Union Budget 2019: for Grameen Bharat / Rural India
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The Union Budget 2019 proposed following for Grameen Bharat / Rural India
- Electricity and clean cooking facility to all willing rural families by 2022.
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) aims to achieve “Housing for All” by 2022:
Eligible beneficiaries to be provided 1.95 crore houses with amenities like toilets,electricity and LPG connections during its second phase (2019-20 to 2021-22).
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
- A robust fisheries management framework through PMMSY to be established by the Department of Fisheries.
- To address critical gaps in the value chain including infrastructure, modernization,traceability, production, productivity, post-harvest management, and quality control.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
- Target of connecting the eligible and feasible habitations advanced from 2022 to 2019.With 97% of such habitations already being provided with all weather connectivity.
- 30,000 kilometers of PMGSY roads have been built using Green Technology, Waste Plastic and Cold Mix Technology, thereby reducing carbon footprint.
- 1,25,000 kilometers of road length to be upgraded over the next five years
SFURTI( Scheme of Fund for Upgradation and Regeneration of Traditional Industries)
- Common Facility Centres (CFCs) to be setup to facilitate cluster based development for making traditional industries more productive, profitable and capable for generating sustained employment opportunities.
- 100 new clusters to be setup during 2019-20 with special focus on Bamboo, Honey and Khadi, enabling 50,000 artisans to join the economic value chain.
ASPIRE(Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship)
- 80 Livelihood Business Incubators (LBIs) and 20 Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) to be setup in 2019-20.
- 75,000 entrepreneurs to be skilled in agro-rural industry sectors.
- Private entrepreneurships to be supported in driving value-addition to farmers‟ produce from the field and for those from allied activities.
- Dairying through cooperatives to be encouraged by creating infrastructure for cattle feed manufacturing, milk procurement, processing & marketing.
- 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organizations to be formed, to ensure economies of scale for farmers.
- Government to work with State Governments to allow farmers to benefit from e-NAM.
- Zero Budget Farming in which few states‟ farmers are already being trained to be replicated in other states.
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