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AGRICULTURE
* Removal of
supply
bottlenecks
in the food
sector will
be in focus
in 2011-12
*
Agriculture
growth key
to
development:
Green
Revolution
waiting to
happen in
eastern
region.
* To raise
target of
credit flow
to
agriculture
sector to
4.75
trillion
rupees
* Gives 3
percent
interest
subsidy to
farmers in
2011-12
* Cold
storage
chains to be
given
infrastructure
status
*
Capitalisation
of National
Bank for
Agriculture
and Rural
Development
(NABARD) of
30 billion
rupees in a
phased
manner
* To provide
3 billion
rupees for
60,000
hectares
under palm
oil
plantation
* Actively
considering
new
fertiliser
policy for
urea
* Food
storage
capacity to
be augmented
- 15 more
mega food
parks to be
set up in
2011-12; of
30
sanctioned
in previous
fiscal, 15
set up.
*
Comprehensive
policy on
further
developing
PPP
(public-private-partnership)
model.
* Farmers
need access
to
affordable
credit.
* Moving to
improve
nutritional
security.
* Necessary
to
accelerate
production
of fodder.
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