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AIF unlocks ₹1L crore farm infra investment
Financial Express Lucknow
|June 12, 2025
To boost post-harvest
TO BOOST POST-HARVEST facilities such as farm gate storage and logistics infrastructure, the government has approved proposals worth over ₹63,500 crore under Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) for more than 1,09,426 projects since its launch five years back.
This story is from the June 12, 2025 edition of Financial Express Lucknow.
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