<p class="title">In a bid to boost farm income, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced plans for a dedicated train of refrigerated coaches and freighter flights for quick transport of agricultural produce to markets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kisan Rail and Krishi Udan initiatives, announced in the Union Budget presented by Nirmala in Parliament, are part of government plans to build a national cold supply chain for perishables, including milk, meat and fish.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There shall be refrigerated coaches in Express and Freight trains as well,” the finance minister said even as she announced 11% increase in the farm credit with a target of disbursing Rs 15 lakh crore in 2020-21.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kisan Rail will be set up by the Indian Railways through public-private-partnership arrangements.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nirmala announced that the Civil Aviation Ministry would launch the Krishi Udan initiative on international as well as national routes to help states in the North-East and tribal districts to market their farm produce abroad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The setting up of Kisan Rail for transportation of perishable goods is a great initiative that will increase the food item life/ health for transportation and in turn boost farmer’s income,” Malini Saba, Founder and Chairman Saba Group Holdings, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nirmala also rolled out plans for the development of marine fishery resources by involving youth from coastal regions in fish processing and marketing sectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government also proposed to launch 500 Fish Farmers Producers Organisations (FFPO) on the lines of the Farmers' Producers Organisations and set a target of Rs 1 lakh crore worth fishery exports by 2024-25.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To promote solar energy, the government proposed a scheme to enable farmers to set up solar power generation capacity on their fallow/barren lands and to sell it to the grid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also said that it would expand the PM-KUSUM scheme to provide 20 lakh farmers for setting up stand-alone solar pumps and also help another 15 lakh farmers solarise their grid-connected pump sets.</p>
<p class="title">In a bid to boost farm income, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced plans for a dedicated train of refrigerated coaches and freighter flights for quick transport of agricultural produce to markets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kisan Rail and Krishi Udan initiatives, announced in the Union Budget presented by Nirmala in Parliament, are part of government plans to build a national cold supply chain for perishables, including milk, meat and fish.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There shall be refrigerated coaches in Express and Freight trains as well,” the finance minister said even as she announced 11% increase in the farm credit with a target of disbursing Rs 15 lakh crore in 2020-21.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kisan Rail will be set up by the Indian Railways through public-private-partnership arrangements.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nirmala announced that the Civil Aviation Ministry would launch the Krishi Udan initiative on international as well as national routes to help states in the North-East and tribal districts to market their farm produce abroad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The setting up of Kisan Rail for transportation of perishable goods is a great initiative that will increase the food item life/ health for transportation and in turn boost farmer’s income,” Malini Saba, Founder and Chairman Saba Group Holdings, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nirmala also rolled out plans for the development of marine fishery resources by involving youth from coastal regions in fish processing and marketing sectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government also proposed to launch 500 Fish Farmers Producers Organisations (FFPO) on the lines of the Farmers' Producers Organisations and set a target of Rs 1 lakh crore worth fishery exports by 2024-25.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To promote solar energy, the government proposed a scheme to enable farmers to set up solar power generation capacity on their fallow/barren lands and to sell it to the grid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also said that it would expand the PM-KUSUM scheme to provide 20 lakh farmers for setting up stand-alone solar pumps and also help another 15 lakh farmers solarise their grid-connected pump sets.</p>
