Seedlings costlier in government nursery than in private ones, say farmers

COIMBATORE: The state horticulture department's nursery, which is supposed to sell seedlings at subsidized prices, sells them at triple the price charged by private nurseries, allege farmers. They say they end up having to actually shell out more money to avail the government subsidy under the National Horticulture Mission scheme, which makes it redundant. Farmers from the western region...