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Empowering the Poor

• Facilitation of digital trade worth Rs. 3,468 Crore through the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) • The food grains production witnessed a growth rate of 5.1% and production of more than 625 lakh metric tonnes of food grains and 21.57 lakh metric tonnes• A total of 4,18,483 Kisan Credit Cards (Animal Husbandry component) have been issued to all farmers engaged in animal husbandry • New green field dairy plants have been established in the districts of Varanasi, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Kannauj, Bareilly, Lucknow and Ayodhya, and are under construction in Kanpur and Meerut • During the Kharif season of 2023-24, around 50.18 lakh metric tonnes of paddy were procured from 7.50 lakh farmers under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme. An amount of about Rs. 10,856 crore has been directly deposited into the bank accounts of these farmers • The year 2023 was declared the International Year of Millets, the State government procured over 3.55 lakh metric tonnes of millets from 66,879 farmers in 40 major millet-producing districts. • 6 Crore people moved out of Multidimensional Poverty • Under the Pradhan Mantri Svanidhi Yojana, loans worth about Rs. 2,317 crore have been distributed to a maximum of 17.34 lakh street vendors across the country • 164.80 crore mandays created under MGNREGA Scheme • Under the 'One Nation One Ration Card Scheme', 44,359 ration card holders from other States have availed of food grains from Uttar Pradesh, while 38,78,442 card holders from Uttar Pradesh have received food grains from other States so far • Every month, more than 3.60 crore Antyodaya and eligible household cardholders in Uttar Pradesh receive free food grains. This initiative aligns with the Government of India's decision to provide free food grains for a period of 5 years starting from January 01, 2024, ensuring continued support for those in need • Under the 'SVAMITVA Yojana', the drone survey to prepare rural residential records (Gharauni) has been completed in 90,866 villages, resulting in the preparation of 75,72,876 rural residential records. Out of this, Rs. 56,33,606 has been distributed to the land owners • Under Amrut Yojana, a tap water supply connection was provided to about 10 lakh houses and a sewerage connection to 8 lakh houses.

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