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FARMERS

AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION: India
is the second-largest country after
FUND: The scheme provides a credit China in terms of bamboo cultivation.
financing facility for investment in The Cabinet on April 25, 2018,
infrastructure and community farm approved the restructured National
assets through interest subvention Bamboo Mission. Under the mission,
and financial assistance to improve the government gives a subsidy of
the agricultural infrastructure of the Rs 50,000 to the farmers for bamboo
country. Till March 22, 2022, more cultivation and there is a provision of
than 19 thousand applications worth subsidy of Rs 120 per plant for small
Rs 13,400 crore have been received farmers. Presently 136 bamboo
on the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund species are cultivated in the country
portal in which more than 10 thousand of which 125 are indigenous. India
projects have been approved. produces about 14 million tonnes of
bamboo every year.

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
MISSION: It aims to increase
production of Rice, wheat, pulses,
coarse cereals (maize and barley),
nutritious cereals (jowar, bajra,
ragi), commercial crops (jute,
cotton, and sugarcane), oilseeds,
and oil palm. Under it, farmers of
28 states and two union territories
of Jammu and Kashmir, and
Ladakh are getting benefits.
RASHTRIYA GOKUL GRAM

PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS MISSION: Under this mission,
funds have been released till March
YOJANA: Its aim is to encourage 31, 2022, for the establishment
traditional and organic farming. of 16 Gokul villages as Integrated
For this financial assistance is Indigenous Cattle Development
provided by the government. Centers. The objective of the
Under this plan for the purpose mission is to develop and conserve
of cluster building, promoting indigenous bovine breeds in a
capacity building, value addition, scientific and holistic manner, to
and marketing a sum of Rs 50 increase their productivity. In the
thousand per hectare for 3 years last three years, about Rs 2082 crore
assistance is given. was released to the states and union
territories under the mission.

PRIME MINISTER FORMALIZATION It aims to enhance the competitiveness of existing individual micro-enterprises
in the unorganized section of the food processing industry, strengthening the
OF MICRO FOOD PROCESSING entire value chain including Farmer Producer Organizations, self-help groups, and
ENTERPRISES (PMFME) SCHEME producer cooperatives. The scheme worth Rs 10,000 crore will be implemented to
help two lakh micro food enterprises which will run till 2025.

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