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Sixteen Action Points for Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development  

February 7, 2020
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Source: PIB & Union Budget -2020-21

  • The Union Budget mentions that Rs. 2.83 lakh crore to be allocated for the following 16 Action Points: 
    • Rs. 1.60 lakh crore for Agriculture, Irrigation & allied activities. 
    • Rs. 1.23 lakh crore for Rural development & Panchayati Raj. 
  • Agriculture credit: 
    • Rs. 15 lakh crore target set for the year 2020-21. 
    • PM-KISAN beneficiaries to be covered under the KCC scheme. 
    • NABARD Re-finance Scheme to be further expanded.  
  • Comprehensive measures for 100 water-stressed districts proposed. 

  • Blue Economy: 
    • Rs. 1 lakh crore fisheries’ exports to be achieved by 2024-25.
    • 200 lakh tonnes of fish production targeted by 2022-23. 
    • 3477 Sagar Mitras and 500 Fish Farmer Producer Organisations to involve youth in fisheries extension.
    • Growing of algae, sea-weed and cage culture to be promoted. 
    • Framework for development, management and conservation of marine fishery resources. 

  • Kisan Rail to be set up by Indian Railways through PPP: 
    • To build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables (milk, meat, fish, etc. 
    • Express and Freight trains to have refrigerated coaches.  
  • Krishi Udaan to be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation: 
    • Both international and national routes to be covered. 
    • North-East and tribal districts to realize the Improved value of agri-products.  
    • One-Product One-District for better marketing and export in the Horticulture sector.  
    • Balanced use of all kinds of fertilizers – traditional organic and innovative fertilizers.  
  • Measures for organic, natural, and integrated farming: 
    • Jaivik Kheti Portal – online national organic products market to be strengthened. 
    • Zero-Budget Natural Farming (mentioned in July 2019 Budget) to be included. 
    • Integrated Farming Systems in rain-fed areas to be expanded. 
    • Multi-tier cropping, bee-keeping, solar pumps, solar energy production in the non-cropping season to be added.  
  • PM-KUSUM to be expanded: 
    • 20 lakh farmers to be provided for setting up stand-alone solar pumps. 
    • Another 15 lakh farmers to be helped to solarise their grid-connected pump sets. 
    • Scheme to enable farmers to set up solar power generation capacity on their fallow/barren lands and to sell it to the grid.  
  • Village Storage Scheme: 
    • To be run by the SHGs to provide farmers a good holding capacity and reduce their logistics cost. 
    • Women, SHGs to regain their position as Dhaanya Lakshmi.  
    • NABARD to map and geo-tag agri-warehouses, cold storages, reefer van facilities, etc.  
  • Warehousing in line with Warehouse Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) norms: 
    • Viability Gap Funding for setting up such efficient warehouses at the block/taluk level. 
    • Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) to undertake such warehouse building.  
  • Financing on Negotiable Warehousing Receipts (e-NWR) to be integrated with e-NAM. 
  • State governments who undertake the implementation of model laws (issued by the Central government) to be encouraged.  
  • Livestock: 
    • Doubling of milk processing capacity to 108 million MT from 53.5 million MT by 2025.
    • Artificial insemination to be increased to 70% from the present 30%. 
    • MNREGS to be dovetailed to develop fodder farms. 
    • Foot and Mouth Disease, Brucellosis in cattle and Peste Des Petits ruminants (PPR) in sheep and goat to be eliminated by 2025.  
  • Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – 0.5 crore households mobilized with 58 lakh SHGs for poverty alleviation.

 

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