New scheme "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana"

TNPSC Current Affairs - August 2017 by TNPSC Guru.

Union Cabinet has approved the renaming the new central Sector scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and development of Agro-Processing clusters (SAMPADA) as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) with the aim to increase agriculture, modernize processing and reduce Agriculture waste.

Benefits:

• The scheme will modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management.
• It will help to increase the growth of food processing in Country, better prices, double the income of farmers and creating employment opportunities.
• It also helps to decrease the agriculture waste , increasing the processing level, safe and convenient processed food with affordable rate to the consumer and also export of processed food.