Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a unique initiative called- State of Maharashtra's Agribusiness and Rural Transformation or "SMART". This will be implemented in 10,000 villages with an objective to achieve sustainable farming within the next 3 years. It's main aim is to propel rural transformation and double farmers income by 2022. This is a World Bank (WB) assisted project which has a net worth of 300 million US dollars. Of this WB has provided financial assistance of $210 million and remaining will be Contributed by State government and Village Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF).