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UP aims to double cargo values to Rs 17,571 cr in maiden farm export policy

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Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh government today announced its maiden agricultural export policy in targetting to augment farmers’ income and promote export of farm commodities.

The policy further seeks to create an institutional mechanism for farm exports, promote export-oriented commodities and encourage the cultivation of environmentally-friendly agro varieties in the state.

The policy was cleared by the state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow this afternoon.

UP cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma later told the media that armed with the new agri export policy, the state aimed at doubling the export of agricultural commodities to about Rs 17,571 crore by 2024 with

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