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₹2000 crore grant to NCDC to leverage ₹20,000 crore

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: ₹2000 crore grant to NCDC to leverage ₹20,000 crore (GS3 · Cooperatives, 31 July 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved ₹2000 crore grant-in-aid to NCDC over 2025-26 to 2028-29, letting it raise ₹20,000 crore for loans to cooperatives [PIB].

Background

  • ₹500 crore a year [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Cheap capital is what most cooperatives lack.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-31): the Cabinet approved ₹2000 crore grant-in-aid to NCDC over 2025-26 to 2028-29, letting it raise ₹20,000 crore for loans to cooperatives.
  2. Cheap capital is what most cooperatives lack.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved ₹2000 crore grant-in-aid to NCDC over 2025-26 to 2028-29, letting it raise ₹20,000 crore for loans to cooperatives.

PIB: Cabinet: grant to NCDC, 31 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NCDC.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Market borrowing NCDC can raise from the grant

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Cabinet: grant to NCDC, 31 Jul 2025

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