ITANAGAR, May 18:NABARD Chairman Harsh Kumar Bhanwala called on Chief Minister Pema Khandu today at his office.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister launched the sanctioning of LED Solar Street Lighting System under RIDF by NABARD with total grant of Rs 87,83,059. 

The project will be implemented in the four districts of Arunachal – Tirap, Longding, Namsai and Tawang.

NABARD manager later briefed the Chief Minister about the dedicated “Micro Irrigation Fund” (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), which was passed by the Union Cabinet recently with corpus of Rs 5,000 crore.

He also informed the CM about the ‘Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund’ and urged the state government to avail the fund. The scheme focuses on building an efficient milk procurement system.

Further the manager suggested the CM on conducting financial literacy awareness programme at schools for which the expenditure will be covered by NABARD. 

NABARD official also informed the CM about EShakti, an initiative launched by NABARD that aims at digitization of all the SHG accounts to bring SHG members under the fold of financial inclusion. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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