New Delhi Mar 29 PTI The government has been implementing two schemes for promotion of organic farming through cluster and Farmer Producer Organisations FPO since 2015-16 Lok Sabha was informed on TuesdayThe two schemes are Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana PKVY and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region MOVCDNERUnion Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary said both the schemes stress on end-to-end support to organic farmers -- from production to processing certification and marketing to post harvest management support including processing which helps to bring down cost of organic productsUnder the PKVY farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50000 per hectare for three years out of which Rs 31000 per hectare for three years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs he said during Question HourThe minister said financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh per cluster of 1000 hectares for three years is provided for value addition and infrastructure creationUnder MOVCDNER a sum of Rs 46575 per hectare for three years is provided for creation of FPOs support to farmers for organic inputs quality seeds and planting material and training hand holding and certification Choudhary said need-based assistance is provided for post harvest infrastructure and value addition up to maximum limit of Rs 600 lakh for integrated processing unit Rs 3750 lakh for integrated pack house Rs 1875 lakh each for refrigerated vehicle and cold store components Rs 100 lakh for collection aggregation grading and custom hiring centre and Rs 60 lakh for four wheeler and transportation PTI ACB TDS TDS

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Jammu and Kashmir has received investment proposals worth Rs 31000 crore and has notified a new central sector scheme worth Rs 28400 crore which is likely to provide employment to over 45 lakh people the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday MoS Home Nityanand Rai said Union Home Minister Amit Shah met several delegations families of martyrs members of civil society and panchayati raj institutions the public in general besides interacting with about 50000 members of 4500 youth clubs during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir in October The government has notified the new central sector scheme for industrial development of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with an outlay of Rs 28400 crore This is likely to provide employment to over 45 lakh people while boosting the industrial development of Jammu and Kashmir he said in a written reply The government has received investment proposals worth approximately Rs 31000 crore Rai said He said the Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a business revival package of Rs 135299 crore on September 25 2020 Under the languishing project programme 1192 projects worth Rs 198377 crore were completed including five projects which were incomplete for more than 20 years 15 projects for more than 15 years and 165 projects for more than 10 years The minister said the progress of projects being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir under the prime ministers development package-2015 has been accelerated A total of 53 projects pertaining to 15 ministries are being implemented at a cost of Rs 58477 crore in various sectors such as roads power health education tourism agriculture skill development etc out of which 21 projects have been completed or substantially completed and the remaining 32 projects are at an advanced stage of progress PTI ACB SNE SNE