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JAMMU AND KASHMIR GETS APPROXIMATELY

500 PROJECTS WORTH RS 4000 CRORES

he impact of the repeal of Articles 370 and 35A, which had earlier
Texcluded the people of Jammu and Kashmir from the central
government's development plans, is clearly visible. It was Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's historic and long-awaited decision, the fruits of which
are now coming to the fore. Only Rs 15,000 crore of investment had
come here in the 70 years since independence. However, the central
government has now completed the work of attracting an investment
of Rs 56,000 crore in three years. It is now recognised as a tourist state
rather than a terror state.
Continuing these efforts for the overall development of Jammu
and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched more than
500 development projects during his three-day visit. On October 4, he
inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 263 projects totalling Rs.
1960 crore in Jammu, while the next day in Baramulla, he inaugurated
and laid the foundation stone for 240 development projects totalling
Rs. 2,000 crores.
"Previously, the definition of Jamhooriyat in Kashmir was only three
families, 87 MLAs, and six MPs," he said. However, as of August 5,
2019, Prime Minister Modi has completed the work of connecting
30,000 people with the Jamhooriyat by bringing democracy to the
village's Panch, Sarpanch, BDC, and Zila Panchayat. Previously, the
youth of the valley held stones and guns in their hands, but Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji has done the work of placing mobile
phones and laptop computers in the hands of the youth by establishing
industries here so that the youth can find work.

ACHIEVEMENT: INDIA BECOMES THE WORLD'S LARGEST

PRODUCER OF SUGAR

ndia has emerged as the world's largest sugar sugarcane arrears were only Rs 6,000 crore at the end
Iproducer this year in the sugar season. According to of this season. Sugarcane production has reached a
the Food Ministry, the season ending September 2022 new high of 5000 lakh metric tonnes (LMT). 3,574
has been historic for the entire sugar million metric tonnes of sugarcane
sector. During the season, sugarcane were crushed, yielding 395 million
production, sugar production, sugar metric tonnes of sugar (sucrose). 35
exports, sugarcane purchases, lakh metric tonnes of sugar was used
sugarcane arrears payments, and for ethanol production. This figure has
ethanol production all reached new risen from 3 LMT in 2018-19 to 35 LMT
highs. Due to the highest-ever sugar by the sugar season of 2021-22. Let us
export of 109.8 lakh metric tonnes also point out that India is the world's
in this fiscal year, the country has largest consumer of sugar. At the
received approximately Rs 40,000 same time, India is the world's second
crore in foreign exchange. Farmers' largest producer of sugarcane.

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