HORTICULTURE

An amount of Rs. 250 crores has been allocated for the PRASHAD Scheme. The PRASHAD Scheme aims for holistic development of selected pilgrimage destinations in the country.The Champion Service Sector Scheme has been provided an allocation of Rs. 196.22 crores. Allocation of Rs. 105 crore has been made for Human Resource Development and capacity building to meet the requirement of trained manpower in the tourism and hospitality sector.The Ministry has earmarked an allocation of Rs. 229 crore for tourism infrastructure, promotion of North-Eastern States under this year’s Budget allocation.The Finance Minister announced that an App will be developed covering all relevant aspects of tourism. States will be encouraged to set up Unity Malls in State Capital as the most prominent tourism centres to promote One District One Product, GI products, handicrafts and products of other States.Rs. 2400 crores allocated to Ministry of Tourism as the sector holds huge opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurship for youth50 tourist destinations to be developed for providing a wholesome tourism experience under ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’Integrated and innovative ‘Vibrant Village Programme’ for development of tourism infrastructure and facilities in border villages proposedRevamping of the credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs through infusion of Rs. 9, 000 crore in the corpus, enabling additional collateral-free guaranteed credit of Rs. 2 lakh crore