Tripura Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Tuesday said that the state government has been adopting various plans based on specific proposals for the development of primary rural markets and agriculturally controlled markets to boost farmers' income.
Minister Nath said this after inaugurating rural markets under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) project in Kanchanbari and Radhanagar of Unakoti district, and opening them to all farmers and traders.
“The State Government's Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has been adopting various plans based on specific proposals for the development of primary rural markets and agriculturally controlled markets. In the past years, the department has been implementing projects based on the specific proposals received from the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions, market committees, or any public representative, keeping in mind their importance and necessity while adopting plans for the development of various markets,” said Minister Nath.
The Minister said that any market development proposal must have a detailed description of the proposed land and necessary documents.
“There are currently a total of 554 agricultural markets in the state, including 84 primary wholesale markets, 21 agri-produce markets and 470 primary or rural markets. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has been adopting various plans for the development of these agricultural markets located in different parts of the state,” he said.
The Minister said that from 2018 till now, a total of 86 market works have been undertaken with the financial assistance of NABARD under the RIDF project.
“Various types of infrastructure development works like shed construction, stall construction, toilet construction, drinking water supply, sewage system, etc., have been undertaken in these markets. The total cost allocated for this is Rs. 167 crore 11 lakh 90 thousand. A total of 40 market development works have already been completed, 38 market development works are in progress, work orders have been given for 3 works and 5 works have been cancelled due to lack of suitable bidders and space availability. It is worth mentioning here that during the 5-year period from 2013 to 2017, a total of 71 market infrastructure development works were undertaken, for which the cost allocated was only Rs. 20 crore 26 lakh 86 thousand 924,” he added.
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