Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hailed the Union Cabinet’s approval of a new scheme for the agricultural sector and the decision to enhance the investment limit of state-owned NTPC and NLCIL saying these will make farming profitable, farmers self-reliant and villages prosperous besides boosting the country’s energy sector.The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
“Today is a very significant day for the country’s agricultural sector. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, the Union Cabinet has today approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana’,” Shah wrote on X.
He said under this scheme, 100 agri-districts will be selected across the country, where 36 schemes of 11 ministries will be coordinated to promote scientific and modern agriculture.
He said this step will make farming profitable, farmers self-reliant, and villages prosperous and expressed gratitude to PM Modi for this step towards farmer welfare.