Strengthening APMCS through Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme


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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    Source PIB