The funds allocated to Central Sector Scheme for Agribusiness Development through Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) in the last five financial years is as follows:

 

Financial Year	Allocated (Rs. In lakhs)
2017-18	110.98
2018-19	141.89
2019-20	111.26
2020-21	25.00
2021-22	49.42

       

Total VCA disbursed to agro business project since 2014 for the five states is as follows:

 

Sr. No	State Name	Cost of project (Rs. in lakhs)	VCA sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs)	No. of Farmers benefitted	Employment generated
1	Andhra Pradesh	9197	748	1436	897
2	Gujarat	170879	14127	13853	6236
3	Maharashtra	109952	9892	16474	8274
4	Telangana	34190	2688	2170	1284
5	Uttar Pradesh	96339	7854	17581	4375

 

The total number of application received from Telangana since 2017 and final qualified project for disbursement under Venture Capital Assistance (VCA):

 

Sr. No.	Total number of application	Qualified Projects
1.	154	49

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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