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The state-run Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corp (HPMC), which is mainly into marketing apple juice concentrate, is using worn out machinery and its unscientific collection often deteriorates the quality of fruits. This fact came to light in a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the state assembly last week.
Highlights:
Role of HPMC: The public sector undertaking procures the apples directly from farmers and produces juice concentrate that is used for fruit juices, nectars and drinks. Every year, it also procures citrus fruits like kinnow and galgal through the market intervention scheme. It runs two fruit processing plants -- Parwanoo and Jarol.
Competition from China: The HPMC, which is facing tough competition from China in the apple juice concentrate market, incurred a loss of Rs 2.61 crore on the implementation of market intervention scheme due to, among others, the low yield of concentrate, apple juice, and apple spoilage.
Himachal Pradesh is one of India's major apple-producing regions, with more than 2,00,000 families engaged in the cultivation of the fruit. Superior apple grades like Royal Delicious, Red Chief, Super Chief, Oregon Spur, and Scarlet Spur start arriving in the markets in August and their harvesting continues till October.
By: Dr. Vivek Rana ProfileResourcesReport error
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