| Clean Plant Programme (CPP) |
- Approval Date: 09.08.2024 ; Outlay: ₹1,765.67 crore
- Objective: Enhance quality and productivity of horticulture crops.
- Key Features: Focus on providing disease-free planting material, promoting climate-resilient varieties, reducing crop losses, and improving horticultural produce quality.
- Financial Support: 50% from Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) budget and 50% as a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
- Implementation: Establishment of 9 Clean Plant Centers (CPCs) for disease diagnostics, treatments, and quarantine; development of large-scale nurseries for clean planting material propagation; creation of a regulatory and certification framework to ensure traceability in planting material production.
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| Digital Agriculture Mission |
- Objective: Create a robust digital ecosystem for farmers by providing timely and reliable crop-related information.
- Key Features: Establish Agristack, Krishi Decision Support System (DSS), Comprehensive Soil Fertility & Profile Map, Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), and expansion of IT platforms like Krishi Nivesh Portal and Krishi-DSS Portal.
- Digital Infrastructure: Promotes farmer-centric solutions, digitization, and technology-enabled agricultural services.
(Discussed in detail in one of the today’s articles.) |
| Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Scheme |
- Approval Date: 28.08.2024
- Objective: Enhance agricultural infrastructure across India.
- Key Features: Loans up to ₹2 crores with 3% interest subvention for 7 years. Covers a wide range of entities like PACS, FPOs, self-help groups, agri-entrepreneurs. 24% reserved for SC/ST entrepreneurs.
- Credit Guarantee: Available under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) for loans up to ₹2 crores.
Integration: Linked with PM Kusum ‘A’ and other community farming assets projects to enhance agricultural production.
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| National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds) |
- Approval Date: 03.10.2024; Outlay: ₹10,103 crore
- Objective: Boost domestic oilseed production and achieve self-reliance in edible oils.
- Implementation Period: 2024-25 to 2030-31
- Key Features: Target to increase oilseed production from 39 million tonnes (2022-23) to 69.7 million tonnes by 2030-31. Focus on key oilseeds like rapeseed, mustard, groundnut, soybean, sunflower, and Sesamum.
- Expansion: Oilseed cultivation in rice fallow areas, and intercropping. Setting up 65 new seed hubs and 50 seed storage units. Development of over 600 Value Chain Clusters in 347 districts.
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| National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) |
- Approval Date: 25.11.2024; Outlay: ₹2,481 crore (GOI Share: ₹1,584 crore; State Share: ₹897 crore)
- Objective: Promote natural farming practices across India.
- Key Features: Focus on Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP), scaling up natural farming across 7.5 lakh hectares through 15,000 clusters.
- Financial Assistance: ₹15,000 per hectare for 3 years to farmers for infrastructure creation.
- Infrastructure: Establishment of 15,000 BRCs to facilitate access to bio-inputs like cow dung, neem, and bioculture. Master Trainer Program for large-scale training on natural farming techniques.
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| Additional Key Programmes Initiated in 2024-25 |
- National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS): To monitor and control pest infestations.
- AgriSURE: A fund for start-ups and rural enterprises in agriculture.
- Krishi Nivesh Portal (Phase-I): A platform for facilitating investments in the agriculture sector.
- Krishi-DSS Portal: A geospatial platform to provide decision support for Indian agriculture.
- Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM): Promoting sustainable agricultural practices through carbon credit initiatives.
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