- The spending this year is expected to bring an additional 6 lakh hectares under irrigation while 5 lakh hectares will benefit from drip irrigation. That apart, 1,300 watershed projects have been marked for completion.
- With an eye on improving farm productivity, the government will spend Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY).
- "It has been decided that in 5 years, Rs 50,000 crore from the central Budget would be utilised.
- Besides, the FM said the scheme is aimed at enhancing recharge of aquifers and introducing sustainable water conservation practices by exploring feasibility of re-using treated municipal water for peri-urban agriculture and attracting greater private investment in precision irrigation.
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Government to spend Rs 50,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana - The Economic Times
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, MP from Navsari, adopted Chikhli. Chikhli seen improvement in Sanitation and road renovation under SAGY. The infrastructure is improved.It is emerging as the template of village development. Patil completed the task in just three months. 380 toilets were built in Chikhli, many of them in the two slums life has become better after construction of toilet in their houses regular affair during the monsoons. A huge Shiva statue built six years ago by an NRI on the river bank had lost its colour and texture. The MP built a protection wall all along the riverbank and renovated a temple and the Shiva idol. renovation of road circles in a public-private partnership putting waste collection bins around the village, procurement of a diagnosis machine for the Rotary Eye Hospital (in the nearby Navsari), a library in the village panchayat office, gas-based cremation at the village crematorium, a modern aganwadi centre and a bus stop.
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