Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana 

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Context:

• Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has accepted seven proposals submitted under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana. 

• The proposals were sent under the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Cluster of PMKSY.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana:

• It was introduced in 2016 as SAMPADA, Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development Ago-Processing Cluster.  Later in 2017, it was renamed as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana. 

• Seven components are included in the system, namely Mega Food Parks, Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, Integrated Cold Chain and Value-Added Infrastructure, Development/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacity, Creation of Back and Forward Links, Human Capital and Organizations, Food Protection and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, Infrastructure for Agro-processing.