Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yoiana (PMKSY)
The Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme the “Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY). It will have an outlay of Rs.
50,000 crore over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20). The
allocation for the current financial year is Rs. 5300 crore.
The major
objective of the PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in
irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured
irrigation (Har Khet ko pani), improve on-farm water use efficiency to
reduce wastage of water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation
and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop), enhance
recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation
practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal
based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private
investment in precision irrigation system. The scheme also aims at
bringing concerned Ministries/Departments/Agencies/Research and
Financial Institutions engaged in creation/use/recycling/potential
recycling of water, brought under a common platform, so that a
comprehensive and holistic view of the entire "water cycle" is taken
into account and proper water budgeting is done for all sectors namely,
household, agriculture and industries.
The programme
architecture of PMKSY aims at a 'decentralized State level planning and
execution' structure, in order to allow States to draw up a District
Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP). DIP will have
holistic developmental perspective of the district outlining medium to
long term developmental plans integrating three components namely, water
sources, distribution network and water use application of the district
to be prepared at two levels - the block and the district. All
structures created under the schemes will be geotagged.
The programme
will be supervised and monitored at the national level by an
Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) under the
Chairmanship of the Prime Minister with Union Ministers of all concerned
Ministries. A National Executive Committee (NEC) is to be constituted
under the Chairmanship of the Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee
programme implementation, allocation of resources, inter ministerial
coordination, monitoring and performance assessment, addressing
administrative issues etc. At the state level the scheme is to be
administered by a State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) to be Chaired
by the Chief Secretary of the respective States. The committee will
have all authority to sanction the project and also monitor the progress
of the scheme. At the district level their shall be a district level
implementation committee for ensuring last mile coordination a the field
level.
It is expected
that PMKSY will provide convergence to existing schemes of water
management, thus bringing efficiency to the use of water.
Background:
In the last one
year, the Government of India has taken several farmer friendly
initiatives. These, amongst other things, include the following:
- A new scheme has been introduced to issue a Soil Health Card to every farmer. Soil Health Management in the country is being promoted through setting up of soil and fertilizer testing laboratories. 34 lakh soil samples has been collected and analysis is continuing.
- A new scheme for promoting organic farming "Pramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana" has been launched to promote organic farming.
- A dedicated Kisan Channel has been started by Doordarshan to address various issues concerning farmers.
- Government is also encouraging formation of Farmer Producer organizations.
- Assistance to farmers, as input subsidy, has been increased by 50 percent in case of natural calamities.
- Norms have been relaxed to provide assistance from previous norm of crop loss of more than 50 percent to 33 percent to farmers afflicted by natural calamities.
- Minimum Support Price (MSP) for various Kharif crops has been increased. Bonus of Rs.200 per quintal has been announced for pulses. Area coverage under pulses has increased over the last year.
Taking it
further, today the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the
Prime Minister has given its approval to two new schemes in agriculture
sector. These are the PMKSY and Promotion of National Agriculture
Market.
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yoiana (PMKSY) |Objective|Background
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