Lok Sabha Question No. 3647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Implementation of Welfare Scheme for Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Ranjan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3647

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## IMPLEMENTATION OF WELFARE SCHEME FOR FARMERS

## 3647. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing various schemes for the welfare of the farmers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of progress witnessed in the condition of the farmers under the said schemes during the last three years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to  (c):    Government  of  India is implementing a comprehensive range of central sector as well as centrally sponsored schemes and programmes for the welfare of farmers  in  the  country.  These  schemes  encompass  entire  spectrum  of  agriculture including credit, insurance, income support, infrastructure, crops including horticulture, seeds,  mechanization,  marketing,  organic  and  natural  farming,  farmer  collectives, irrigation, extension, procurement of crops from farmers at minimum support prices, digital agriculture etc,

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare implements following schemes for overall growth of farmers:

## Central Sector Schemes:

1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
2. Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)/Restructured  Weather  Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
3. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
4. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
5. Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
6. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
7. Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS)
8. National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
9. Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises' (AgriSURE)

## Centrally Sponsored Schemes :

- (a) National Mission on Natural Farming
- (b) Krishonnati Yojana which includes:
1. National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM)
2. National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Seeds (NMEO-OS)
3. National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil palm (NMEO-OP)
4. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
5. Digital Agriculture Mission
6. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
7. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
8. Integrated  Scheme  for  Agriculture  Marketing  -National  Agriculture  Market (ISAM-eNAM)
9. Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing-Others (ISAM-Others)
- (c) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) which includes:
1. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- DPR (RKVY-DPR)
2. Paramparagat Krishi VikasYojana (PKVY)
3. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
4. Soil Health and Fertility
5. Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
6. Agroforestry
7. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) (including Crop Residue Management (CRM))
8. Crop Diversification Programme (CDP)

The initiatives of Government are yielding results with increase in income of farmers.    Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  has  released  a  compilation  of success stories of 75,000 farmers out of many successful farmers whose incomes have increased more than two times.

NSSO  Survey on Household Consumption Expenditure (2022-23) has mentioned  a  statement,  which  shows  a  comparison  of  the  estimates  of  all-India average Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) as under:

| Sector   | Average MPCE (Rs.) over different period   | Average MPCE (Rs.) over different period   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          | 2011-12 NSS (68th round)                   | 2022-2023                                  |
| Rural    | 1,430                                      | 3,773                                      |
| Urban    | 2,630                                      | 6,459                                      |

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