Mumbai, Aug 31 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday instructed officials to come up with a time-bound plan to encourage agriculture-related startups and companies.

The officials should devise the plan keeping in mind cultivating what will sell motto, an official statement said.

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Thackeray said farmers stand to benefit if they get proper price for their crops and not just guarantee, the statement said.

The chief minister made the remarks during a meeting at his official residence Varsha in south Mumbai.

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Thackeray insisted on imparting agriculture-related management courses in management studies.

He said the post-harvest management is quite important and called for increasing investment in basic facilities like godowns and cold storages.

The statement said there are around 50,000 agriculture -related startups in the state, 3,064 agriculture production companies and 78,000 farmers groups.

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