48 months
of modiji to
farmers
Record Budgetary Allocation for
Farmers Welfare in New India
2009-14 2014-19
1,21,082 Cr 2,11,694 Cr
Unprecedented Support to Farmers with
Hike in MSP & Record Procurement
Ø Farmers
to get 1.5 times of the production cost as MSP for Kharif crops
Ø Extent
of buffer stock of Pulses increased from 1.5 Iakh tonnes to 20 lakh tonnes
Ø About
16.24 Iakh metric tonnes of pulses procured (as on 223.2018)
Greater Access and Availability of
Fertilizers
100 % Neem Coating resulted in improvement in soil health, reduction
in pest and disease attack
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Ø Significant
increase in Urea Production with New Urea Policy
Ø A
reduction in the MRP of DAP*, MOP"
and complex fertilizers
Fertilizer Units to Boost Production
Ø
Rs 50,000 cr to revive Defunct
Fertilizer Units in Gorakhpur, Sindri, Talcher, Ramagundam and Barauni
Ø New
urea plant to be set up at Namrup with a capacity of 8.4 LMT per annum
Boost to Milk Production & Farmer
Incomes (Rashtriya Gokul Mission)
Ø New
initiative under National Program for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development of
500 cr
Ø 20
Gokul Grams are being established and 41 Bull Mother Farms modernized
Annual Milk production
2011-14 2014-2017
146 MT
163
MT
12% enhancement
Agricultural Production Touches a New
High in 2017-18*
Blue Revolution Opens up New Avenues
for Farmers
Ø Integrated
Development & Management of Fisheries' with an outlay of 3000 cr
Ø Fish
production increased from 186.12 tonnes during 2012-14 to 209.59 tonnes during
2014-16
Multi-faceted Focus on Doubling
Farmers' Incomes
Ø
Special focus on irrigation with the aim
of "Per Drop More Crop"
Ø Provision
of quality seeds and nutrients based on soil health of each field
Ø Large
investments in Warehousing and Cold Chains to prevent post-harvest crop losses
Ø Promotion
of value addition through food processing
Ø Creation
of a National Farm Market, removing distortions and e-pbfform across 585
Stations
Ø Introduction
of a New Crop Insurance Scheme to mitigate risks at an affordable cost
Ø Promotion
of ancillary activities like poultry, beekeeping, and fisheries
Record Budgetary Allocation for Record
Outcome.
Ø Farm
Credit Target raised to t 11 lakh crore for 2018-19
Ø 2,000
cr for Agri-market infrastructure fund set up
Ø Corpus
of Rs 10,000 cr to create infrastructure in fishery, aquaculture and animal
husbandry sectors
Ø Tax
incentives to promote post-harvest agricultural activities
Ø 1,290
cr allocated under National Bamboo Mission to help setting up small industries
Affordable Credit for farmers to Boost
Agricultural Productivity
Ø 24.53
lakh Joint Liability Groups provided t 26,848.13 Cr loan by banks across the
country (as on 31st March,2017)
Ø Short
Term Crop loans upto 3 lakh extended interest rate of 7% per annum up to one
year
Ensuring More Crop Per Drop (Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana )
Ø Rs
50,000 crores to be invested to achieve Har Khet Ko Paani'
Ø To
cover 28.5 Lakh hectare ... area under irrigation
Ø Dedicated
Micro Irrigation fund of Rs5000 crores
Ø 26.87
Iakh hectares under micro irrigation from 2014-18
Ø Facilitating
farmers for installing solar water pumps in field irrigation
Helping Farmers get the Right Price
Electronic National Agriculture Market e-NAM
Ø 11
e- Trading platforms, 585 regulated markets to fetch best prices for farmers
Ø More
than 87.5 Lakh farmers and sellers are registered
Ø 164.53
lakh Tonnes of farm commodities worth T 41591K Cr transacted on e-NAM*
Value Addition for Better Incomes and Getting the Supply Chain Right
Ø PM
KSY* launched to modernize supply chain infrastructure
Ø Budget
allocation doubled to push Food processing industry
Ø GrAMs,
electronically linked to e-NAM, to make direct sale to consumers and bulk
purchasers
Ø Operation
Greens to address price volatility of perishable commodities like tomato, onion
and potato
Ø Develop
existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), helping
86% small farmers
Mobilizing Resources to Enhance
Agricultural Production
Ø Paramparagat
Krishi Vikas Yojana to Give a New Boost to Farming 10,000 clusters covering 2 lakhs
hectare area under Organic Farming in 2015-18
Ø Farmers
making Informed Decisions with Soil Health Cards More than 12.5 crore Soil
Health Cards distributed
Standing With Farmers in Times of Need
Ø Relief
to farmers in distress given in case of 33% and more damage to the crop;
earlier it was for 50%
Ø For
food grains damaged due to excessive rainfall, full minimum support price to be
paid
Ø Families
of the deceased persons to be given an assistance of Rs.4 lakhs, up from Rs.2.5
lakhs
Ø 82%
rise in provision under SDRF** during 2015-20, as compared to 2010-15. It went
up to Rs. 61,220 crows from Rs. 33,580.93 crow
Farmers Get Holistic Protection
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana at Nominal Rates
Ø Biggest
financial support fill date in crop insurance 4.05 cr farmers covered
Ø 379.06
lakh hectares land insured for a sum o1,31,519 crore
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