The Demo Site

A loan of Rs. 2,415 crore is received from NABARD for the improvement of road and out of which road length of 16,125 kilometer has been improved. For the year 2009-10 under this scheme for road development an outlay of Rs. 475 crore has been proposed from which a target of evelopment of 1,500 kilometer length of roads has been kept.

NABARD has been supporting market related promotional interventions for sustenance of the rural enterprises. Towards this end, NABARD has introduced grant support for rural marketing outlets, sponsored design development programmes, organised major marketing events at New Delhi (Dilli Haat), Kolkata (Swabhumi), Lucknow (Lucknow Mahotsav), Aurangabad (Ellora - Aurangabad Festival) Pune (NABARD Mahotsav) and Chandigarh (Gramin Udyami Mela). Continuing these initiatives, NABARD sponsored participation of rural artisans in MAHALAXMI SARAS 2005” organised by the Government of Maharashtra and Government of India from 23 December 2005 to 03 January 2006 at Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai. NABARD provided Rs.5.00 lakh as grant assistance for sponsoring 25 stalls and accommodation for the artisans from across the country. In addition to this, the participating artisans were reimbursed their travelling and miscellaneous expenses.