Lok Sabha Question No. 2409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Per Drop More Crop-PMKSY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Narendra Kumar, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2409

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  AUGUST, 2021

## PER DROP MORE CROP-PMKSY

2409.  SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will  the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

(a) the  features  and  benefits  of  activities  supported  under  Per  Drop  More Crop (PDMC) component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and the salient features of the said scheme;

- (b) the pattern of  assistance available under  the  said  scheme  for  the coverage of micro-irrigation;
- (c) whether 50 percent subsidy is provided by the Government to small and marginal farmers for setting up drip and sprinkler irrigation under PMKSY-PDMC, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  cover  more  areas  under micro irrigation?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c) : The  Per  Drop  More  Crop  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation. The activities supported  under the PMKSYPDMC  scheme  is  Micro  Irrigation  viz.  Drip  and  Sprinkler  Irrigation  systems. Besides promoting Micro Irrigation, the scheme also supports micro level water storage, water conservation/management activities to supplement source creation for Micro Irrigation.

The  Micro  Irrigation  helps  in  water  saving  as  well  as  reduced  fertilizer usage through fertigation, labour expenses, other input costs and overall income enhancement of farmers etc.

Financial Assistance @ 55% for Small and 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.  The Operational

Guidelines of the scheme envisages that at least 50% of the allocation is to be utilised for small, marginal farmers. (d): For larger  adoption of  Micro Irrigation systems by the farmers under the PMKSY- PDMC scheme, 25% higher unit cost have been taken into calculation of subsidy for the North Eastern and Himalayan States and 15% higher for low penetrating States. With  the  objective  of  facilitating  the  States  in  mobilising  resources  for expanding coverage of micro irrigation, a Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with  corpus of Rs. 5000 crore has been created with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) during 2018-19. States may access MIF for special and innovative projects and  also for incentivising micro irrigation beyond  the provisions available under PMKSY-PDMC to encourage farmers to install micro irrigation  systems.    To  further  strengthen  &  expand  the  adoption  of  Micro Irrigation  systems  by  the  farmers  in  the  county,  a  Budget  Announcement  has been  made  by  the  Government  during  the  current  year  to  double  the  initial corpus of MIF by augmenting another Rs. 5,000 crores. Farmers  are  encouraged  to  take  advantage  of  the  PDMC  scheme  by wide  publicity  through  press  &  print  media,  publication  of  leaflets/booklets, organization of workshops, exhibitions, farmer fairs, information on State/Government  of  India  web  portals  etc.      Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research through Indian Institute of Water Management, All India Coordinated Research  Project  on  Irrigation  Water  Management  Research  and  Consortia Platform on Water is addressing issues related to judicious use of water including drip Irrigation and sprinkler irrigation.

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