Attachment AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES Lyst4241 PDF

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
FOR
RBI GRADE B|NABARD GRADE A/B|SEBI
GRADE A|IBPS AFO 2019
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Table of Contents
Classification of the Government Schemes: ................................................................................................................. 4
1 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana ................................................................................................................ 7
1.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): ..................................................................... 7
1.1.1 Project CHAMAN under MIDH: ............................................................................................................. 8
1.2 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) .. 9
1.3 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): ................................................................................ 9
1.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SAME): ..........................................................................................10
1.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP):................................................................................10
1.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM): ...............................................................................10
1.7 Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ): ............................................................12
1.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES): ........................................12
1.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC): ...........................................................................12
1.10 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM): ..............................................................................12
1.11 National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A) .......................................................................................................12
2 Soil Health Card Scheme:....................................................................................................................................13
3 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):..........................................................................................................13
4 Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER): ......................................14
5 National Bamboo Mission: .................................................................................................................................16
6 Agriculture Mechanization – Crop Residue Management Scheme: ...................................................................17
7 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: ....................................................................................................................18
8 Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme: ...........................................................................................................19
9 Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme: ......................................................................................................................19
10 Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS): ....................................................................................................20
11 Interest Subvention Scheme: .........................................................................................................................20
12 National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBD): ..............................................21
12.1 National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB): ....................................................................................21
12.2 National Programme For Dairy Development (NPDD): ..............................................................................22
12.3 Rashtriya Gokul Mission: ............................................................................................................................22
13 National Mission on Bovine Productivity: ......................................................................................................23
14 Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme: .............................................................................................24
15 National Dairy Plan Phase 1 (NDP-1) ..............................................................................................................24
16 Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries: ..............................................................................24
17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) .........................................................................................25
18 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA): ...............................................................26
19 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana: .........................................................................................................................26
19.1 Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India: ..............................................................................................28

19.2 Crop Diversification Program: ....................................................................................................................28
19.3 Additional Fodder Development Programme: ...........................................................................................29
20 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY): ...........................................................................................29
21 National Agriculture Market Scheme (e-NAM): .............................................................................................31
22 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana: ......................................................................................31
23 National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA): ....................................................................32
24 Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan: ....................................................................................................................................33
25 Project ARYA (Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture): ......................................................................33
26 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK):...........................................................................................................................33
27 Farmers First Initiative: ...................................................................................................................................34
28 Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav Scheme: .................................................................................................................34
29 Kisan Credit Card Scheme: ..............................................................................................................................35
30 Mission Fingerling: ..........................................................................................................................................36
31 STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana): ..............................................36
32 National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP): ..............................................................................37
33 e-KRISHI SAMVAD: ..........................................................................................................................................37
34 e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi Portal (e-RAKAM): ...........................................................................................38
35 HORTINET APP: ...............................................................................................................................................38
36 GRAMIN AGRICULTURE MARKETS (GrAMs): ..................................................................................................38
37 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI) ..........................................................................................................39
38 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY): ..............................................................................................40
39 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission: ..................................................................................................41
40 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: .............................................................41
41 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY):.............................................................................................................42
42 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship: ..........................................................................................43
43 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes: ....................................................................................................44
44 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY):........................................................................................................44
45 Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat Scheme: .......................................................................................................45
46 Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin): ..................................................................................................................47
47 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018: .................................................................................................48
48 Gobar Dhan Scheme: ......................................................................................................................................51
49 Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana: .......................................................................................................52
50 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan: .......................................................................................53
51 National Rural Health Mission: .......................................................................................................................53
52 National Rural Drinking Water Programme: ..................................................................................................53
53 Swajal Scheme: ...............................................................................................................................................54
54 BharatNet Project: ..........................................................................................................................................54

Classification of the Government Schemes:
The Government Schemes are classified into two broader categories: Central Sector Schemes and
Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
Central Sector Schemes:

• These are schemes with 100% funding by the Central government and implemented by the
Central Government machinery.
• They are mainly formulated on subjects from the Union List.
• Besides, there are some other programmes that various Central Ministries implements directly
in States and UTs which also comes under Central Sector Schemes. In these schemes, the
financial resources are not shifted to states.
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

• These are the schemes by the Centre where there is financial participation by both the Centre
and States.
• Here the implementation is done by the State Governments.
• These are formulated in subjects from the State List to encourage States to prioritize in areas
that require more attention.
Classification of CSS:
• These schemes are further classified into three categories based on the share of funding
between the Centre and the States.
• Though each scheme envisages financial participation from the states as well, the state share
differs for different schemes.
• Similarly, geographically difficult states will get higher central share.
Core of the Core Schemes:

• These schemes comprise six umbrella schemes. Most of these schemes prescribes specific
financial participation by states.
• In these schemes, the financial contribution of the States is very minimum.
• These schemes are legislatively backed or are designed to subserve the vulnerable sections of
our population.
Core Schemes:
In case of Core Schemes, the following is the funding pattern followed:
• For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 90:10
• For other States: Centre: State: 60:40
• For Union Territories (without Legislature): Centre 100% and for UTs with legislature existing
funding pattern would continue.
Optional Schemes:
These are the Schemes where States would be free to choose the ones they wish to implement.
The funding pattern is as follows:

• For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 80:20
• For other States: Centre: State: 50:50
• For Union Territories: (i) (without Legislature) - Centre 100%
(ii) Union Territories with Legislature: Centre: UT: 80:20
Schemes listed in the Union Budget 2019-20:

Note: In the Union Budget 2019-20, the following were the schemes listed under the various
categories mentioned above:
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):
Core of the Core Schemes:

✓ National Social Assistance Program
✓ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
✓ Umbrella Scheme for Development of Schedule Castes
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Scheduled Tribes
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes:
✓ Green Revolution
✓ White Revolution
✓ Blue Revolution
✓ Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY)
✓ Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY)
✓ Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)
✓ National Rural Drinking Water Mission
✓ Swachh Bharat Mission
✓ National Health Mission
✓ National Education Mission
✓ National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools
✓ Umbrella ICDS
✓ Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women
✓ National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika
✓ Jobs and Skill Development
✓ Environment, Forestry and Wildlife
✓ Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission
✓ Modernization of Police Forces
✓ Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary
✓ Border Area Development Programme
✓ Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
✓ Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)
✓ Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY)

Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores) for the above-mentioned schemes:
Scheme Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores)

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
Core of the Core Schemes
National Social Assistance Program 9200.00
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural 60000.00
Employment Guarantee Program
Umbrella Scheme for Development of 5445
Schedule Castes
Umbrella Programme for Development of 3810
Scheduled Tribes
Minorities
Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes
Green Revolution 12561
White Revolution 2240
Blue Revolution 560
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) 9682
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) 19000
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) 25853
National Rural Drinking Water Mission 10001
Swachh Bharat Mission 12644
National Health Mission 33651
National Education Mission 38547
National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in 11000
Schools
Umbrella ICDS 27584
Mission for Protection and Empowerment 1330
for Women
National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika 9774
Jobs and Skill Development 7260
Environment, Forestry and Wildlife 886
Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and 13750
Smart Cities Mission
Modernization of Police Forces 3462
Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary 720
Border Area Development Programme 825
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 800
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) 822
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) 6556

Note: In this document, we shall be discussing the schemes related to the Agriculture and the
Rural Sector (It may also include the schemes released by different ministries if they are catering
to the Agriculture and the Rural Sector)
Let us discuss each scheme in detail:
1 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
What is it?
• Krishonnati Yojana was introduced in 2005 to boost the agriculture sector.
• In 2017-18, 11 schemes / missions were clubbed under one umbrella scheme 'Green Revolution
- Krishonnati Yojana'.
• It was approved beyond the 12th five-year plan for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Aim:
• Enhance agricultural production, productivity and ensure better returns on produce.
• Double farmers income by 2022.
Objectives:
• Creating/strengthening of agricultural production infrastructure.
• Reducing the cost of production.
• Marketing of agriculture and allied produce.
Sub-schemes/Missions under it:

• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
• National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
(NMOOP)
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
• Submission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)
• Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)
• Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM)
• Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ)
• Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC)
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
• National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A)
1.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

What is it? It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme that was approved during the 12th FYP and
implemented from 2014-15.

Aim: Holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops,
mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
Target: To achieve a growth rate of 7.2 percent in the horticulture sector during the 12th Plan,
besides generating skilled and unskilled employment opportunities in rural and urban areas.
Process and Mechanism:

• Production of quality seeds and planting material, production enhancement through
productivity improvement measures
• Improved marketing of produce with active participation of farmer producer organizations.
What has it subsumed?

MIDH subsumed five ongoing schemes of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation on
horticulture development:
Centrally Sponsored Schemes:

• National Horticulture Mission: Promote holistic growth of horticulture sector through area
based regionally differentiated strategies.
• Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH): Technology mission for
production of quality planting material, organic farming, efficient water management etc.
Central Sector Schemes:

• National Horticulture Board
• Coconut Development Board
• Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland
1.1.1 Project CHAMAN under MIDH:

What is it?
• CHAMAN stands for Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-
informatics.
• It is a project for better horticulture assessment and development through remote sensing, GIS
and field survey.
Implementing Agency:
Remote Sensing component of the project is being implemented by Mahalanobis National Crop
Forecast Centre (MNCFC) in collaboration with ISRO, IMD, ICAR, State Horticulture Departments and
State Remote Sensing Centres.
Objectives:
• Area assessment and production forecasting of 7 major horticultural crops in selected districts of
major states.
• Detailed scientific field level studies for crop identification, yield modelling, disease assessment
and precision farming.

1.2 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
(NMOOP)
National Food Security Mission:
Aim:
• Increase production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and commercial crops, through area
expansion and productivity enhancement.
• Restore soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level and enhancing farm level
economy.
Components:
• National Food Security Mission – Rice
• National Food Security Mission – Wheat
• National Food Security Mission – Pulses
• National Food Security Mission – Coarse Cereals
• National Food Security Mission – Commercial Crops
National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP):
Aim:
• Increasing production and productivity of oilseeds crops and oil palm through bringing in fallow
areas under oilseed crops.
• Diversification of area from low yielding cereals.
Address major constraints to crop productivity through promotion of relevant technological

interventions.
1.3 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA):

Aim:
Make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting:
• Location specific integrated /composite farming systems
• Soil and moisture conservation measures
• Comprehensive soil health management
• Eﬃcient water management practices
• Mainstream rainfed technologies
• To infuse the judicious utilization of resources of commons through community-based approach.
Key dimensions:
• Water use efficiency
• Nutrient management
• Livelihood diversification

Sub-Missions under NMSA:
• Rainfed Area Development (RAD): It will adopt an area-based approach for development and
conservation of natural resources along with farming systems.
• Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF): It has been launched in 2016-17 to encourage tree
plantation on farmland “Har Medh Par Ped”, along with crops/ cropping system.
• National Bamboo Mission (NBM): Keeping in view the vast untapped potential of the bamboo
sector and to boost domestic cultivation of quality and appropriate species for supply to our
industry, the restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been approved for
implementation across the country.
• Soil Health Management (SHM): Soil Health Management (SHM) will aim at promoting location
as well as crop specific sustainable soil health management including residue management and
organic farming practices.
1.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SAME):

Aims:
• To strengthen the ongoing extension mechanism of State Governments, local bodies etc.
• To achieve food and nutritional security and socio-economic empowerment of farmers.
• To institutionalize programme planning and implementation mechanism.
• To forge effective linkages and synergy amongst various stake-holders.
• To support human resource development interventions.
• To promote pervasive and innovative use of electronic / print media, inter-personal
communication and ICT tools.
1.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP):
Aims:
• To increase production of certified / quality seed
• To upgrade the quality of farm saved seeds
• To strengthen the seed multiplication chain
• To promote new technologies and methodologies in seed production, processing, testing etc.
• To strengthen and modernizing infrastructure for seed production, storage, certification and
quality etc.
1.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM):

Aims:
• To increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions
where availability of farm power is low
• To promote ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to
small landholding and high cost of individual ownership
• To create hubs for hi-tech and high value farm equipment
• To create awareness among stakeholders through demonstration and capacity building activities
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• To ensure performance testing and certification at designated testing centers located all over
the country
Note: Under this scheme, Financial Assistance is provided to the beneficiaries for the Procurement
of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment.
The following is the financial pattern as per the Revised Estimates 2018-19:

1.7 Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ):
Aims:
• To minimize loss to quality and yield of agricultural crops from the ravages of insect pests,
diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodents etc.
• To shield our agricultural bio-security from the incursions and spread of alien species.
• To facilitate exports of Indian agricultural commodities to global markets.
• To promote good agricultural practices, particularly with respect to plant protection strategies.
1.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES):
Aims:
• To undertake the agriculture census, study of the cost of cultivation of principal crops.
• To undertake research studies on agro-economic problems of the country.
• To fund conferences/workshops and seminars involving eminent economists, agricultural
scientists, experts and to bring out papers.
• To conduct short term studies.
• To improve agricultural statistics methodology.
• To create a hierarchical information system on crop condition and crop production from sowing
to harvest.
1.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC):

Aims:
• To provide financial assistance for improving the economic conditions of cooperatives and
remove regional imbalances.
• To speed up- cooperative development in agricultural marketing, processing, storage,
computerization and weaker section programmes.
• To help cotton growers fetch remunerative price for their produce through value addition
besides ensuring supply of quality yarn at reasonable rates to the decentralized weavers.
1.10 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM):

Aims:
• To develop agricultural marketing infrastructure.
• To promote innovative and latest technologies and competitive alternatives in agriculture
marketing infrastructure.
• To provide infrastructure facilities for grading, standardization and quality certification of
agricultural produce to help farmers get better and remunerative prices for their graded
produce.
• To establish a nation-wide marketing information network.
1.11 National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A)

Aims:

• To bring farmer centricity & service orientation to the programmes.
• To enhance reach & impact of extension services.
• To improve access of farmers to information & services throughout the crop-cycle.
• To build upon, enhance & integrate the existing ICT initiatives of Centre and States.
• To enhance efficiency & effectiveness of programs through making available timely and relevant
information to the farmers for increasing their agriculture productivity.
Schemes for Soil Health Management:

• Soil Health Card Scheme
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
2 Soil Health Card Scheme:

What is it?
• It is a centrally sponsored scheme launched by the government in 2015.
• It is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture of all the State and Union
Territory Governments.
Aim:
To issue soil health cards once in every 2 years, to all farmers in the country, so as to provide a
basis to address nutrient deficiencies in fertilization practices.
What is a Soil Health Card?

• SHC is a printed report that a farmer will be handed over for each of his holdings.
• It will contain the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters, namely N,P,K (Macro-
nutrients); S (Secondary-nutrient); Micro-nutrients; and physical parameters.
• Based on this, the SHC will also indicate fertilizer recommendations and soil amendment
required for the farm.
Benefits:
• It would help farmers decide which crops they should cultivate and which ones they should skip.
• Farmers will always keep getting updated data about their soil on a regular basis.
• Once the condition of the soil is ascertained, the government can employ experts to help
farmers in carrying out the corrective measures.
• Farmers can plan the future of their crops and land.
3 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):

What is it?
• It is an extended component of Soil Health Management (SHM) under National Mission on
Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
• It was launched in 2015.
Aim:
Supporting and promoting organic farming, in turn resulting in improvement of soil health.
Objectives:
• 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.
Process and Mechanism/Components:
Model Organic Cluster Demonstrations:

• They aim at boosting/ promoting organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/ consumers/
traders by creating awareness on the latest technologies of organic farming.
• These are conducted at the farmer’s field in clusters of 20 ha or 50 acres under PKVY.
Model Organic Farm:

• It aims at demonstrating conversion of conventional land into organic farming practices in one-
hectare parcels.
• This is to spread the information on the latest technologies of various units of organic inputs
production through exposure visits to farmers.
4 Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER):
What is it?
It is a Central Sector Scheme, a sub-mission under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA).
It is being implemented in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
Aim:
Development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with
consumers.

Objectives/Goals:
• To install dedicated institutional systems at centre and NE states for development and
promotion of organic farming.
• To create at least one to two replicable end-to-end organic value chain models in each of the
states.
• To convert subsistence farming to commercial organic farming.
• To make Northeastern states as major suppliers of organic commodities for national and
international markets.
• To develop NER products as brands/labels through brand building and facilitating stronger
marketing access under the ownership of growers organizations/ companies.
Note: In examination, there can be questions on the pattern of assistance. Given below is the
tabular column that lists the type of assistance for Soil Improvement given as part of the
various/schemes and components:

5 National Bamboo Mission:
What is it?
• The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was approved in April, 2018 for
implementation till the end of 14th Finance Commission i.e. 2019-20.
• It is a sub-mission under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
Aims:
• Supplement farm income of farmers with focus on the development of complete value chain of
bamboo sector linking growers with industry.
• Promote holistic growth of bamboo sector.
• Increase the area under bamboo cultivation.
Objectives:
• To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non-forest Government and private lands to
supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change.
• To promote bamboo plantations predominantly in farmers’ fields, homesteads, community
lands, arable wastelands, and along irrigation canals, water bodies etc.
• To improve post-harvest management through establishment of innovative primary processing
units near the source of production.
• To promote product development keeping in view market demand.
• To rejuvenate the underdeveloped bamboo industry in India.
• To promote skill development, capacity building, awareness generation for development of
bamboo sector from production to market demand.
• To realign efforts so as to reduce dependency on import of bamboo and bamboo products.
Target Beneficiary:

• It is being implemented in non-forest Government land, farmers field in States where it has
social, commercial and economical advantage, including the bamboo rich States of North
Eastern region and Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
• 17 States have so far been covered under the Mission.

• Steps have been taken to increase the availability of quality planting material by supporting
the setting up of new nurseries and strengthening of existing ones.
• To address forward integration, the Mission is taking steps to strengthen marketing of bamboo
products, especially those of handicraft items.
6 Agriculture Mechanization – Crop Residue Management Scheme:
What is it?
It is a Central Sector Scheme being implemented in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
and NCT of Delhi for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20.
Aim:
Protecting environment from air pollution and preventing loss of nutrients and soil micro-organisms
caused by burning of crop residue.
Implementing Agencies:
Central level: It will be administered by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers
Welfare. A National Steering Committee headed by Secretary, DAC&FW will formulate the policy
and give overall directions and guidance to the implementation of the scheme.
State level: Department of Agriculture of the concerned State Government.

• Establish Farm Machinery Banks for Custom Hiring of in-situ crop residue management
machinery: Financial assistance @ 80% of the project cost is provided to the Co-operative
Societies of farmers, FPOs, Self-Help Groups, registered Farmers Societies / farmers groups,
Private Entrepreneurs, Group of women farmers or self-help groups.
• Financial Assistance to farmers for Procurement of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment for
in-situ crop residue management - Financial assistance @ 50% of the cost of
machinery/equipment is provided to individual farmers.
• Information, Education and Communication for awareness on in-situ crop residue
management - Financial assistance is provided to the State Governments, KVKs, ICAR
Institutions, Central Government Institutions, PSUs etc.

Risk Mitigation Schemes:
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Weather Based Crop Insurance
• Cocunut Palm Insurance Scheme
• Unified Package Insurance Scheme
• Interest Subvention Scheme
7 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana:
What is it?
• It is a crop insurance scheme that has been operational in the country since 2016.
• It replaced all existing crop insurance schemes except Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme
(WBCIS) and Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme.
Selected insurance companies under the overall guidance & control of the Department of
Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
(MoA&FW), Government of India (GOI).
Target Beneficiaries:
All farmers including sharecroppers and tenant farmers growing notified crops in a notified area
during the season who have insurable interest in the crop are eligible.
Objectives:
• To provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of
any of the notified crop as a result of natural calamities, pests & diseases.
• To stabilize the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming.
• To encourage farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices.
• To ensure flow of credit to the agriculture sector.
Coverage of crops:
• Food crops (Cereals, Millets and Pulses)
• Oilseeds
• Annual Commercial / Annual Horticultural crops
Salient Features:
• A uniform premium of 2% will be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi
crops.

• In the case of horticultural crops, farmers’ premium burden will be 5% of the sum assured.
• There is be no upper limit on government subsidy provided by centre and state governments.
Even if the balance premium (after farmers’ contribution) is 90%, it will be borne by the
government.
• The difference between premium and the rate of insurance charges payable by farmers shall be
shared equally by the Centre and State.
• Gram Sabhas across the country will inform the farmers about the enrolment and benefits of
PMFBY.
• Yield Losses: Comprehensive risk insurance is provided to cover yield losses due to non-
preventable risks, such as:
✓ Natural Fire and Lightning
✓ Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, Tempest, Hurricane, Tornado etc.
✓ Flood, Inundation and Landslide
✓ Drought, Dry spells
✓ Pests/ Diseases
• Post-harvest losses will also be covered under the scheme.
• Use of Technology: Smart phones will be used to capture and upload data of crop cutting to
reduce the delays in claim payment to farmers.
• District and State grievance redressal officers will be appointed for fast redressal of grievances.
8 Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme:

Aim:
To mitigate the hardship of the insured farmers against the likelihood of financial loss on account
of anticipated crop loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature,
wind, humidity etc.
Salient Features:
• WBCIS uses weather parameters as proxy for crop yields in compensating the cultivators for
deemed crop losses.
• Payout structures are developed to the extent of losses deemed to have been suffered using the
weather triggers.
• All standard claims are processed and paid within 45 days from the end of the risk period.
9 Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme:

Salient Features:
• Individual farmer/planter/grower offering at least 5 healthy nut bearing palms in a contiguous
area/plot is eligible for insurance.
• Provide coverage against total loss of palm on account of happening of peril insured leading to
death of the insured palm or its becoming unproductive.
• Fixed premium rates ranging from Rs. 9/- to Rs. 14/- per palm depending upon the age of palm.
However, Government is providing subsidy upto 50% by GOI and 25% by State Government.
• Sum insured per palm ranges from Rs. 900/- to Rs. 1750/.
• Scheme is being implemented by Agriculture Insurance Company of India.
10 Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS):
Aim:
Provide financial protection to citizens associated in agriculture sector, thereby ensuring food
security, crop diversification and enhancing growth and competitiveness of agriculture sector
besides protecting farmers from financial risks.
What all is covered under UPIS?

✓ Crop Insurance
✓ Personal Accident Insurance
✓ Life Insurance
✓ Building and Contents Insurance (Fire & Allied Perils)
✓ Agriculture Pumpset Insurance
✓ Student Safety Insurance
✓ Agricultural Tractor Insurance
11 Interest Subvention Scheme:
What is it?
With a view to ensuring availability of agriculture credit, GoI had launched Interest Subvention
scheme in the year 2006-07.
Aim/Objective:
To make available at ground level, agricultural credit for short term crop loans at an affordable
rate to give a boost to agricultural productivity and production in the country.
It will be implemented by NABARD and RBI.
Which banks will be eligible?

The interest subvention will be given to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Private Sector Banks,
Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on use of own funds and to NABARD for
refinance to RRBs and Cooperative Banks.
Salient Features:
• The Central Government will provide interest subvention of 5% per annum to all prompt payee
(within a period of one year from the date of advance) farmers for short term crop loan upto
one year for loan upto Rs. 3 lakhs borrowed by them.
• In case farmers do not repay the short-term crop loan in time they would be eligible for
interest subvention of 2% as against 5% available above.
• In order to give relief to small and marginal farmers who would have to borrow at 9% for the
post-harvest storage of their produce, the Central Government has approved an interest
subvention of 2% i.e. an effective interest rate of 7% for loans upto 6 months.
From Interim Budget, 2019:

• Interest subvention of 2% during disaster will now be provided for the entire period of
reschedulement of loan.
• 2% interest subvention to farmers for Animal husbandry and Fisheries activities; additional 3%
in case of timely repayment would also be provided.
12 National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBD):
Aim:
To integrate milk production and dairying activities in a scientific and holistic manner, so as to
attain higher levels of milk production and productivity, to meet the increasing demand for milk in
the country.
Sub-components of NPBBD:
• National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB)
• National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)
Area of Operation:
Throughout the country
Target Beneficiary:
Rural cattle and buffalo keepers irrespective of caste, class and gender.
12.1 National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB):
Objectives:
• To arrange quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep.
• To bring all breedable females under organised breeding through Artificial Insemination or
natural service using germplasm of high genetic merits.
• To conserve, develop and proliferate selected indigenous bovine breeds of high socio-economic
importance.
• To provide quality breeding inputs in breeding tracts of important indigenous breeds so as to
prevent the breeds from deterioration and extinction.
Funding:
Scheme is implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis.
Under NPBB, there is a component, MAITRI (Multi-purpose AI technicians in rural India):
Who are they?

• MAITRI are chosen from unemployed educated rural youth so as to generate employment.
• Minimum education qualification: not below 10th class.
What is their work?

Multipurpose workers along with AI will take up: veterinary first aid, vaccination, agent for livestock
insurance, ration balancing, milk recording etc.
12.2 National Programme For Dairy Development (NPDD):
Objectives:
• To create and strengthen infrastructure for production of quality milk including cold chain
infrastructure linking the farmer to the consumer.
• To create and strengthen infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk.
• To create training infrastructure for training of dairy farmers.
• To strengthen dairy cooperative societies/producers companies at village level.
• To increase milk production by providing technical input services like cattlefeed, and mineral
mixture etc.
• To assist in rehabilitation of potentially viable milk federations/unions.
12.3 Rashtriya Gokul Mission:
Aim:
• To conserve and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner.
• To establish integrated cattle development centres called Gokul Grams to develop indigenous
breeds including up to 40% nondescript breeds.
Objectives:
• Breed improvement programme for indigenous cattle breeds to improve their genetic makeup
and increase the stock.

• Enhancement of milk production and productivity.
• Upgradation of nondescript cattle using elite indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni,
Tharparkar, Red Sindhi.
• Distribution of disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service.
Gokul Grams:
What are they?
They are centres for development of indigenous breeds and a dependable source for supply of high
genetic breeding stock to the farmers in the breeding tract.
Where will they be established?

• The native breeding tracts.
• Near metropolitan cities for housing the urban cattle
Features:
• The Gokul Gram will be self-sustaining and will generate economic resources from sale of milk,
organic manure, vermi-composting, urine distillates, and production of electricity from bio-gas
for in house consumption and sale of animal products.
• The Gokul Gram will also function as state of the art in situ training centre for farmers, breeders
and MAITRI’s.
13 National Mission on Bovine Productivity:
Aim: To enhance milk production and productivity and thereby making dairying more remunerative
to the farmers.

• Pashu Sanjivni: includes identification of milch animals using UID, issuing health cards to all
milch animals and uploading data on Information Network for Animal Productivity & Health
(INAPH) data base.
• Advance reproductive Technique: sex sorted semen production facility is being created at 10 A
graded semen stations and 50 Embryo Transfer Technology Labs with IVF facilities are being
created in the country.
• E Pashu Haat Portal: has been launched in November 2016 for linking farmers and breeders of
indigenous breeds.
• National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB): is being established for
enhancing milk production and productivity through genomic selection among indigenous
breeds.

14 Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme:
Implementing Agency: Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented through NABARD.
Aim:
To promote setting up of modern dairy farms for production of clean milk, encourage heifer calf
rearing, bring structural changes in the unorganized sector and generate self-employment.
Farmers, individual entrepreneurs, NGOs, companies, groups of organised and unorganised sectors
etc. Groups of organized sectors include SHGs, dairy cooperative societies, milk unions, milk
federations etc.
Financial Institutions Eligible for Refinance:

• Commercial Banks
• Regional Rural and Urban Banks
• State Cooperative Banks
• State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks
• Such other institutions who are eligible for refinance under NABARD
15 National Dairy Plan Phase 1 (NDP-1)

Implementing Agency: National Dairy Development Board
What is it?
• It is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India launched in March 2012.
• It is a scientifically planned multi-state initiative being implemented with the network of End
Implementing Agencies (EIAs) for the period 2011-12 to 2018-19.
• It is an externally aided project with external assistance being provided by the World Bank.
Aim:
To meet the rapidly growing demand for milk with a focus to improve milch animal productivity and
increase milk production.
Coverage:
It is being implemented in 18 major milk producing States.
16 Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries:

What is it?
• It is a Central Sector Scheme on Blue Revolution that was launched in 2015.
• It is an umbrella scheme for a period of five years.
Aim:
Focused and integrated approach for development and management of fisheries and aquaculture
sector to ensure a sustained annual growth rate of 6% - 8%.
Fishermen, fish farmers, fisheries entrepreneurs, fish retailers, wholesalers, fish processors and fish
exporters.
Special focus on economically weaker sections such as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes
(STs), Women and their co-operatives to take up fishing and fisheries related activities.
Objectives:
• To increase the overall fish production in a responsible and sustainable manner for economic
prosperity.
• To modernize the fisheries with special focus on new technologies.
• To ensure food and nutritional security.
• To generate employment and export earnings.
• To ensure inclusive development and empower fishers and aquaculture farmers.
Coverage:
It is being implemented in all the States including North East States and Union Territories.
Sub-schemes/Initiatives:
• National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities
• Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post-Harvest Operations
• Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector
• Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector
• Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other need-based Interventions
• National Scheme of Welfare of Fishermen
17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
What is it?
• It provides direct income support to farmers at the rate of Rs. 6,000 per year.
• It will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiary farmers, in three equal
instalments of Rs. 2,000 each.
• It will be funded by the Government of India.
Aim:
• To provide assured income support to small and marginal farmers.
• Enable farmers to earn and live a respectable life.
Target Beneficiaries and their identification:

Vulnerable landholding farmer families, having cultivable land upto 2 hectares.
18 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA):
What is it?
• It is a new umbrella scheme that has been approved by the Union Cabinet in September, 2018.
It comprises of the following:
✓ Price Support Scheme (PSS)
✓ Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
✓ Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS)
Aim: Ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce
Background:
The Government in Budget 2018 had increased MSP by following the principle of 1.5 times the cost
of production.
It is expected that the increase in MSP will be translated to farmer’s income by way of robust
procurement mechanism in coordination with the State Governments.
Sub-schemes under PM-AASHA:

• Price Support Scheme: It will become operational when prices of pulses, oilseeds and copra fall
below MSP, with the centre bearing procurement expenditure and losses up to 25% of the
production. Physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and Copra will be done by Central Nodal
Agencies with proactive role of State governments.
• Price Deficiency Payment Scheme: It will be available only for oilseeds with registered farmers
directly receiving payments in their bank accounts when they sell at prices lower than MSP. The
government will not undertake physical procurement of crops under this scheme.
• Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme: Participation of private sector in procurement
operation would be piloted so that on the basis of learnings the ambit of private participation in
procurement operations may be increased.
19 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:

What is RKVY?
• It was initiated in 2007 as an umbrella scheme for ensuring holistic development of agriculture
and allied sectors by allowing states to choose their own agriculture and allied sector
development activities as per the district/state agriculture plan.
• It incentivizes states to increase public investment in agriculture & allied sectors.
Important sub-schemes of RKVY:

• Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India
• Crop Diversification Program
• Reclamation of Problem Soil
• Foot and Mouth Disease- Control Program
• Saffron Mission
• Additional Fodder Development Programme
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – RAFTAAR (RKVY – RAFTAAR)
What is RKVY-RAFTAAR?
The Union Cabinet in November 2017 approved the continuation of the ongoing Centrally
Sponsored Scheme - Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana-
Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) for
three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Aim:
Making farming a remunerative economic activity through strengthening the farmer’s effort, risk
mitigation and promoting agri-business entrepreneurship.
Funding Pattern:
60:40 between Centre and States (90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States).
Objectives:
• To strengthen the farmers’ efforts through creation of required pre and postharvest agri-
infrastructure and enable farmers to make informed choices.
• To provide autonomy, flexibility to States to plan and execute schemes as per local/farmers’
needs.
• To promote value chain addition linked production models that will help farmers increase their
income as well as encourage production/productivity.
• To mitigate risk of farmers with focus on additional income generation activities - like integrated
farming, mushroom cultivation, bee keeping, aromatic plant cultivation, floriculture etc.

• To attend national priorities through several sub-schemes.
• To empower youth through skill development, innovation and agri-entrepreneurship based
agribusiness models that attract them to agriculture.
Process and Mechanism/Utilization of Funds:

Regular RKVY-RAFTAAR:
• Infrastructure and assets: Includes both pre-harvest and post-harvest infrastructure.
• Value addition linked production projects: will provide assured/ additional income to farmers
including Public Private Partnership for Integrated Agriculture Development (PPPIAD) projects
• Flexi funds: States can use this fund for supporting any projects as per their local needs
preferably for innovative activities in agriculture and allied sectors.
RKVY-RAFTAAR special sub-schemes:

• They are based on national priorities as notified by Government of India from time to time for
development of region and problem specific areas.
• Innovation and agri-entrepreneur development: It will support incubatees, incubation centers,
KVKs, awards etc.
19.1 Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India:

What is it?
• It is a sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
• It is being implemented in seven eastern states namely Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Odisha, West Bengal and eastern Uttar Pradesh from 2010-2011.
Aim:
Address the constraints limiting the productivity of rice-based cropping systems.
Objectives:
• To increase production & productivity of rice and wheat by adopting latest crop production
technologies.
• To promote cultivation in rice fallow areas to increase cropping intensity and income of the
farmers.
• To create water harvesting structures and efficient utilization of water potential.
• To promote post-harvest technology and marketing support.
19.2 Crop Diversification Program:
What is it?
• It is a sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
• It is being implemented in the original Green Revolution states of Punjab, Haryana and Western
Uttar Pradesh.

Aim:
To diversify area from water guzzling crop like paddy to alternate crops like maize, pulses, oilseeds,
cotton & agro-forestry plantation.
Objectives:
• To demonstrate and promote the improved production technologies of alternate crops for
diversion of paddy cultivation.
• To restore the soil fertility through cultivation of leguminous crops that generates heavy biomass
and consume lesser nutrient intake crops.

Assistance is provided to the States for conducting cluster demonstrations on alternate crops,
promotion of water saving technologies, distribution of farm machinery, setting up of value addition
facilities, awareness through trainings etc.
19.3 Additional Fodder Development Programme:

What is it?
It is a sub-programme under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
Aim/Objective:
To facilitate adoption of additional interventions during onset of monsoon for production of
additional fodder for mitigating adverse impact of drought prone/lean period in districts/blocks on
livestock.
Coverage:
The scheme is to be implemented in the drought prone districts/blocks across the country.
Level of Assistance:
Farmers in drought prone districts/blocks will be provided assistance @ Rs. 6000/- per hectare as
per cost norms for a maximum area of two ha. per beneficiary for taking up additional production of
fodder in these districts/blocks.
The beneficiaries may be individual farmers, Farmer Producer Organizations, Federations or
Cooperatives.
20 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY):

It will be implemented by Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development.

What is it?
PMKSY was conceived by amalgamating three ongoing schemes:
• Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
• Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources.
• On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
Aim:
Extending the coverage of irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and improving water use efficiency ‘More
crop per drop' in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation, distribution,
management, field application and extension activities.
Objectives:
• 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.
• Create a comprehensive and holistic view of the entire "water cycle" by bringing concerned
Ministries/Departments/Agencies/ Research and Financial Institutions under a common
platform.

• PMKSY aims at a 'decentralized 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).
• The programme will be supervised and monitored at the national level by an Inter-Ministerial
National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Chairmanship of the 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.
Components:
• AIBP by MoWR, RD & GR: To focus on faster completion of ongoing major and medium
irrigation projects including National Projects.
• PMKSY (Har Khet ko Pani) by MoWR,RD &GR:
✓ Creation of new water sources through Minor Irrigation.

✓ Repair, restoration and renovation of water bodies
✓ Strengthening carrying capacity of traditional water sources
✓ Construction rainwater harvesting structures (Jal Sanchay)
✓ Command area development
• PMKSY (Watershed) by Dept. of Land Resources, MoRD: Water harvesting structures such as
check dams, nala bund, farm ponds, tanks etc.
• PMKSY (Per drop more crop) by Dept. of Agriculture & Cooperation, MoA:
✓ Promoting efficient water conveyance and precision water application devices like drips,
sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns in the farm (Jal Sinchan).
✓ Construction of micro irrigation structures to supplement source creation activities including
tube wells and dug wells.
21 National Agriculture Market Scheme (e-NAM):

Implementing Agency: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
What is e-NAM?
• It is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a
unified national market for agricultural commodities.
• It is a single window service for all APMC related information and services including commodity
arrivals & prices, buy & sell trade offers, provision to respond to trade offers etc.
Aim:
To promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining of procedures across the
integrated markets, removing information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and promoting
real time price discovery based on actual demand and supply.
Objectives:
• A national e-market platform for transparent sale transactions and price discovery initially in
regulated markets.
• One license for a trader valid across all markets in the State.
• Harmonization of quality standards of agricultural produce and provision for assaying (quality
testing) infrastructure in every market to enable informed bidding by buyers.
• Single point levy of market fees, i.e on the first wholesale purchase from the farmer.
• Provision of Soil Testing Laboratories in/ or near the selected mandi to facilitate visiting farmers
to access this facility in the mandi itself.
New Features: e-NAM mobile app and BHIM payment facility
22 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana:

Implementing Agency: Education Division of ICAR
Aims/Objectives:
• Transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to
help build the architecture of an inclusive India.
• Connect institutes of higher education with local communities to address the development
changes of rural India through participatory processes and appropriate technologies for
accelerating sustainable agricultural growth.
• Build skilled human resource at village level relevant to national needs towards organic farming
and sustainable agriculture.
• Provide rural India with professional support in the field of Organic Farming/Natural
Farming/Rural Economy/Sustainable Agriculture.

Farmer training centers across the country have been identified to conduct training programmes.
23 National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA):

What is it?
It is a network project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched in February,
2011.
Aim:
Enhance resilience of Indian agriculture to climate change.
Coverage:
The research on adaptation and mitigation covers crops, livestock, fisheries and natural resource
management.
Objectives:
• To validate and demonstrate climate resilient technologies on farmers' fields.
• To strengthen the capacity of scientists and other stakeholders in climate resilient agriculture.
• To draw policy guidelines for wider scale adoption of resilience-enhancing technologies and
options.

• Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation.
• Technology demonstration on farmers’ fields to cope with current climate variability.
• Sponsored and competitive research grants to fill critical research gaps.
• Capacity building of different stake holders.

24 Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan:
Aim:
To promote best farming practices and enhance agricultural income
Coverage/Target Beneficiary:
It will be undertaken in 25 Villages with more than 1000 population each in Aspirational Districts
identified in consultation with Ministry of Rural Development as per directions of NITI Aayog.
In districts where number of villages (with more than 1000 population) is less than 25, all villages
will be covered.

• An Action Plan comprising specifically identified activities under various departments of the
ministry namely, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Animal
Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F) and Department of Agricultural Research & Education
(DARE-ICAR) will be implemented.
• The overall coordination and implementation in the 25 villages of a district is being done by
Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
25 Project ARYA (Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture):

Aim:
Establish economic models for youth in the villages so that youths get attracted in agriculture and
overall rural situation is improved.
Objectives:
• To attract and empower the youth in rural areas to take up agriculture for sustainable income
generation and gainful employment.
• To enable the farm youth to establish network groups.
• To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions for convergence of opportunities
available under various schemes.

• ARYA project will be implemented through KVKs, one district from each State.
• 200-300 rural youths will be identified in each district for skill development in entrepreneurial
activities.
• KVKs will involve the Agricultural Universities and ICAR institutes as technology partners.
26 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK):

What are they?
• They are agricultural extension centres created by ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural
Research) and its affiliated institutions at district level to provide various types of farm support
to the agricultural sector.
• They are 100% financed by Government of India.
Aim:
Assessment of location specific technology modules in agriculture and allied enterprises, through
technology assessment, refinement and demonstrations.
Functions of KVKs:
• On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various
farming systems.
• Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’
fields.
• Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills
on modern agricultural technologies.
• Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to
farmers.
27 Farmers First Initiative:

What is it?
• It is an ICAR initiative that has been conceptualized with a focus on enriching Farmers – Scientist
interface.
• The focus is on farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST).
Aim/Objective:
To move beyond production and productivity and to privilege the complex, diverse & risk prone
realities of the farmers through enhancing farmers-scientists contact with multi stakeholders
participation for technology development and application.

✓ Enriching Farmers –Scientist interface
✓ Technology Assemblage
✓ Application and feedback
✓ Partnership and Institutional Building
✓ Content Mobilization
28 Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav Scheme:


Aim/Objective:
• To promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land process.
• To provide farmers with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis by
adopting villages.

• Groups of four scientists who will adopt 5 villages within a radius of 50-100 km from their place
of working.
• Scientists will select villages as per their convenience and will remain in touch with the selected
villages and provide information to the farmers on technical and other related aspects.
• The scientists are also expected to monitor the process of adoption of agricultural technologies
by the farmers.
• The cooperation of KVKs will be effective in demonstration of technologies to the farmers.
29 Kisan Credit Card Scheme:
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Finance
What is it?
It was introduced in 1998 for issue of Kisan Credit Cards to farmers in order to provide loans for
agriculture needs.
The model scheme was prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) on the recommendations of R.V.GUPTA committee.
Purpose/Objective:
• To meet the short-term credit requirements for cultivation of crops
• Post-harvest expenses
• Produce marketing loan
• Consumption requirements of farmer household
• Working capital for maintenance of farm assets and activities allied to agriculture
• Investment credit requirement for agriculture and allied activities.
Applicability of the scheme:

It is to be implemented by Commercial Banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks and Cooperatives.
Target Beneficiaries/Eligibility:
• Farmers - individual/joint borrowers who are owner cultivators
• Tenant farmers, oral lessees & share croppers
• Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) of farmers including tenant farmers,
share croppers etc.

Latest Update:
KCC has now been extended to fisheries and animal husbandry farmers to help them meet their
working capital needs.
30 Mission Fingerling:
What is it?
• It has been launched under the Blue Revolution program.
• Fish Fingerling production is the single most important critical input visualized to achieve fish
production targets under Blue Revolution
Aim/Target:
Enhance fisheries production to 15 MMT by 2020-21
Objective:
To supplement the requirement of stocking materials in the country which is a much needed input
to achieve the enhanced fish production.

Establishment of hatcheries and fingerling rearing pond to ensure production of fish fingerling,
larvae of shrimp and crab in the country.
31 STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana):

Implementing Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
What is it?
This program has been introduced in all the Agriculture Universities as an essential prerequisite for
the award of degree to ensure hands on experience and practical training in Agriculture.

• Experiential Learning on Business Model / Hands on Training
• Experiential Learning on Skill Development
• Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE)
• Internship / In-Plant Training / Industrial attachment
• Students Projects
Aims/Objectives:
• To provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation in rural
agriculture and create awareness among undergraduate students about practical agriculture
and allied sciences.
• To help build confidence, skills and acquire indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) of the locality
and thereby, prepare the pass-out for self-employment.
• To provide opportunities to acquire hands-on-experience and entrepreneurial skills.
• To reorient graduates of agriculture and allied subjects for ensuring and assuring employability
and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive agriculture.
32 National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP):

What is it?
• It is a project launched by ICAR to attract talent and strengthen agricultural higher education in
the country.
• This project will be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.
NAHEP would target institutions that form the ICAR-AU System, consisting of State Agricultural
Universities, Deemed Universities, Central Universities with Agricultural Faculty and Central
Agricultural Universities.
Objectives:
• To support participating Agricultural Universities and ICAR in providing more relevant and higher
quality of education to Agricultural University students.
• Increase faculty performance.
• Attract better students to AUs.
• Improve student learning outcomes.
• Raise prospects of students for future employability, particularly in the private sector.
Link with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities
for all.
SDG 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work for all.
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
33 e-KRISHI SAMVAD:
Salient Features:
• It is an internet-based interface and is a unique platform that will provide direct and effective
solutions to the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
• Farmers and stakeholders can directly approach ICAR with their problems.
• Appropriate solutions from specialists will be provided via SMS and web.

• Stakeholders can upload photographs related to diseases of the crops, animals or fishes for
diagnostics and remedial measures instantly from the specialists.
34 e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi Portal (e-RAKAM):
Who has developed it?

• The portal is a joint initiative by state-run-auctioneer MSTC and Central Railside Warehouse
Corporation (CRWC).
• It has been developed by MSTC Limited and supported by marketing & logistics partner CRWC
Limited.
Salient Features:
• It is a digital initiative bringing together the farmers, FPOs, PSUs, civil supplies and buyers on a
single platform to ease the selling and buying process of agricultural products.
• e-RaKAM centres are being developed in a phased manner throughout the country to facilitate
farmers for online sale of their produce.
• Farmers would be paid through e-Payment directly into their bank accounts.
35 HORTINET APP:
Developed by: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
What is it?
It is an integrated traceability system developed for providing internet based electronic services to
the stakeholders for facilitating farm registration, testing and certification of Grape, Pomegranate
and Vegetables for export from India to the European Union in compliance with standards.
Features:
• Online farm registration application and status tracking.
• Processing and approval of on-line farmer applications.
• Capture geo location of the farms registered through the app.
• Sample collection by APEDA authorized laboratories along with geo location of the sample.
36 GRAMIN AGRICULTURE MARKETS (GrAMs):

What is it?
GrAMs have been launched in the Budget 2018-19 to develop the retail market in the agriculture
marketing sector.
Features:

• Develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs).
• Physical infrastructure to be strengthened using MGNREGS and other Government Schemes.
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana to be used for strengthening road linkages from habitations
to GrAMs.
• GrAMs will be linked to e-NAM.
• GrAMs will be outside the APMC Act regulation.
Schemes related to the Rural Sector:
37 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI)
Aims/Objectives:
• To trigger processes which lead to holistic development of the identified Gram Panchayats.
• To substantially improve the standard of living and quality of life of all sections of the population
through:
✓ improved basic amenities
✓ higher productivity
✓ enhanced human development
✓ better livelihood opportunities
✓ reduced disparities
✓ access to rights and entitlements
✓ wider social mobilization
✓ enriched social capital
• To generate models of local level development and effective local governance which can
motivate and inspire neighbouring Gram Panchayats to learn and adapt.

In order to achieve these objectives, SAGY would be guided by the following approach:
• Leveraging the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of the Members of Parliament
(MP) to develop model Gram Panchayats.
• Engaging with and mobilizing the community for participatory local level development.
• Converging different government programmes and private and voluntary initiatives to achieve
comprehensive development in tune with people’s aspirations and local potential.
• Building partnerships with voluntary organizations, co-operatives and academic and research
institutions.
• Focusing on outcomes and sustainability.
Identification of Adarsh Grams:

• A Gram Panchayat would be the basic unit. It will have a population of 3000-5000 in plain areas
and 1000-3000 in hilly, tribal and difficult areas.

• The MP would be free to identify a suitable Gram Panchayat for being developed as Adarsh
Gram, other than his/her own village or that of his/her spouse.
• Lok Sabha MP has to choose a Gram Panchayat from within his/her constituency and Rajya
Sabha MP a Gram Panchayat from the rural area of a district of his/her choice in the State from
which he/she is elected.
• Nominated MPs may choose a Gram Panchayat from the rural area of any district in the country.
• In the case of urban constituencies, (where there are no Gram Panchayats), the MP will identify
a Gram Panchayat from a nearby rural constituency.
Goal:
To develop three Adarsh Grams by March 2019, of which one would be achieved by 2016.
Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by 2024.
Additional Fact:
MoRD has published a document named ‘SAHYOG’ as an indicative guidance document with the
essential information on the existing social security schemes collated from respective Ministries to
enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve 100% enrollment into the
social/ financial Security Schemes in SAGY Gram Panchayats.
38 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY):
What is it?
• It was launched by the government on 25th December 2000 to provide all-weather access to
eligible unconnected habitations.
• The World Bank has supported PMGSY since its inception.
Aim/Objective:
• The primary objective of the PMGSY is to provide connectivity, by way of an all-weather road
(which is operable throughout the year), to the eligible unconnected Habitations in the rural
areas with a population of 500 persons and above in Plain areas.
• In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and
Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas, the Tribal areas and the objective would be to connect eligible
unconnected habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.
Coverage:
• The PMGSY shall cover only the rural areas.
• Urban roads are excluded from the purview of this Programme.
• Even in the rural areas, PMGSY covers only the Rural Roads i.e., Roads that were formerly
classified as ‘Other District Roads’ (ODR) and ‘Village Roads’ (VR).
✓ Other District Roads (ODR) are roads serving rural areas of production and providing them with
outlet to market centres, taluka (tehsil) headquarters, Block headquarters or other main roads.

✓ Village Roads (VR) are roads connecting villages / Habitation or groups of Habitations with each
other and to the nearest road of a higher category.
• Major District Roads, State Highways and National Highways cannot be covered under the
PMGSY, even if they happen to be in rural areas. This applies to new Connectivity roads as well
as upgradation works.
39 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission:
Aim:
• To transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces.
• To catalyze overall regional growth.
• To achieve twin objectives of strengthening rural areas and de burdening the urban areas
hence leading to balanced regional development and growth of the country.
Outcomes:
• Bridging the rural-urban divide-viz: economic, technological and those related to facilities and
services.
• Stimulating local economic development with emphasis on reduction of poverty and
unemployment in rural areas.
• Spreading development in the region.
• Attracting investment in rural areas.
Identification of Clusters:
• The State Governments would identify the clusters in accordance with the Framework for
Implementation prepared by the Ministry of Rural Development.
• The clusters will be geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population of about
25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or
tribal areas.
• There would be a separate approach for selection of clusters in Tribal and Non-Tribal Districts.
• As far as possible, clusters of village would follow administrative convergence units of Gram
Panchayats.

The States would prepare Integrated Cluster Action Plans for Rurban Clusters, which would be
comprehensive plan documents detailing out the strategy for the cluster, desired outcomes for the
cluster under the mission, along with the resources to be converged under various Central Sector,
Centrally Sponsored and State Sector schemes, and the Critical Gap Funding (CGF) required for the
cluster.
40 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:
Aim:
• To provide a decent lifestyle to the people of rural India by ensuring atleast 100 days of work
on wage system in every 365 days.
• To improve and develop the most basic natural resources of land and water.
• To create assets for the poor villagers by better connectivity and developing the basic livelihood
resource base of the rural poor.
Funding:
The GoI bears the 100 per cent wage cost of unskilled manual labour and 75 per cent of the
material cost, including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers.
Salient Features:
• Adult members of a rural household willing to do unskilled manual work, may apply for
registration either in writing, or orally to the local Gram Panchayat (GP).
• After due verification of place of residence and age of the member/s the registered household is
issued a Job Card (JC).
• In case employment is not provided within 15 days of applying for job, the state (as per the
Act) will pay an unemployment allowance to the beneficiary.
• Work is provided within 5 kms radius of the village. Beyond 5 kms, extra wages of 10 per cent
are payable to meet additional transportation and living expenses.
• At least one-third of the beneficiaries under the Scheme are women.
• At least 50 per cent of works, in terms of cost, are to be executed by the GPs.
• Government has also approved additional employment over and above 100 days per household
to upto 150 days in notified drought-affected districts in various states.
41 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY):

• The scheme is integration of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) and National
Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) (In November 2015, the schemes were merged to form DAY).
• The scheme has two components one for urban India and other for rural India.
• The Urban component Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM will be implemented by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
• The Rural component Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM will be implemented by the
Ministry of Rural Development.
Mission of DAY-NULM: To reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by
enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities,
resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building
strong grassroots level.
Highlights of the scheme:

✓ Employment through Skill Training and Placement
✓ Social Mobilization and Institution Development
✓ Subsidy to urban poor

✓ Shelters for urban homeless
DAY-NRLM: NRLM focuses on stabilizing and promoting existing livelihood portfolio of the poor.
Highlights of the scheme:

✓ Universal Social Mobilization
✓ Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP)
✓ Community Funds as Resources in Perpetuity
✓ Financial Inclusion
National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP)

• NRLP has been designed as a sub-set of NRLM to create ‘proof of concept’, build capacities of
the Centre and States and create an enabling environment to facilitate all States and Union
Territories to transit to the NRLM.
• NRLP would be implemented in 13 high poverty states accounting for about 90 percent of the
rural poor in the country.
• Intensive livelihood investments would be made by the NRLP in 107 districts and 422 blocks of
13 states (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu).
42 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship:

The Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) is an initiative of the Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD) Government of India (GoI), implemented in collaboration with State
Governments.
Objective:
The PMRD Fellowship is anchored in the twin goals of providing short-term catalytic support to the
district administration in underdeveloped, isolated and remote areas of the country to improve
programme delivery and interface with the marginalized sections of the population, as well as
developing a cadre of committed and competent development leaders and facilitators, who are
available as a resource for rural development over the long term.
Role of Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellows
To begin with, the Fellows would need to spend time and effort in understanding the historical, geo-
physical, agro - ecological, social and economic contexts of the district.
Tenure of Fellowship:
• The duration of Fellowship under the PMRDF shall be for a total period of two years and shall
include an orientation period not exceeding three months.
• The Fellows shall be required to accept the terms and conditions governing the Fellowship
contract through an agreement with NRLPS and subscribe to such agreement with regard to
their Fellowship.

43 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes:
Objective:
• To promote self-employment for the unemployed rural youth, particularly those below the
poverty line and to provide periodic skill up gradation to keep them abreast of latest
technologies.
• Once trained appropriately, the youth will launch profitable micro-enterprises and enhance their
own standards of living and thereby contribute to the overall national economy. They can also
feed the services sector, both within the country and abroad.
Background:
With the aim of mitigating the unemployment problem among the youth, a new initiative was tried
jointly by Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational Trust, Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank
in 1982 which was the setting up of the “RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING INSTITUTE” with its acronym RUDSETI near Dharmasthala in Karnataka.
Several centres of the RUDSETI are already operating successfully now under an initiative of
Ministry of Rural Development.
44 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY):

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Background:
• India is home to more than 24 Crore households out of which about 10 Crore households are still
deprived of LPG as cooking fuel and have to rely on firewood, coal, dung – cakes etc. as primary
source of cooking.
• The smoke from burning such fuels causes alarming household pollution and adversely affects
the health of Women & children causing several respiratory diseases/ disorders.
Aim/Vision:
To safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG,
so that they don’t have to compromise their health in smoky kitchens or wander in unsafe areas
collecting firewood.
Target Beneficiaries and their identification:

• Universal PMUY now covers release of LPG connections to all poor on account of their names
not being covered in earlier identified categories like identified through Socio Economic Caste
Census (SECC) list.
• In case the names are not appearing in the SECC list, beneficiaries are identified from categories
i.e. SC/STs households, beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY (Gramin), Antodaya
Anna Yojana (AAY), Forest dwellers, Most backward Classes (MBC), Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
and people residing in Islands/ river islands.

Target:
To provide 5 Crore deposit-free LPG connections to women belonging to the Below Poverty Line
(BPL) families, which were subsequently increased to 8 Crore.
• Under this scheme, LPG connections will be provided to BPL families with a support of Rs.1600
per connection.
• Ensuring women’s empowerment, especially in rural India, the connections will be issued in the
name of women of the households.
Other Facts:
• LPG Panchayats are being observed to promote learning through peer group interaction - Kuch
Seekhein, Kuch Sikhayein, where apart from experience sharing, it also aims at safe and
sustained usage of LPG.
• PMUY implementation has been appreciated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and
termed it as a decisive intervention to check the indoor health pollution being faced by the
women of the country.
45 Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat Scheme:

What is it?
It is an interactive communication platform for rural LPG users on various subjects like safe usage
of LPG, its benefit to environment, women empowerment and women health, and also use the
forum to motivate the consumers to use LPG regularly as a clean cooking fuel.
Aim/Vision:
Trigger a discussion through sharing of personal experiences on the benefits of use of clean fuel
compared to traditional fuels like cowdung, charcoal, or wood.
Objectives:
• The panchayat will be used as a backup for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
• To distribute LPG connections among rural areas where conventional fuel is used for domestic
purposes.
• To resolve issues and wrong traditional beliefs among people through officials of oil PSUs, NGOs,
Asha workers and other social workers.
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana:
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
What are Adarsh Grams?

• An ‘Adarsh Gram’ is one wherein people have access to various basic services so that the
minimum needs of all the sections of the society are fully met and disparities are reduced to a
minimum.
• These villages would have all such infrastructure and its residents will have access to all such
basic services that are necessary for a dignified living, creating thereby an environment in which
everyone is enabled to utilize her/his potential to the fullest.
Background:
• Scheduled Castes (SCs), who constitute 16.6% of our population as per 2011 Census, have
historically suffered social and educational disabilities and economic deprivation arising
therefrom.
• Accordingly, special provisions have been enshrined in the Constitution for advancement of
their interests.
• Securing "to all its citizens, JUSTICE, Social, Economic and Political" is the first goal mentioned in
the Preamble to the Constitution of India.
• Article 46 of Part IV of the Constitution enjoins upon the State to promote with special care the
educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, in particular, of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
• Article 38 (2) also enjoins upon the State to minimize inequities in income, and to endeavor to
eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also
amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations.
Objectives:
• The objective of this Scheme is to ensure integrated development of the selected villages with
more than 50% SC population so that, inter alia, there is:
✓ Adequate Infrastructure: All requisite infrastructure necessary for the socio-economic
development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
✓ Improvement in Socio-Economic Indicators: The identified socio-economic indicators, known as
Monitorable Indicators, are to be improved so that the disparity between SC and non-SC
population is eliminated and the level of indicators is raised to at least that of the National
average.
Monitorable Indicators:
Monitorable Indicators pertain to the following 10 domains:
• Drinking water and Sanitation
• Education
• Health and Nutrition
• Social Security
• Rural Roads and Housing
• Electricity and Clean Fuel
• Agricultural Practices
• Financial Inclusion

• Digitization
• Livelihood and Skill Development
While the proposed scheme will generally cover all sections of society living in the selected villages
with more than 50% SC population, special focus will be on development of weaker sections like:
• Scheduled Castes
• Scheduled Tribes
• Women and children
• Persons with disability
• The destitute

• Convergence of Schemes: The twin objectives of providing adequate infrastructure and
improving socio-economic indicators will be sought to be achieved by convergence of Schemes.
• ‘Gap-filling’: The specifically identified developmental requirements of the selected villages
which cannot be met under any of the existing schemes of the Central and State Governments
would be undertaken from ‘Gap-filling’ fund under this Scheme.
46 Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin):
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
What is it?
To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation
the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on 2nd October 2014 with two Sub-Missions:
• Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
• Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)
Aim/Vision:
The aim of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is to achieve a clean and Open Defecation Free (ODF)
India by 2nd October 2019.
Objectives:
• To bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting
cleanliness, hygiene and eliminating open defecation.
• To accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the vision of Swachh Bharat by 2nd
October 2019.
• To motivate communities to adopt sustainable sanitation practices and facilities through
awareness creation and health education.
• To encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies for ecologically safe and sustainable
sanitation.
• To develop, wherever required, community managed sanitation systems focusing on scientific
Solid & Liquid Waste Management systems for overall cleanliness in the rural areas
Components:
• Preparation of state plans.
• IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities.
• Capacity building of functionaries.
• Construction of household toilets.
• Construction of community sanitary complexes.
• A revolving fund at the district level to assist Self Help Groups and others in providing cheap
finance to their members.
• Funds for rural sanitary marts, where materials for the construction of toilets, etc., may be
purchased.
• Funds for solid and liquid waste management.
Update:
Under SBM-G, construction of toilets in government schools and aganwadis will be done by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Women and Child Development,
respectively.
Features:
• Provide flexibility to State governments, as sanitation is a State subject, to decide on their
implementation policy, use of funds and mechanisms, taking into account State specific
requirements.
• Emphasis is placed on Behaviour Change Communication (BCC). BCC is not a 'stand-alone'
separate activity to be done as a 'component' of SBM-G, but about nudging communities into
adopting safe and sustainable sanitation practices through effective BCC.
• An army of ‘foot soldiers’ or ‘Swachhagrahis’, earlier known as ‘Swachhata Doots’ is developed
and engaged through existing arrangements like Panchayati Raj Institutions, Co-operatives,
ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Women Groups, Community Based Organisations, Self-Help Groups
etc.
• NAMAMI GANGE: This is an initiative of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation (MOWR, RD&GR) to make villages on the bank of river Ganga Open
Defecation Free and interventions dealing with solid and liquid waste management are being
implemented by MDWS.
47 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018:

• The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation had commissioned “Swachh Survekshan
Grameen-2018” (SSG 2018) through an independent survey agency to develop ranking of all
districts of India on the basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation (Swachhata) parameters.

• This ranking was done based on a comprehensive set of parameters including surveys of public
places like schools, Anganwadis, PHCs, Haat/ Bazaars, Panchayat and citizen’s perception of
Swachhata and their recommendations for improvement of the program and data from the
SBM-G IMIS.
• Top 3 States: 1) Haryana, 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra
• Top 3 Districts: 1) Satara, Maharashtra 2) Rewari, Haryana 3) Pedapalli, Telangana
• States with maximum citizen participation 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra
• Districts with maximum citizens’ participation 1) Nashik, Maharashtra 2) Solapur, Maharashtra 3)
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

Initiatives related to Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen):
SWACHHATA ACTION PLAN: All the ministries/departments are to bring Swachhta as an element in
their schemes and activities from 2017, so that each of them and the institutions, corporations and
offices under them can contribute to achieve Swachh Bharat.
SWACHHATA PAKHWADA: It started in April 2016 with the objective of bringing a fortnight of
intense focus on the issues and practices of Swachhata by engaging GOI Ministries/Departments in
their jurisdictions. The monitoring of the Swachhata Pakhwada is done using the Swachhata
Samiksha Portal.
Swachh Iconic Places: This initiative is in partnership with Ministries of Urban Development,
Tourism and Culture with MDWS being the nodal ministry. 100 places across India have been
identified as “iconic” due to their heritage, religious and/or cultural significance. The SIP initiative is
to improve the cleanliness conditions at these places to a distinctly higher level.
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra (SSS): A joint initiative of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and
Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation to achieve better health outcomes through improved
sanitation and increased awareness and healthy lifestyles. The three key components of Swachh
Swasth Sarvatra are:
• Community Health Centres (CHCs) in ODF blocks will be supported to achieve Kayakalp
certification (a certificate for high standard of sanitation and hygiene).
• Gram Panchayat of Kayakalp Primary Health Centres (PHCs) prioritized to become ODF School
Sanitation.

• Training in WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) of CHC/PHC nominees
Swachh Shakti 2019: It was hosted by the government of Haryana in Kurukshetra. It is a national
event which aims to bring in to focus the leadership role played by rural women in Swachh Bharat
Mission. Women Sarpanches and Panches from all over the country attended the event. Best
practices from grass root level in the rural areas for Swachh Bharat were shared by them. The event
will showcase the achievements of Swachh Bharat.
Rashtriya Swachhta Kendra (RSK): It was announced on centenary of Champaran Satyagraha i.e. 10
April, 2017. It will be located opposite to Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi at Rajghat. RSK is planned to
disseminate all information on sanitation matters and advanced toilet technology among people.
Darwaza Band-Part 2 Media Campaign: This is an aggressive mass media campaign by MDWS. It
was launched on February 6, 2019 for sustainability of the Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of
villages across the country. The campaign was launched in Mumbai in the presence of actor
Amitabh Bachchan. The campaign talks about how a toilet must be used by all, always and under all
circumstances (har koi, har roz, hamesha). It is supported by the World Bank.
Swachhta hi Sewa Campaign: It is a fortnight-long sanitation campaign to highlight the cleanliness

initiative, Swachh Bharat Mission. Its objective is to mobilise people and reinforce jan aandolan
(mass movement) for sanitation. There will be targeted cleaning of public and tourist places under
this campaign.
Satyagraha Se Swachhagraha Campaign: The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, in

coordination with the Government of Bihar, organized a weeklong campaign “Satyagraha Se
Swachhagraha” from 3rd to 10th April, 2018, in Bihar, culminating in East Champaran on 10th April,
2018, where over 20,000 Swachhagrahis came together. The Prime Minister also felicitated the 10-
best performing Swachhagrahis in an award giving ceremony.
48 Gobar Dhan Scheme:
What is it?
• It is an effort to ensure cleanliness in villages and generate wealth and energy by converting
cattle dung and solid agricultural waste into compost and biogas and improve the lives of
villagers.
• It has been launched under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).
Aim:
• To positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and organic
waste.

• To create new rural livelihood opportunities and enhancing income for farmers and other rural
people.
Objectives:
• Energy: Villages become self-reliant in clean energy by harnessing bio-waste to generate
bioenergy.
• Empowerment: Households consume cleaner and cheaper fuel through biogas/bio-CNG for
cooking, saving on earnings and time; women of the household who typically engage in
collection of firewood/ making dung cakes can be relieved of the drudgery involved.
• Employment: Local youth and semi-skilled technicians can benefit from skilling and potential
green jobs such as collection of waste, transportation to treatment plants, management of
plant, operation and maintenance of plants, sale and distribution of biogas and bio-slurry
generated, etc.
• Organic Fertilizer: The digested slurry from biogas plants, a rich source of manure, shall benefit
farmers in supplementing chemical fertilizers.
• Sanitation: Improved sanitation, by reducing source of pollution, linking toilets to biogas,
reducing waste from the villages.
Coverage:
• It proposes to cover 700 projects across the country in 2018-19.
• It will be implemented in two phases i.e, 350 projects in first half of the year and rest in the
second half.
• The States may choose to develop atleast one project per district or as many viable projects as
possible to achieve effective bio-waste management in the villages.
49 Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana:
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Power

Nodal Agency: Rural Electrification Corporation
What is it?
• It is a scheme for rural electrification.
• The erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) scheme for village
electrification and providing electricity distribution infrastructure in the rural areas has been
subsumed in the DDUGJY scheme.
Aim/Target:
24×7 uninterrupted electricity supply to each rural household across the country by 2022.
Objectives:
• To provide electrification to all villages.
• Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers.
• Improvement of sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability
of the supply.
• Metering to reduce the losses.
50 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan:

• It is the new scheme to make rural households digitally literate by 2019.
• This scheme is initiated under Digital India Programme and expected to be one of the largest
digital literacy programs in the world.
51 National Rural Health Mission:
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Launch Year: 2005
Objectives:
• Reduction in child and maternal mortality.
• Universal access to public services for food and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene and universal
access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women’s and
children’s health and universal immunization.
• Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally
endemic diseases.
• Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care.
• Population stabilization, gender and demographic balance.
• Revitalize local health traditions & mainstream AYUSH.
• Promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Coverage:
Cities and towns with population below 50,000 will be covered under NRHM.
52 National Rural Drinking Water Programme:

What is it?
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2009.
• It has been restructured and continued co-terminus with the 14th Finance Commission cycle till
March 2020.
• The restructuring has made the programme flexible, result-oriented and competitive.
Aim:
• Providing every person in rural India with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other
domestic basic needs on a sustainable basis.
• Ensuring sustainability of water availability in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience,
affordability and equity.
Target Beneficiary:
All people in rural areas
NWQSM:
A Sub-programme under NRDWP viz. National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) was started by
the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in February 2017 which will address the urgent need
for providing clean drinking water in about 28000 Arsenic & Fluoride affected habitations on a
sustainable basis by March 2021.
53 Swajal Scheme:
What is it?
• It is a demand driven and community centred program to provide sustainable access to drinking
water to people in rural areas.
• It has been launched under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme.
• It has been launched in all the Aspirational Districts of the country.
Aim:
To provide villages with piped water supply powered by solar energy in an integrated manner to the
rural masses.

• The scheme will train hundreds of rural technicians for operation and maintenance of Swajal
units.
• The state governments in partnership with rural communities; shall plan, design, construct,
operate and maintain the water supply in Swajal units.
54 BharatNet Project:
• Bharat Net Project is the new brand name of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) which was
launched in October, 2011 to provide broadband connectivity to all 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats.
• It was renamed Bharatnet in 2015.
Objective:
• The primary objective was to extend the existing optical fibre network up to Panchayat level.

• The government had planned to make this network available to telecom service provides and as
a highway for transmission of voice, data and video in rural areas.
Funding for the Bharatnet Project:

• Bharat Net is being funded through Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
• The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) was established with the fundamental objective of
providing access to ‘Basic’ telegraph services to people in the rural and remote areas at
affordable and reasonable prices.
• Subsequently the scope was widened to provide subsidy support for enabling access to all types
of telegraph services including mobile services, broadband connectivity and creation of
infrastructure like OFC in rural and remote areas.
The project is a three-phase implementation project:

• The first phase envisages providing one lakh gram panchayats with broadband connectivity by
laying underground optic fibre cable (OFC) lines by December 2017. This has been successfully
completed.
• The second phase will provide connectivity to all 2,50,000-gram panchayats in the country using
an optimal mix of underground fiber, fiber over power lines, radio and satellite media. It is to be
completed by March 2019.
• In the third phase from 2019 to 2023, state-of-the-art, future-proof network, including fiber
between districts and blocks, with ring topology to provide redundancy would be created.

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Central Sector Schemes:

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

Core of the Core Schemes:

The funding pattern is as follows:

Schemes listed in the Union Budget 2019-20:

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

Core of the Core Schemes:

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Scheme Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores)

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Let us discuss each scheme in detail:

1 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana

Sub-schemes/Missions under it:

1.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

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Process and Mechanism:

What has it subsumed?

Centrally Sponsored Schemes:

Central Sector Schemes:

1.1.1 Project CHAMAN under MIDH:

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National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP):

Process and Mechanism:

Address major constraints to crop productivity through promotion of relevant technological

1.3 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA):

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1.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SAME):

1.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP):

1.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM):

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1.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES):

1.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC):

1.10 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM):

1.11 National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A)

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Schemes for Soil Health Management:

2 Soil Health Card Scheme:

What is a Soil Health Card?

3 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Process and Mechanism/Components:

Model Organic Cluster Demonstrations:

Model Organic Farm:

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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Process and Mechanism:

6 Agriculture Mechanization – Crop Residue Management Scheme:

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

State level: Department of Agriculture of the concerned State Government.

Process and Mechanism/Components:

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7 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana:

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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