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MINISTRY OF AGRIC ULTURE AND FARMERS

WELFARE
1.1. PM FASAL BIMA YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features
beneficiary
• To provide • All farmers • It replaced all other existing insurance schemes except the
insurance including Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (uses weather
coverage sharecroppers parameters as proxy for crop yield in compensating the cultivators for
and financial and tenant deemed crop loses)
support to farmers • A uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif
the farmers growing crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops.
in the event notified crops • In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to
of natural in a notified be paid by farmers will be only 5%.
calamities, area during the • There is no upper limit on Government subsidy so farmers will get
pests & season who claim against full sum insured without any reduction.
diseases. have insurable • It is compulsory for loanee farmers availing crop loans for notified
• To stabilise interest in the crops in notified areas and voluntary for non-loanee farmers.
the income crop are
• Yield Losses: due to non-preventable risks, such as Natural Fire and
of farmers to eligible.
Lightning, Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, Tempest, Hurricane,
ensure their Tornado. Risks due to Flood, Inundation and Landslide, Drought, Dry
continuance spells, Pests/ Diseases also will be covered.
in farming.
• Post-harvest losses are also covered.
• To
• Mandatory use of technology: Smart phones, drones etc., will be used
encourage
to capture and upload data of crop cutting to reduce the delays in
farmers to
claim payment to farmers. Remote sensing will be used to reduce the
adopt
number of crop cutting experiments.
innovative
• The Scheme shall be implemented on an ‘Area Approach basis’.
and modern
Defined Area (i.e., unit area of insurance) is Village or above. It can be a
agricultural
Geo-Fenced/Geo-mapped region having homogenous Risk Profile for
practices.
the notified crop.
• To ensure
• Public sector insurer (Agriculture Insurance Company of India, United
flow of
India Insurance Company etc.) and private insurance companies are
credit to the
empanelled for implementation of the scheme.
agriculture
sector. • Recently, states have been allowed to set up their own insurance
companies for implementing the scheme.
• Recently, Government has comprehensively revised the Operational
Guidelines of the scheme.
o The farmers will be paid 12% interest by insurance companies for
the delay in settlement claims beyond two months of prescribed
cut-off date.
o State Governments will have to pay 12% interest for the delay in
release of State share of subsidy beyond three months of
prescribed cut-off date submission of requisition by insurance
companies.
o Inclusion of hailstorms in post-harvest losses, besides unseasonal
and cyclonic rainfalls.
o Separate Budget Allocation for Administrative expenses (atleast
2% of budget of scheme).
o Appointment of District Level Grievance Redressal Officer and
creation of State and District Grievance Redressal Cells for fast
redressal of grievances.

1.2. UNIFIED PACKAGE INSURANCE SCHEME

Objective Salient features
• Provide financial protection • All farmers eligible for crop insurance under PMFBY/WBCIS (Weather-

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 to citizen associated in Based Crop Insurance Scheme) in the age 18 to 70 years will be entitled to
agriculture sector join.
• Ensuring food security and • 1-year cover, renewable from year to year.
food diversification
will take care of insurance needs of farmers and will provide yield-based crop
• Enhancing growth and insurance to the farmers based on his ownership rights ofthe land and sown
competitiveness of crop.
agriculture sector. • It covers both personal and work assets and + provides life insurance
protection to farmer and his family.
• Provides protection to farmer and his/her family members in case of
the Accidental Death/ Disablement, accidental insurance protection of
farmer's school/college going children and provisioning of education fee to
the students in case of death of parent.

1.3. PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA

Objective Salient features
• To achieve convergence of • Decentralized State level planning and projectised execution' structure, in
investments in irrigation at order to allow States to draw up a District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State
the field level. Irrigation Plan (SIP).= Investments will happen at farm level.

=Introduce sustainable • It will be supervised and monitored by Inter-Ministerial National Steering

water conservation practices. Committee (NSC) under PM with Union Ministers of all concerned Ministries.
 A National Executive Committee (NEC) is to be constituted under
• To attract greater private theChairmanship of the Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme
investments in irrigation implementation.
• To promote extension
activities relating to water • PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz.
harvesting, water Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP); Integrated Watershed
management and crop Management Programme (IWMP); and On Farm Water Management
alignment for farmers and (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
grass root level field • Water budgeting is done for all sectors.
functionaries • Recently, Long Term Irrigation Fund has been instituted under PMKSY in
NABARD.
• A dedicated Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD) under PMKSY has been set up to provide
states financial assistance on concessional rate of interest.

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit PMKSY (Watershed

PMKSY (Har Khet ko Pani) PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop)
Programme (AIBP) Development)
•Ministry of Water Resources, •Ministry of Water Resources, •Ministry of Agriculture •Department of Land
River Development & Ganga River Development & Ganga •Promoting efficient water resources, Ministry of Rural
Rejuvenation Rejuvenation conveyance and precision development
•Faster completion of ongoing •Creation of new water water application devices like •Effective management of
Major and Medium Irrigation sources through Minor drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain - runoff water and improved
including National Projects Irrigation (both surface and guns in the farm (Jal Sinchan) soil & moisture conservation
ground water) •Extension activities for activities
•Repair, restoration and promotion of scientific •Converging with MGNREGS
renovation of water bodies; moisture conservation, Crop •DPAP, DDP and IWDP were
•Strengthening carrying combination, crop alignment consolidated under this
capacity of traditional water etc., component
sources, construction of rain •(ICT) interventions through •Cluster Approach in selection
water harvesting structures NeGP -- precision irrigation and preparation of projects
(Jal Sanchay); Jal Mandir technologies, on farm water
(Gujarat); Khatri, Kuhl (H.P.); management, crop alignment
•Read more on Neeranchal
Zabo (Nagaland); Eri, Ooranis etc. and also to do intensive
National Watershed Project
(T.N.); Dongs (Assam); Katas, monitoring of the Scheme.
under Ministry of Rural
Bandhas (Odisha and M.P.)
Development
•Command area development

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 1.4. PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA
Objective Salient features
• To promote natural • “Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana” is an elaborated component of Soil Health
resource based Management (SHM) under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
integrated and climate • Cluster Approach: Fifty or more farmers form a cluster having 20ha or 50 acre
resilient sustainable land to take organic farming.Farmers will be eligible for an assistance of Rs
farming systems. 48,700 per hectare for a three-year period for adopting the traditional methods
• To reduce cost of of cultivation and standard organic farming practices like zero budget natural
agriculture to farmers farming and permaculture.
through sustainable • At least 30% of the budget allocations need to be earmarked for women
integrated organic beneficiaries/ farmers.
farming systems thereby • Government plans to form around 10 thousand clusters in three years (by 2017-
enhancing farmer's net 18).
income per unit of land. • Components -
• To protect environment o Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification through cluster
from hazardous inorganic approach - mobilization of farmers, form clusters, identification of land
chemicals by adoption of resources and training on organic farming and PGS Certification and quality
eco-friendly low-cost control.
traditional techniques o Adoption of organic village for manure management and biological
and farmer friendly nitrogen harvesting through cluster approach –action plan for Organic
technologies. Farming, Integrated Manure Management, Packing, Labelling and Branding
• To empower farmers of organic products of cluster.
through their own Other recent developments in the scheme: Guidelines have been revised in May
institutional development 2018.
in the form of clusters • The National Advisory Committe (NAC) under Chairmanship of Secretary (A&C)
and group with capacity constituted under NMSA will be the policy-formulating body giving overall
to manage production, direction and guidance to the Mission; monitor and review progress.
processing, value • National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF): NCOF being the secretariat for PGS-
addition and certification India programme shall be the monitoring body for PGS certification programme
management.
• To make farmers • JAIVIK KHETI PORTAL: A dedicated portal for organic farming acting as both a
entrepreneurs through knowledge platform as well as marketing platform will be developed.
direct market linkages
with local and national • Convergence with other Central Sector Schemes like MIDH, NFSM and with
markets. schemes of other ministries like MOFPI, SMES, MoRD etc. for relevant
components is highly encouraged.

1.5. NATIONAL MISSION O N SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE(NMSA)

Objective Salient features
• To make agriculture • It derives its mandate from Sustainable Agriculture Mission which is one of the eight
more sustainable, missions outlined under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
productive, • NMSA will cater to key dimensions of ‘Water use efficiency’, ‘Nutrient Management’
remunerative and and ‘Livelihood diversification’ through adoption of sustainable development
climate resilient. pathway.
• Conserve natural • Main Components of NMSA are –
resources through o Rain-fed Area Development
appropriate soil o On Farm Water Management (now subsumed under the ‘Per Drop More Crop
and moisture (PDMC)’ component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana(PMKSY))
conservation o Soil Health Management
measures. o Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture:
• Adopt o Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)
comprehensive soil o National Bamboo Mission (NBM)
management
practices and • Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region is a sub-mission
optimize utilization under this. It aims at development of certified organic production in a value chain
of water resources. mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value
chain.

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 1.6. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET (NAM)
Objective Salient features

• To promote genuine price • NAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal which seeks to network the
discovery existing APMCs and other market yards to create a unified national
• Increases farmers’ options for market for agricultural commodities.
sale and access to markets
• Liberal licensing of traders / • Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) has been selected as the
buyers and commission agents. lead agency to implement it.
One license for a trader valid
across all markets in the State. • Central government will provide the software free of cost to the states
• Harmonisation of quality and in addition, a grant of up to Rs. 30 lakhs per mandi or market or
standards of agricultural private mandis will be given for related equipment and infrastructure
produce requirements.
• Single point levy of market fees,
i.e. on the first wholesale • 585 wholesale regulated markets/ APMC Markets have been so far
purchase from the farmer. integrated with e-NAM platform in 16 States and 2 Union Territories (UTs).
• To promote stable prices and
availability of quality produce to • Fund Allocation – The Scheme is being funded through Agri-Tech
consumers. Infrastructure Fund (AITF).
• Provision of Soil Testing • Recently, the first inter-State trade on e-Nam between Andhra Pradesh
Laboratories in/or near the and Telangana has been carried out.
selected mandi

1.7. MISSION FOR INT EGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE=2014-15

Objective Salient features
• Promote holistic  Centrally Sponsored Scheme comprising of following sub-schemes and areas of
development of operation -
Horticulture
o National Horticulture Mission
sector (including
o Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States: It is a technology mission
bamboo &
which focuses on production of quality planting material, organic farming, efficient
coconut)
water management etc.
• Encourage
o Promote, develop and disseminate technologies and generate employment
aggregation of
opportunities.
farmers in into
o National Horticulture Board is implementing various schemes under Mission for
groups such as
Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in pan India.
FPOs.
o Coconut Development Board is implementing various schemes under Mission for
• Enhance Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in all Coconut growing states in
horticulture the country.
production, o Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland for providing technical help, training
augment farmers’ of farmers and Field functionaries in theNorth Eastern Region.
income and
• Strategy-
strengthen
o Adopt end-to-end approach with backward and forward linkages.
nutritional
o Promote R&D technologies+ cold chain+ diversification of crops
security.
o Improve post-harvest management, value addition processing and marketing
• Improve infrastructure.
productivity by o Promote FPOs and their links with Market aggregators and financial institutions.
ways of
germplasm, • Funding – 60:40 (Central: State); in 90:10 for NE, and Himalayan states.
planting material
and water use • In 2014, Project CHAMAN was launched= envisages use of satellite remote sensing
efficiency through data along with Geographical Information System (GIS) for generating action plans for
micro-irrigation. horticultural development.
• Support skill
development and
create
employment
generation
opportunities

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 1.8. RASHTRIYA KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA – RAFTAAR (RKVY-RAFTAAR)=2007
Objective Salient features
• To make • RKVY, initiated as an umbrella scheme for holistic development of agriculture and
farming a allied sectors; recently revamped as RKVY-RAFTAAR – Remunerative Approaches for
remunerative Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation for 2017-19 and 2019-20.
economic
activity • provided states with considerable flexibility and autonomy for planning and executing
through programs.
strengthening
the farmer’s  The decentralised planning for agriculture and allied sectors through District
efforts, risk Agriculture Plan and State Agriculture Plan.
mitigation and  State Agriculture Departments = act as Nodal Implementing Agency
promoting
agri-business • I ncentivize states to increase allocations for agriculture and allied sectors;
entrepreneurs creation of post-harvest infrastructure + promotion of private investment.
hip. Promoting agri-business entrepreneurs.
• To empower
youth through • Fund Allocation - 60:40 Centre and States in states; 90:10 for NE and Himalayan states
skill UTs get grants 100% as central share.
development,
innovation and
agri- • Sub-schemes include
entrepreneurs o Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India
hip based o Crop Diversification Program
business o Reclamation of Problem Soil
models o Foot & Mouth Disease – Control Program (FMD-CP)
o Saffron Mission
o Accelerated Fodder Development Programme (AFDP).

1.9. BRINGING GREEN REVOLUTION TO EASTERN INDIA (BGREI)= 2010-11

Objective Salient features
• To increase production and productivity • to address LOW productivity of “rice based cropping system”
of rice and wheat by adopting latest in eastern India comprising 7 states – Assam, Bihar, Chattisgrah,
crop production technologies Jharkhand, Orissa, Eastern Uttar Pradesh
(Purvanchal) and WestBengal.
•
• To create water harvesting structures • Various initiatives under the scheme are –
and efficient utilization of water o Block or cluster development of improved production
potential technology
• To promote post-harvest technology o Asset building activities.
and marketing support o Farm renovation
o Seed production and distribution
o Marketing support and post-harvest management

1.10. SOIL HEALTH CARD(SHC) SCHEME= 2015

Objective Salient features
• To issue soil health cards every 3 • Centrally sponsored scheme.
years, to all farmers of the
country,= to address nutrient  Implemented through the Department of Agriculture in Pan India.
deficiencies in fertilization • Assistance to the State Government to issue Soil Health Card
practices. and also develop a database to improve service delivery.
• To strengthen functioning of Soil
Testing Laboratories (STLs)  Soil Health Card issued to farmers= carry crop-wise recommendations
with Indian Council ofAgricultural of nutrients and fertilizers required for the individual farms.
Research (ICAR) / State
 The experts will analyze the strength and weaknesses (micronutrients deficiency)
Agricultural Universities (SAUs). of the soil collected from farms and suggest measures to deal with it.

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  It will contain the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters,
namely N,P,K (Macro-nutrients); S (Secondary- nutrient); Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn,
• To build capacities of district and Bo (Micro - nutrients); and pH, EC, OC (Physical parameters).
state level staff and of progressive
farmers for promotion of nutrient  Based on this, the SHC will also indicate fertilizer recommendations and
soil amendment required for the farm.
management practices.

1.11. NATIONAL FOOD SECU RITY MISSION(2007)

Objective Salient features
• Increasing production of rice, wheat, • It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
pulses, etc and commercial crops
through area expansion, productivity • From the years 2018-19 and 2019-20, NMOOP and Seed Village
enhancement in a sustainable manner. Programme are now a part of NFSM.
 Thus NFSM will have 8 Components
• Restore soil fertility and productivity.  (i) NFSM- Rice; (ii) NFSM-Wheat; (iii) NFSM-Pulses; (iv)
• Enhancing farm level economy. NFSM-Coarse Cereals (Maize, Barley), (v)NFSM-Sub
Mission on Nutri Cereals; (vi) NFSM-Commercial Crops;
(vii) NFSM-Oilseeds and Oilpalm; and (viii) NFSM-Seed
Village Programme
NMOO= National mission on Oilseed and OilPalm.

1.12. KISAN CREDIT CARD (KCC)

Objective Implementation Salient features
agency
To provide Commercial • The loan disbursed under KCC is broad based = may be used for short
adequate and Banks, RRBs and term credit requirements for cultivation of crops, post-harvest
timely credit cooperatives. expenses, produce marketing loan, consumption requirement of farmer
support from the household etc.
banking system • The loans disbursed under KCC Scheme for notified crops are covered
under single under Crop Insurance Scheme.
window. • The KCC has been extended to fisheries and animal husbandry.
• Scheme covers risk of KCC holders against death or permanent disability
resulting from accidents.

1.13 . NATIONAL MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL EX TENSION AND

TECHNOLOGY
Objective Salient features
• To make the extension system farmer- • This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was introduced under the
driven and farmer-accountable by way umbrella of Agriculture Technology Management Agency
of new institutional arrangements for (ATMA).
technology dissemination • It envisages strengthening the extension machinery through 4
• To restructure and strengthen sub-schemes:
agricultural extension to enable o Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
delivery of appropriate technology and o Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
improved agronomic practices to o Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
farmers. o Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP)
Sub-Mission on • It aims to promote agricultural mechanization among small and marginal farmers and in the
Agricultural areas where the level of mechanization and availability of power is very low.
Mechanisation • Mission Components-
o Promotion and Strengthening of Agricultural Mechanization through training, testing and
demonstration
o Demonstration, training and distribution of Post-Harvest Technology and Management
(PHTM)
o Financial Assistance for Procurement of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment
o Establish Farm Machinery Bank for Custom Hiring
o Promotion of Farm Mechanization and Equipment in North-Eastern Region.
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 1.14. STRENGTHENING & MODERNIZATION OF PEST MANAGEMENT
APPROACH IN INDIA (SMPMA)
Objectives Salient Features
• Maximize crop • It is a central sector scheme launched with following components-
production with o Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – It is environment friendly broad
minimum input costs. ecological approach for managing pest problems.
• Minimize environmental o Locust Control and Research – under this locust warning organizations have
pollution in soil, water been established to monitor, forewarn and control locust in Scheduled Desert
and air due to Area (of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana) and to conduct research on locust
pesticides. and grasshoppers.
• Minimize occupational o Implementation of Insecticides Act, 1968 – It regulates the import,
health hazards due to manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides with a view to
chemical pesticides. prevent risk to human beings, animals and environment.
• Implementing Agency - 35 Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs)

1.15. NATIONAL MISSION ON BOVINE PRODUCTIVITY

Objective Salient features
• To enhance the • It was launched in 2016 to enhance milk production and productivity and making dairy
milk production more remunerative for farmers.
and • The is being implemented through following four components –
productivity o Pashu Sanjivani - It is a wellness program under which each of the milch animals are
• To make identified using UID and given a health card (Nakul Swasthya Patra) that will record
dairying more the breed, its age and details of vaccination, among other details.
remunerative to o Advanced Reproductivity Technique - under the component sex sorted semen
the farmers production facility is being created at 10 A graded semen stations and 50 Embryo
Transfer Technology Labs with IVF facilities are being created in the country.
o E-Pashu Haat Portal - It is an e-trading market portal for linking farmers and breeders
of indigenous breed.
o Establishment of National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB) -
for enhancing milk production and productivity through genomic selection among
indigenous breeds.

1.16. NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR BOVINE BREEDING AND DAIRY

DEVELOPMENT (NPBBDD)
Objective Salient features
• To arrange quality Artificial insemination • The program was initiated in 2014 by merging on-going
services at farmer’s doorsteps schemes of National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding
• To conserve, develop and proliferate selected (NPCBB), Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP),
indigenous bovine breeds of high socio- Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality & Clean Milk
economic importance Production (SIQ & CMP) and Assistance to Cooperatives (A-
• To create and strengthen infrastructure for C).
procurement, processing and marketing of • The scheme has three components namely –
milk and milk products o National Program for Bovine Breeding (NPBB): It will
• To create training infrastructure for training of establish MAITRI (Multi-purpose AI Technician in Rural
dairy farmers India) to deliver the breeding inputs at doorstep.
• To strengthen dairy cooperative o National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
societies/Producers Companies at village level o Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)

Rashtriya • Breed improvement program for indigenous breeds to improve their genetic makeup and increase
Gokul the stock
Mission • Enhancement on milk production and productivity
• Upgradation of nondescript cattle using elite indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni,
Tharparkar, Red Sindhi
• Establishment of Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centres or Gokul Grams in the native breeding tracts
of indigenous breeds.
• Scheme is implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis.

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 1.17. NATIONAL DAIRY PLAN-I
Objective Salient features
• To help increase • It is a Central Sector Scheme being implemented by the National Dairy Development
productivity of milch Board.
animals and thereby • NDP-I will focus on 18 major milk producing states namely Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
increase milk Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh etc. which together account for over 90%
production. of the country’s milk production.
• To help provide rural • Various Components of the Scheme are –
milk producers with o Productivity enhancement
greater access to the o Village based milk procurement systems for weighing, testing quality of milk
organized milk- received and making payment to milk producers.
processing sector. o Project Management and Learning

1.18. DAIRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (DEDS)

Objective Salient features

• To promote setting up of modern dairy farms for production of • Dairy Venture Capital Fund (DVCF) scheme
clean milk has been modified and renamed as Dairy
• To bring structural changes in the unorganised sector so that Entrepreneurship Development Schme
initial processing of milk can be taken up at the village level itself (DEDS)in 2010.
• To upgrade the quality and traditional technology to handle milk • This central sector scheme is being
on a commercial scale implemented by NABARD as a nodal
• To generate self-employment and provide infrastructure mainly agency.
for unorganised sector. • The Scheme is open to organized as well
as unorganized sector.

1.19. BLUE REVOLUTION: INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND

MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES
Objective Salient features
• To fully tap the total fish • It is a Core Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Blue Revolution (the Neel
potential of the country both in Kranti Mission).
the inland and the marine • It is an umbrella scheme formulated by merging all the existing schemes
sector and triple the production • It aims at enhancing fish production from 107.95 lakh tonne (2015-16) to
by 2020 about 150 lakh tonne by the end of the 2019-20.
• To double the income of the • The scheme has the following components:
fishers and fish farmers with o National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities.
special focus on increasing o Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture.
productivity and better o Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post Harvest
marketing postharvest Operations.
infrastructure including e- o Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the
commerce and other Fisheries Sector.
technologies and global best o Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector.
innovations o Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other need based
• To triple the export earnings by Interventions.
2020 with focus on benefits o National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen.
flow to the fishers and fish • The Mission Fingerling has been launched under Blue Revolution which
farmers including through envisages adopting an integrated approach.
institutional mechanisms in the o It targets enhancing fisheries production from 10.79 mmt (2014-15) to
cooperative, producer 15 mmt in 2020-21.
companies and other structures o The scheme will facilitate the establishment of hatcheries and
• To enhance food and nutritional Fingerling rearing pond to ensure certain level of production of fish
security of the country fingerling, post larvae of shrimp and crab in the country.

1.20. PANDIT DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY UNNAT KRISHI SHIKSHA YOJANA

Objective Salient features
• To build skilled Human • This scheme, being implemented by ICAR, was launched in 2016.

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 Resource at village level • It is being run under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan activities of Ministry of
relevant to national needs Agriculture and Family Welfare (for more details on UBA, read 24.6).
towards organic farming and • Under this scheme 100 training centers were proposed to be opened for
sustainable agriculture. agricultural education.
• To Provide rural India with • Training Centres will be selected on the basis of farmers who have
professional support in the field already attended training course conducted under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
of Organic Farming/ Natural earlier or are having working/handling of natural farming in their own
Farming/ Rural Economy/ land plus must know all basics, fundamental, theory and practices of
Sustainable Agriculture. natural farming

1.21. NATIONAL INNOVATIONS ON CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

(NICRA)
Objective Salient features
• To enhance the resilience of Indian • It is a network of projects of the Indian Council of Agricultural
agriculture covering crops, livestock and Research (ICAR).
fisheries to climatic variability and climate • It takes into account the critical assessment of different
change through development and crops/zones in the country for vulnerability of rainfall.
application of improved production and • It undertakes installation of state-of art equipment like flux
risk management technologies towers for measurement of greenhouse gases in large field
• To demonstrate site specific technology areas.
packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to • It undertakes comprehensive field evaluation of new and
current climate risks emerging approaches of paddy cultivation.
• To enhance the capacity building of • The project consists of four components viz. Strategic
scientists and other stakeholders in climate Research, Technology Demonstration, Capacity Building and
resilient agricultural research and its Sponsored/ Competitive Grants.
application

1.22. INTEREST SUBVENTION SCHEME

Objectives Salient Features
To make available • It provides concessiona of 2% per annum for short-term crop loans to farmers, upto Rs. 3
agricultural credit lakh at 7% rate of interest.
for Short Term crop • An additional interest subvention of 3 per cent per annum is available to the “prompt payee
loans at an farmers.
affordable rate to • The benefit of interest subvention is extended for a period of up to six months (post-
give a boost to harvest) to small and marginal farmers having KCC on loan against negotiable warehouse
agricultural receipts with the purpose of preventing distress sale of produce.
productivity and • Interest subvention will be available to Public Sector Bank, Private Sector Bank and to
production in the NABARD for providing concessional refinance to RRBs and Cooperative Banks.
country. • The Scheme is provided for four segments namely;
o Interest subvention for short term crop loans.
o Interest subvention for post-harvest loans.
o Interest subvention under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NRLM).
o Interest subvention for relief to farmers affected by natural calamities.

1.23. ARYA PROJECT

Objectives Salient Features
• To attract and empower the Youth in • The GOI launched ARYA – “Attracting and Retaining Youth in
Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture” in 2015.
Agriculture, allied and service sector • It is implemented through Krishi Vigyan Kendra in one district
enterprises for sustainable income and from each State. KVKs will involve the Agricultural Universities
gainful employment in selected districts. and ICAR Institutes as Technology Partners.
• To enable the Farm Youth to establish • In one district, 200-300 Rural youths will be identified for their
network groups to take up resource and skill development in entrepreneurial activities and establishment
capital intensive activities like processing, of related micro-enterprise units.
value addition and marketing. • At KVKs also one or two enterprise units will be established so
that they serve as entrepreneurial training units for farmers.

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 1.24. KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS (KVK)
Objective Salient features
• To be a frontline • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has created a network of 669 Krishi
extension in Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in the country and more KVKs will be established.
agriculture, and to • KVKs lay strong emphasis on skill development training of rural youth, farm women
serve as a single and farmers
window mechanism • Provide latest technological inputs like seeds, planting materials and bio-products.
for addressing the • Advise farmers on timely crop/enterprise related recommendations, including
technology needs of climate resilient technologies.
farmers • Diagnose and solve problems emerging from district agro-ecosystems and lead in
• To demonstrate adoption of innovations.
location specific • It is an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS).
technologies and
• The KVK scheme is 100% financed by Govt. of India and the KVKs are sanctioned to
build capacity of
Agricultural Universities, ICAR institutes, related Government Departments and
farmers.
NGOs working in Agriculture.

1.25. AGRI UDAAN

Objectives Salient Features
To bring start-up • It is a food and Agriculture Accelerator announced by ICAR-NAARM and IIM-A’s
revolution in agriculture incubator centres.
which has been mostly • It focuses on catalyzing scale-up Food & Agribusiness start-ups through rigorous
concentrated in Services mentoring, industry networking and Investor pitching.
sector. • The main idea is to attract rural youth and train them to add value to agriculture and
farmer’s produce.
• It is considered as India's 1st Food & Agribusiness accelerator.

1.26. MERA GAON-MERA GAURAV

Objective Salient features
To promote direct • This scheme involves scientists of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) and state
interface of agricultural universities.
scientists with the • Groups of four multidisciplinary scientists each will be constituted at these institutes and
farmers. universities. Each group will “adopt” five villages within a radius of maximum 100 km.
• Under this scheme, scientists will select villages as per their convenience and will remain in
touch with the selected villages and provide information to the farmers on technical and
other related aspects in a time frame.

1.27. INTEGRATED SCHEME FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

Objectives Salient Features
• To promote creation of agricultural • The ISAM will have the following five components
marketing infrastructure by providing o Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) [the existing
backend subsidy support to State, schemes of Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) and
cooperative and private sector investments. Development/ Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing
• To promote Integrated Value Chains Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) will
(confined up to the stage of primary be merged as AMI]
processing only) to provide vertical o Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN)
integration of farmers with primary o Strengthening of Agmark Grading Facilities (SAGF),
processors. o Agri-Business Development (ABD) through Venture
• To use ICT as a vehicle of extension to Capital Assistance (VCA) and Project Development
sensitize and orient farmers to respond to Facility (PDF)
new challenges in agricultural marketing o Choudhary Charan Singh National Institute of
Agriculture Marketing (NIAM).

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 1.28. KRISHI KALYAN ABHIYAAN
Objectives Salient Features
Organised • It was undertaken in 25 Villages with more than 1000 population each in Aspirational Districts
from 1st June 2018 identified in consultation with Ministry of Rural Development as per directions of NITI Aayog.
till 31st July 2018 In districts where number of villages (with more than 1000 population) is less than 25, all
to aid, assist and villages will be covered.
advice farmers on • Various activities to promote best practices and enhance agriculture income were
how to improve undertaken under this plan such as:
their farming o Distribution of Soil Health Cards to all farmers
techniques and o 100% coverage of bovine vaccination for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in each village
raise their o Distribution of Mini Kits of pulses and oilseeds to all
incomes. o Distribution of Horticulture/Agro Forestry/Bamboo plant
o Artificial insemination saturation
o Demonstrations of integrated cropping practice, Micro Irrigation etc.

1.29. PRADHAN MANTRI ANNADATA AAY SANRAKSHAN ABHIYAN (PM-

AASHA)
Objective Salient Features
To plug the gaps It has three components complementing the existing schemes of the Department of Food and
in procurement Public Distribution for procurement of paddy, wheat and other cereals and coarse grains where
system, address procurement takes place at MSP:
issues in MSP • Price Support Scheme (PSS): Under this, physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra
system and give will be done by Central Nodal Agencies. Besides National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing
better returns to Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), FCI will also take up procurement of crops under PSS. The
farmers. expenditure and losses due to procurement would be borne by the Centre.
• Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS): This will cover all oilseeds for which MSP is notified
and Centre will pay the difference between the MSP and actual selling/ model price to the
farmer directly into his bank account. Farmers who sell their crops in recognized mandis
within the notified period can benefit from it.
• Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockiest Scheme (PPSS): In the case of oilseeds, the States
will have the option to roll out PPSS in select districts where a private player can procure
crops at MSP when market prices drop below MSP. The private player will then be
compensated through a service charge up to a maximum of 15% of the MSP of the crop.

1.30. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (NAHEP)

Objective Salient Features
To support • Funding: It will be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.
Participating Components
Agricultural • Institutional Development Plans (IDPs): NAHEP would provide Institutional Development
Universities Grants to selected participating AUs, which seek to improve learning outcomes and future
(AUs) and ICAR employment for AU students and faculty teaching performance and research effectiveness.
in providing • Centre of Advanced Agricultural science & Technology (CAAST): CAAST Grants will be
more relevant provided to selected participating AUs to establish multidisciplinary centers for teaching,
and higher research and extension on critical and emerging agricultural topics.
quality education • Innovation Grants to selected participating AUs to make AUs reform ready (i.e., attain
to Agricultural accreditation); and promote mentoring of non-accredited AUs by existing reform-ready AUs
University and other interstate and international academic partnerships.
students.
• Results Monitoring and Evaluation: The Education Division/ ICAR would establish a
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Cell to oversee the progress of activities across all NAHEP
components.

1.31. PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI (PM-KISAN)

Objective Salient Features
• Under the scheme, financial benefit as given below will be provided to all Small and
• To provide income
Marginal landholder farmer families across the country
support to all
o Landholder Farmer families with total cultivable holding upto 2 hectares shall be
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 Small and provided a benefit of Rs.6000 per annum per family payable in three equal
Marginal installments, every four months.
landholding o Multiple land parcels (even if each is less than 2 hectares) held by a single family
farmer families will be pooled together to determine eligibility.
having cultivable o Even landholdings, bigger than 10 hectares, will be eligible for benefits under the
land. scheme, if owned by multiple families (e.g. If five brothers jointly own a single 10
• To supplement hectare holding, each of them will be eligible for the scheme).
the financial • Responsibility of identifying the landholder farmer family eligible for benefit under the
needs of the scheme shall be of the State/UT Government.
farmers in • The lists of eligible beneficiaries would be published at the village level to ensure
procuring various transparency.
inputs to ensure • Exclusions: Certain categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status such as
proper crop health institutional land holders, former and present holder of constitutional posts, persons
and appropriate who paid income tax in last assessment year etc. shall not be eligible for benefit under
yields, the scheme.
commensurate o For the purpose of exclusion State/UT Government can certify the eligibility of the
with the beneficiary based on self-declaration by the beneficiaries.
anticipated farm • A dedicated PM Kisan Portal will be launched for implementation of the scheme.
income. • This is a Central Sector Scheme and will be funded fully by the Government of India.

1.32. OTHER INITIATIVES

Initiative Salient Features
Accelerated • It aims to demonstrate plant nutrients and plant protection centric improved technologies
Pulses and management practices in compact units of 1000 hectares each for five major pulse crops
Production viz. Bengal gram, Black gram (Urdbean), Red gram (Arhar), Green gram (Moongbean), and
Program Lentil (Masur)
• It is 100 % funding by Union Ministry of Agriculture and implemented under the NFSM-Pulses.
• It has been conceptualised to take up the active propagation of key technologies such as
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
• Department of Agriculture Cooperation and farmer welfare is implementing this programme
through i) Commissioners/Directors of Agriculture of pulse producing states, and ii) Central
Government Institutes: NCIPM of ICAR.
National • It involves sustainable development of livestock sector and focuses on improving availability
Livestock of quality feed and fodder.
Mission • Sub-mission under NLM - Sub-Mission on Livestock Development, Sub-Mission on Pig
Development in North-Eastern Region, Sub-Mission on Fodder and Feed Development, Sub-
Mission on Skill Development, Technology Transfer and Extension.
• The subsidy under Entrepreneurship Development & Employment Generation (EDEG)
component of Sub-Mission on Livestock Development is channelized through NABARD.
Dairy Processing • It is a central sector scheme announced in Budget 2017-18 for 3 years (i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20).
and • It has been set up in NABARD with a corpus of Rs. 8000 crore and is managed by National
Infrastructure Dairy Development Board.
Development • Fund is used to modernize old and obsolete milk processing units particularly in cooperative
Fund (DIDF) sector and will result in enhancing milk processing capacity thereby adding more value to the
produce of the farmers and increasing their income.
Fisheries and • Funding: The approval entails an estimated fund size of Rs.7,522 crore, comprising
Aquaculture Rs.5,266.40 crore to be raised by the Nodal Loaning Entities (NLEs), Rs. 1,316.6 crore
Infrastructure beneficiaries contribution and Rs.939.48 crore budgetary support from the Government of
Development India.
Fund (FIDF) • Nodal Loaning Entities: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),
National Cooperatives Development Corporation (NCDC) and all scheduled Banks shall be the
Nodal Loaning Entities.
• Financing investment activities: FIDF would provide concessional finance to State
Governments/UTs and State entities, cooperatives, individuals and entrepreneurs etc., for
taking up of the identified investment activities of fisheries development.
Agri-Market • Union cabinet has recently approved creation of a Rs, 2,000 crore Agri- Market Infrastructure
Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) for development and upgradation of rural agriculture markets.
Fund • It will be created with NABARD and will provide the state/ UT governments subsidized loans
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 Committees (APMCs) and 10,000 villages.
• States can access AMIF for innovative integrated market infrastructure projects, including
through public private partnerships.
Gramin Retail • GrAMs have been launched in the Budget 2017-18 under the Agri Market Development Fund to
Agriculture develop the retail market in the agriculture marketing sector.
Markets (GrAMs) • Under this initiative 22,000 rural haats and 585 AMC markets would be developed and
upgraded into GrAMs.
• In these GrAMs physical infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGA and other
government schemes.
• They will also be electronically linked to e-NAM and exempted from APMC regulations.
• They will provide farmers facility to make direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers.
Agricultural • It is a G2C e-governance portal that caters to the needs of various stakeholders such as
Market farmers, industry, policy makers and academic institutions by providing agricultural marketing
Information related information from a single window.
Network • It facilitates web- based information flow, of the daily arrivals and prices of commodities in
(AGMARKNET) the agricultural produce markets spread across the country
portal
E-Krishi Samvad • It is an online interface through which farmers and other stakeholders can directly approach
ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) with their problems for effective solutions.
• Stakeholders can also upload photographs of crop diseases, animals or fishes for diagnostics
and remedial measures instantly from the specialists.
• Appropriate solutions from specialists will be provided via SMS or through web.
E-Rakam Portal • It is joint initiative of MSTC Ltd. (a Mini Ratna PSU under the administrative control of the
Ministry of Steel) and Central Railside Warehousing Company.
• It is an auction platform to help farmers get reasonable price for the produce and not fall prey
to middlemen as well as save them the effort to carting the produce to the mandi.
• The farmers will be paid directly into their bank accounts.
Farmer First • The focus is on farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST).
Initiative • It is an ICAR initiative with focus on:
o Enriching Farmer – Scientist interface
o Technology assemblage, application and feedback
o Partnership and institutional building
o Content mobilization
• It will also identify and integrate economically viable and socially acceptable entrepreneurial
activities as models of enhanced earnings to the farmers in different agro-ecological
situations
Hortinet – • It is an integrated traceability system developed by Agricultural and Processed Food
Farmer Connect Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) for providing Internet based electronic
App services for facilitating farm registration, testing and certification of Grape, Pomegranate and
Vegetables for export from India to the European Union in compliance with standards.
• It will also assist State Horticulture/ Agriculture Department to capture real time details of
farmers, farm location, products and details of inspections directly from the farm.
Zero Hunger • The program aims to address the intergenerational and multifaceted malnutrition through
Program sectoral coordination.
• It will act as a model of integrated approach to deal with hunger and malnutrition.

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