Rs. 2000 crore for agri-market infrastructure fund set up.
Gramin Agricultural Market (GrAMs) [...] Inthe Union Budget 2018-19announcement it was stated that theexisting 22,000 rural haatswould be developed and upgradedinto Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). In these GrAMs, physical infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGS and other Government Schemes.[i] [...] - Government has announced to set up of an Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund with a corpus of Rs. 2000 crore for developing and upgrading agricultural marketing infrastructure in the 22000 Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) and 585 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs).[ix] This fund will be utilized for development of GrAMs (Rs. 1000 crore) and strengthening/promotion of eNAM (Rs. 1000 crore).[x]