'Agriculture Investment Portal' will change the framework of agriculture: Shivraj Singh Chauhan | News India

New Delhi, September 03 (HS). The 'Agriculture Investment Portal' is a comprehensive platform designed to increase agricultural business, attract investment and improve farmers' income. This portal is designed to streamline the investment process. This will change the framework of agriculture by centralizing investment opportunities and information. Union Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said these things today on the occasion of launching the 'Agriculture Investment Portal' at the Pusa Institute campus. Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Bhagirath Chaudhary, Ramnath Thakur and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi were also present on this occasion.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh said that the objective of Krishi Invest is to create a thriving ecosystem for agricultural businesses and promote sustainable growth and development in the agriculture sector. This portal will provide easy access to information about various schemes of the Central and State Government to farmers, entrepreneurs and industries. With this, investors can now easily get detailed information about various government schemes and track the status of their applications.

Along with the launch of the Agriculture Investment Portal, Union Minister Shivraj presented the AIF Excellence Awards to the top performing banks and states under various categories. Among the public sector banks, State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank and Punjab National Bank received awards under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) scheme, while HDFC Bank received the award as the best performing private sector bank.

Baroda Rajasthan Regional Rural Bank, Punjab Gramin Bank, Baroda UP Gramin Bank, Maharashtra Gramin Bank and Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank were among the best performing awardees in the Regional Rural Bank category under the AIF scheme. The best performing states were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Telangana who received awards for their performance under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.