NITI Aayog Organises Workshop and Releases Report on Roadmap for Horticulture Development in Jammu & Kashmir
- NITI Aayog released the report "Roadmap for Horticulture Development in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir" at New Delhi on 8 April 2026, alongside a hybrid-mode stakeholder workshop.
- The roadmap is a value-chain, technology-driven blueprint spanning short-, medium- and long-term horizons for productivity, post-harvest/cold-chain, value addition and market linkages.
- Relevance: J&K accounts for ~87% of India's apple production (>2.2 MMT annually), making horticulture central to the UT's economy and India's agri-export basket.