Poster Making Contest for Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

Poster Making Contest for Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

Ministry of Agriculture invites citizens to use their creative skills and make posters that showcase the objectives of the Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) scheme.
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Poster Making Contest for Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

Last Date- Apr 05, 2018 17:00 PM

The Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is the first comprehensive scheme launched by the Central Government as a centrally sponsored programme (CSP), where the Central and state government’s share the funding in varying ratio.

The scheme is implemented by the State Governments on a cluster basis of 20 hectares each. The farmer within the cluster is given financial assistance to a maximum of 1 ha and the limit of assistance is Rs.50,000 per ha during the conversion period of 3 years. The target is to promote 10,000 clusters covering 2 lakh ha over the period of 3 years, 2015-16 to 2017-18.
Ministry of Agriculture invites citizens to use their creative skills and make posters that showcase the objectives of the PKVY scheme.

The objectives are listed below:
  • To promote eco- friendly concept of cultivation reducing the dependency on agro-chemicals and fertilizers.
  • To optimally utilize the locally available natural resources for input production.
  • To promote the use of local indigenous traditional techniques for management of plant nutrition and plant protection.
  • To develop 10,000 organic clusters of 50 acres each.
  • To develop potential markets for organic products.


The posters can be either in English or in Hindi

Size of the poster should A3 in digital format

Last date of submission of entry is 5th April, 2018.

Two winners will be selected, and will be awarded cash prizes by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare:

First Prize: Rs. 20,000

Second Prize: Rs. 10,000

Click here to read the Terms and Conditions of the contest.

For any contest-related query, please write to:
Smt. Vandana Dwivedi, ADC (INM)
Email: dwivediv@nic.in

Source : MyGov

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