Agriculture:
1. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
PMFBYwas also launched in 2016 (MoA&FW, 2018). The scheme also aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture sector by way of providing financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of unforeseen events.
2. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
PMKSN was introduced in February 2019 to increase farmers incomes by providing income support to the land holding farmers’ families and enabling them to afford the expenditure related to agriculture and allied activities and the domestic requirements. Provision to transfer INR 6,000 per year to the beneficiary farmer’s account in four-monthly equal instalment of INR 2,000 has been made.
3. Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Programme (BPKP)
BPKP is being promoted from 2020-21 under existing sub-scheme of PKVY. It is aimed at promoting traditional indigenous practices and is largely based on on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine formulations; time to time working for soil aeration and exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs directly or indirectly. BPKP has same components as PKVY with more emphasis on capacity building and awareness generation. According to the information presented by the Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, an amount of INR 12,200/ha is provided for cluster formation, capacity building, incentives to farmers and certification. During 2020-21, an area of 0.308 million ha was taken up by the states under BPKP.
4. Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
RAD is being implemented as a component of NMSA in a cluster approach, depending on the type and extent of natural resources/assets/commodities already developed or supported. RAD focuses on Integrated Farming System (IFS) for enhancing productivity and minimizing risks associated with climatic variability. Under this system, crops/cropping systems are integrated with activities like horticulture, livestock, fishery, agro-forestry and apiculture to enable farmers not only in maximizing farm returns for sustaining livelihood, but also to mitigate the impacts of drought, flood or other extreme weather events, by providing alternate or additional income opportunities from allied activities. RAD is being implemented since 2014 across all States and UTs except Punjab and Goa.
5. NICRA
The goal of NICRA is to enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture, covering crops, livestock and fisheries to climatic variability and climate change through the development and application of improved production and risk management technologies, to demonstrate site-specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to current climate risks, and to enhance the capacity of scientists and other stakeholders in climate-resilient agricultural research and its application.
The project comprises four components:
Strategic research through the network as well as sponsored/competitive grants mode.
Technology demonstrations on farmers’ fields to cope with current climate variability.
Knowledge management and
Capacity building of different stakeholders.
