Biscomaun Sells Kashmiri Apples

Buoyed up by its success in selling urea to the farmers at a reasonable rate, Bihar Marketing Cooperative Federation Biscomaun has now begun selling Kashmiri apples at a much lower rate compared to the market, through its sales counters spread across the state. The famed Kashmiri apples could be spotted at Biscomaun sale counters at the rate of Rs 75 per Kg. “Biscomaun and Nafed are doing a favor not only to the people of Bihar but also to the apple growers in J & K who were not able to find a market in the wake of the abolition of Art 370. It is a service dedicated to the nation’s welfare”, quipped an observer. It bears recall that Nafed made Biscomaun its agency to sell Kashmiri apples in the state soon after the Central Government entrusted Nafed with the procurement assignment of apples from the troubled state- a challenging co-op titan Nafed is carrying forward with great success. State Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar and Cooperative Minister Rana Randhir Singh jointly inaugurated the drive of Biscomaun last week in the presence of several eminent cooperators of the state. The Agriculture Minister said after the abolition of Section 370 and 35A from Kashmir, the farmers have started getting good prices for their apples due to the initiatives of co-op bodies like Nafed and Biscomaun.