IndiaMinistry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Strengthening APMCS through Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme
Government of India has launched the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) to boost Agriculture Infrastructure relating to Post-Harvest Management (PHM) and Community Farming Assets in the country. Under this scheme financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore is to be disbursed by banks/lending institutions as loans to eligible beneficiaries.
This financing facility will help APMCs to upgrade their infrastructure, which will ultimately benefit the farmers.
S.No | State/UT | Tentative Fund Allocation (Rs. Cr) |
1 | Uttar Pradesh | 12831 |
2 | Rajasthan | 9015 |
3 | Maharashtra | 8460 |
4 | Madhya Pradesh | 7440 |
5 | Gujarat | 7282 |
6 | West Bengal | 7260 |
7 | Andhra Pradesh | 6540 |
8 | Tamil Nadu | 5990 |
9 | Punjab | 4713 |
10 | Karnataka | 4525 |
11 | Bihar | 3980 |
12 | Haryana | 3900 |
13 | Telangana | 3075 |
14 | Kerala | 2520 |
15 | Odisha | 2500 |
16 | Assam | 2050 |
17 | Chattisgarh | 1990 |
18 | Jharkhand | 1445 |
19 | Himachal Pradesh | 925 |
20 | Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh | 900 |
21 | Uttarakhand | 785 |
22 | Tripura | 360 |
23 | Arunachal Pradesh | 290 |
24 | Nagaland | 230 |
25 | Manipur | 200 |
26 | Mizoram | 196 |
27 | Meghalaya | 190 |
28 | Goa | 110 |
29 | Delhi | 102 |
30 | Sikkim | 56 |
31 | Puducherry | 48 |
32 | A & N Islands | 40 |
33 | Daman & Diu | 22 |
34 | Lakshadweep | 11 |
35 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 10 |
36 | Chandigarh | 9 |
Total | 1,00,000 |
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.