The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development scheme of Prasar Bharti. An amount of 1 thousand 54 Crore rupees have been approved for a three year period till 2020.
CCEA also approved the creation of Agri-Market infrastructure fund for development
and upgradation of Gramin Agriculture Markets. A corpus of 2 thousand crore rupees will be created with NABARD.
CCEA also approved the continuation of the Central Sector Scheme of Exploration of Coal and Lignite for a period of 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-2020