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4)Animal Husbandry,Poultry    Farming & Fish    Farming +(Milkfed) Government    Sheep Breeding    Farms    at    Jeori    (Shimla),    Sarol (Chamba), Tal (Hamirpur), and Karachham (Kinnaur)    are    supplying improved    sheep    to    the breeders    of    the State.      One    Ram    centre    at    Nagwain in District    Mandi    is    also    functioning    where improved Rams    are    reared    and    supplied to    breeders    for    cross breeding. 9    Sheep    and    wool    Extension Centres    continue functioning in the state. 315    units  ...

3)Horticulture industry+ (HPMC ) Apple    is    so    far    the    most important    fruit    crop    of Himachal Pradesh,    which    constitutes    about    49 percent    of    the    total    area    under    fruit crops    and about    85    percent      of    the    total fruit    production.  To bring diversification in horticulture industry a total area of  393     hectares has been brought under flower cultivation upto 31.12.2015.  Two Tissue Culture Laboratories have been established under Model Flower Cultivation Centres at  Mahogbagh (Chail, District Solan) and  Palampur  District Kangra “Dr.Y.S.Parmar Kisan Swarozgar Yojna” (Poly house and Micro irrigation inside po...

2)Agriculture & Farmers  * Agriculture provides direct employment to about 62 percent of total workers of the State. * The state has been nominated for the best State under Krishi Karmanya Award 2014-15 * Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna,  launched during 12th five year plan, aims at achieving 4 percent annual growth in the agriculture sector. * One mobile soil testing lab has been set up at Palampur in Kangra District. * A  modernised  market complex  at  Solan  is  functional  for marketing  of  agricultural  produce. * Distribution of land holdings according to 2010-11: Agricultural Census shows that 87.95 percent of the total holdings are of Small and Marginal. About 11.71 percent of holdings are owned by Semi Medium and Medium farmers and only 0.34 percent by large farmers. * About 80 percent of the total cultivated area in the State is rainfed * Crop  Insurance  Scheme provides comprehensive ...

Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh 2015-16(Part-1) 1)General Overview * The  economy  of  the  State  is expected  to  achieve  a  growth  rate  of   7.7  percent  in  the  current  financial year 2015-16 * GSDP  At  current prices, estimated  at 1,01,108  crore  in  2014-15 & at constant prices (2011-12)  89,050 crore * Per capita income at current  prices  was 1,19,720  in  2014-15 & at constant (2011-12) prices 1,04,838  * Domestic  Product  is  mainly  attributed  to 14.6  percent      increase  in  Transport  and Trade,  13.9  percent  in  Community  & Personal  Services  sectors,  6.1  percent in  Secondary  sector,  11.4  percent  in Finance  &  Real  e...