Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government
will soon set up a centre of excellence in herbal medicine, a
state minister said today.
The Centre has agreed in principle for the setting up of
the centre. A herbal garden and museum would be set up and
farmers would be educated in herbal farming, Health Minister
Rajeev Bindal said in a release here.
Recently the government had signed an MoU with Patanjali
Yogpeeth, Haridwar to facilitate selling of herbal produces by
farmers at higher prices, he said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 20:20