केंद्र सरकार ने प्रधानमंत्री अन्नदाता आय संरक्षण अभियान (पीएम-आशा) को 2025-26 तक जारी रखने की मंजूरी दी है। इस योजना का उद्देश्य किसानों को उचित मूल्य प्रदान करना और आवश्यक वस्तुओं की कीमतों में अस्थिरता को नियंत्रित करना है।
पीएम-आशा योजना के तहत मूल्य समर्थन योजना (पीएसएस) के माध्यम से अधिसूचित दालों, तिलहनों और कापरा की खरीद न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (एमएसपी) पर की जाती है। यह खरीद केंद्रीय नोडल एजेंसियों द्वारा राज्य स्तरीय एजेंसियों के माध्यम से पूर्व-पंजीकृत किसानों से सीधे की जाती है।
सरकार ने 2024-25 खरीद वर्ष के लिए तूर, उड़द और मसूर की खरीद को राज्य के उत्पादन के 100% तक की अनुमति दी है। इसके अलावा, बजट 2025 में घोषणा की गई है कि अगले चार वर्षों तक इन दालों की 100% खरीद जारी रहेगी, ताकि देश में दालों में आत्मनिर्भरता प्राप्त की जा सके।
कई राज्यों में तूर की खरीदारी पहले ही शुरू हो चुकी है, जिससे किसानों को अपनी उपज के लिए एमएसपी प्राप्त करने में सहायता मिल रही है। इस पहल से न केवल किसानों की आय में वृद्धि होगी, बल्कि बाजार में दालों की उपलब्धता भी सुनिश्चित होगी।
This yojana has been recently launched in Himachal Pradesh on 9th August 2024. The moto behind the establishment of this yojana is to promote natural farming across the state. This initiative was introduced with a budget of ₹150 crore.
The aim and purpose of this scheme is to promote natural informing as well as enhance the socio-economic conditions of farmers in the region of Himachal Pradesh. Moreover, it aims to establish 2,600 agricultural clusters over the next five years.
Objective of HIM Unnati Yojana
PM Narendra Modi on New Year said that the government's first decision on the occasion of New Year is dedicated to farmers. Further, he approved to increase the allocation for crop insurance scheme. Want to know why? Well, this is to offer security to farmer’s crops and to mitigate any concerns about potential damage.
The cabinet approved the continuation of this yojana and restructured weather-based crop insurance scheme till 2025-26 with an overall outlay of Rs. 69,515.71 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.
In addition, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers welfare. National Insurance Company started participating in this yojana from Rabi 2016 onwards and covered 8 States and 2 Union Territories.
Farmer’s share of premium in this yojana is Rs.453 crores and with subsidy from government Rs.1909 Crores as well as gross Premium is Rs.2362 Crores for the 5 seasons together.
On the other hand, the claims of Kharif 18 and Rabi 18 are under process.
Purpose or Objectives of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Risks Covered by PMFBY
Here are the following risks covered:
Post-Harvest Losses: Covers crops kept in “cut & spread” condition to dry in the field after harvesting.
Yield Losses: It covers yield losses occurred due to natural fire, lighting, flood, landslide, drought, tempest, tornados, draught, inundation, dry spells, pests, diseases, and more.
Prevented Sowing: Where insured farmers of notified areas intent to sow/plant and incurred expenditure for the purpose.
Localized Calamities: Loss or damage resulted from identified localized risks i.e. hailstorm, landslide, and Inundation.
India is one such country that is continuously relying on best practices to help farmers. With that said, recently, the Union cabinet of India, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the progressive expansion of Agriculture Infrastructure fund (AIF) on 28 August 2024.
This has been approved to specifically enhance and strengthen the agricultural infrastructure and support the farming community.
Now the question arises, how?
To answer, due to the expansion of scope of eligible projects and integrate additional supportive measures. Moreover, the financial facilities will be provided to support agri-entrepreneurs, startups, state agencies, Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, state sponsored Public Private partnerships, and more.
Key Objectives
The objective behind the introduction of this scheme is to mobilize a way to long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects.
What it covers? Post-harvest management projects come under this scheme. To name some, it covers warehouse, e-marketing platforms, cold chain, logistic facilities, pack-houses, silos, and others.
The reason why these projects have been covered is to build community farming assets like bio stimulant production units, organic input production, precision agriculture, and more.
This scheme mandates borrowers to contribute at least 10% of total project cost regardless of the capital subsidy available.
What is the Impact of AIF Scheme?
Well, agriculture infrastructure fund scheme has impacted the agricultural sector by transforming it completely. Below, you can find the significant achievement of this scheme and the impact of its recent expansion:
Benefits of AIF Scheme
Consequently, this will make farmers independent and improve access to market.
Government Initiatives That Boost Agri Infrastructure
Recently, India’s digital revolution has been transforming the governance and service delivery. Want to know how? By creating digital identities, secured payments, and transactions. These changes paved the way for a flourishing ecosystem across a lot of sectors.
This mission was introduced by the Union Cabinet in 2 September 2024 with an outlay of Rs. 2817 Crore. In addition, it even includes the central share of Rs. 1940 Crore. Moreover, this mission aims to introduce a comprehensive farmer-centric digital and space-tech ecosystem. This is implemented to enhance transparency and efficiency in the execution of government programs.
Despite this, it is conceived as an umbrella scheme which will support digital agriculture initiatives like the development of Digital Public Infrastructure, carrying out the Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), and accomplishing other IT initiatives by the Central Government, State Governments, and Academic and Research Institutions.
Key Objectives of this Mission
Features of Digital Agriculture Mission
As stated earlier, this mission supports digital agriculture initiatives and is built on 2 foundational features. Those are named as AgriStack and Krishi Decision Support System (DSS). Look below the detailed description about them:
Benefits of the Digital Agriculture Mission
Significance of Digital Agriculture Mission
Potential Challenges
Since agriculture is the state subject, the Union Cabinet of India chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi approved the Clean Plant Programme on 09.08.2024 with an outlay of Rs. 1765.67 crore. The value invested was to redefine the horticulture sector in India.
The primary aim behind this platform programme is to increase the yield and productivity of horticulture crops in India. In addition, it even aim to enhance the quality of fruit crops across the nation.
You know what the best part is? Under this programmer, 9 world class Clean Plant Centers (CPCs) will be established across India, each focusing on specific fruit types. These centers are armed with advanced diagnostic therapeutics and tissue culture labs.
The centers of CPP are:
Key Components of CPP
Benefits:
Significance of Clean Plant Programme
Objective
The scheme aims at providing adequate and timely cred it for the comprehensive credit requirements of farmers under single window for their cultivation and other needs as indicated below:
Eligibility
The criteria for eligible beneficiaries under KCC for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is as follows
Fishery Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture - Fishers, Fish Farmers (individual & groups/ partners/ share croppers/ tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups. The beneficiaries must own or lease any of the fisheries related activities such as pond, tank, open water bodies, raceway, hatchery, rearing unit, possess necessary license for fish farming and fishing related activities, and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.
Marine Fisheries - Beneficiaries listed above, who own or lease registered fishing vessel/boat, possess necessary fishing license/permission for fishing in estuary and sea, fish farming/mariculture activities in estuaries and open sea and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.
Poultry and small ruminant - Farmers, poultry farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmer of sheep/goats/pigs/poultry/ birds /rabbit and having owned/rented/leased sheds.
Dairy - Farmers and Dairy farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmers having owned /rented/leased sheds.
The new Crop Insurance Scheme is in line with One Nation – One Scheme theme. It incorporates the best features of all previous schemes and at the same time, all previous shortcomings / weaknesses have been removed. The PMFBY will replace the existing two schemes National Agricultural Insurance Scheme as well as the Modified NAIS.
Objectives
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched on 1st July 2015 with the motto of ‘Har Khet ko Pani’ for providing end to end solutions in irrigation supply chain, viz., water resources, distribution network, farm level applications and improving water use efficiency. Micro irrigation (MI) is being popularized to ensure ‘Per Drop – More Crop’ (PDMC).
Objective
Har Khet ko Pani “Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana”
Government of India is committed to accord high priority to water conservation and its management. To this effect Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been formulated with the vision of extending the coverage of irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and improving water use efficiency ‘More crop per drop' in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister has accorded approval of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in its meeting held on 1st July, 2015.
PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (DoLR) and the On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC). PMKSY has been approved for implementation across the country with an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore in five years.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a new Central Sector Scheme to provide income support to all landholding farmers' families in the country to supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs.
Eligibility
All land holding eligible farmer families (subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria) are to avail of the benefits under this scheme.
The following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be eligible for benefit under the scheme.
Benefits
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, all landholding farmers' families shall be provided the financial benefit of Rs. 6000 per annum per family payable in three equal installments of Rs. 2000 each, every four months.