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Government Schemes:
Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmer’s Welfare

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Various Symbols used:

↑ : Increase/ Improve/ High; ↓ : Decrease/ Degrade/ Low
IA : Implementing Agency

1. PM – KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)

 [Launch] WEF 1 Dec, 2018 & launched on 24 Feb, 2019 @ Gorakhpur, UP

 [AIM] Income Support to ALL landholding farmers
 [Beneficiary] ALL landholding farmers
o List of EXCLUSIONS:
1. All Institutional Land holders
2. Farmer families w/ 1 or more member belonging to:
a. Former/ present Constitutional post holder
b. Former/ present Minister/ MP/ MLA/ Mayor
c. All serving/ retired Central/ State employees
d. All pensioners w/ monthly pension >₹10,000. (However, serving or retired multi-
tasking staff (MTS)/ Class 4/ Group D employees are eligible to get benefit under
the Scheme, provided their families are otherwise eligible and not covered under
other exclusion criteria.)
e. All Persons who paid income Tax in last assessment year.
f. Professionals like Doctors, Engineers' Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and
Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by
undertaking practices.
o all land holding farmers' families who are Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in terms of the
provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall be excluded from any benefit under the
Scheme.
o Cut-off date for eligibility of beneficiaries is 01.02.2019 ➜ NO change for next 5 years.
o Total number of beneficiaries to be covered under the scheme is about 14 crores, based on
estimates of the Agriculture Census 2015-16
o The scheme was initially meant for small and marginal farmers having landholding upto
two hectares but scope of the scheme was extended to cover all landholding farmers with
effect from 01.06.2019
o In order to maintain the authenticity and validity of the scheme, a mandatory physical
verification of 5% beneficiary every year is being done as per the provisions laid down
in the scheme.
o Automatic Validation of 10% of the beneficiaries after the payment for last trimester
o The land must be in his/her own name of beneficiaries.
o Agricultural land being used for non-agricultural purposes will not be covered for benefit
under the scheme.
o Micro land holdings, which are not cultivable, are excluded from the benefit under the
scheme.
o Govt is providing KCC facility to all PM KISAN beneficiaries
o The beneficiary database in this scheme is being regularly validated with income tax payee
database in order to have an audited and authenticated user base
 [Funding] 100% Centrally funded scheme
 ₹6000/year ➜ ₹2000 every 4 month -/ trimester, i.e. April-July, August-November and
December-March
 Cash Transfer scheme ➜ Online + DBT to bank a/c
 Enrolment for scheme can be done at CSC.

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 Identification of beneficiary based on self-declaration ➜ List published @ village level AND
Excluded ones are given opportunity
o Valid for 1 year ➜ Updated w/ upgradation of land records
 Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GSM) @ National, State & district level.
 Website: www.pmkisan.nic.in

2. Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana (PM-KMY):

 The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) provides for an assured
monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- to all land holding Small and Marginal Farmers
(SMFs), whether male or female, on attaining the age of 60 years.
 All Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in all States and Union Territories, and who do
not fall within the purview of the exclusion criteria, who are of the age of 18 years and
above and upto the age of 40 years are eligible to avail benefits of this Scheme by
joining it.
 The Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana (PM-KMY) is an old age pension
scheme for all land holding Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in thecountry.
 The Scheme was formally launched on 12th September, 2019.
 The cut-off date for determination of eligibility of beneficiaries under the scheme is
01.08.2019.
 The PM-KMY is a Central Sector Scheme administered by the Department of
Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’
Welfare, and Government of India in partnership with the Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC).
 The LIC shall be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for pension
payout.
 It is a voluntary and periodic contribution-based pension system meant for all land
holding Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) throughout the country, subject to the
aforesaid exclusion criteria.
 The SMFs shall have the option to allow payment of his/her voluntary contribution
to the Scheme from the financial benefits received by them from the PM-KISAN
Scheme directly.
 The Central Government through the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and
Farmers’ Welfare shall also contribute an equal amount as contributed by the eligible
subscriber, to the Pension Fund.
 The State / UT Governments will have the option of sharing the burden of individual SMF
beneficiary contribution.
 The amount of the monthly contribution shall range between Rs.55 to Rs.200 per
month depending upon the age of entry of the farmers into the Scheme.
 The beneficiaries may also choose an option to pay their contributions on a
quarterly, 4-monthly or half-yearly basis.
 In case an eligible subscriber exits this Scheme within a period of less than ten
years from the date of joining the Scheme by him, then the share of contribution by him
only will be returned to him with savings bank rate of interest payable thereon.
 If an eligible subscriber exits after completion of a period of ten years or more from the
date of joining the Scheme by him but before his age of sixty years, then his share of
contribution only shall be returned to him along with accumulated interest thereon as
actually earned by the Pension Fund or the interest at the savings bank interest rate
thereon, whichever is higher.
 In case of death of the subscriber before the vesting date, if the spouse does not
exercise the option of continuing under the scheme, then the subscribers’ contributions
along with fund interest earned or Savings Bank Interest whichever is higher would be
payable.

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 During the receipt of pension, if the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall
be entitled to receive 50% of the pension received by the beneficiary as family pension
provided he/she is not already a beneficiary of the scheme. Family pension is applicable
only to spouse.
 If a beneficiary becomes ineligible for the Pension under PM-KMY, his account will be
active but Government’s contribution (50%) shall be stopped. If beneficiary agrees to
pay the entire amount of the contribution, he will be allowed to operate the account. At
the age of 60, he shall be allowed to withdraw his contribution with an interest
equivalent to the prevailing saving bank rates.
 There is no provision for commutation of pension under any circumstances
 The Eligible SMFs desirous of joining the scheme shall visit the nearest Common Service
Centre (CSC) along with his Aadhaar card and bank passbook or account details. The
enrolment at CSC Centres is free of cost and the applicant farmers / their spouse shall
not have to pay any charge for the purpose.
 Rs 30 per beneficiaries will be paid by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation &
Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare to CSC.
 SMF means those have Cultivable land up to 2 hectares as per land records of the
concerned State/UT.
 Exclusion criteria:
o SMFs covered under any other statutory social security schemes such as the
National Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Scheme,
Employees’ Fund Organization Scheme etc.
o Farmers who have opted for the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi MaanDhan Yojana
(PMSYM) National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self-Employed Persons Yojana
administered by the Ministry of Labour & Employment
o Following farmers also excluded:
 All institutional landholders
 Former and present holders of constitutional posts
 Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members
of the Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State
Legislative Councils, former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations,
former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
 All serving or retired officers and employees of the Central/ State
Government Ministries/ Offices/ Departments and their field units, Central
or State PSEs and Attached offices/ Autonomous Institutions under the
Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding
Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees)
 All persons who paid Income Tax in the last assessment year.
 Professionals like doctors, engineers, lawyers, chartered accountant and
architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by
undertaking practice.
 When a PM-KMY Pension Account is in default, the same may be regularized with
payment of all contributions that have fallen due along with interest as follows:
 Until 1 month from first unpaid contribution: No late fee would be
charged.
 Account can be regularized by paying contribution amount only.
 If the period of default of a particular installment is up to 12 months,
the reckoning of interest would be simple interest method. But if period of
default of a particular installment is over 12 months, then compounding
interest would be reckoned for completed number of years.
 The interest/late fee charged would be credited into pension account and
shall be part of fund earnings under the scheme.
 If contributions remain unpaid for a period of six months, such account
status would be changed to ‘dormant account’ and for dormant accounts
demand would not be raised further. Suitable SMS alerts / notices would,
however, be sent for the dormant status accounts for a period of three

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years from date of first unpaid contribution. However, after three years
subscriber may be allowed to regularize his/her contribution by paying the
entire outstanding dues, along with interest of the rate as determined by the
Government from time to time

3. e-NAM (National Agri Marketplace)

 [Launch] 2016
 [AIM] Unified National agri marketplace
o Willing States to accordingly enact suitable provisions in their APMC Act for promotion of
e-trading by their State Agricultural Marketing Board/APMC.
o Liberal licensing of traders/ buyers & commission agents by State authorities without any
pre-condition of physical presence or possession of shop/ premises in the market yard.
o Single point levy of market fees, i.e., on first wholesale purchase from the farmer.
o Provision of Soil Testing Laboratories in/near selected mandi to facilitate visiting farmers
to access this facility in the mandi itself.
 [Implementing Agency] Nodal ➜ SFAC (Small Farmers Agri Consortium)
 [Assistance] Grant of ₹75L/mandi for infra related activities. Initially Rs.30.00 lakhs per
mandi was allotted as one-time fixed grant for computer hardwares, internet facilities,
assaying equipments. While, additional Rs.40.00 lakhs per mandi was sanctioned for
creation of facilities such as sorting, grading, cleaning and packaging etc further for bio-
composting unit per mandiRs.5.00 lakhs were allocated.
 Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC), the Lead Implementing Agency (LIA),
through Strategic Partner (SP) Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (NFCL) for
implementation of e-NAM, will depute at all APMCs/ Regulated Market Committees (RMCs)
free of cost one Mandi Analyst at each market, for a period of one year to provide day-today
hand holding support to stakeholders for its successful implementation.
 Currently there are 1000 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) that are
linked to the e-NAM network from 18 states and 3 UT's. 1000 more mandis to be integrated
soon.
 Govt plans to connect over 22,000 GrAMs, local farmers markets, with the platform.
 FPO trading module has been launched whereby FPOs can trade their produce from their
collection center/ premise without bringing the produce to APMC.
 Warehouse-based trading module is provided in e-NAM to facilitate trade from warehouses
based on e-NWR
 Website: www.enam.gov.in
 e-NAM portal has been successfully integrated with e-portals like AGMARKNET, KISAN
SUVIDHA, KISAN RATH and UMANG.
 Weather Forecasting Details for e-NAM mandis by Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD)

 eNAM mobile App: Available on Android for farmers/ traders to bid & complete transaction
o Available in 12 languages
o Payment network RTGS/NEFT, debit card & internet banking also integrated into app.
o In 2017, mobile payment, UPI facility through BHIM support was also added.
o Farmers / Sellers can locate their nearby e-NAM mandi using GPS-based mandi locator
feature through e-NAM mobile app
o Shopping Cart Feature
o Integration of Electronic Negotiable Warehouse (eNWR) with e-NAM
o FPO & Farmgate Module
o Grievance Redressal Management System (GRMS)
 Pre-requisites for e-NAM: There are three basic criteria for a state to propose Mandis for e-
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o The state APMC Act must have a specific provision for e-auction/electronic trading as
mode of price discovery.
o There must be one single trading license to be valid across the state/UT
o A single point levy of market fee across the State/UT

 Beneficiaries & Benefits of the Scheme: e-NAM is designed and implemented to benefit all
the stakeholders- farmers, mandis, traders, buyers, processers and the exporters. The
benefits to stakeholders include:
o Transparent online trading with enhanced accessibility to the market.
o Real time price discovery for better & stable price realization for producers.
o Reduced transaction cost for buyers.
o Availability of information on e-NAM mobile app about commodity prices.
o The details of price of commodity sold along with quantity are received through SMS.
o Quality certification.
o More efficient supply chain& warehouse-based sales.
o Online payment directly to the bank accounts of the farmers.

4. National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility / Agriculture

Infrastructure Fund:
Central Sector Scheme-100% funding by central government

Implemented by: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare;

Hon’ble Finance Minister announced on 15.05.2020 Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure

Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers.

Some facts:

Agriculture and allied activities are the primary income source for ~58% of total
population of India.

85% of the farmers are Small Holding Farmers (SHFs) with less than 2 hectares of land
under cultivation and manage ~45% of agricultural land.

Key Points:
 Aim: To provide medium - long term debt financing facility for investment in
viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community
farming assets.
o The funds will be provided for setting up of cold stores and chains,
warehousing, silos, assaying, grading and packaging units, e-marketing points
linked to e-trading platforms and ripening chambers, besides PPP projects for
crop aggregation sponsored by central/state/local bodies.
 Duration: Financial Year 2020-21 to 2032-33.
 Recent amendment: Extension of the period of financial facility from 4 to 6 years
i.e. upto 2025- 26 and extension of overall period of the scheme from 10 to 13 years
i.e upto 2032-33.
 During the financial year 2020-21, the projects amounting to about Rs.4000 crore
have been sanctioned, the financing facility of the balance amount of Rs.96,000

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crore has been distributed year-wise accordingly to be provided in the next five
years.
 The financing facility of the balance amount of ₹ 96,000 crore will be distributed @
₹16,000 crore for 2021-22 and @ ₹ 20,000 crore per year for the next four years
w.e.f. 2022-23 to 2025- 26
 Features:

o Financial Support: Rs. 1 Lakh Crore will be provided by banks and financial
institutions as loans to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS),
Marketing Cooperative Societies, Farmer Producers Organizations
(FPOs), Self Help Group (SHG), Farmers, Joint Liability Groups
(JLG), Multipurpose Cooperative Societies, Custom Hiring Centres, Agri-
entrepreneurs and Central/State agencies or Local Bodies sponsored by Public
Private Partnership Projects.
 Moratorium for repayment may vary subject to minimum of 6 months and
maximum of 2 years.
o Interest Subvention: Loans will have interest subvention of 3% per
annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 crores. This subvention will be available for a
maximum period of seven years.
o The cap on lending rate of participation lending entities will be 06 monthly
MCLR plus 100 Basis Point (floating) subject to maximum 9.00% per annum.
o CGTMSE Scheme: A credit guarantee coverage will be available for eligible
borrowers from the scheme under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro
and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme for a loan up to Rs. 2 crores.
o One eligible entity puts up projects in different locations then all such projects
will be eligible under the scheme for loan upto ₹ 2 crore.
o For a private sector entity, such as farmer, agri entrepreneur, start-up there
will be a limit of maximum of 25 such projects.
o Limitation of 25 projects will not be applicable to state agencies, national and
state federations of cooperatives, federations of FPOs and federation of SHGs.
o Farmer Producer Organizations: In case of FPOs the credit guarantee may be
availed from the facility created under FPO promotion scheme.
o Refinance support will be made available by NABARD to all eligible lending
entities including cooperative banks and RRBs as per its policy.
o All scheduled commercial banks, scheduled cooperative banks, Regional Rural
Banks (RRBs), Small Finance Banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies
(NBFCs) and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) may
participate to provide this financing facility, after signing of Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development
(NABARD)/DAC&FW.
o A minimum of 10% of the project cost shall be mandatory as promoter’s
contribution.
o 24% of total grants – in – aid under the scheme should be utilized for SC/ST
entrepreneurs (16% for SC and 8% for ST). Besides this, lending institutions
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will ensure adequate coverage of entrepreneurs belonging to women and other
weaker segments of society.
o Interest subvention and credit guarantee support will be released to Banks and
lending institutions through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) .
 Management: The fund will be managed and monitored through an
online Management Information System (MIS) platform. It will enable all the
qualified entities to apply for loan under the Fund.
o National level Monitoring Committee (NLMC), State level Monitoring Committee
(SLMC) and District level Monitoring Committee (DLMC) will monitor at
National, State and District level.

5. FORMATION AND PROMOTION OF 10,000 FARMER PRODUCER

ORGANIZATIONS (FPOs) in 5 years:

Launched Year: 2020

Implemented by: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare;
Central Sector Scheme-100% funding by central government
Objectives of the Scheme:
 To provide holistic and broad based supportive ecosystem to form new 10,000
FPOs to facilitate development of vibrant and sustainable income oriented farming
and for overall socio-economic development and wellbeing of agrarian
communities.

 To provide handholding and support to new FPOs up to 5 years from the year of
creation in all aspects of management of FPO, inputs, production, processing and
value addition, market linkages, credit linkages and use of technology etc.

 The scheme on formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs is to be implemented for

5 years from 2019-20 to till 2023-24 and financial support to FPOs till 2027-28
with a total budgetary outlay of Rs.6865 Cr.

FPOs:
It is a Producer Organisation (PO) where the members are farmers registered
under Part IXA of Companies Act or under Co-operative Societies Act of the
concerned States. Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is providing
support for the promotion of FPOs.
 FPOs help in the collectivization of such small, marginal and landless
farmers in order to give them the collective strength to deal with such issues.
 Members of the FPO will manage their activities together in the organization
to get better access to technology, input, finance and market for faster
enhancement of their income.

Key points:

 FPO with a minimum farmer-members’ size of 300 shall be eligible under the
scheme in plains, while in North-Eastern and Hilly areas (including such other areas
of UTs), size of 100 shall be eligible. Hilly area means area at a height of 1000 metre
or above Mean Sea Level.
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 Farmer-members cohesively located with almost same interest are to be mobilized to

form a group of 15-20 Members, calling the group as Farmer Interest Group (FIG) or
Self Help Group (SHG), Farmers Club (FC), Joint Liability Group (JLG) , Rythu Mitra
Group. (In case of North-Eastern and Hilly areas 7-8 members).

 However, efforts will be made to achieve an average membership size of 500 farmers
in plain areas and 200 farmers in Hilly and North-Eastern regions to make them
sizable for economic sustainability and profitability.

 Efforts for Two FPOs in at least each of potential 5,000 blocks out of existing
about 7,000 blocks and efforts will be made to cover all blocks in the country.

 At national level, a National Project Management Agency (NPMA) will be set up by

SFAC through transparent manner for providing overall project guidance, data
maintenance through integrated portal and information management and monitoring.

 In order to form and promote FPOs in uniform and effective manner so as to achieve
the target of formation of 10,000 new FPOs in 5 years and to make the FPOs
economically sustainable, three Implementing Agencies, namely, SFAC, NCDC and
NABARD, shall be responsible to form and promote FPOs.

 Formation and promotion of FPO is based on Produce Cluster Area, which is broadly
defined as: “Produce Cluster aera” for purpose of FPO formation and management
herein means a geographical area wherein agricultural and allied produce such as
horticulture produce of similar or of almost similar nature is grown / cultivated;
therefore, an FPO can be formed for leveraging economies of scale in production and
marketing. This will also cover Organic Produce and Natural Farming.

 Produce cluster area is to be identified with the input of District Level Monitoring
Committee (D-MC), State Level Consultative Committee (SLCC), other
Ministries/Departments of Government of India and the States as well as with
recommendations of Implementing Agencies with input from Cluster- Based
Business Organization (CBBO) and suggestions of relevant Government of India
Organizations.

 At national level, a National Project Management Agency (NPMA) will be set up by

Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) through transparent manner for
providing overall project guidance, data maintenance through integrated portal and
information management and monitoring.

 Implementing Agencies (viz. SFAC and NCDC) will be given upfront amount computed
@ 3% of estimated annual expenditure in the form of supervision charges to meet the
expenses incurred in discharge of their duties and responsibilities; while additional
amount computed @ 2% will be given to them based on their performance
assessment.

 The Formation and Incubation cost of CBBO, limited to maximum of Rs. 25 lakh /
FPO of support or actual which is lesser, is to be provided for five years from the year
of formation.

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 Under the scheme, financial support to Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) @ up to
maximum of Rs. 18 lakh / FPO or actual, whichever is lesser is to be provided
during three years from the year of formation.

 Under the scheme, the registration cost of incorporating FPOs under Companies Act.
or registering under Co-operative Societies Act. will be reimbursable up to a limit of
Rs. 40,000/- or actual, whichever is less; and remaining, if any, will be borne by
respective FPO.

 Equity Grant shall be in the form of matching grant upto Rs. 2,000 per farmer
member of FPO subject to maximum limit of Rs. 15.00 lakh fixed per FPO. 1500 crs
will be provided to cover matching grant in all 10000 FPOs.

 Maximum shareholding by any one member shall not be more than 10% of total
equity of the FPO.

 A farmer can be member in more than one FPO with different produce clusters but
he/she will be eligible only once(for any one FPO that he/she is a member) for the
matching equity grant up to his/her share.

 Minimum 50% of its shareholders of FPO will be small, marginal and landless tenant
farmers as defined by the Agriculture Census carried out periodically by the Ministry
of Agriculture, GoI. Women farmers’ participation as its shareholders is to be
preferred.

 Corpus of Credit Guarantee Fund (CGF):

 The primary objective of CGF is providing a Credit Guarantee Cover to Eligible

Lending Institution (ELI) to enable them to provide collateral free credit to FPOs by
minimising their lending risks in respect of loans.

 A dedicated Fund of up to Rs. 1,500.00 crore will be created as CGF. Out of up to

Rs. 1,500.00 crore CGF, up to Rs. 1,000.00 crore will be created, maintained and
managed by NABARD and the rest of up to Rs. 500.00 crore by NCDC.

 DAC&FW will annually contribute on matching share basis to CGF created,

maintained and managed by NABARD and NCDC each

6. Soil Health Card Scheme

 Tagline: “Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa.” – Healthy Earth. Green Farm
 [Launch] Feb 2015 at Suratgarh, Rajasthan (The International Year of Soils was celebrated in
2015)
 [Aim] To assist State Govts to issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country.
o Provide info to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation on
appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
 It will contain the status of soil with respect to 12 parameters, namely N,P,K (Macro-
nutrients); S (Secondary- nutrient); Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo (Micro - nutrients); and pH,
Electrical Conductivity (EC), Organic Carbon (OC), (Physical parameters).
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 Issued in a cycle of every 2 years for all land holdings in the country
 Soil samples will be drawn in a grid of 2.5 ha in irrigated area and 10 ha in rain- fed area
with the help of GPS tools and revenue maps.
 Soil Samples will be collected by a trained person from a depth of 15-20 cm by cutting the
soil in a “V” shape.
 The scheme is promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation under the Ministry
of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
 The State Government will collect samples through the staff of their Department of
Agriculture or through the staff of an outsourced agency. The State Government may also
involve the students of local Agriculture / Science Colleges.
 Soil Samples are taken generally two times in a year, after harvesting of Rabi and Kharif Crop
respectively or when there is no standing crop in the field.
 A sum of Rs. 190 per soil sample is provided to State Governments. This covers the cost of
collection of soil sample, its test, generation and distribution of soil health card to the farmer.
 The State Government will refer 1% of all the samples in a year to a ‘Referral Laboratory’ to
analyse and certify on the results of Primary Laboratory.
 A laboratory costs up to Rs 5,00,000, 75 per cent of which can be funded by the Central and
State Governments.
 Note:
o National Productivity Council (NPC) carried out a study on ‘Soil Testing
Infrastructure for Faster Delivery of Soil Health Card in India’ in 2017.

o More than 90 per cent of farmers surveyed informed that they have not got their soil tested
before the implementation of this scheme.
o 92 per cent farmers reported not having used balanced fertilizer and micro nutrients in
absence of information related to availability of nutrients in their soil.
o In the study it was found that application of fertilizer and micronutrients based on
Soil Health Card (SHC) recommendations resulted in 8-10% of savings and overall
increase in the yield of crops to the tune of 5-6% reported by adopting the SHC
recommendations.

o Overall increase in the yield of crops to the tune of 5-6 per cent was reported due to
application of fertilizer and micro nutrients as per recommendations available in the Soil
Health Cards.

7. PKVY (Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana)

 [Launch] 2015
 [AIM] Organic Farming by cluster approach (Traditional Farming Improvement Priogram)
o Natural resource based integrated & climate resilient sustainable farming systems.
 It is a sub-component of Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme under National Mission
for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
 PGS (Participatory Guarantee System) certification via cluster approach
 Action plan for Organic Farming, Integrated Manure Management, Packing, Labelling &
Branding of organic products of cluster.
 The objective is to produce agricultural products free from chemicals and pesticides residues
by adopting eco- friendly, low- cost technologies. Key Thrust areas of PKVY in promoting
organic farming include the following:
o Promote organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/ consumers/ traders
o Disseminate latest technologies in organic farming
o Utilize the services of experts from public agricultural research system in India
o Organize a minimum of one cluster demonstration in a village
 NCOF (National Centre of Organic Farming) ➜ Monitoring body for PGS Certification

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 Jaivik Kheti Portal ➜ Knowledge + Marketing platform
 Cluster Approach: Fifty or more farmers form a cluster having 20 ha or 50-acre land to take
organic farming and states have been asked to implement in cluster size of 1000 ha in plain
area and 500 ha in hilly area to facilitate marketing of organic produce
 Government planned to form around 10 thousand clusters in three years (by 2017-18) and
cover an area of 2 Lakh hectares under organic farming.
 An assistance of approx. 50000 per hectare for a three-year period out of which Rs. 31,000
(62%) is provided directly through DBT for inputs (bio fertilizers, bio-pesticides, organic
manure, compost, vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc).
 Total financial assistance available for a 20 ha or 50-acre cluster shall be a maximum of Rs.
10 lakhs for farmer members
 Rs. 4.95 lakhs per cluster is available to Implementing Agencies (IAs) for mobilization and
adoption of PGS Certification and Quality Control
 a minimum of 65 percent farmers should be allocated to small and marginal category
 30% budgetary allocation for women beneficiaries
 [Funding] 60:40 @ General + 90:10 @ NER + Himalayan + 100% @ UTs
 100 percent grant for Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), State Agricultural
Universities (SAUs), Central Agricultural Universities (CAUs), Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs),
National Seed Corporation (NSC), Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC), Farmers
Producers Organisations (FPOs) etc.
 Regional Councils (RCs) of National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) eligible for 90%
assistance with at least 10 per project cost contribution
 PKVY is being implemented by the Organic Farming cell of the Integrated Nutrient
Management (Division) of Department of Agriculture; Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
(DAC&FW).
 National Advisory Committee (NAC) chaired by the Joint Secretary (INM) is the apex policy
making body for the scheme

8. Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP):

 a sub-mission under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), which falls within the
umbrella of the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
 BPKP aims at promoting traditional indigenous practices, which give freedom to farmers from
externally purchased inputs. It focuses on on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on
biomass mulching; use of cow dung–urine formulations; and exclusion of all synthetic
chemical inputs either directly or indirectly.
 The scheme has a total outlay of Rs 4645.69 crore for the period of six years (2019-20
to 2024-25) and implemented on demand driven basis following Centrally Sponsored
Scheme (CSS) guidelines.
 Eight states—Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand—have opted for the scheme.
 The scheme is compliant to PGS-India certification under PGS India programme
 Components of BPKP
 Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12,200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster
formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification
and residue analysis and as follows:
o Deployment of manpower and management cost for 1000 ha Block level
implementation of programme including data management and uploading (@ Rs
4,500/ha for 3 years)
o Cluster formation and Capacity building including exposure visits, and trainings of
field functionaries (@ Rs 3,000/ha for 3 years)
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o PGS certification & Residue analysis (@ Rs 2,700/ha for 3 years)
o Incentive to farmers as DBT (Rs. 2,000/ha)
 One Cluster Coordinator-cum-Champion Farmer (CCCF) will be deployed for each cluster of
1000 ha for formation of clusters and training farmers.
 One Senior Local Resource Person (SLRP) will be deployed for each 1000 ha block-level
cluster. SLRP can be an experienced natural farmer or an agricultural graduate trained in
natural farming systems under Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) principles and PGS
certification systems.
 Local Resource Person (LRP): Two LRPs will be deployed against every 1000 ha block-level
cluster. LRP will be an experienced natural farming farmer or person having 2–3 years of
experience in the management of BPKP/ZBNF clusters or similar such systems.
 Community Resource Person (CRP): 10 CRPs will be hired for 1000 ha block-level cluster
and deployed at village level. Of the farmers trained by Champion Farmers, some can be
selected as Community Resource Persons (CRP) after training in the first year.

9. PMKSY (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchaee Yojana)

PMKSY not only focuses on creating sources for assured irrigation, but also creating protective
irrigation by harnessing rain water at micro level through ‘Jal Sanchay’ and ‘Jal Sinchan.
The PMKSY was initially approved in 2015 for implementation across the country with an
indicative outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore in five years.
 Tagline: Har Khet Ko Pani
 [Launch] 2015
 [AIM] Achieve convergence of investment in irrigation at field level
o ↑ recharge of acquifers
o Introduce sustainable water conservation practices.
o Greater pvt. investment @ irrigation
o Promote extension activities related to water harvesting, management & crop alignment
 [Implementing Agency] State Agri Dept ➜ Will collate ALL sub projects of each cluster
received from different Implementing dept/ districts as one DPR (Detailed Project Report)
 Decentralised state planning + NSC (National Steering Committee) under PM
 PMKSY-MIS: GS for social audit
 LTIF (Long Term Irrigation Fund) ➜ Incomplete major/ medium projects
 MIF (Micro Irrigation Fund) ➜ finance to states @ ↓ rates ➜ NABARD
 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the extension for 2021-26.
Extension of PMKSY has been approved with an overall outlay of Rs. 93,068.56 crore
(central assistance of Rs. 37,454 crore, debt servicing to NABARD for Rs. 20,434.56 crore and
State share to be borne by the State Governments being Rs. 35,180 crore).
 State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary of the respective
States are authorized to sanction projects, oversee its implementation and monitoring.
 National Executive Committee (NEC) under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI
Aayog will oversee programme implementation, allocation of resources, inter-ministerial
coordination, monitoring & performance assessment, addressing administrative issues.

Components:
1. AIBP [1996] (Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program):
o Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of
Jal Shakti (MoJS)
o [Funding] 25:75 @ General + 90:10 @ NER + Himalayan + UTs and 60:40 @National
Projects, Projects benefitting special area in other general category States, i.e., command
under Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) & Desert Development Programme (DDP),
Tribal area, Flood prone area, Left Wing Extremist area etc.

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o Faster completion of ongoing Major/ Medium Irrigation+ National Project
o Additional irrigation potential of 13.88 lakh hectare during 2021-26
2. Watershed Development:
o Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)
o IWMP [2009] (Integrated Watershed Management) ➜ IWDP + DDP (Desert) + DPAP
(Drought Prone Area)
o Cluster approach @ selection/ prep. of project
o Neeranchal Project ➜ World Bank Assisted
o Watershed Development component focuses on Effective management of runoff water and
improved soil & moisture conservation activities such as ridge area treatment, drainage
line treatment, rain water harvesting, in-situ moisture conservation and other allied
activities on watershed basis
o Target to cover 49.5 lakh hectare during 2021-26
3. Har Khet Ko Pani
o Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of
Jal Shakti (MoJS)
o [Funding] 60:40 @ General + 90:10 @ NER + Himalayan + 100% @ UTs
o HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components, (i) Command Area Development & Water
Management (CADWM), (ii) Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) & Repair, Renovation and
Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, and (iii) Ground Water (GW)
o Additional irrigation of 4.5 lakh hectare during 2021-26
o Eligibility:
 Less than 60 per cent of the annual replenishable groundwater resources have
been developed.
 Average annual rainfall of 750 mm or more to have availability of enough water
for recharge;
 Shallow groundwater levels within range of 15m below ground level or less
during preMonsoon period.
o The beneficiary under this scheme are small and marginal farmers only with priority to be
given to SC/ST and Women farmers
o Ground water development for irrigation can be planned in such a way that after
implementation of the project, stage of Ground Water extraction should not exceed 70% at
any time.
o Central Ground water Board (CGWB) is monitoring agency.
4. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
o Ministry of Agri & Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW)
o [Funding] 60:40 @ General + 90:10 @ NER + Himalayan + 100% @ UTs
o Financial assistance 55% for small & marginal farmers & 45% for other farmers
o 30% funds for women beneficiaries.
o Major activities under Per Drop - More Crop can be categorized into “Micro Irrigation”
including Drip, Sprinkler, Micro Sprinklers etc. and “Supplementary Water Management
Activities (SWMA)/ Other interventions”. SWMA activities include farm level secondary
storage structures
o during the years 2015-22, Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component was being implemented
by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under PMKSY, which has now been
taken up under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
o OFWM [2014] (On Farm Water Management) ➜ Subsumed u/ PDMC ➜ Water Use
efficiency ➜ Drip + Sprinkler ➜ u/ NMSA (National Mission for Sustainable Agri)
o ICT interventions via NeGP (National e-Governance Plan) ➜ Precision Irrigation, OFWM,
crop alignment.

10. PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana)

 [Launch] 2016

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 [Beneficiary] All farmers including Sharecroppers & tenant farmers are eligible.
 The scheme is optional for all farmers including farmers who have been sanctioned short-
term Seasonal Agricultural Operations (SAO) loans/Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
 [AIM] To provide insurance coverage & financial support to farmers in the event of natural
calamities, pests & diseases.
o To stabilise income of farmers & ensure their continuance in farming.
o To encourage them to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices.
o To ensure flow of credit to agriculture sector
 [Premium] 2% (Kharif), 1.5% (Rabi) & 5% (Horticulture crops)
 Replaced all except Restructured WBCIS (Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme) (weather
parameters as proxy for crop yield in compensating cultivators for deemed crop losses)
1. NAIS (National Agri Insurance Scheme) OR RKBY (Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana) ➜ 2000
2. Modified NAIS – AICI (Agri Insurance Corporation of IN) was implementing these.
3. FIIS (Farmer Income Insurance Scheme) in 2003-04 ➜ withdrawn in 2004.
 [IA] Public ➜ AIC, UIIC, etc & Pvt insurance companies are empanelled
o States allowed to set up their own insurance companies for implementing the scheme.
 Aadhaar has been made mandatory for availing Crop insurance from Kharif 2017 season
onwards.
 Collection of premium under the Scheme is exempted from applicability of Goods & Service
Tax (GST)
 Special efforts shall be made to ensure maximum coverage of Scheduled Caste (SC)/
Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Women farmers under the Scheme.

Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) aims to mitigate the
hardship of the insured farmers against the likelihood of financial loss on account of
anticipated crop loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall,
temperature, wind, humidity etc.

The RWBCIS was launched on 18th February 2016 by the Prime Minister of India

Farmers covered
 All farmers including sharecroppers and tenant farmers growing the notified crops in
the notified areas are eligible for coverage. However, farmers should have an
insurable interest on the insured crop. The non-loanee farmers are required to
submit necessary documentary evidence of land records and/or applicable
contract/agreements details (in case of sharecroppers/tenant farmers).
 All farmers availing Seasonal Agricultural Operations (SAO) loans from Financial
Institutions (i.e., loanee farmers) for the crop(s) notified are covered on a compulsory
basis.
 The Scheme is optional for the non-loanee farmers. They can choose between WBCIS
and PMFBY, and also the insurance company.
 All other conditions are same as PMFBY
Perils covered
Following major weather perils, which are deemed to cause “Adverse Weather Incidence”,
leading to crop loss, shall be covered under the scheme.
 Rainfall – Deficit Rainfall, Excess rainfall, Unseasonal Rainfall, Rainy days, Dry-
spell, Dry days
 Relative Humidity
 Temperature – High temperature (heat), Low temperature
 Wind Speed
 A combination of the above

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 Hailstorms, cloud-burst may also be covered as Add-on/Index-Plus products for
those farmers who have already taken normal coverage under WBCIS.

The revised premium rates payable by the cultivator for different crops are as follows under both the schemes:

Maximum Insurance charges payable by the farmer

Crops (% of Sum Insured -SI)

Season – Kharif – Food & Oilseeds crops (all cereals,

millets, & oilseeds, pulses) 2.0% of SI or Actuarial rate, whichever is less

Season – Rabi – Food & Oilseeds crops (all cereals,

millets, & oilseeds, pulses) 1.5% of SI or Actuarial rate, whichever is less

Season – Rabi and Kharif – Annual Commercial / Annual

Horticultural crops
Perennial horticultural / commercial crops (pilot basis) 5% of SI or Actuarial rate, whichever is less

PMFBY 2.0: Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the revamp of the Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the Restructured Weather Based Crop
Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS).

 The revamped scheme will be effective from 2020 Kharif season.

Following changes have been made for the both schemes:

 The Centre has slashed its share of the premium subsidy from the current 50% to
just 25% in irrigated areas and 30% for unirrigated areas. Districts having 50% or
more irrigated area will be considered as irrigated area/district
 Enrolment under the Scheme made voluntary for all farmers.
 Actuarial/bidded premium as mentioned above to be paid by farmers. Premium over
and above these limits will be treated as subsidy and shall be shared equally in 50:50
ratio by the Centre and States/UTs in all States/UTs except North Eastern Region
(NER) where subsidy sharing pattern between the Centre and States will be in the
90:10 ratio.
 Insurance companies have to now spend 0.5% of the total premium collected
on information, education and communication (IEC) activities
 In the revamped PMFBY, a provision has been incorporated wherein if states don’t
release their share before March 31 for the Kharif season and September 30 for rabi,
they would not be allowed to participate in the scheme in subsequent seasons.
 Post-Harvest Losses: Coverage is available only up to a maximum period of two
weeks (14 days) from harvesting against specific perils of hailstorm, cyclone,
cyclonic rains and unseasonal rains
 The cut-off date for enrolment of each notified crop should be based on crop
calendars of the districts and normally may not be beyond 15 July for Kharif season
and 15 December for Rabi crops.
 States will make an additional provision of a separate budget allocation of 3% of the
total budget of the Scheme for administrative expenses from Financial Year (FY)
2020-21
 Insurance companies will now be selected by the States for 3 years in a go instead of
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 Insurance Companies to pay 12% interest to farmers for delaying claim payment
beyond 30 days. Similarly, penalty of 12% interest per month shall be levied on State
Government if failing to release state share of premium subsidy within 3 months of
requisition by concerned Insurance Company.
 Upto 3% of the total budget for PMFBY/RWBCIS shall be earmarked by States/UTs
for implementation and monitoring of the Scheme
 The scheme is optional for all farmers including farmers who have been sanctioned
short-term Seasonal Agricultural Operations (SAO) loans/Kisan Credit Card (KCC) for
the notified crops from defined FIs (hereinafter referred to as Loanee farmers).
Existing Loanee farmers who do not want to get covered under the scheme have the
option of opting-out from the Schemes.
 Merely, sanctioning of crop loan against other collateral securities including fixed
deposits, gold/jewel loans, mortgage loans etc. without having insurable interest of
the farmer on the insurable land and notified crops shall not be eligible for coverage
under the Scheme.
 Special efforts shall be made to ensure maximum coverage of Scheduled Caste (SC)/
Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Women farmers under the Scheme.
 In cases where majority of the insured farmers of a notified area, having intent to
sow/plant and incurred expenditure for the purpose, are prevented from
sowing/planting the insured crop due to adverse weather conditions, farmers shall be
eligible for indemnity claims up to a maximum of 25 per cent of the sum-insured.
 The average sum insured per hectare has increased from Rs 15,100 during the pre-
PMFBY schemes to Rs 40,700 under PMFBY.

11. NMSA (National Mission for Sustainable Agri):

 [Launch] 2014-15
 [AIM] Promoting location specific integrated/ composite farming systems
 From the year 2018-19, NMSA is being implemented as a sub-mission/sub-umbrella
scheme under the Umbrella Scheme of ‘Green Revolution Krishonnati Yojana’.
 NMSA was approved for four major components i.e. Rainfed Area Development (RAD); On
Farm Water Management (OFWM); Soil Health Management (SHM), Climate Change and
Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring, Modeling and Networking (CCSAMMN):.
 Subsequently, four new programmes were introduced namely Soil Health Card (SHC),
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Mission Organic Value Chain Development in
North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) and Sub Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF). During
2015-16, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was operationalised wherein
the OFWM component of NMSA was subsumed under Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
component of PMKSY. In addition to aforementioned programmes under NMSA,
Restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was launched in April 2018
 One of the missions amongst 8 missions under NAPCC
 Executive Committee (EC) headed by Secretary (DAC&FW) will oversee the
implementation & monitoring of the Mission at national level.
 State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) headed by Chief Secretary would be set up to
oversee effective implementation of the programme in the States.

 The Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes of NMSA are as under:
o Centrally Sponsored Schemes:
 Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
 Sub-Mission on Agro Forestry (SMAF)

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 National Bamboo Mission (NBM)
 Soil Health Management (SHM)
 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
o Central Sector Schemes:
 Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI)
 National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA)
 Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
 National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF)
 Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute (CFQC&TI)

 Main components are:

o Rain-fed Area Development: 2014
 RAD will adopt an area-based approach for development and conservation of
natural resources along with farming systems. This component has been
formulated in a ‘watershed plus framework’, i.e., to explore potential utilization of
natural resources base/assets available/created through watershed development
and soil conservation activities/interventions under Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed
Management Programme (IWMP), National Watershed Development Programme for
Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) River valley Projects & Flood Prone Rivers (RVP&FPR),
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
 This component will introduce appropriate farming systems by integrating multiple
components of agriculture such as crops, horticulture, livestock, fishery, forestry
with agro based income generating activities and value addition.
 Besides, soil test/soil health card based nutrient management practices,
farmland development, resource conservation and crop selection conducive to
local agro climatic condition will also be promoted under this component.
 A cluster-based approach of 100 hectare or more may be adopted to derive
noticeable impact of convergence and encourage local participation and for
future replication of the model in larger areas. Supplementary support from this
component will be admissible for gap-filling resource conservation activities under
converging programmes.
 RAD clusters should have soil analysis/soil health card/soil survey maps to
justify the interventions proposed and at least 25% of the farming system area
will have to be covered under On Farm Water Management (OFWM).
 Farming Systems recommended by ICAR’s Contingency Plans and successful
findings of National Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) projects
shall also be considered in development of integrated project plan.
 Besides, creation and development of common property resources/assets/utilities
like grain bank, biomass shredders, fodder bank, group marketing etc. will be
encouraged under this component.
 On Farm Water Management (OFWM): OFWM will focus primarily on enhancing
water use efficiency by promoting efficient on-farm water management technologies
and equipment. This will not only focus on application efficiency but, in
conjunction with RAD component, also will emphasize on effective harvesting &
management of rainwater. To conserve water on farm itself, farm ponds may be
dug using MGNREGA funds and earth moving machinery

o SMAF (Sub-Mission on Agro Forestry):The Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) has

been launched in 2016-17 to encourage and expand tree plantation on farm land, with
the motto of “Har Medh Par Ped”, along with crops/ cropping system.

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o Presently, the scheme is being implemented in 21 States and 2 UTs (Jammu &
Kashmir and Ladakh).
o The Sub-mission has the following broad objectives:
 To encourage and expand tree plantation in farmland
 To ensure availability of quality planting material
 To popularise various Agroforestry practices/models
 To create database, information and knowledge support in the area of agroforestry.
 To provide extension and capacity building support to agroforestry sector

Assistance to farmers for various interventions under the scheme is as following:

Sl Component/Activities/Sub Cost Norms Pattern of Assistance

No. Component ( Rs in lakh)

1. Nursery Development for quality planting material

(NDQPM) 100% for Government
Agencies and 50% for
(a) Small Nurseries (0.5ha) Rs 10 lakh per farmers/private agencies.
nursery

(b) Big Nurseries (1.0 ha) Rs 16 lakh per

nursery

(c) Hi –Tech Nurseries (2.0 ha) Rs 40 lakh per

nursery

2. Peripheral and Boundary Rs.70 /plant 100% for Government

Plantation(PBP) Agencies and
50% for farmers/private
3. Low Density Plantation on Rs 28,000/Ha agencies in four years in
Farm Lands (LDPFL) (100-500 the ratio of 40:20:20:20
Ha)

4. High Density Block Plantation (HDBP):

(a) 500 to 1000 plants/Ha Rs 30,000/Ha

(b) 1000 to 1200 plants/Ha Rs 35,000/Ha

(c) 1200 to 1500 plants/Ha Rs 45,000/Ha

(d) > 1500 plants/Ha Rs 50,000/Ha

5. Capacity Building and Upto 5% of total allocation to the States

Training
 At least 50% of the allocation is to be utilized for small, marginal farmers of which
atleast 30% are women beneficiaries/ farmers. Further 16% & 8% of the total

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allocation or in proportion of SC/ST population in the district will be utilized for Special
Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) respectively.

 Funding: 60:40 between Centre and State Govt. for all States excepting NE & Hilly states,
where it is 90:10 and 100% in case of UTs & National Level Agencies.

o SHM (Soil Health Management): 2014

 Soil Health Management (SHM) is one of the components under National Mission
for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
 SHM aims at promoting Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through judicious
use of chemical fertilizers including secondary and micro nutrients in conjunction
with organic manures and bio fertilizers for improving soil health and its
productivity, strengthening of soil and fertilizer testing facilities to improve soil
test-based recommendations to farmers for improving soil fertility. The activities
include trainings and demonstrations on balanced use of fertilizers.
 This component will be implemented by State Govt., National Centre of Organic
Farming (NCOF), Central Fertilizer Quality Control & Training Institute (CFQC&TI)
and Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI) through Integrated Nutrient
Management (INM) Division of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation.
 Funding Pattern:
 Soil Health components of SHM under NMSA
o Setting up of new Mobile/ Static Soil Health Testing Labs (Assistance
of 75% of cost by state, subject to a maximum limit of Rs 56 lakh per
SSTL/MSTL.)
o Strengthening of existing SSTL/MSTL. (Assistance of 75% of cost by
state, subject to a maximum limit of Rs 30 lakh per SSTL/MSTL.)
o Portable Soil Testing Kit to field level officers of State Govt. Assistance
@ Rs.15,000/Kit
 Organic & INM Components of SHM: To be implemented by NABARD in
consultation with National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF)
o Mechanized Agro waste compost production units (33% by
NABARD limited to Rs. 63 lakh/unit)
o Biofertilizer/ Biopesticide units (25% by NABARD limited to Rs. 40
lakh/unit)
o Setting up of Soil Testing Laboratories (Static/Mobile) 33% of cost
limited to Rs.25 lakh/lab for individuals / private agencies through
NABARD
o Setting up of mini-lab developed by ICAR technology: 44% of cost
limited to Rs.33000/ lab for individuals/ private agencies through
NABARD
 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):
o Organic agriculture is a production of agricultural products free from
chemicals and pesticides residues by adopting eco-friendly low cost
technologies.
o It is a sub-component of Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme
under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
o The scheme promotes cluster-based organic farming with PGS
(Participatory Guarantee System of India) certification.
o Cluster formation, training, certification and marketing are supported
under the scheme. Financial assistance of Rs.50,000 per ha /3
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given as incentive to a farmer towards organic inputs. Details are
given in this pdf.

o Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring, Modelling and

Networking (CCSAMMN): 2014
 It will provide creation and bidirectional (land/farmers to research/scientific
establishments and vice versa) dissemination of climate change related
information and knowledge by way of piloting climate change
adaptation/mitigation research/model projects in the domain of climate smart
sustainable management practices and integrated farming system suitable to
local agro-climatic conditions.
 The dedicated expert teams of technical personnel will be institutionalised within
NMSA to rigorously monitor and evaluate the mission activities thrice in a year
and will inform the National Committee.
 Comprehensive pilot blocks will be supported to illustrate functional mechanism for
dissemination of rainfed technologies, planning, convergence and coordination
with flagship schemes/Missions like MGNREGS, IWMP, Accelerated Irrigation
Benefit Programme (AIBP), RKVY, NFSM, NHM, NMAET etc.
 A consortium approach will be evolved with various stake holders including
knowledge partners like State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Krishi Vigyan
Kendras (KVKs), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institutes etc. by
the State Government to provide single window service/knowledge provider
system for the benefit of farming community.
 Climate change related monitoring, feedback, knowledge networking and skill
development will also be supported under this component through State
Agricultural Universities, ICAR Institutes National/International Institutes, KVKs,
Public/Private R&D Organizations etc.
 Awarding of Studies, Documentation & Publication, Domestic and Foreign
Training, Workshops/Conferences etc. will be supported under this component.

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