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PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana, PM-Kisan among agri dept’s ’19 achievements
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Wednesday, 08 January, 2020, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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The following were the major highlights of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare during the year 2019:
Launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
PM-KMY, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2019, provides for payment of minimum pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the eligible small and marginal farmers on attaining the age of 60 years.
It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with an entry age of 18 to 40 years. The monthly contribution by farmer ranges between Rs 55 and Rs 200.
The Central government will contribute an equal amount in the pension scheme. Till now, 19,19,802 beneficiaries have been registered.
Launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
The PM-KISAN Scheme, inaugurated by Modi in February 2019, provides for transfer of an amount of Rs 6,000 per year in three equal installments each of Rs 2,000 directly into the bank accounts of beneficiary farmer families.
The scheme initially covered only small and marginal farmer families with land holding upto two hectare as beneficiaries, subject to certain exclusion criteria for higher income status.
The Government later extended the scheme, with effect from June 1, 2019, to all farmer families, irrespective of land holding size, subject to applicable exclusions.
Since the launch of PM Kisan, about 8.12 crore farmer families have benefited, and over Rs 48,937 crore has been released under the scheme. A new facility has been provided on the PM-KISAN Web portal through the Farmers’ Corner link to facilitate the farmers for self registration, edit their names in the PM-Kisan database as per Aadhar Card, access the beneficiary list and status of payment.
The farmers are being facilitated for self registration and data correction through common service centres.
Constitution of high-powered committee of CMs for transformation of Indian agriculture
A high-powered committee of chief ministers for the transformation of Indian agriculture has been constituted, and two meetings of the committee have been held in July and August 2019 to deliberate and firm up their report.
MSPs for Kharif 2019-20 season and Rabi crops of 2019-20 increased
The Government of India has announced an increase in the MSP (minimum support price) for Kharif 2019-20 season.
The MSP of paddy increased by Rs 65 per quintal, jowar by Rs 120 per quintal, bajra by Rs 50 per quintal, ragi by Rs 253 per quintal and maize by Rs 60 per quintal.
The MSP of tur, moong and urad pulses were raised by Rs 125, Rs 75 and Rs 100 per quintal, respectively. The MSP of groundnut was up by Rs 200 per quintal, sunflower seed by Rs 262 per quintal, Nigerseed by Rs 63 per quintal, medium-staple cotton by Rs 105 per quintal, long-staple cotton by Rs 100 per quintal, soybean (yellow) by Rs 311 per quintal, and sesamum by Rs 236 per quintal.
The government has announced the increase in the MSPs for Rabi crops of 2019-20 to be marketed in Rabi marketing season (RMS) 2020-21. The MSP of wheat and barley increased by Rs 85 per quintal each, gram by Rs 255 per quintal, lentil by Rs 325 per quintal, rapeseed and mustard by Rs 225 per quintal and safflower by Rs 270 per quintal.
e-NAM - One Nation One Market
Under the e-NAM, 421 new mandis have been approved for integration. Along with these, FPOs (farmer-producer organisations) have also been on-boarded on e-NAM portal and they have started uploading their produce for trading from their premise.
Further, 23 warehouses of CWC (the Central Warehousing Corporation), located in 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh, have been declared as deemed markets under the Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing (APLM) Act. These will facilitate trading in future through these warehouses on the e-NAM portal.
Other initiatives and achievements
Twenty-five seed-hub centres have been sanctioned across the country for increasing the availability of quality seeds of nutri-cereals (millets), and the first installment of Rs 723 lakh has been released.
During the current year (2019-20), 12.40 lakh soil health cards have been distributed to farmers under the Model Village Project.
Under farm mechanisation, 1,44,113 machines have been distributed, and 2,300 custom hiring centres have been established during the current year (2019-20). In 2019-20, 32,808 machines have been distributed, and 8,662 custom hiring centres have been established under the Crop Residue Management Programme.
The multi lingual mobile app CHC-Farm Machinery was launched. It helps the farmers for getting rented farm machinery and implements through custom hiring service centres (CHCs) in their area.
As on date, 41,992 CHCs with 1,33,723 agricultural machines for renting out are registered on this mobile app. A total of 1,12,505 farmers as users are registered on this mobile app.
During the current year (2019-20), an additonal area of 73,658 hectare has been covered under horticulture crops and 59 nurseries have been established.
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