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COVER STORY

First General Budget of Amrit Kaal
TECHNOLOGICALLY

ADVANCED FARMERS

Given the importance of farmers to the country's progress, the
government has set a goal of connecting the country's farmers
to modern technology, in which case digital public infrastructure
will be built first. Farmers will be able to access comprehensive
farmer-centric solutions, such as crop planning, credit and
insurance, crop estimation assistance, market intelligence, the
agri-tech industry, and start-ups, as a result of this.

FARMERS TO RECEIVE A FAIR FARMER
PRICE FOR CROP SALES up to Rs 20 lakh
The farmer loan
will be increased
The budget includes provisions crore
to ensure that farmers can
store their products properly FISHERIES ATMANIRBHAR CLEAN
and sell their crops at a fair PLANT PROGRAMME
price at the right time. The A sub-scheme will
budget will include a plan to be started in the PM A self-reliant clean plant
build massive, decentralised Matsya Sampada programme will be started
storage capacity. In the next five Yojana with an with an expenditure of Rs
years, the government will work investment of Rs
with panchayats to establish a 6,000 2200
large number of multi-purpose
cooperative societies, primary
fishing societies, and dairy CRORE CRORE
cooperative societies.

n The Indian Institute of Millets Research in Hyderabad will be
TO ENSURE ACCESS TO promoted as a Center of Excellence to make India a global

EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE hub for Shree Anna.
The National Digital Library will be n A new sub-scheme of the PM Matsya Sampada Yojana will be
established to provide high-quality books started so that fishermen, fish sellers, and micro- and small
to children and adolescents from various enterprises can become more efficient in their work.
regions, languages, subjects, and levels. n Cooperative societies that begin manufacturing by March
The Central Government will encourage 31, 2024 will be eligible for a 15% minimum tax rate, just like
states to establish physical libraries for corporations.
them at the panchayat and ward levels, n On paying the dues of sugarcane farmers before 2016–17
as well as infrastructure to access the to sugar cooperatives, that amount will be included in the
National Digital Library. expenditure.
n The upper limit of deposits and loans given in cash to Primary
THE EXPENDITURE Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS), and Primary
ON EDUCATION: Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Banks
2.9 percent of GDP (PCARDBs) has been raised to Rs 2 lakh per member.
of FY-2023 n District education and training institutes will be prepared as
vibrant centres of excellence for the training of teachers.

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