evidence: Rs.200 Crore allocated to support organized cultivation of highly specialized medicinal and aromatic plants and associated industry 22,000 rural Haats to be developed and upgraded into Gramin agricultural markets (grams) for farmers to directly sell to consumers and bulk purchasers [...] Rs.1290 Crore re-structured national bamboo mission announced to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner [...] Calling Bamboo as ‘Green Gold’, Shri Jaitley announced the launch of the Rs.1290-crore Re-structured National Bamboo Mission, which is based on a cluster based approach to address the complete bamboo value chain and promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner. With a focus on linking bamboo growers with consumers; creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing, MSMEs, skill building and brand building, this announcement would contribute in generating additional income for farmers, employment opportunities for skilled and unskilled youth especially in rural areas.