Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Centre sanctions 136 Projects to Maharashtra under PMKSY













New Delhi, June 26: Out of the total 730 projects sanctioned by the Centre under Pradhan Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojna (PMKSY), across all the verticals, the State of Maharashtra has been sanctioned a maximum of 136 projects.
            The Ministry of Food Processing Industries under  the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) has sanctioned a total of 730 projects across the country. PMKSY is expected to a leverage investment of Rs 31 Thousand 4 Hundred crores, handle of 334 lakh MT agro-produce valuing Rs 1 Lakh 04 Thousand 125 crores. Of which, 730 projects have been sanctioned for Maharashtra. This would benefit 20 lakh farmers and generate 5 Lakh 30 Thousand 500 direct and indirect employment in the country by the year 2019-20.
            Under PMKSY, the schemes that are implemented  include Mega Food  Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and value addition Infrastructure, Creation or expansion of Food  Processing and Preservation Capacities,  Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure and  Human Resources and Institutions.
            The bifurcation of sanctioned Projects to Maharashtra include 67 projects under Cold Chains, 24 Unit Schemes, 22 Food Testing Labs, 12 projects under Backward and Forward Linkages, 8 under  Agro-processing Clusters and 3 Mega Food Parks.
Under PMKSY, 66 projects have been sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh, 55 for Gujrat and 50 projects to Tamil Nadu. This information was stated by Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Rameswar Teli, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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