"PM Narendra Modi to Unveil ₹23,000 Crore Agri-Initiatives on October 5"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch a series of major agricultural and animal husbandry initiatives worth ₹23,300 crore during his visit to Maharashtra on Saturday. Among these initiatives, Modi will release the 18th instalment of the PM-KISAN Samman Nidhi, disbursing ₹20,000 crore to benefit around 9.4 crore farmers from Washim, Maharashtra. This instalment will bring the total disbursements under PM-KISAN to approximately ₹3.45 lakh crore.

Additionally, Modi will release the 5th instalment of the NaMo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana, amounting to ₹2,000 crore.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate more than 7,500 projects under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), worth ₹1,920 crore. These projects include custom hiring centres, warehouses, cold storage facilities, and post-harvest management units.

As part of his agricultural push, Modi will inaugurate 9,200 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) with a combined turnover of ₹1,300 crore. He will also introduce advanced technology in the cattle sector by launching the Unified Genomic Chip for cattle and sex-sorted semen technology, aimed at making cattle breeding more affordable and efficient for farmers.

In the energy sector, Modi will dedicate five solar parks with a total capacity of 19 MW across Maharashtra under the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Vahini Yojana – 2.0. The event will also recognize beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana.

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