Pawan Santhosh reddy

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BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO AGRICULTURE

 The finance minister proposed a 16-point action plan in her speech while presenting the budget so
as to improve the condition of the agricultural sector and to double the income of the farmers in the
next two years. 
Beneficiaries under PM-KISAN would be eligible for Kisan Credit Card: the government of India
provides a payment of Rs.6000 per year in three quarterly instalments of Rs.2000 to the farmer
families, subject to certain exclusion relating to higher income groups. About 14 crore farmer
families are expected to be covered under the scheme.
Central government proposed to encourage State governments that implement three model laws -
Model Agri Land Leasing Act, 2016; APMC, 2017 and Contract Farming, 2018 - to ease the marketing
of agricultural produce.
Expansion of PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan): The
government plans on pushing for solar power usage in the farms by promoting solar energy among
the farmers, under this government of India aims to generate 25GW of electricity through the usage
of solar pumps by 2022. The government through this budget provided the 20 lakh farmers by
setting up the stand-alone solar pumps and also set up solar irrigation facilities and another 15 lack
farmers will be helped to solarise their grid connected pump sets.
Krishi Udaan: will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes.
Objective is to ensure that the produce of the farmers will be sold not only in the domestic market
but also in the international market so that the return of the farmers will increase.
India has an estimated capacity of 162 million MT of agri-warehousing, cold storage, reefer van
facilities etc. NABARD will undertake an exercise to map and geo-tag them.
Village Storage Scheme: run by SHGs, which will provide holding capacity for farmers, women in
villages can regain their status as Dhaanya Lakshmi. The objective is by developing this the
transportation cost is going to come down and losses of food grains also come down.
To resolve the issue of transportation from the farms to the market and to control the prices of
products the government plans on setting up a ‘Kisan Rail’ though PPP model, so that quick
transportation can be made and it will be set up through public-private partnership. Build a seamless
national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of milk, meat and fish. There shall be
refrigerated coaches in express and freight trains as well.
the farmers will be encouraged balanced use of all types of fertilizers to change the ‘incentive
regime’ which currently encourages the use of chemical fertilizers.
Provided input sovereignty through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana and resilience for 6.11 crore
farmers ensured under PM Fasal Bima Yojana.
Focus on expansion of micro-irrigation through Krishi Sinchai Yojana, have raised the self-reliance of
the country. 
Horticulture sector with its current produce of 311 million MT exceeds production of food grains. For
better marketing and export, government has proposed supporting states which, adopting a cluster
basis, will focus on “one product one district”.
Integrated farming system in rain fed areas shall be expanded and the multi-tier cropping, bee-
keeping. ZBNF (Zero-Budget Natural Farming shall also be included. The portal on “Jaivik kheti” –
online national organic products market will also be strengthened.