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Development of rural markets
Taking markets close to where farmers live is crucial
to increasing their market access. This way, they save
money and effort needed to take their produce to
a faraway market.
Modi government is developing and upgrading
existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural
Markets (GrAMs). In these GrAMs, physical
infrastructure is being strengthened by integrating
it with MGNREGS works.
This way, while more markets are being created,
many rural workers are also finding work in such
projects.
Rural Massive infrastructure push
For farmers to reach markets, they need better
road connectivity and infrastructure around their
villages.
About 97.5% of eligible rural habitations have been
connected by all-weather roads, which means
farmers can access markets, children can access
schools, the sick can access hospitals – improving
quality of life of farmer families.
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