Archive · 21 Sep 2025
Mehbooba Mufti Slams NC Over Apple Crop Waste
Mehbooba Mufti, a former leader, is blaming the current government for letting almost all of the C-grade apples go to waste.
She says the government didn't help apple farmers enough.
These farmers are struggling because of highway closures and other problems.
Apples are very important to the economy in Jammu and Kashmir, and Mufti wants the government to help the farmers and ensure that the apple industry is not forgotten.
Mehbooba Mufti criticized the NC government for allowing 99% of C-grade apples to go to waste.
Mufti attributes the waste to the non-implementation of the market intervention scheme (MIS).
She claimed that the horticulture sector sustains over 7 lakh families.
Apple is a major part of Kashmir's horticulture industry.
Highway closures caused apple growers and traders to suffer major losses.
- Who
- Mehbooba Mufti & NC government
- What
- Accusations of neglect and waste in apple crop
- When
- Recent, unspecified timeframe within the article
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Why
- Due to the non-implementation of the market intervention scheme (MIS) by the NC government
Mehbooba Mufti
NC Government
Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)
Mehbooba Mufti
Accuses NC of failing to implement the MIS, leading to crop waste.
NC Government
Implicit: Assumed to not have implemented the MIS
Prioritization of Horticulture
Mehbooba Mufti
Says NC treated horticulture as an afterthought.
NC Government
Implicit: The NC government may have deprioritized or failed to support the horticulture sector.
- Main Accusation
- NC government's neglect of horticulture sector
- Crop Affected
- C-grade apples
- Percentage of Crop Wasted
- 99%
- Economic Impact
- Horticulture contributes Rs 10,000 crore annually to the UT's economy
- Industry at Risk
- Apple growers and traders
- Issue Contributing to Losses
- Highway closures
