Himachal Pradesh govt launched “HIMCAD” scheme to help farmers: The state government of Himachal Pradesh has started a new scheme named ‘HIMCAD’, to provide irrigation facilities to farmers. According to the latest data, about 80% of the agricultural area of Himachal Pradesh is rain-fed. The scheme will provide end-to-end connectivity of farmers’ fields for better water conservation, crop diversification and integrated farming.
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It is planned to provide command area development activities to 23,344 hectares of cultivable command area by March 2024.
