India: Autumn crops Production Estimate – 150.50 MT Till date, total of 8,702 projects have been sanctioned

Agriculture has been the bright spot in the economy despite Covid 19 in the year 2021. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Year End Review of achievements and initiatives of the various Schemes, Programmes and Missions is as follows:

Production: For year 2021-22, the production data is available for only kharif crops (as per first advance estimates)

• Food-grains (kharif) – 150,50 MT
• Oil-seeds (kharif) – 23,39 MT
• Sugarcane – 419,25 MT

PM- KISAN(Farmer):

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme (PM-KISAN), more than  0,16 million have been directly transferred to more than 11,54 billion farmers till now.

PM-KMDY:

Total 21,42,718 farmers have been enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana(Prime Minister Farmer Plan) (PM-KMDY).

AIF

Till date, a total of 8702 projects have been sanctioned under the scheme with a loan amount of $ 84,11 billion, out of which, $ 30,81 billion have been disbursed for 4,315 projects.

MSP:

The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSP at levels of one and half times of the cost of production. In line with the same principle, the Government had announced the increase in MSP for all mandated kharif crops of the year 2021-22 on 9th June, 2021. The expected returns to farmers over their cost of production is estimated to be highest in case of bajra (85%), followed byurad (65%) and tur (arhar) (62%). For the rest of the crops, return to farmers over their cost of production is estimated to be at least 50%.

On 8th September, 2021, the Government announced the MSP for all mandated Rabi crops for Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2022-23. The expected returns to farmers over their cost of production are estimated to be highest in case of wheat and rapeseed & mustard (100% each), followed by lentil (79%); gram (74%); barley (60%); safflower (50%).

National Food Security Mission:

During 2021-22, NFSM is being implemented in identified districts of 28 states & 2 Union Territories (UTs) viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the country:

• NFSM-Rice in 193 districts of 24 states & UT of Jammu & Kashmir.
• NFSM-Wheat in 124 districts of 10 states & 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
• NFSM-Pulses in 644 districts of 28 states & 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. NFSM-Coarse Cereals in 269 districts of 26 states & 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
• NFSM-Nutri-Cereals in 212 districts of 14 states.
• NFSM-Coarse Cereals in 269 districts of 26 states & 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
• NFSM-Commercial Crops, Cotton is implemented in 15 states, Jute in 9 states and Sugarcane in 13 states of the country.
• The Targeting Rice Fallow Area (TRFA) programme under NFSM is implemented in 11 states of the country to promote cultivation of pulses in rice fallow areas of the states.
• An amount of $ 20,98 billion (BE) has been allocated for NFSM during 2021-22.

Source: fnbnews

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