Cabinet OKs CIP South Asia Potato Hub In Agra
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has cleared a proposal from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare to set up the International Potato Centre’s South Asia Regional Centre (CSARC) at Singna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.The hub will focus on raising food and nutrition security, boosting farmers’ incomes and generating rural employment by improving the productivity, post-harvest handling and value-addition of potatoes and sweet potatoes.India’s potato industry already supports jobs in cultivation, processing, packaging, transport and marketing. Officials say..
Cabinet Clears Rs 36.3 Bn Pune Metro Phase-2 Extensions
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has sanctioned Phase-2 of the Pune Metro: the 7.7 km Vanaz–Chandani Chowk spur (Corridor 2A) and the 5.1 km Ramwadi–Wagholi/Vitthalwadi spur (Corridor 2B). Together the wholly elevated extensions will add 13 stations and 12.75 km to the current Vanaz–Ramwadi line, knitting fast-growing suburbs such as Bavdhan, Kothrud, Kharadi and Wagholi into the city’s east–west rapid-transit spine. Maha-Metro expects to finish the works within four years.Costed at about Rs 36.3 billion, the project will be funded in equal parts by the Uni..
Cabinet Clears Rs 59.4 Billion Plan for Jharia Rehabilitation
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Revised Jharia Master Plan (JMP), allocating a financial outlay of Rs 59.4 billion to tackle coalfield fires, land subsidence, and the rehabilitation of affected families in the Jharia Coalfield region. The implementation will follow a phased approach, prioritising the most vulnerable zones.The revised plan places a stronger emphasis on sustainable livelihoods for resettled families. Each affected family—whether a Legal Title Holder (LTH) or Non-Legal Title Holder (Non-LTH)—will receive a l..
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