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Agriculture and farmers welfare work
in India-
Agriculture and farmers welfare work
in India-
Government of
India has constantly working for welfare of the farmers. Agriculture sector has always been on high priority to improve
agricultural related problems.The government has rolled out a number of new initiatives
in agriculture sector.
Government’s on going programmes by several ministries.
1 ) Operation Green – A
price fixation scheme which got launched on the lines of operation flood to
achieve the target of doubling the farmers
income by 2022. Tomato, onion and potato(TOP) are being focused in the particular scheme so as to increase their yield
and income by ensuring they get adequate price in their produce.A sum of 500
crore rupees has been allotted for it in the union budget.
2) Gobar-Dhan Yojana – It stands for Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan scheme.Under this the residuals and cattle dung would be
converted in to Bio-CNG and bio-gas, thus providing the farmers in generating
the alternative source of income. 700 districts have been chosen to be covered
during current fiscal year. It would also help in achieving the status of open
defecation free villages thus making it cleaner.
3) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Under the
scheme farmers will have to pay a uniform premium 2% for all kharif crop and 1.5% for
all rabi crops. For annual commercial and horticulture crops, farmer have
to pay a premium of 5%. The remaining share of the premium will be borne
equally by the centre and the state government .The PMFBY replaces two schemes
national agriculture insurance scheme as well as the modified NAIS.
4) Kusum Scheme – Kusum is the acronym for Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan. It is a solar power scheme
especially for farmers for setting up grid connected solar plants in rural
areas and off-grid solar pumps. The use of solar farm water pumps by incentivizing the farmers for employing these.
5) Kisan Credit Card— It was launched in 1998 prepared by NABARD on the recommendation
of R.V
committee . It aims at providing credit support to the farmers for
their use. Now this has been extended to FISHERMAN and CATTLE owners. A holder
of KKC is also covered by a personal accident cover.
6) Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana— It was launched on 6th march 2018,
implemented by ministry of food processing industries.It aims to integrate all the
current and new schemes in the food processing sector, to reduce the food wastage
, to double the farmers income by giving good returns to all the farmer. It also aims to create
modern infrastructure with good supply chain management.
7) Atal Bhoojal Yojana— The scheme was launched to recharge groundwater and create sufficient
water storage for agriculture purposes .The revival of surface water bodies so
that groundwater level can be increased. It is launched in several states of
the country.
8) Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana— The aim of this scheme to make sure
farmers get reasonable prices for their crops. 8 crops covered under this scheme are – soybean, groundnut, til, ram til, maize, moong, urad and tuar dal.
9) Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization -- The objective is to promote agriculture mechanization among
small and marginal farmers and in the areas
where the level of mechanization is very low.
Conclusion
The government
has also announced a couple of initiatives to resolve the farmer problems. The cabinet
committee on economic affairs CCEA has approved blue revolution in India. It’s an integrated schemes designed to increase the
productivity and profitability from agriculture and fisheries resources,
inclusive both and marine. There are several on going schemes with the aim to
maintain an annual growth rate in agriculture and allied sectors.
