PM Modi to launch 10 thousand Farmer Producer Organizations from Chitrakoot today

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will launch 10 thousand Farmer Producer Organizations,
FPOs all over the country from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh today. These FPOs
will help in collectivization of small, marginal and landless farmers to give
them strength to deal with issues like lack of access to technology, quality
seed, fertilizers and pesticides including requisite finances.

Talking to
reporters at a function in New Delhi yesterday, Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar said, these FPOs will make a revolutionary change in the life of
farmers.

Mr Tomar
said that the Prime Minister will also hand over Kisan Credit Cards to farmers
from different states at the event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also lay
the foundation stone for the Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot.

The Uttar
Pradesh Government is constructing the Expressway which will pass through the
districts of Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur and Jalaun.

It will link
the Bundelkhand area to the national capital Delhi through Agra-Lucknow
expressway and Yamuna expressway and play a vital role in the development of
Bundelkhand region.

India has
huge defence equipment requirements spanning from land systems, ships and
submarines to fighter aircraft, helicopters, weapons and sensors.

The
requirements are worth over 250 billion dollars by 2025. In order to fulfill
the requirements, the government had announced setting up of Defence Industrial
Corridor in Uttar Pradesh during the Investors Summit on 21st February 2018 at
Lucknow.

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will also visit Prayagraj to distribute Assistive Aids
and Devices to Senior Citizens under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana and
Divyangjans at a mega camp.