Breaking News Live Updates: UP government holds talks with World Bank on Rs 3,903-cr project to boost agri, rural enterprise

India News Live Updates: UP govt holds talks with World Bank on Rs 3,903-cr project to boost agri, rural enterprise

The Uttar Pradesh government, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and the World Bank on Friday held negotiations for the Rs 3,903 crore Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Growth and Rural Enterprise Ecosystem Strengthening project. The negotiations were held in New Delhi with Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh representing the state government, according to a statement here.

The six-year project aims to revitalise the state’s agriculture and allied sectors, enhance productivity and link smallholder farmers to high-value commodity clusters.

Singh outlined the project’s pivotal role in advancing the state’s vision to achieve a trillion-dollar economy by 2030, it said.

He highlighted that the project will support high-value crop clusters and establish a stronger fisheries ecosystem, with particular focus on the state’s eastern and Bundelkhand regions, it added.

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