{"id":13118,"date":"2024-06-14T15:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13118"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:35:02","slug":"horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The  Department has released Rs 1 crore to its district office to help horticulturalists deal with dry conditions prevailing in the state. The state received 98 per cent less than normal rainfall in December.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the department has advised the growers that mulching should be done to retain moisture in the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/soil\">Soil<\/a>. Plastic sheets and organic substances such as dry grass and straw, etc., can be used to preserve moisture, said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Due to drought, the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/plants\">Plants<\/a> become deficient in boron and calcium. The use of boric acid (0.1%) or calcium chloride (0.5%) are helpful in curing this deficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department has released Rs 1 crore to its district office to help horticulturalists deal with dry conditions prevailing in the state. The state received 98 per cent less than normal rainfall in December. Besides, the department has advised the growers that mulching should be done to retain moisture in the Soil. Plastic sheets and &#8230; <a title=\"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1091],"tags":[1000],"class_list":["post-13118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-himachal-pradesh","tag-25-12-22"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions - Current Affairs Exam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department has released Rs 1 crore to its district office to help horticulturalists deal with dry conditions prevailing in the state. The state received 98 per cent less than normal rainfall in December. Besides, the department has advised the growers that mulching should be done to retain moisture in the Soil. Plastic sheets and ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Current Affairs Exam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-14T15:35:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions - Current Affairs Exam","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions","og_description":"The Department has released Rs 1 crore to its district office to help horticulturalists deal with dry conditions prevailing in the state. The state received 98 per cent less than normal rainfall in December. Besides, the department has advised the growers that mulching should be done to retain moisture in the Soil. Plastic sheets and ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/","og_site_name":"Current Affairs Exam","article_published_time":"2024-06-14T15:35:02+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/","name":"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions - Current Affairs Exam","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-06-14T15:35:02+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-14T15:35:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/horticulture-dept-releases-rs-1-cr-to-help-growers-fight-dry-conditions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Horticulture Dept releases Rs 1 cr to help growers fight dry conditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/","name":"Current Affairs Exam","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}