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Social Welfare Schemes
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Narendra Modi approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Yojana (PMKSY) or PM’s Agriculture Irrigation Scheme.
PMKSY is central scheme that aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village in the
country by converging ongoing irrigation schemes implemented by various ministries.
Salient features:
Ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country in
order to produce ‘per drop more crop’ to bring desired rural prosperity.
Flexibility and autonomy: to states in the process of planning and executing irrigation projects
in order to ensure water to every farm.
Irrigation plans: ensure that state and district irrigation plans are prepared on the basis of
sources of availability of water and agro-climatic conditions in that region.
Promoting extension activities: related to ‘on farm water management and crop alignment’ for
farmers as well as grass root level field functionaries.
Agencies involved: nodal agency for implementation of PMKSY projects will be state
agriculture department.
Inter-ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) will periodically review these projects.
Budgetary allocation: 1,000 crore rupees for fiscal year 2015-16.
Funding Pattern: Centre- States will be 75: 25 per cent.
In case of north-eastern region and hilly states it will be 90:10.
Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched nationwide Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme in
Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan.
Slogan- Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa (Healthy Earth, Green Farm).
Key facts of Soil Health Card scheme:
SHC is centrally-sponsored nationwide scheme which aims to help farmers to improve the
productivity of farms by providing them basic information for use of nutrients or fertilizers.
The card carries crop-wise recommendation of fertilisers that are required for farm lands.
It also helps farmers identify health of soil and judiciously use soil nutrients.
Under this scheme Centre plans to target over 14 crore farmers in the next three years.
In financial year 2014-15, around 3 crore farmers will be covered to check the excess use of
fertilisers.
Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme was announced by NDA government led by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in its first budget presented in July 2014.
In the budget, government had allotted Rs.100 crore for issuing cards under the scheme.
Government also had allotted additional Rs.56 crore to set up 100 mobile soil testing
laboratories across India.
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Social Welfare Schemes
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Narendra Modi approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Yojana (PMKSY) or PM’s Agriculture Irrigation Scheme.
PMKSY is central scheme that aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village in the
country by converging ongoing irrigation schemes implemented by various ministries.
Salient features:
Ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country in
order to produce ‘per drop more crop’ to bring desired rural prosperity.
Flexibility and autonomy: to states in the process of planning and executing irrigation projects
in order to ensure water to every farm.
Irrigation plans: ensure that state and district irrigation plans are prepared on the basis of
sources of availability of water and agro-climatic conditions in that region.
Promoting extension activities: related to ‘on farm water management and crop alignment’ for
farmers as well as grass root level field functionaries.
Agencies involved: nodal agency for implementation of PMKSY projects will be state
agriculture department.
Inter-ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) will periodically review these projects.
Budgetary allocation: 1,000 crore rupees for fiscal year 2015-16.
Funding Pattern: Centre- States will be 75: 25 per cent.
In case of north-eastern region and hilly states it will be 90:10.
Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched nationwide Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme in
Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan.
Slogan- Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa (Healthy Earth, Green Farm).
Key facts of Soil Health Card scheme:
SHC is centrally-sponsored nationwide scheme which aims to help farmers to improve the
productivity of farms by providing them basic information for use of nutrients or fertilizers.
The card carries crop-wise recommendation of fertilisers that are required for farm lands.
It also helps farmers identify health of soil and judiciously use soil nutrients.
Under this scheme Centre plans to target over 14 crore farmers in the next three years.
In financial year 2014-15, around 3 crore farmers will be covered to check the excess use of
fertilisers.
Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme was announced by NDA government led by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in its first budget presented in July 2014.
In the budget, government had allotted Rs.100 crore for issuing cards under the scheme.
Government also had allotted additional Rs.56 crore to set up 100 mobile soil testing
laboratories across India.
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