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for sale in the premises of the Market Committees. irrigation capacity is expected to be created. 8 thousand
Most of the premises of the Agricultural Produce Market 470 million cubic meters of water storage will be created.
Committee lack the necessary basic facilities for the Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchan Yojana, 26 projects
farmers. It is imperative to provide these facilities. The have been undertaken and the revised remaining cost of
government has proposed Rs 2,000 crore scheme for this project is 21 thousand 698 crore 21 lakhs. It is planned
Strengthening of Agricultural Produce Market Committee.
to complete 13 out of 26 projects in the year 2021-22.
Irrigation Under Baliraja Jalsanjeevani Yojana, 91 projects have
The government has proposed an outlay of Rs 12,951 been undertaken and the revised cost of these projects
crore for the completion of ongoing and pending irrigation is 15 thousand 325 crore 65 lakhs. Out of these, 19
projects. It has proposed Rs.1000 crore has been proposed projects have been completed and 1 lakh 2 thousand 779
for the Gosikhurd National Project which is planned to be hectares of irrigation capacity has been created. The
completed by the end of December 2023.In all 278 projects Water Resources Department is proposing to borrow Rs
of the Water Resources Department are underway in the 15,000 crore loan for other irrigation projects which are
state out of which 26 lakh 88 thousand 576 hectares of being completed.

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