send mail to support@abhimanu.com mentioning your email id and mobileno registered with us! if details not recieved
Resend Opt after 60 Sec.
By Loging in you agree to Terms of Services and Privacy Policy
Please specify
Please verify your mobile number
Login not allowed, Please logout from existing browser
Please update your name
Subscribe to Notifications
Stay updated with the latest Current affairs and other important updates regarding video Lectures, Test Schedules, live sessions etc..
Your Free user account at abhipedia has been created.
Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Stay motivated and keep moving forward!
Refer & Earn
Enquire Now
My Abhipedia Earning
Kindly Login to view your earning
Support
1. Development of cluster-based development of agri-commodities and regions • As India is primarily an agriculture based country, government aims to develop cluster based model in a scientific manner for identified agriculture produces in our districts in the same manner as we have developed model for industrial sector. • Cultivation of horticulture crops in clusters bring advantages of scales of operations and can spur establishment of entire chain from production to marketing, besides giving recognition to the districts for specific crops. • Therefore, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare will reorient its ongoing Schemes and promote cluster based development of agri-commodities and regions in partnership with the Ministries of Food Processing, Commerce and other allied Ministries. 2. More emphasis on Organic Farming • Organic farming by Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Village Producers’ Organizations (VPOs) in large clusters, preferably of 1000 hectares each, will be encouraged. • Women self Help Groups (SHGs) to be encouraged to take up organic agriculture in clusters under National Rural Livelihood Programme. 3. Increased MSP to Farmers • Government has decided to offer a minimum support price (MSP) of at least 1.5 times the expenses borne by farmers for all crops. • Important step towards doubling the income of our Farmers by 2022 when India celebrates its 75th year of independence. • Niti Aayog, in consultation with Central and State Governments, will put in place a fool-proof mechanism so that farmers will get adequate price for their produce. 4. Operation Greens • Budget has allocated Rs 500 crore for “Operation Green” – to promote Farmer Producers’ Organization (FPOs), agri logistics and processing. • Aim is to increase shelf-life of perishable commodities. 5. Fisheries and Animal Husbandry • Rs 10,000 crore for Fisheries and Aquaculture Infra Development Fund (FAIDF) and Animal Husbandry Infra Fund (AIHF). • Extend the facility of Kisan Credit Cards to fisheries and animal husbandry farmers to help them meet their working capital needs. • Last year, government had set up Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) for facilitating expansion of coverage under micro irrigation and Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DPIDF) to help finance investment in dairying infrastructure. 6. Bamboo Mission • Allocated Rs 1,200 crore to launch a restructured Bamboo Mission. • Bamboo is ‘Green Gold’. Recently, government removed bamboo grown outside forest areas from the definition of trees. 7. Food Processing gets boost • Allocation of Ministry of Food Processing is being doubled from Rs 715 crore in RE 2017-18 to Rs 1400 crore in BE 2018-19. • Prime Minister Krishi Sampada Yojana is the flagship programme for boosting investment in food processing. • To set up state-of-the-art testing facilities in all the 42 Mega Food Parks (to increase agri-exports potential) 8. Agricultural credit and tax deduction • Agricultural credit target to be raised to Rs 11 lakh crore. • 100% tax deduction to farmer producer companies with annual turnover of Rs 100 crore for the period of 5 years. • Loans to Self Help Groups of women will increase to Rs 75,000 crore by March, 2019 from Rs 42,500 crore in 2016-17. 9. Expanding e-NAM coverage for Farmers’ Welfare • Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund – Budget has allocated corpus fund of Rs 2000 crore for agricultural market infrastructure. • The fund will be used to connect 585 APMCs to e-NAM by March 2018. • The fund will also be used to develop and upgrade 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) • GrAMs will be electronically linked to e-NAM and exempted from regulations of APMCs. • Farmers will be able to sell directly to consumers and bulk purchasers. • GrAMs will be strengthened by MGNREGA and other government schemes.
By: Vishal ProfileResourcesReport error
Access to prime resources