Budget 2020: UP Defence Corridor gets Rs.3,700cr
The 296-km Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot, costing Rs.14,849 crore, is expected to benefit Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah districts and supplement the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor.
Laying the foundation stone for the expressway on 29 Feb 2020, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said that a provision of Rs.3,700 crore has been made for the UP Defence Corridor in this year’s budget.
He pointed out the country’s huge defence equipment requirements spanning from land systems, ships and submarines to fighter aircraft, helicopters, weapons and sensors.
The UP Defense Corridor is also getting momentum from Bundelkhand Expressway, Modi added.
Bundelkhand Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway or the proposed Ganga Expressway, will not only increase connectivity in UP, but also create many employment opportunities and will also connect the people with the facilities available in big cities.
The event also marked the launch of 10,000 Farmers Producer Organisations all over the country at Chitrakoot on 29 Feb 2020, followed by the launch of a saturation drive for distribution of Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) to all the beneficiaries under the PM-KISAN Scheme.
A 16-point program has been created to increase farmer’s income as the government is making efforts to ensure that the farmer gets a rural haat within a few kilometers of his field, connecting to any market in the country.
In the coming times, these rural haats will become new centers of agricultural economy, stressed the Prime Minister. fiinews.com
