Government approves 56 new watershed development projects at Rs 700 crThe Rural Development Ministry has approved 56 new Watershed Development Projects at a cost of Rs 700 crores in ten states. The projects ai...
13 Jan, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
Government schemes help boost food processing sector to meet global quality, safety standards: Prahlad Singh Patel"The government has allocated Rs 4,600 crores to sustain PMKSY, and recently, the allocation of an additional Rs 920 crores to PMKSY reaffi...
07 Sep, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
Convergence portal of govt's 3 flagship schemes to help micro units engaged in food processingThe convergence portal between the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises...
22 Sep, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
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States have been advised to keep aside 5-10% of funds allocated under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) for undertaking appropriate ...
02 Jun, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
PMKSY scheme extended till FY'26 with Rs 4,600 crore outlayPMKSY is a comprehensive package which will lead to creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate...
07 Feb, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
FDI in food processing sector falls 57% to $393 mn in FY21In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel said the FDI policy and data are ...
27 Jul, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Govt conducts 3rd party evaluation of mega food park scheme"The functioning of the approved Mega Food Parks has been covered in the said evaluation," Minister of State for Food Processing Industries...
23 Jul, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Parliamentary panel flags under utilisation of funds by food processing industries ministryPMKSY is an umbrella scheme, approved in May 2017, under which eight sub-schemes are implemented, including mega food park, integrated cold...
09 Mar, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
32 projects sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada YojanaThe projects approved are running across the country covering over 100 agro-climatic zones. The Processed food market is expected to grow t...
27 Feb, 2020, 08.45 PM IST
PM Modi disburses Rs 12,000 crore to six crore farmers"I expect that in the new year, those states which are not associated with the Kisan Samman Yojana will at least become a part of it this y...
02 Jan, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
CCEA nod to rename food processing scheme as PM Kisan SampadaThe CCEA today approved a proposal to rename the scheme SAMPADA as PMKSY for the period 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commissio...
23 Aug, 2017, 05.33 PM IST
NITI Aayog lays out detailed roadmap for the irrigation schemePMKSY has been conceived by the government for early coverage of more and more area under assured irrigation and to produce more output per...
03 Mar, 2017, 06.42 AM IST
Government unveils draft rules to implement Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee YojanaThe PMKSY guidelines have also been circulated to Chief Secretaries of all state governments for their views.
14 Jul, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
Government to spend Rs 50,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana"It has been decided that in 5 years, Rs 50,000 crore from the central Budget would be utilised for the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojan...
02 Jul, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
Cabinet clears central scheme for providing irrigation to all villagesThe 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)' was cleared at the Union Cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
01 Jul, 2015, 03.25 PM IST
Cabinet may tomorrow approve tomorrow irrigation scheme PMKSYThe Cabinet is likely to approve tomorrow a central scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)' that aims to provide irrigation...
30 Jun, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana aims at bringing irrigation water to every villageThe new irrigation scheme assumes importance as 65 per cent of the total 142 million hectares of farm land in the country are still not cov...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.38 PM IST