The objective of the Additional Financing for the Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project for India is to increase the productivity, and market access of targeted farmers and community groups. The additional financing (AF) will scale up the project's impact and development effectiveness through (i) promotion of policy initiatives that build synergies and convergence with ongoing schemes of the Government of Assam (GOA) and the Government of India (GOI); establishing a system for sustainable use of groundwater; and mainstreaming project collaboration with the private sector; and as well as (ii) scaling up investments in irrigation, mechanization extension advice, rural hats and market access roads to increase production, productivity and market access in selected districts. The activities would help to scale up the impact of the original project in districts where the demand for investment during the original project was pronounced, support the delivery of agriculture and marketing services, rural road connectivity, produce aggregation and development of farmer producer organizations in these districts. The closing date for the original project will be extended; and the revised closing date for both the original project and the additional financing would be March 15, 2015