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CCEA approves Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with an outlay of Rs 50000 crore
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Friday, 03 July, 2015, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme the “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY). It will have an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20). The allocation for the current financial year is Rs 5,300 crore.
The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko Pani), 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-based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system. The scheme also aims at bringing concerned ministries / departments / agencies / research and financial institutions engaged in creation/use/recycling/potential recycling of water, brought under a common platform, so that a comprehensive and holistic view of the entire "water cycle" is taken into account and proper water budgeting is done for all sectors namely, household, agriculture and industries.
The programme architecture of PMKSY aims at a 'decentralised state level planning and execution' structure, in order to allow states to draw up a District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP). DIP will have holistic developmental perspective of the district outlining medium to long-term developmental plans integrating three components namely, water sources, distribution network and water use application of the district to be prepared at two levels - the block and the district. All structures created under the schemes will be geotagged.
The programme will be supervised and monitored at the national level by an Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) under the chairmanship of prime minister with Union ministers of all concerned ministries. A National Executive Committee (NEC) is to be constituted under the chairmanship of the vice-chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme implementation, allocation of resources, inter-ministerial coordination, monitoring and performance assessment, addressing administrative issues etc. At the state level, the scheme is to be administered by a State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) to be chaired by the chief secretary of the respective states. The committee will have all authority to sanction the project and monitor the progress of the scheme. At the district level, their shall be a district level implementation committee for ensuring last mile coordination at the field level.
Scheme for Promotion of National Agricultural Market Meanwhile, CCEA has given its approval to a Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of National Agricultural Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF). The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC) will set it up through the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) by creation of a common electronic platform deployable in selected regulated markets across the country.
An amount of Rs 200 crore has been earmarked for the scheme from 2015-16 to 2017-18. This includes provision for supplying software free of cost by DAC to the states and Union territories (UTs) and for cost of related hardware/infrastructure to be subsidised by Government of India up to Rs 30 lakh per Mandi (other than for private mandis).
The target is to cover 585 selected regulated markets across the country, with the following break-up: 2015-16: 250 mandis; 2016-17: 200 mandis; and 2017-18:135 mandis. 585 regulated markets across the country will be integrated with the common e-platform to provide farmers and traders with access to opportunities for purchase/ sale of agri-commodities at optimal prices in a transparent manner across the country. Besides, private markets will be allowed access to the e-platform thereby enhancing its outreach.
The scheme is applicable on all-India basis. There is no state-wise allocation under the scheme. However, desirous states would be required to meet the pre-requisites in terms of carrying out necessary agri-marketing reforms.
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