Putting Farmers First 48-Months report card

Putting Farmers First 48-Months report card

Infographics shared by mygov as completion of 48 Months of Government.

Govt. of India's information sharing portal mygov share the various facts about Development in the previous 48 months. Here, we are sharing the infographics related to Putting Farmers article.

Standing With Farmers In Times of Need:

• Relief to farmers in distress given in case of 33% and more damage to the crop; earlier it was for 50%.
• For food grains damaged due to excessive rainfall, full minimum support price to be paid.
• Families of the deceased persons to be given an assistance of Rs.4 lakhs,up from Rs.2.5 lakhs.
• 82% rise in provision under SDRF during 2015-20, as compared to 2010-15. It went up to Rs.61,220 crores from Rs.33,580.93 crore.

Boost to Milk Production & Farmer Incomes Rashtriya Gokul Mission:

• New initiative under National Program for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development of Rs.500 cr.
• 20 Gokul Grams are being established and 41 Bull Mother Farms modernized.

Blue Revolution Opens up New Avenues for Farmers:

• Integrated Development & Management of Fisheries' with an outlay of Rs.3000 cr.
• Fish production increased from 186.12 tonnes during 2012-14 to 209.59 tonnes during 2014-16.

Mobilizing Resources to Enhance Agricultural Production:

• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana to Give a New Boost to Farming 10,000 clusters covering 2 lakhs hectare area under Organic Farming in 2015-18.
• Farmers making Informed Decisions with Soil Health Cards More than 12.5 crore Soil Health Cards distributed.

Value Addition for Better Incomes & Getting the Supply Chain Right:

• PMKSY launched to modernize supply chain infrastructure.
• Budget allocation doubled to push Food processing industry.
• Grams, electronically linked to e-NAM, to Make direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers.
• Operation Greens to address price volatilility of perishable commodities like tomato, onion and potato.
• Develop existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (Grams), helping 86%small farmers.

Helping Farmers get the Right Pric Electronic National Agriculture Market e-NAM:

• e- Trading platforms 585 regulated markets to fetch best prices for farmers.
• More than 87.5 Lakh farmers and sellers are registered.
• 164.53 lakh Tonnes of farm commodities worth Rs.41591K Cr transacted on e-NAM.

Farmers Get Holistic Protection Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana at Nominal Rates:

• Biggest financial support till date in crop insurance 4.05 Cr farmers covered.
• 379.06 lakh hectares land insured for a sum of Rs.1,31,519 Crore.

Ensuring More Crop Per Drop:

• Rs.50,000 crores to be invested to achieve har khet ko paani.
• To cover 28.5 Lakh hectare are under irrigation.
• 26.87 lakh hectares under micro irrigation from 2014-18.
• Dedicated Micro Irrigation fund of Rs.5000 Crores.
• Facilitating farmers for installing solar water pumps in field irrigation.

Fertilizer Units to Boost Production: 

• Rs.50,000 Cr to revive Defunct Fertilizer Units in Gorakhpur, Sindri, Talcher, Ramagundam and Barauni.
• New urea plant to be set up at Namrup with a capacity of 8.4LMT per annum.

Greater Access and Availability of Fertilizers100%Neem Coating resulted in improvement in soil health, reduction in pest and disease attack:

• Led to Increased Nitrogen Use Efficiency and increased crop yield.
• Special Banking Arrangement of Rs.10,000 cr to clear fertilizer subsidy dues.
• Significant increase in Urea Production with New Urea Policy.
• A reduction in the MRP of DAP;MOP and complex fertilizers.

Unprecedented Support to Farmers With Hike in MSP & Record Procurement:

• Farmers to get 1.5 times of the production cost as MSP for Kharif crops.
• Extent of buffer stock of Pulses increased from 1.5 lakh tonnes to 20 lakh tonnes.
• About 16.24 lakh metric tonnes of pulses procured (as on 22.3.2018).

Affordable Credit for farmers to Boost Agricultural Productivity:

• 24.53 lakh Joint Liability Groups provided Rs.26,848.13 Cr loan by banks across the country (as on 31st March,2017).
• Under Interest Subvention Scheme short Team Crop loans upto Rs.3lakh extended interest rate of 7% per annum up to one year.

Agricultural Production Touches a New High in 2017-18:

• Food Grains 277.49 MT.
• Rice 111.01 MT.
• Coarse Cereals 45.42 MT.
• Pulses 23.95 MT.
• Sugarcane 352.23 MT.
• Horticulture 305.4 MT.

Record Budgetary Allocation for Record Outcomes:

• Farm Credit Target raised to Rs.11 lakh crore for 2018-19.
• Corpus of Rs.10,000 cr to create infrastructure in fishery, aquaculture and animal husbandry sectors.
• Tax incentives to promote post-harvest agricultural activities.
• Rs.2,000 cr for Agri-market infrastructure fund set up.
• Rs.1,290 cr allocated under National Bamboo Mission to help setting up small industries.

Record Budgetary Allocation for Farmers Welfare in New India:

• Rs.1,21,082 Cr 2009-14.
• Rs.2,11,694 Cr 2014-19.

Multi-faceted Focus on Doubling Farmers' Incomes:

• Special focus on irrigation with the aim of Per Drop More Crop.
• Provision of quality seeds and nutrients based on soil health of each field.
• Large investments in Warehousing and Cold Chains to prevent post havest crop lossos.
• Promotion of value addition thjrough food processing .
• Creation of a National Farm Market, removing distortions and e-platform.
• Introduction of a New Crop Insurance Scheme to mitigate risks at an affordable cost.
• Promotion of ancillary activities like poultry, beekeeping, and fisheries.

Source: MyGov

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