Rs 14000 Cr Worth Ag Projects Approved by Central Cabinet

New Delhi: The digital agriculture mission and other projects related to agriculture with a combined outlay of Rs 14,000 crore was approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday. These projects are aimed at promoting a climatic resilient agriculture and improving farmers’ income.

The outlay for seven major programmes related to the agricultural sector, includes Rs 2,817-crore for digital agriculture mission and a Rs 3,979-crore scheme for crop science.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made this announcement after the Union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

These announcements include the approval of a Rs 2,291-crore programme for strengthening agricultural education and management. A Rs 1,702-crore scheme has also been cleared for sustainable livestock health and their production.

Another major scheme worth Rs 860 crore was cleared by the Cabinet for sustainable development for horticulture.

Other approvals are strengthening Krish Vigyan Kendra (Rs 1,202 crore), and Natural Resource Management (Rs 1,115 crore).

The total allocation for all the sevens projects adds up to over Rs 13,960 crore.

The cabinet also cleared the construction of Indore-Manmad rail line of 309 km which will provide connectivity with JNPT port. Initially, it will be a single line project and will later be converted to double line.