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the national-level council authorized to establish the institute.

Read the report of Social Impact Assessment about PGIHRE by team of Guru Nanak Dev University

SIA PGIHRE REPORT SUBMITTED APR 2021.pdf

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