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NABARD Sanctions Rs.19702 crore loan to NWDA for 50 irrigation projects

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) Friday said it has sanctioned Rs 19,702 crore loan to National Water Development Agency (NWDA) for 50 irrigation projects. 
●    The loan is sanctioned under Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF), announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the Budget 2016-17. 
●    This would help create additional irrigation potential of 39.14 lakh hectares under these projects in 11 states, Nabard said in a statement.
●    Nabard today gave the first instalment of Rs 1,500 crore to NWDA, which is an agency of Ministry of Water Resources. 
●    Loan released by Nabard to NWDA would be disbursed to the respective state governments as central share in the projects sanctioned.
●    Through LTIF, the irrigation potential in the country is expected to go up by 11.50 per cent in the next four years.
 

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