Patna, June 18 -- : The Bihar government has approved the "Single-Bud Plantlet-Based Sugarcane Nursery Establishment Scheme" for the financial year 2026-27 to enhance sugarcane production and productivity in the state and ensure the availability of high-quality, disease-free planting material to farmers.
The scheme, launched by the state's Sugarcane Industry Department, seeks to promote modern sugarcane propagation technology and facilitate timely supply of quality seed material to cultivators.
Official sources said here today that under the scheme, each nursery established will have an annual production capacity of five lakh sugarcane plantlets. The initiative is expected to improve the availability of certified, disease-free sugarcane s...