PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana aims to expand the storage after harvesting at the Panchayat level, block, improve irrigation equipment and facilitate the availability of long-term and short-term loan. File | Photo Credit: Hind
The Union Cabinet (July 16, 2025) approved “Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana” or PMDDky to increase agricultural productivity and increase the acceptance of sustainable agricultural practices across the country.
This program was announced in the budget at the beginning of this year. Department Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who spoke to reporters after the cabinet meeting, said the center combined 36 schemes of 11 ministries to PMDDky, which will have an expenditure of 24,000 crore for six years. “This scheme will help 1.7 crore farmers,” he said.
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The edition stated that this system is also aimed at expanding the storage after harvesting at the level of Panchayat and the block, to improve irrigation equipment and facilitate the availability of long -term and short -term loan. “The scheme will be carried out through the convergence of 36 existing schemes in 11 departments, other state systems and local partnerships with the private sector … 100 districts will be identified on the basis of three key indicators of low productivity, low trim intensity and less credit release.”
PMDDky is modeled on the “Aspiration District Program” of the Center. Mr. Vaishnaw said that the “first ITS-Druhu” scheme will focus exclusively on agriculture and allied sectors.
Committees for efficient planning, implementation and monitoring of the system will be created at the level of districts, state and national levels. “A District Agriculture and Allied Activities Plan Will Be Finalized by the District Dhan Dhaanya Samiti, WHIC Self-Sufficience in Agriculture and Allied Sectors, As Well As Expansion of Natural and Organic Farming, ”The Release Said, Adding That the Scheme’s Progress Will Be Monitored On and Monthly.
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The government was hoping that this program would lead to higher productivity, adding value in agriculture and allied sectors, and creating local livelihoods and helping to increase domestic production and achieve self -confidence.
Abhishek Jain, colleague and director, green economy and impact innovation, energy, environment and water council (CEW) said that this system is an important step to strengthen agricultural performance in Indian insufficiently powerful districts by emphasizing not only productivity but also resistance through crop diversification, values, soil, soil and efficiency.
“However, the selection of districts could be improved by means of an annual net agricultural income for hectare,” he said, adding that the system should not focus on paying with a low loan as an indicator of district selection. “The resistant agricultural system should not depend on the loan. Instead, we are expanding and diving and diversifying the revenue flows for farmers through allied and value activities, and as we increase more sustainable agricultural practices, relying on the exterior loan to the fund’s culture cycles.
Published – 16 July 2025 9:16
