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New Delhi: Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a scheme under which the central government will provide drones to as many as 15,000 Women's Self Help Groups over the next four years...
A central government assistance, 80 per cent of the cost of the drone and accessories/ancillary charges up to a maximum of Rs 8 lakh would be provided, the director general of PIB posted on his X timeline after if was announced by the Union minister Anurag Thakur at a press conference...
Through this drone scheme, it has been ensured that they use technology in farming...drones will improve efficiency in spraying fertilisers and pesticides," Union minister Anurag Thakur told media persons...
Also, the Union cabinet today approved that the Central government will provide free grains to eligible citizens under the public distribution scheme for another five years...
Earlier, the Central Government had decided to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of the National Food Security Act and had decided to provide foodgrains free of cost to the beneficiaries covered under NFSA, 2013, for a period of one year, beginning January 01, 2023...
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