About the scheme

• The Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) was launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
• It is an extended component of Soil Health Management (SHM) under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
• PKVY aims at supporting and promoting organic farming, in turn resulting in improvement of soil health. 

Objective 

• 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:  
  • Promote organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/ consumers/ traders  
  • Disseminate latest technologies in organic farming  
  • Utilize the services of experts from public agricultural research system in India  
  • Organize a minimum of one cluster demonstration in a village

Programme implementation

• Under PKVY,  farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years is given, out of which Rs. 31,000 (61%) is provided directly through DBT for inputs bio fertilisers, bio-pesticides, organic manure, compost, vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc.
• Organic farming will be promoted by using traditional resources and the organic products will be linked with the market.
• It will increase domestic production and certification of organic produce by involving farmers.

Why in the news?

• This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in Lok Sabha recently.