“To provide adequate credit to farmers, we have enhanced the agricultural credit target to Rs 16.5 lakh crore. We will focus on ensuring increased credit flow to animal husbandry, dairy and to the fisheries.”
She added that the budget will see an enhancement of the rural infrastructure development fund from Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 40,000 core. The micro-irrigation fund of Rs 5,000 crore has been doubled under NABARD.
1,000 Mandis to Be Added to ENAMs
ENAMs, or the online national agriculture markets, has seen the registration of around 1.68 crore farmers where trade worth 1.14 lakh crore of rupees has been carried out. “Keeping in view the transparency and competitiveness, that ENAMs have brought the agricultural markets 1,000 more mandis, will be integrated.”
She added that with this the agricultural infrastructure fund will be made available to the APMCs to augment their infrastructural facilities.
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