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A farm relief or booster package for the farmers was expected in the Interim Budget 2019, given the focus of the
Government on addressing the agrarian crisis. Living up to these expectations and walking a tightrope between
financial prudence and populism, the Government announced an income support scheme for poor farmers. A
gigantic outlay of ₹75,000 crore for FY 2019 and ₹20,000 crore for FY 2018 (starting December 2018) was
announced under Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, which will be funded entirely by the Central Government. Under
this scheme, farmers holding less than 2 ha of land will receive ₹6,000 annually, in 3 installments. This amount will
be credited directly to farmers' account.

I n India More than 72% of farmers fall into the

category of small and marginal farmers; the figure
is expected to increase to 90%. Average annual
income of small and marginal farmer ranges between
₹35,000-₹40,000, and the average land holding is
around 1.23 hac. The Government has rolled out a
number of new initiatives like Soil Health Card
Scheme, Neem Coated Urea, Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), National Agriculture
Market (e-NAM), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana (PMFBY) and Interest Subvention Scheme.
These schemes are for the benefit of all farmers. The
details of the schemes are as below:
1. Soil Health Card Scheme
Launched in 2015, the scheme has been
introduced to assist State Governments to issue Soil
Health Cards to all farmers in the country. The Soil
Health Cards provide information to farmers on
nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation
on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for
improving soil health and its fertility.
As on 11.7.2017, against target of 253 lakh soil
samples, all 253 lakh soil samples have been collected
and 245 lakh (97%) samples have been tested.
Against target of 12 crore Soil Health Cards, so far 9
crore (76%) cards have been distributed to farmers.
2. Neem Coated Urea (NCU)
Scheme being promoted to regulate use of
urea, enhance availability of nitrogen to the crop and
reduce cost of fertilizer application. NCU slows
down the release of fertilizer and makes it available
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to the crop in an effective manner. The entire quantity
of domestically manufactured and imported urea is
now neem coated. The reports from field are
positive. The expected saving is 10% of urea
consumption, thereby resulting in reduced cost of
cultivation and improved soil health management.
3. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
is being implemented with a view to promote organic
farming in the country. This will improve soil health
and organic matter content and increase net income
of the farmer so as to realise premium prices. Under
this scheme, an area of 5 lakh acre is targeted to be
covered though 10,000 clusters of 50 acre each, from
the year 2015-16 to 2017-18.
4. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
Launched on 1st July, 2015 with the motto of
'Har Khet Ko Paani', the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is being implemented
to expand cultivated area with assured irrigation,
reduce wastage of water and improve water use
efficiency. PMKSY not only focuses on creating
sources for assured irrigation, but also creating
protective irrigation by harnessing rain water at
micro level through 'Jal Sanchay' and 'Jal Sinchan'.
Micro irrigation is also incentivized through subsidy
to ensure 'Per drop-More crop'. The target under
micro-irrigation for the year 2016-17 was 8 lakh ha.
against which 8.39 lakh ha have been covered.
5. National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
The National Agriculture Market scheme (e-

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NAM) envisages initiation of e-marketing platform
at national level and to support creation of
infrastructure to enable e-marketing in 585 regulated
markets across the country by March 2018. This
innovative market process is revolutionizing agri
markets by ensuring better price discovery, bringing
in transparency and competition to enable farmers to
get improved remuneration for their produce moving
towards 'One Nation One Market'. A target of
integrating 400 markets to e-NAM had been set for
March, 2017 against which 455 markets in 13 States
have been on boarded as on 30.6.2017. As on
2.7.2017, 47.95 lakh farmers and 91,500 traders
have registered on e-NAM portal.
6. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)/
Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance
Scheme (RWBCIS)
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
& Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance
Scheme (RWBCIS) were launched from Kharif 2016
to provide comprehensive crop insurance coverage
from pre-sowing to post harvest losses against non-
preventable natural risks. These schemes are only risk
mitigation tools available to farmers at extremely low
premium rates payable by farmers at 2% for Kharif
crops, 1.5% for Rabi Crop and 5% for annual
commercial/horticultural crops. The balance of
actuarial premium is shared by the Central and State
Governments on 50: 50 bases. The schemes are
voluntary for States and available in areas and crops
that are notified by the State Governments. Further,
the schemes are compulsory for loanee farmers and
voluntary for non-loanee farmers.
7. Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS):
The Government provides interest subvention
of 3% on short-term crop loans up to Rs.3.00 lakh.
Presently, loan is available to farmers at an interest rate
of 7% per annum, which gets reduced to 4% on prompt
repayment. Further, under Interest Subvention
Scheme 2016-17, in order to provide relief to the
farmers on occurrence of natural calamities, the
interest subvention of 2% shall continue to be
available to banks for the first year on the restructured
amount. In order to discourage distress sale by farmers
and to encourage them to store their produce in
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warehouses against negotiable warehouse receipts, the
benefit of interest subvention will be available to small
and marginal farmers having Kisan Credit Card for a
further period of upto six months post harvest on the
same rate as available to crop loan.
8. PM-Kisan Scheme
The Scheme aims to provide a payment of
Rs.6000/- per year for the farmers' families with
cultivable land holding upto 2 hectare, subject to
certain exclusions. This Rs.6000/- would be released
in three 4-monthly installments of Rs.2000/- over the
year. The scheme is effective from 1.12.2018. The
amount is being released by the Central Government
directly into the bank accounts of the eligible farmers
under Direct Benefit Transfer mode for a period of 4
months ending on 31.03.2019. Around 12.5 crore
farmers across the country will be benefitted from
this Scheme. Under the scheme, the responsibility of
identification of the eligible beneficiaries rests with
the State Government.
9. New Umbrella Scheme “Pradhan Mantri
Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan” (PM-
AASHA)
Giving a major boost to the pro-farmer
initiatives of the Government and in keeping with its
commitment and dedication for the Annadata, the
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has approved a new Umbrella
Scheme “Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan
Abhiyan' (PM-AASHA). The Scheme is aimed at
ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their
produce as announced in the Union Budget for 2018.
10. Govt Providing Subsidy on Crop Residue
Management Machinery to Farmers
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said hundreds of
millions of waste produced in India comes from
agriculture and agricultural enterprises. According to
statistics, 70% of the waste is used in industrial sector
and as domestic fuel. The remaining waste can be
converted into bio-components and bio fuels and can
also be used in the generation of energy. He informed
that the government is providing subsidy @50-80%
for crop residue management machinery. These
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machines help farmers in mixing crop residue with
soil to make it more productive.
11. Integrated Farming System (IFS) to double
income
The Tamil Nadu state has come out with its
own variant of the concept of “doubling farmers'
income,” through the integrated farming system (IFS).
IFS is implemented as part of the National Agriculture
Development Programme (NADP) and the IFS would
require every beneficiary-farmer to undertake a host of
activities, apart from agriculture, so that he or she gets
a higher income than what he or she has been earning
under the conventional way of farming.
12. Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana
Assam Government has launched a Mega
Mission named as Chief Minister
SamagraGramyaUnnayan Yojana (CMSGUY)to
double the farm income in five years. The Mega
Mission is planning its activities to bring the desired
change in the rural areas of the state. In order to
enhance farm mechanization in the state and to
facilitate double cropping, one tractor unit
comprising of one tractor, its accessories and
matching implements will be provided to one
selected beneficiary group in each revenue village.
13. Suryashakti Kisan Yojna: Gujarat Govt.
launches solar scheme
With an aim to generate additional income for
farmers, the state government on Saturday launched
Suryashakti Kisan Yojna (SKY) under which grid-
connected solar panels will be provided to over 12,000
cultivators who have already taken regular electricity
connections for irrigation purpose.
14. Agri udaan
Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 - will
help select innovative startups to scale up their
operations in agri value chain for effective
improvement in agriculture. This is a six month
programme in which short-listed agri startups with
promising innovative business models will be
mentored and guided to scale up their operations.
During this period, the startups will be trained in
different aspects of technology commercialization,
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product validation, business plan preparation, risk
analysis, customer engagement, finance
management and fund raising.
15. Suryashakti Kisan Yojna: Gujarat Govt
launches solar scheme
With an aim to generate additional income
for farmers, the state government on Saturday
launched Suryashakti Kisan Yojna (SKY) under
which grid-connected solar panels will be provided
to over 12,000 cultivators who have already taken
regular electricity connections for irrigation purpose.
16. KUSUM scheme: solar power scheme for
farmers
With an aim to promote use of solar power
among farmers, the government is all set to launch Rs
1.4 crore KUSUM scheme next month
17. AP govt introduces scale-out scheme for
natural farming
The Andhra Pradesh government on
Saturday launched a Zero Based Natural Farming
(ZBNF) scale-out scheme, aimed at benefitting
around six million farmers by 2024
18. Cabinet approves Corpus for Micro Irrigation
Fund with NABARD
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra
Modi has approved an initial Corpus of Rs.5,000
crore for setting up of a dedicated “Micro Irrigation
Fund” (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan
MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY).
19. Rainbow Revolution" for agri growth
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today
said his government is committed to improvements
in agriculture which could help farmers of the state in
raising their incomes
20. Government scheme to replace old agri
pumpsets
Through Energy Efficiency Services Ltd
(EESL), the Union Power Ministry has taken up the
initiative of accelerating the programme of
agriculture demand side management (AgDSM).
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21. Five clusters under dry land agriculture scheme
In order to bring more areas under rainfed
crops and also to increase the productivity of rain fed
crops by adopting modern agronomic interventions,
the Agricultural Department has formed five clusters
in different parts of the district to take up dry land
farming.
22. Center taking steps to ensure welfare of
farmers
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan
Singh said the Narendra Modi government is taking
steps to ensure welfare of farmers. Telangana
Announced 'Rythu Bandhu' Scheme For Farmers.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
announced the latest scheme extending cash
assistance of Rs 4,000 per acre to farmers every
agricultural season has attracted the attention of the
Narendra Modi government.
23. Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana to
promote organic farming
Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers in
Agriculture is a cause for concern and has drawn the
attention of the government because of its
implications on environment, socio-economic and
production fronts.
24. AP Government providing Funds for
procurement of agricultural commodities
Agriculture Minister Somireddi
Chandramohan Reddy said, The State government
has spent Rs. 1,602 crore on procurement of
agricultural commodities under Minimum Support
Price (MSP), Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) and
Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) during the last
four years.
25. Promotion of agricultural mechanization for
in-situ management
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi, has given its approval for promotion of
Agricultural Mechanization for in-situ Management
of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana and
Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi.
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26. Allocate Rs. 12,000 crores for the farmers
under FISS scheme
The Telangana government will allocate Rs.
12,000 crores for the farmers in the agriculture
budget under the farmers investment support scheme
(FISS).
27. Telangana to give Rs 8,000/acre to cover the
costs of agri input
The Telangana government has drawn up a
scheme under which farmers in the state will be
given Rs 4,000 per acre twice a year to cover the costs
of major inputs such as fertilizers, seeds and
pesticides.
28. Agriclinics & Agribusiness Centres (ACABC)
Scheme
Unemployed graduates or diploma holders in
agriculture would be be supported by banks under
the Agriclinics & Agribusiness Centers (ACABC)
Scheme of the Union Government.
Conclusion
Government of India is giving more priority
for welfare of the farmers. In this regard it is
implementing several farmers welfare schemes to
revitalize agriculture sector and to improve their
economic conditions. Therefore, the government
has rolled out new initiatives, schemes, programmes
and plans to benefit all the farmers.
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