Sunday, May 29, 2011

Committee to explore prospect of medicinal plant farms


GANGTOK, 27 May: With a view to oversee the exploration of medicinal plants in Sikkim, its usages, further development of plantation etc, the State Government has constituted a committee headed by the Chief Secretary as its chairman.
A Health Department Notification published on 12 May, also directs the committee to identify experts to identify the medicinal plants, plantation of these medicinal plants at different altitudes and climate in various parts of Sikkim and also to guide the experts for harvesting the seeds of these medicinal plants etc.
The Notification appoints the Health Department Secretary as its member secretary followed by Secretary, Agriculture/ Horticulture, Secretary, IT Department and Secretary, Forest Department as members.

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