Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. It contributes around 16% of the total GDP and 10% of the country’s total exports. Agriculture and farming are an indispensable part of the country’s progress and development.
Since the
growth of a nation is directly connected to the wellbeing of farmers and the
productivity of farming, the government and private organisations launch a number
of schemes and CSR initiatives for ensuring their welfare. They try their best
to ensure the overall progress of the economy through a number of robust
schemes and programmes.
Listed below are some of the most effective
ones based on the data of Cross Barriers:
·
Soil
Health Card Scheme
Assists the
State Governments in issuing Soil Health Cards to all farmers across the
country.
·
National
Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
A robust
initiative for promoting sustainability in agriculture through appropriate
measures for enhancing agriculture productivity mainly in rain-fed areas. It
includes a number of schemes such as:
ü Rainfed
Area Development (RAD)
ü Soil
Health Management (SHM)
ü Sub
Mission on Agro Forestry (SMAF)
ü Paramparagat
Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
ü Soil
and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI)
ü National
Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA)
ü National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF)
·
Neem
Coated Urea (NCU)
NCU was
launched with the major objective of regulating the use of urea, increasing the
availability of nitrogen to the crop and reduce the overall cost of fertilizer
application.
·
Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)
With ‘Har Khet Ko Paani’ as its major aim,
PMKSY was launched for ensuring proper irrigation supply chain through water
sources, distribution network and farm level applications.
·
Paramparagat
Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
PKVY was
introduced with an aim of promoting farming in the country by improving soil
health for increasing the famer’s net income.
·
National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
A robust initiative for setting up a national
e-marketing platform for revamping the agriculture markets and introducing the
concept of ‘One Nation One Market’.
·
Micro
Irrigation Fund (MIF)
Starting
with an initial amount of Rs 5000 crore (Rs 2000 crore for 2018-19 & Rs
3000 crore for 2019-20), MIF was created for encouraging public and private
investments in Micro irrigation.
·
Rainfed
Area Development Programme (RADP)
As a part
of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), RADP aims at enhancing the
agricultural productivity of rainfed areas, controlling the impact of possible
crop failure due to drought and providing livelihood support to the farmers.
·
Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Under this scheme, the farmer has to pay maximum
premium of 2% for Kharif, 1.5% for Rabi food and oilseed crops and 5% for
annual commercial/horticultural crops.
·
Livestock
insurance Scheme
The
Livestock insurance scheme provides protection to the farmers and cattle
rearers against any eventual loss of animals due to death.
Certainly,
with such robust schemes and CSR initiatives, the government is doing its bit
for empowering the farmers and thus, contributing to the overall progress of
the Indian economy in a bigger way.
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