Budget for Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare up by 465 percent

27 July 2022, New Delhi: The Government of India is continuously working for enhancing agricultural productivity, farmers’ income and their welfare in a sustainable manner. Accordingly, the Budget for Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW) has been increased from Rs. 21933.50 crore (2013-14) to Rs. 124000 crore (2022-23), which is 465% increase for implementation of various agricultural development and welfare schemes aiming to increase agriculture production and farmers’ welfare across the country. Besides, Rs. 8513.62 crore have been allocated during 2022-23 to Department of Agricultural Research and Education for development of several new high yielding, biotic/ abiotic stress tolerant, disease/ insect resistant and bio-fortified varieties of seed, etc.

In order to enhance production and productivity of food crops, the Government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in the country. The mission aims at increasing foodgrain/ food crop production through area expansion in niche regions and productivity improvement. The mission also provides support to Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR) & State Agriculture Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKS) for technology back stopping and transfer of technology to the farmer under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists. The research organizations are supported for undertaking research projects that can help enhancing production and productivity of crops. For welfare of farmers’, Government has launched various initiatives viz. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman  Nidhi (PM-KISAN), Pradhan  Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PMAASHA), Price Support Scheme (PSS) for pulses and oilseeds, Price Deficiency Payment  Scheme (PDPS), Interest Subvention Scheme, Kisan Credit Card (KCC), etc.

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Further, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) which focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation viz. Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation System. An area of 68 lakh ha under micro-irrigation has been covered during 2015-16 to 2020-21 under PMKSY-PDMC. The state-wise coverage of area micro-irrigation and Central assistance provided to states under PDMC is as follows:

State wise area covered under Micro Irrigation and Central Assistance released under the PDMC since the inception of the scheme (2015-16) to till date

S.No.	State	Area covered under Micro Irrigation(in ha)	Central Assistance released(Rs. in crore)
1	Andhra Pradesh	758646	2284.16
2	Bihar	22011	112.21
3	Chhattisgarh	124759	240.64
4	Goa	868	2.80
5	Gujarat	899328	1685.34
6	Haryana	108194	275.79
7	Himachal Pradesh	10486	116.85
8	Jharkhand	28626	175.64
9	Jammu & Kashmir	1104	58.07
10	Karnataka	1582407	2509.15
11	Kerala	3551	42.53
12	Madhya Pradesh	306707	792.40
13	Maharashtra	803714	1960.46
14	Odisha	73056	231.40
15	Punjab	10259	53.18
16	Rajasthan	412179	922.82
17	Tamil Nadu	935176	2036.83
18	Telangana	283093	679.32
19	Uttarakhand	24976	206.80
20	Uttar Pradesh	266418	671.79
21	West Bengal	66517	176.70
22	Arunachal Pradesh	9907	108.40
23	Assam	31305	122.03
24	Manipur	11503	181.36
25	Meghalaya	–	31.73
26	Mizoram	3692	137.47
27	Nagaland	9868	191.64
28	Sikkim	9211	178.25
29	Tripura	3413	51.50
30	Andaman & Nicobar Island	–	0.70
31	Puducherry	–	2.03
32	Ladakh	–	2.40
32	Head Quarter		101.68
	Total	6800974	16344.07

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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