The Union Budget proposes to increase the corpus of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) from Rs. 16000 Crore to Rs.18000 Crore. The additional allocation would be dedicated to creation of ware housing facilities. The RIDF is an important instrument for routine bank funds for financing rural infrastructure .

Rural infrastructure funding boost expands RIDF corpus and dedicates additional allocation to warehousing facilities, strengthening rural storage capacity. The Union Budget increases the corpus of the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), with the additional allocation expressly dedicated to creation of warehousing facilities and directed to routine bank funds used to finance rural infrastructure projects.