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KISAN RAIL: The National Cold Supply Chain. HORTICULTURE: Rs
FARMER-WELFARE MEASURES
Government has started This will ensure farmers 10,500 crore have been
its first Kisan Rail which to get right price for their invested in horticulture
will run from Devlali in produce. sector in the last five years.
Maharashtra to Danapur PM-KISAN: Rs 90,000 TRADITIONAL
in Bihar covering Nasik crore have been transferred AGRICULTURE
Road, Manmaad, Jalgaon, to more than 10 crore DEVELOPMENT: About
Bhusawal, Burhanpur, farmers. 6 Lakh Hectares area has
Khandwa, Itarsi, Jabalpur, been covered under organic
Katni, Satna, Manikpur, PRODUCTION: Despite farming. Scheme is on for
Prayagraj Chheoki, Pt. Deen COVID-19, the production is covering another 25 lakh
Dayal Upadhyay Nagar estimated at 295.67 million hectares.
and Buxar stations. The tonne an increase of 3.7%
train will have maximum which was 2.9 % in MORE SOWING AREA:
freight rate of Rs 4001 per 2019-20. An increase of 13.92 %
tonne. The train carrying START UP: 346 start ups in sowing of Kharif crops
perishable goods like milk, related to agriculture get a with increase in area from
vegetables and fruits will fund of Rs 3671.75 lakh. 774.37 lakh hectares to
play a crucial role in making 882.18 lakh hectares.

also released the 6th instalment under the scheme. He said the scheme would provide
PM-KISAN scheme of Rs 17,000 crore to a financial boost to farmers and agriculture
nearly 8.5 crore farmers. The cash benefit was sector and increase India’s ability to compete
transferred directly to their Aadhaar verified on the global stage.
bank accounts. With this transfer, the scheme India has a huge opportunity to invest
has provided over Rs 90,000 crore to more in post-harvest management solutions
than 10 crore farmers since its launch on like warehousing, cold storage, and food
December 1, 2018. processing, and build a global presence in
PM INTERACTS WITH PRIMARY areas such as organic and fortified foods.
AGRICULTURE CREDIT SOCIETIES This scheme provides a good opportunity for

Prime Minister also interacted with various start-ups in agriculture to avail benefits and
Primary Agriculture Credit Societies from scale up their operations, thereby creating
Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh an ecosystem that reaches farmers in every
through the video conferencing. The societies corner of the country.
informed him about their plans to build Prime Minister noted that the scale of the
godowns, setup grading and sorting units program was so large that funds released
which would help member farmers to secure a on the day reached more people than the
higher price for their produce. entire population of several countries taken

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