Bharat Express

Rural Development

India has set up 12,957 new PACS, dairy, and fishery cooperatives in two years, Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Tuesday.

The government has built or revived over 68,000 water bodies under Mission Amrit Sarovar, Minister Kamlesh Paswan told the Lok Sabha.

Over three lakh 'pucca' houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said agriculture is India’s economic backbone and farmers its soul.

PM Narendra Modi distributed 65 lakh property cards to landowners in 50,000 villages across 10 states and 2 Union territories.

PM Modi emphasized how rural land digitization and technology are transforming agriculture and empowering communities.

As of 31 Oct, the government’s PLI scheme for food processing has created over 2.89 lakh jobs, as per Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

The Union Cabinet, led by PM Modi, approved the National Mission on Natural Farming as a standalone scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture.

Amit Sharma expressed satisfaction with the progress, particularly in the SWAN project, through inspections and field visits by department teams.