CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES

1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

• PM-KISAN launched in 2019 aims to supplement financial needs of land holding farmers, subject to exclusions. 
• Under the scheme, financial benefit of Rs. 6000/- per year is transferred in three equal installments into the bank accounts of farmers’ families across the country, through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

 

2. Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana (PM-KMY)

• Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojna (PMKMY) Scheme launched in 2019 aims to provide social security net for the Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF) by way of pension.
• The Scheme is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, where a minimum fixed pension of Rs.3,000/-per month will be provided to the eligible small and marginal farmers, subject to certain exclusion clauses, on attaining the age of 60 years. 

 

3. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

• The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), launched in 2016 provides crop insurance to ensure comprehensive risk cover for crops to farmers against all non-preventable natural risks from pre-sowing to post-harvest and to provide adequate claim amounts.
• Farmers pay a low premium (2% for Kharif, 1.5% for Rabi, and 5% for annual commercial/horticultural crops), with the remaining cost shared by governments.

 

4. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)

• In order to address the existing infrastructure gaps and mobilize investment in agriculture infrastructure, Agri Infra Fund was launched in 2020 under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package. 
• The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund is a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post- harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and credit guarantee support. 

 

6. Formation & Promotion of new 10,000 FPOs

• The scheme “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)” was launched in 2020. 
• The scheme provides financial assistance, equity grants, and credit guarantees to FPOs. 
• It aims to support FPOs through implementing agencies, with training, skill development, and integration onto the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform for better price realization. 

 

7. National Beekeeping  and Honey Mission (NBHM)

• Keeping in view the importance of beekeeping, a Scheme entitled National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) was launched in 2020 under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan for its implementation in the field for overall promotion and development of scientific beekeeping & to achieve the goal of “Sweet Revolution”.

 

8. Market Intervention Scheme and Price support Scheme (MIS-PSS)

Market Intervention Scheme (MIS):

• MIS is an ad-hoc scheme under which the government procures agricultural and horticultural commodities which are perishable in nature.
• The objective of intervention is to protect the growers of these commodities in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival period. 
• The government has now introduced an option for direct differential payments to farmers, replacing the physical procurement process.

Price Support Scheme:

• Under PSS, the government will procure notified pulses, oilseeds, and copra at Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure farmers receive fair prices and to prevent distress sales. 

 

9. Namo Drone Didi

• The Government has recently approved the Scheme aims to provide drones to 15000 selected Women Self Help Group (SHGs) for providing rental services to farmers for agriculture purpose (application of fertilizers and pesticides). 

 

CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES

 

1. PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana & Krishonnati Yojana

• The Union Cabinet has recently approved rationalization of all Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s into two-umbrella Schemes viz. Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) and Krishonnati Yojana (KY).  
  • PM-RKVY will promote sustainable agriculture, while KY will address food security & agricultural self-sufficiency. 
• Both the schemes will be implemented through State governments. 
• The rationalization of Various Schemes has been undertaken to avoid duplication, ensure convergence and provide flexibility to states.

• The PM-RKVY comprises of the following schemes:

Soil Health Card	Soil health card provides information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
Rainfed Area Development	RAD being implemented since 2014-15, adopts an area based approach in cluster mode for promoting Integrated Farming System (IFS) which focuses on multi-cropping, rotational cropping, inter-cropping, mixed cropping practices with allied activities like horticulture, livestock, fishery, apiculture etc.
AgroForestry	Agro-forestry was conceived on the recommendation of the National Agroforestry Policy 2014 to promote plantation on farmlands.
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana	It aims to increase soil fertility and thereby helps in production of healthy food through organic practices without the use of agro-chemicals.
Agricultural Mechanization	Launched in 2014 to boost inclusive agricultural mechanization in India by extending farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers, regions with low farm power, and promoting Custom Hiring Centres to overcome high costs of ownership.
Per Drop More Crop	The Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme, launched in 2015-16, promotes water efficiency through micro-irrigation technologies like drip and sprinkler systems.

 

• Krishonnati Yojana comprises of the following schemes

Digital Agriculture	The scheme aims to upgrade the National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) by creating a digital public infrastructure for agriculture.  This open-source, interoperable system will provide farmer-centric solutions like crop planning, health monitoring, market intelligence, access to inputs, credit, insurance, and crop estimation.
Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)	ISAM assists states in improving agricultural produce marketing through better market infrastructure, capacity building, and market information access.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)	MIDH launched in 2014-15 promotes the holistic development of horticulture, including fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers, bamboo, and more.  It supports plantation infrastructure, establishment of new orchards, rejuvenation of old orchards, organic farming, protected cultivation, beekeeping for pollination, mechanization, post-harvest management and marketing infrastructure.
Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)	MOVCDNER focuses on developing certified organic production clusters in the Northeast (including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and others).
National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM)	The Mission aims at increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals (Maize and Barley) and Nutri-Cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement.
National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)	NMEO-OP, launched in 2021, aims to promote oil palm cultivation for making the country Aatamnirbhar in edible oils with special focus on North-Eastern States and A&N Islands.
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds)	Launched recently, NMEO-Oilseeds aims at boosting domestic oilseed production and achieving self-reliance in edible oils.  Together with NMEO-OP (Oil Palm), the Mission targets to increase domestic edible oil production to 25.45 million tonnes by 2030-31 meeting around 72% of our projected domestic requirement.
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)	The scheme aims at making the extension system farmer driven and farmer accountable by disseminating technology to farmers through new institutional arrangements viz. Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) at district level to operationalize extension reforms in a participatory mode.