'Olive oil refinery' to come up at Bikaner: Raje

Considering agriculture and animal husbandry as backbone of state's economy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today announced that an olive oil (Zaitun) refinery would come up at Bikaner some time this year.
A world level zaitun plants' nursery was readied in Jaipur and farmers would be provided its sapling on 75 per cent financial grant, Raje told a high level meeting attended by among others by zila pramukh, important farmers and representatives of tribal area in a pre-annual budget exercise here.
Olive Oil Refinery would be set up in Bikaner this year, and three lakh Zaitun saplings would be provided to the breeders, she said.

For cultivating green vegetables and flower the state agriculture department has set up an Excellence Centre at Dhidhole in Japur district with the cooperation of Israel government, she said. Besides high technology innovation the solar pump sets were also set up as an experiment, she added.
To provide better benefit a 'kisan bhawan' was set constructed at every district headquarters in the state, and "kisan kaleva" (breakfast) was being served to them at Rs.5 per head, she said.
Claiming that her government was committed to all round development agriculture and farmers, Raje said for drip irrigation the state was providing 20 per cent extra financial grant to farmers.

Farmers would get the best price of their produce so that they could earn better as compared to past, she said.
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal husbandary departments were working on the best quality research and provide the better facilities to farmers and breeders on all aspects.
The meeting was attended among others by the Panchayati Raj Minister Gulab Chand Kataria, Tribal Minister Nand Lal Meena, agriculture minister Prabhu Lal Saini, and Engery Minister Gajendra Singh Kheenvsar, and concerned secretaries.