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PMKSY outlay raised to ₹6520 crore

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PMKSY outlay raised to ₹6520 crore (GS3 · Food processing, 31 July 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet raised PMKSY’s outlay to ₹6520 crore (extra ₹1920 crore) for 2021-22 to 2025-26 [PIB].
  • It includes ₹1000 crore for 50 multi-product food irradiation units and 100 NABL-accredited food testing labs [PIB].

Background

  • PMKSY is a central sector scheme [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Irradiation extends shelf life of produce.

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 raised PMKSY's outlay to ₹6520 crore (extra ₹1920 crore) for 2021-22 to 2025-26.
  2. Irradiation extends shelf life of produce.
Quotable data point

It includes ₹1000 crore for 50 multi-product food irradiation units and 100 NABL-accredited food testing labs.

PIB: Cabinet: PMKSY outlay, 31 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: PMKSY.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Food irradiation units to be set up under PMKSY

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerFood Processing Industry in India: Scope, Supply Chain Gaps, PMKSY, PLI, PMFME and the Way Forward (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Cabinet: PMKSY outlay, 31 Jul 2025

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