Dimapur, August 4 (MExN): Nagaland is declared eligible for central assistance under the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Scheme. 28 states/Union Territories are eligible for grant of assistance for subsidy on infrastructure projects under the Strengthening/Development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization Scheme (AMIGS). According to a Press Information Bureau press release, the information was given by Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. The scheme is applicable to states/Union Territories, which undertake reforms in State Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act to allow direct marketing and contract farming and permit agricultural produce markets in private and cooperative sectors.
