AGRICULTURAL REFORMS: Doubling Farmer’s Income-
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Yojana/Kurukshetra
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21st Nov, 2019
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The Government has reoriented the agriculture sector by focusing on an income-centeredness approach which focuses on achieving high productivity, reducing cost of cultivation and remunerative price on the produce, with a view to earn higher profits from farming. Various initiatives by way of schemes and policy reforms have been rolled out in consonance with his approach:-
For Higher Production Through Productivity Gains:
- National Food Security Mission(NFSM)- for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, nutri-rich cereals, commercial crops.
- Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)- for high growth rate of horticulture crops.
- National Mission on Oilseed and Oil Palm (NMOOP)- for increasing production of oilseeds and oil palm.
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For Reduction in Cost of Cultivation:
- Soil Health Card (SHC)- to ensure optimal use of fertilizer application thus saving the input cost for farmers.
- Neem Coated Urea (NCU)- to regulate use of urea and reduce cost of superfluous fertilizer application.
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For Providing Assistance To Small and Marginal Farmers:
- PM KISAN Scheme- to provide assistance to small and marginal farmer families with an amount of Rs.6000/- per year.
- PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)- provides for a payment of a minimum pension of Rs.3000/- per month to eligible small and marginal farmers on attaining the age of 60 years. It is voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40 years.
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Ensure Remunerative Returns:
- e-NAM- to revolutionize agri-markets by ensuring real-time better price discovery, bringing in transparency and moving towards ‘One Nation One Market’.
- Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO’s)- have been on-boarded on e-NAM portal and have started uploading their produce for trading from their premise.
- MSP- giving a major boost for the farmer’s income, Government has recently approved the increase in the MSP for all Kharif crops for 2019-20 season.
- Market Intervention Scheme- for procurement of agriculture & horticulture products, which are perishable in nature and are not covered under PSS (Price Support Scheme).