Preliminary selection of 461 organizations under the ‘Smart’ project.
Pune: The ‘Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (Smart)’ project on the basis of group farming but for value chain development with the inclusion of buyers, a meeting chaired by State Agriculture Commissioner and Project Director of Smart Dheeraj Kumar gave preliminary approval to 461 community-based organizations to prepare detailed project reports. Is.
Recognized organizations include 419 agricultural manufacturing companies and a federation of 42 women’s self-help groups. Applications were invited from the Federation of Farmer Producers and Savings Groups to develop comprehensive and competitive value chains of various crops under the project. 5 thousand 767 organizations in the state had applied. The value chain submitted by the institutions is proposed to provide grants from smart projects up to 60 per cent of the approved sub-project cost.
The project report is expected to be submitted by December 15, 2021, subject to the terms and conditions of the approved organizations for the preparation of the detailed report. Qualitatively selected reports based on the criteria will be given final approval. The Smart Project has provided a model for preparing detailed project reports. A detailed project report is to be prepared with the help of a local chartered accountant, chartered engineer and field staff officer of the agriculture department. Training is also being imparted by the project for this. More information in this regard is published on the project’s website at http://smart-mh.org. Additional Project Director Dashrath Tambhale has informed that the concerned should take note of this.
