The Government is taking a single step to increase the income of farmers. Inme:
- Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme allowing farmers to detect large and small nutrients available in their soil. This will help to use fertilizers appropriately and improve soil fertility.
- Urea with Neem coating has been promoted to control the use of urea, increase its availability for harvest and reduce the cost of fertilizer. The entire amount of domestically manufactured and imported urea is now with Neem coating.
- Traditional Agricultural Development Scheme (PKVY) is being implemented to promote bio-agriculture in the country. This will help improve soil health and bio matter elements and increase the income of farmers.
- The Pradhan Mantri Agro Irrigation (PMKSY) scheme is being implemented so that the irrigation sector can be extended, in which the irrigation system is arranged in any presence, water waste is reduced, water can be better used.
- The National Agricultural Marketing Scheme (E-NAM) was launched on 14.04.2016. The scheme will start the e-marketing platform at the national level and create a infrastructure that will facilitate e-marketing by March 2018 in 585 regular markets in the country. So far 455 markets of 13 states have been linked to E-NAM. This innovation marketing process will help to better value, bring transparency and sustain competitiveness, allowing farmers to get better remuneration for their products and move towards a nation one market.
- The Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme (PMFBY) was implemented from Kharif Season 2016 and is available for farmers at low premiums. Insurance protection will be provided for all stages of the crop cycle, including subsequent risks of harvesting in some of the cases from this scheme.
- The government offers interest concession at 3 per cent on short term crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh. Loan is currently available to farmers at an interest rate of 7 per cent per annum which is reduced to 4 per cent on payment instantly. Under the Interest Concession Scheme 2016-17, interest concession of 2 per cent will be available in banks for the first year to provide relief to farmers in the event of natural disasters. To discourage the selling of their products in force by farmers and encourage them to keep them in storehouses with receipt of their product reserves homes, such small and majeure farmers will get the benefit of interest concession which will have farmer credit cards for 6 months after harvesting.
- The National Agricultural Development Scheme (RKVY) will be implemented in the states as per their needs, for which it is necessary to pay special attention to increasing production and productivity in the state. In accordance with the needs, priorities and agro-climate needs of the States, the selection of projects/programmes under the scheme, approval of the scheme and flexibility and flexibility to bring them into amal.
- NFSM Dal in 638 districts of 29 states under National Food Safety Mission (NFSM), Centrally Sponsored Scheme, NFSM Rice in 194 districts of 25 states, NFSM wheat in 126 districts of 11 states and NFSM thick grains have been applied in 265 districts of 28 states of the country to enhance the production and productivity of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse grain. The distribution of seeds to farmers under NFSM (HYV/Hybrid), production of seeds (only pulses), INM and IPM techniques, resource conservation technologies/ equipment, effective water utilization means, crop system which is based on training to farmers.
- The National Oilseed and Oil (NMOOP) mission program is applicable from 2014-15. It aims to produce oilseeds and enhance productivity to meet the domestic need of edible oils. Various programmes of this mission are being implemented through the Department of State Agriculture/Bagwani.
- The Mission for Coordinated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), the Central Sponsored Scheme is applicable from 2014-15 for the overall development of horticulture sector including fruits, vegetables roots and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, fragrance vegetation, cereals, cashews, cocoa and bamboo. This mission covers the Central Institute for Horticulture Mission, Horticulture Mission for Northeast and Himalayan States, National Horticulture Board, Coconut Development Board and Horticulture.
This is the way to increase the income of farmers --
- The Government prepared the Agricultural Products and Livestock Marketing (Admnification and Simplification) Act 2017 which was released on 24.04.2017 to adopt them through the allied Acts of the States. The Act provides the option of alternate markets in addition to the current APMC regular market, including private markets, direct marketing, farmer consumer markets, special commodity markets to reduce the number of middlemen between producer and buyer and increase the share of the farmer in the consumer’s rupee.
- Government purchases wheat and paddy under minimum support value. The Government has implemented the Market Transfer Scheme for Purchase of Agriculture and Horticulture on request of States/UTs which are not included under the Minimum Support Price Scheme. The market handicraft scheme has been implemented to provide protection to those who produce these crops so that they don’t sell their crops at low prices in force when they are good harvest.
- The minimum support value is notified for both Kharif and Rabi crops based on recommendations regarding the cost and values of the Agricultural Commission. The Commission analyzes them by collecting contracts about the cost of crops and recommends the minimum support value. The Government has announced the bonus for Kharif 2017-18 above the minimum support price to encourage crops of pulses and oilseeds in the country. The government also offered bonuses above the minimum support price in terms of pulses and oilseeds last year.
Other interventions such as price stabilization fund and operation of Indian Food Corporation are also an added effort to increase the income of farmers.
Apart from the above, the government is focusing on activities like keeping honey flies to increase the income of farmers.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Mukottam Rupala gave this information in response to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
