Reportedly Unveiling the third tranche of 20 crore lakh stimulus package, Finance minister nirmala sitharaman on friday said that today the focus will be on agriculture and allied activities. The FM announced financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crores that will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points (Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, Farmers producer Organizations, Agriculture entrepreneurs, Startups, etc.).
For food enterprises which are micro in size: Rs 10,000 crores scheme to be executed in a cluster-based approach. health and wellness, nutritional,herbal, organic products. Two lakh Micro Food Enterprise will benefit. Aims at branding marketing of the clusters. This will help in achieving PM's call for "Vocal for Local".
This fund will aim at promoting these products globally, with a focus on women business owners and workers.Pradhan Mantri Matsya-Sampada Yojana - Rs 20,000 crore new fishing vessels can be provided, fishing harbours can be built. Fishermen don't go to sea year long. Boats can be insured. This will result in an additional 70 lakh tonnes of fish. Of the 20,000 crores, 9,000 crores will be for the vessels, mandi, harbours, and marketing. This will provide employment to 55 lakh people.Foot and mouth disease common among animals.
