13 February 2024, New Delhi: The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare implemented the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) in the Country from the year 2015-16 to 2021-22 as a component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). From the year 2022-23, the scheme is being implemented under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). PDMC scheme focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation, namely, Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation systems.
Financial Assistance @ 55% for Small & Marginal farmers and @ 45% for other farmers is provided by the Government for installation of Micro Irrigation under the Scheme. In addition, some States provide additional incentives/top up subsidy for encouraging farmers to adopt Micro Irrigation.
Further, 25% higher unit cost is taken into consideration for calculation of subsidy for the North Eastern and Himalayan states and 15% higher for States with low penetration of Micro Irrigation for larger adoption of Micro Irrigation systems by the farmers under the PDMC scheme.
Farmers are encouraged to take advantage of the PDMC scheme by giving wide publicity to the scheme through press & print media, publication of leaflets/booklets, organization of workshops, exhibitions, farmer fairs, information on State/Government of India web portals etc.
To facilitate the States in mobilising resources for expanding coverage of micro irrigation, Government of India has created Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with initial corpus of Rs. 5000 Crore. States can avail loan from MIF for taking up special and innovative projects for expanding coverage of Micro Irrigation and also for incentivising micro irrigation beyond the provisions available under PDMC scheme to encourage farmers. Government of India provides interest subvention @3% on the loan availed by the States which is met from PDMC Scheme.
An area of 83.46 lakh hectare has been covered under Micro Irrigation in the Country under PDMC from 2015-16 to 2023-24(till date). State-wise details and percentage of coverage is Annexed.
Annexure
State-wise area covered under Micro Irrigation through PDMC from 2015-16 to 2023-24 (till date) and percentage
S. No.
State/UT
Area covered under Micro Irrigation in hectare [2015-16 to 2023-24(till date)]
% to total coverage in the Country[2015-16 to 2023-24 (tilldate)]
1
Andhra Pradesh
919780
11.02
2
Bihar
28258
0.34
3
Chhattisgarh
148146
1.78
4
Goa
875
0.01
5
Gujarat
1087039
13.02
6
Haryana
168336
2.02
7
Himachal Pra.
12235
0.15
8
Jharkhand
34675
0.42
9
Jammu & Kashmir
1104
0.01
10
Karnataka
1801629
21.59
11
Kerala
5608
0.07
12
Madhya Pradesh
356091
4.27
13
Maharashtra
938089
11.24
14
Odisha
95475
1.14
15
Punjab
15173
0.18
16
Rajasthan
708193
8.49
17
Tamil Nadu
1097910
13.16
18
Telangana
326338
3.91
19
Uttarakhand
32257
0.39
20
Uttar Pradesh
355116
4.26
21
West Bengal
95964
1.15
22
Arunachal Pradesh
12442
0.15
23
Assam
44356
0.53
24
Manipur
15894
0.19
25
Mizoram
8559
0.10
26
Nagaland
19180
0.23
27
Sikkim
12971
0.16
28
Tripura
4145
0.05
29
Ladakh
3
0.000036
Total
8345840
State-wise area covered under Micro Irrigation through PDMC from 2015-16 to 2023-24 (till date) and percentage
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed cost effective, location specific scientific technologies viz. rainwater harvesting and recycling, multiple use of water, conjunctive use of rain, surface and groundwater resources, smart and precision technologies for irrigation and farming practices, optimum irrigation scheduling, resource conservation technologies, development of land drainage and reclamation of problem soils to enhance irrigation water efficiency and water productivity thereby promoting sustainable agriculture and increasing income of farmers.
