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Union Cabinet approves promotion of Natural Farming under National Mission
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Monday, 31 March, 2025, 14 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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The Union Cabinet has approved the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) on November 25, 2024, as a centrally sponsored scheme to encourage one crore farmers to adopt Natural Farming (NF) across the country till the 15th Finance Commission period. The scheme has a total outlay of Rs 2481.00 crore (in Centre: State share - 90:10 for Hilly & North Eastern States and 60:40 for all other States). The scheme guidelines were circulated on December 26, 2024, and Annual Action Plan (AAP) of 33 States/ Union Territories (UT) have been approved till date. Since the approval of the scheme, in the Financial Year 2024-25, Rs 177.78 lakhs has been released to various States/UTs as per approved AAPs.
Under the NMNF scheme, training at Centre of Natural Farming (CoNF) have been initiated across States/UTs. Additionally, 70,021 Krishi Sakhis have already been trained on Soil Health & NF. All other activities envisaged in NMNF have been started and are at different stages of implementation in States/UTs, including enrolment of farmers and development of NF Model Demonstration Farms.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Ramnath Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
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