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be availed from the facility created under FPO
promotion scheme of DACFW.
3. Administration Cost of Project Monitoring Unit (PMU):
Farmers Welfare Programme Implementation Society
under DACFW will provide PMU support to the scheme
at the central level and state PMUs of PM KISAN at state
level. Services of knowledge partners will be engaged
to identify clusters including export clusters and gaps in
supply chains to target projects and prepare viable
project reports to support the beneficiaries.

Eligible projects:
The scheme will facilitate setting up and modernization of Self Help Group (SHG)
key elements of the value chain including.
Farmers
(A) Post Harvest Management Projects like: Joint Liability Groups (JLG)
(i) Supply chain services including e-marketing platforms Multipurpose Cooperative Societies
(ii) Warehouses Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups and Central/State agency
or Local Body sponsored Public Private Partnership
(iii) Silos
Projects.
(iv) Pack houses
The eligibility has now been extended to State
(v) Assaying units Agencies/Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee
(vi) Sorting & grading units (APMCs), National & State Federations of Cooperatives,
(vii) Cold chains Federations of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs),
(viii)Logistics facilities and Federations of Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
(ix) Primary processing centers PACS who have adopted digitization for handling its
(x) Ripening Chambers operations will be given preference under this scheme. The
scheme is limited to primary processing units. Advanced
(B) Viable projects for building community processing activities are not a part of the scheme. However,
farming assets including - some components of such processing units such as
warehouse, cold storages, pack-houses, collection centers
(i) Organic inputs production
etc. can get benefit of agriculture infrastructure fund.
(ii) Bio stimulant production units
(iii) Infrastructure for smart and precision agriculture Participating institutions:
(iv) Projects identified for providing supply chain All scheduled commercial banks scheduled cooperative
infrastructure for clusters of crops including export banks, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Small Finance Banks,
clusters Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and National
(v) Projects promoted by Central/State/Local Governments Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) may
or their agencies under PPP for building community participate to provide this financing facility, after signing of
farming assets or post harvest management projects. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Bank
for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)/DAC&FW.
Eligible beneficiaries:
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) Project Management and handholding
Marketing Cooperative Societies support:
Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs) An online platform (www.agriinfra.dac.gov.in) will be made

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