NOTES GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND INITIATIVES Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Name of Scheme and Benefits and Key Features Purpose National Beneficiaries Agricultural Higher Agricultural • Funded by the World Bank and the Education Project (NAHEP) University Indian Government To attract talent and students. • The objective of the NAHEP for India strengthen higher is to support participating agricultural agricultural education in universities and ICAR in providing the country. more relevant and higher quality education (A project by ICAR ) to Agricultural University students. • In addition, a four-year degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Forestry has been declared a professional degree. Online Portal “ENSURE” Farmers Entrepreneurship Development and (ENSURE – National Employment Generation (EDEG): Livestock Mission-EDEG • Under the component EDEG, subsidy developed by NABARD) payment for activities related to poultry, small ruminants, pigs etc., through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) goes directly to the beneficiary’s account. • To make it better, simpler and transparent, the NABARD has developed an online portal “ENSURE”, which can be accesses on real time basis. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Farmers • Aimed at ensuring remunerative prices Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan to the farmers for their produce. The (PM-AASHA) umbrella scheme ‘PM-AASHA’ comprises three sub-schemes: • Price Support Scheme (PSS): The physical procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra will be done by Central Nodal Agencies (NAFED and FCI) with the proactive role of the state governments. • Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS): it is proposed to cover all oilseeds for which Minimum support price (MSP) is notified. • Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS): For oilseeds, the states will have the option to roll Procurement Stockist Scheme (PPSS) on pilot basis and 25B, 2nd Floor, Pusa Road, Old Rajendra Nagar, 149 Metro Pillar Number 117 • Tel. : 011-49274400, 9205274743 NOTES Agricultural Produce Market Committee’s (APMC) Involving the participation of private stockiest. Selected private agency shall procure the commodity at MSP in the notified markets from the registered farmers, whenever the prices in the market fall below the notified MSP and whenever authorised by the state or UT government to enter the market. The maximum service charges up to 15% of the notified MSP will be payable. Rashtriya Krishi Farmers Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) Vikas Yojana is a continuing scheme under (RKVY) as Rashtriya implementation From XIth Five Year Krishi Vikas Yojana Plan. It provides considerable flexibility Remunerative Approaches and autonomy to states in planning for Agriculture and and executing programmes District Alliedsector Rejuvenation Agriculture Plans (DAPs) and State (RKVY-RAFTAAR) Agriculture Plan (SAP) are prepared based on agro-climatic conditions etc. Pradhan Mantri Farmers • The farmer share of premium- Fasal Beema Yojana: One Season One Rate (To increase of insured • Rabi-1.5% farmers from the • Kharif - 2% present 20% to 50% • Commercial Crop-5%; Rest in the next next two premium is divided equally between to three years time) centre and state. Localised calamities - inundation hasbeen added. For the first time, risk of post-harvest losses up to 14 days occurring due tocyclone, non-seasonal rain and localcalamities have been included. • No Capping of the Premium : The provision of capping the premium rate has been removed and farmers will get claim against full sum insured without any reduction. Smartphones will be used to capture and upload data of crop cutting to reduce delays in claim payment to farmer and to check misuse of the scheme. Panchayat would be unit of assessment. (Earlier it was a district). The scheme is mandatory for farmers who have taken institutional loans from banks. It is optional for farmers who have not taken institutional credit. 25B, 2nd Floor, Pusa Road, Old Rajendra Nagar, 150 Metro Pillar Number 117 • Tel. : 011-49274400, 9205274743 NOTES National Agriculture Farmers–will get • Farmers can showcase their produce Market portal (eNAM) better farm prices. online from their nearest market and To integrate 585 regulated Consumers- will traders can quote price from anywhere. markets across the get Produce at It will result in increased numbers of country with the common low cost. traders and greater competition. It e-market platform Traders – Less will also ensure open price discovery Related Topic: APMC Act registration Fee and better returns to farmers. Single registration for traders. Thus, less expenditure. To integrate a wholesale mandis across the country with the online platform, the state governments have to amend their Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act. It will be implemented through Agri- Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF). Market Intervention Consumers • If at least 10% increase in production Scheme (MIS) (Related Topic: or 10% fall in prices. Like MSP but To check sudden change Minimum only a temporary measure. States are in price of a commodity Support Price) given funding on 50:50 basis on receipt of a specific proposal. Rashtriya Gokul Mission Dairy Sector • Objectives of this mission includes For conservation and improvement of genetic makeup of development of indigenous indigenous breed, enhancing the milk breeds in a focused and productivity and distribution of disease scientific manner. free high genetic merit. bulls for natural service. Paramparagat Krishi Farmers • It is to promote organic farming and Vikas Yojana the products will be linked with the market. • It will be implemented in a cluster based approach and farmers will be funded to meet the expenditure from farm to market. • There is no liability for farmers for expenditure on certification. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Farmers Main objectives are - Sinchayee Yojana 1. Extending the coverage of irrigation 2. Improving water use efficiency End to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities. • It is formulated by amalgamating ongoing schemes 25B, 2nd Floor, Pusa Road, Old Rajendra Nagar, 151 Metro Pillar Number 117 • Tel. : 011-49274400, 9205274743 NOTES • Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) - Ministry of Water Resources, River Development· & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR). • Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) - Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Developement. • On Farm Water Management (OFWM) -Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC). • Micro Irrigation Fund - The fund was set up with a initial corpus of Rs.5,000 crore under the scheme with NABARD. • NABARD will extend the loan to State Governments to mobilise resources to achieve the annual target of about 2 million ha/year during the remaining period of 14th Finance commission. e-RaKAM e-Rashtriya Farmers • It is a digital platform portal enables Kisan Agri Mandi farmers to sell their agricultural (E-RaKAM) products through auction across the country. • The farmers would get the payment for their products directly into their bank accounts without any intermediaries. • CWRC, a subsidiary of the Central Warehousing Corporation Ltd, will provide logistics support for sellers and buyers in case they need it. Ministry of Food Processing Industries Name of Scheme and Intended Features Pupose Beneficiary • It is a Central Sector Scheme that aims to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease Agriculture waste. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Food processing • It will include implementation of: SAMPADA Yojana Sector Better • Mega Food Parks. Integrated Cold (Scheme for Agro-Marine Return to Chain and Value AdditionProcessing Processing and Farmers and Infrastructure. Creation/Expansion Development of Agro- of Food Processing & Preservation Processing Clusters) Capacities. 25B, 2nd Floor, Pusa Road, Old Rajendra Nagar, 152 Metro Pillar Number 117 • Tel. : 011-49274400, 9205274743 NOTES • Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters • Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages • Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure • Human Resources and Institutions Operation Greens: to Farmers and • The Strategy will comprise of a series of reduce price volatility in Consumers measures as decided by the Ministry Tomatoes, Onions and which includes: Potatoes (TOP) 1.Short term Price Stabilisation Measures: commodities 2.Long Term Integrated value chain development projects: • It is essentially a price fixation scheme that aims to ensure farmers are given the right price for their produce. The main objective of the project is to reduce price volatility in agriculture commodities such as· vegetables. Initially, Government has decided to start focusing on three basic vegetables namely tomatoes, onions and· potatoes. • NAFED will be the Nodal Agency to implement price stabilisation measures. Mega Food Park Farmers, • Aimed at providing a mechanism to processors link agricultural production to the retailers and market by bringing together farmers, consumers processors and retailers so as to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastages, increasing farmers’ income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector. It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common facilities and enabling infrastructure at Central Processing Centre (CPC). 25B, 2nd Floor, Pusa Road, Old Rajendra Nagar, 153 Metro Pillar Number 117 •