Social Schemes - Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare

Social Schemes - Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare

Important Schemes

1. Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

Objective

• With a view to augment the income of the Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs), the

Government has launched a new Central Sector Scheme, namely, “Pradhan Mantri

KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)” in the current financial year.

• The PM-KISAN scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of the SMFs in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income at the end of the each crop cycle.
• This would also protect them from falling in the clutches of moneylenders for meeting such expenses and ensure their continuance in the farming activities.

Cut-off Date

• The Scheme shall be effective from 01.12.2018 for transfer of benefit to eligible

beneficiaries.

• The cut-off date for determining the eligibility of beneficiaries, has been kept as

01.02.2019.

• Changes, if any, in the cut-off date for eligibility of benefit under the scheme for next 5 years will only be considered with approval of the Cabinet. However benefit will be allowed on transfer of ownership of cultivable land on account of succession due to death of the landowner.

Definition of Families

• The SMFs landholder farmer family is defined as “a family comprising of husband, wife and minor children who collectively own cultivable land upto 2 hectare as per land records of the concerned State/UT”.

Basis for Identification

• The number of eligible SMFs under the scheme has been estimated on the basis of projection of Agricultural Census 2015-16 data for 2018-19.
• The projected number of holding of SMFs landholder farmer families for FY 2018-19 is 15 crore.
• Due to likely exclusion of certain categories of beneficiaries of higher economic strata,the total number of eligible beneficiaries has been taken as 12.50 crore.
• The existing land-ownership system will be used for identification of beneficiaries for calculation of financial benefit under the scheme.

Scheme Contours and Financial Outlay

• The Scheme to be implemented as Central Sector Scheme with 100% financial support by Government of India (GoI).
• For financial year 2018-19, a budget provision of Rs. 20,000 crore has been kept for disbursal of financial benefit to the eligible landholding SMFs families.
• Similarly, a budgetary provision of Rs. 75,000 crore has been kept in the financial year 2019-20 for disbursal of financial benefits to eligible landholding SMFs families.

Benefit to eligible SMFs

• Under the Scheme, a direct payment of Rs. 6000 per year will be transferred in three

equal installments of Rs. 2000 each every four months into the Aadhar ceded bank

accounts of eligible landholding SMFs families.

• The first installment for the period 01.12.2018 to 31.03.2019, under the scheme will be

transferred to the eligible beneficiaries in the current financial year (2018-19) itself. First

Installment shall be transferred immediately on identification of the beneficiaries.

Aadhar Capturing

• For availing benefits under the scheme, Aadhaar is mandatory. However, in cases,

where the beneficiaries at present are not having Aadhar or Aadhar Enrollment number, alternate prescribed documents can be collected for identity verification and transfer of benefit to such farmer families for transfer of 1st installment in 2018-19.

• All such beneficiaries not having Aadhaar card shall have to be compulsorily enrolled under Aadhaar, since transfer of subsequent installments will be done only on basis of Aadhaar seeded data base.
• States/UTs to ensure that there is no duplication of the payment transferred to eligible Speedy reconciliation in case of wrong/incomplete bank details of the beneficiary to be ensured.

Monitoring of the Scheme

• For effective review and monitoring of the scheme, a Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) at Central level will be set up in DAC&FW.
• The PMU headed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), shall also undertake publicity

campaign (Information, Education and Communication-IEC).

• A stratified review/monitoring mechanism at National, State and District Level.
• At the National level, there will be a Monitoring Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary.

State Govt. shall also notify the Monitoring Committees at the State & the District Level.

2. E-NAM

• National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
• Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India.

Vision

• To promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining of procedures across the integrated markets, removing information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and promoting real time price discovery based on actual demand and supply.

Mission

• Integration of APMCs across the country through a common online market platform to facilitate pan-India trade in agriculture commodities, providing better price discovery through transparent auction process based on quality of produce along with timely online payment.

3. National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)

• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) has been formulated for enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rainfed areas focusing on integrated farming, water use efficiency, soil health management and synergizing resource conservation.
• NMSA will cater to key dimensions of 'Water use efficiency', 'Nutrient Management' and 'Livelihood diversification' through adoption of sustainable development pathway by progressively shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy efficient equipments, conservation of natural resources, integrated farming, etc.

Schemes under NMSA

• Rainfed Area Development (RAD): RAD is being implemented by RFS Division
• Soil Health Management (SHM): SHM is being implemented by INM Division
• Sub Mission on Agro Forestry (SMAF): SMAF is being implemented by NRM Division
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY): PKVY is being implemented by INM Division
• Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI): Being implemented by RFS Division
• National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA): Being implemented by RFS Division
• Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER): Being implemented by INM Division
• National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF): Being implemented by INM Division
• Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute (CFQC&TI): implemented by INM Division.
  

4. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)

• The major objective of PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop), enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.
• PMKSY has been conceived 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).
• The scheme will be implemented by Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development.
• Ministry of Rural Development is to mainly undertake rain water conservation, construction of farm pond, water harvesting structures, small check dams and contour bunding etc.
• MoWR, RD &GR, is to undertake various measures for creation of assured irrigation source, construction of diversion canals, field channels, water diversion/lift irrigation, including development of water distribution systems.
• Ministry of Agriculture will promote efficient water conveyance and precision water application devices like drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns in the farm “(Jal Sinchan)”, construction of micro-irrigation structures to supplement source creation activities, extension activities for promotion of scientific moisture conservation and agronomic measures.
• Programme architecture of PMKSY will be to adopt a ‘decentralized State level planning and projectised execution’ structure that will allow States to draw up their own irrigation development plans based on District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and State Irrigation Plan (SIP).
• It will be operative as convergence platform for all water sector activities including drinking water & sanitation, MGNREGA, application of science & technology etc. through comprehensive plan. State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary of the State will be vested with the authority to oversee its implementation and sanction projects.
• The programme will be supervised and monitored by an Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) will be constituted under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister with Union Ministers from concerned Ministries.
• A National Executive Committee (NEC) will be constituted under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme implementation, allocation of resources, inter ministerial coordination, monitoring & performance assessment, addressing administrative issues etc.
  
  

5. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana” is an elaborated component of Soil Health Management (SHM) of major project National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). Under PKVY Organic farming is promoted through adoption of organic village by cluster approach and PGS certification.

Expected outcomes

The Scheme envisages:

• Promotion of commercial organic production through certified organic farming.
• The produce will be pesticide residue free and will contribute to improve the health of consumer.
• It will raise farmer's income and create potential market for traders.
• It will motivate the farmers for natural resource mobilization for input production.

Programme implementation

• Groups of farmers would be motivated to take up organic farming under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY).
• Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster having 50 acre land to take up the organic farming under the scheme. In this way during three years 10,000 clusters will be formed covering 5.0 lakh acre area under organic farming.
• There will be no liability on the farmers for expenditure on certification.
• Every farmer will be provided Rs. 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and to transport produce to the market.
• Organic farming will be promoted by using traditional resources and the organic products will be linked with the market.
• It will increase domestic production and certification of organic produce by involving farmers.