Pokhara metropolis grants subsidy to farmers for oxen rearing

Kathmandu: Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) has provided a grant of Rs 10,000 per family to the farmers of the metropolis for rearing a pair of oxen.

Mayor Dhanraj Acharya said that the grant has been provided to encourage the farmers who are rearing a pair of oxen in the metropolitan city area. He said that the subsidy has been distributed to the farmers rearing oxen for ploughing, as the tractor could not be used in all the places due to the topography of Pokhara.

A total of 570 farmers applied for the grant in August last year. The Agriculture Development Branch of the metropolis started providing money to 550 farmers after the on-site monitoring.

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