Government of India has launched the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) to boost Agriculture Infrastructure relating to Post-Harvest Management (PHM) and Community Farming Assets in the country. Under this scheme financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore is to be disbursed by banks/lending institutions as loans to eligible beneficiaries.
This financing facility will help APMCs to upgrade their infrastructure, which will ultimately benefit the farmers.
|
S.No |
State/UT |
Tentative Fund Allocation (Rs. Cr) |
|
1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
12831 |
|
2 |
Rajasthan |
9015 |
|
3 |
Maharashtra |
8460 |
|
4 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7440 |
|
5 |
Gujarat |
7282 |
|
6 |
West Bengal |
7260 |
|
7 |
Andhra Pradesh |
6540 |
|
8 |
Tamil Nadu |
5990 |
|
9 |
Punjab |
4713 |
|
10 |
Karnataka |
4525 |
|
11 |
Bihar |
3980 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
3900 |
|
13 |
Telangana |
3075 |
|
14 |
Kerala |
2520 |
|
15 |
Odisha |
2500 |
|
16 |
Assam |
2050 |
|
17 |
Chattisgarh |
1990 |
|
18 |
Jharkhand |
1445 |
|
19 |
Himachal Pradesh |
925 |
|
20 |
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh |
900 |
|
21 |
Uttarakhand |
785 |
|
22 |
Tripura |
360 |
|
23 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
290 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
230 |
|
25 |
Manipur |
200 |
|
26 |
Mizoram |
196 |
|
27 |
Meghalaya |
190 |
|
28 |
Goa |
110 |
|
29 |
Delhi |
102 |
|
30 |
Sikkim |
56 |
|
31 |
Puducherry |
48 |
|
32 |
A & N Islands |
40 |
|
33 |
Daman & Diu |
22 |
|
34 |
Lakshadweep |
11 |
|
35 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
10 |
|
36 |
Chandigarh |
9 |
|
|
Total |
1,00,000 |
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
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