PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY)

Full details of PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY)

KEY POINTS

• PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes
  1.Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR)
  2. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (DoLR)
  3. the On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC)
• Outlay of PMKSY
  total amount : Rs. 50,000 crore in five years
  For 2015-16 : Rs.5300 crore (Rs. 1800 crore for DAC + Rs. 1500 crore for DoLR + Rs. 1000 crore for AIBP + Rs. 1000 crores for PMKSY)
  The govt. has given a relaxation of one year in the upper age limit for those opening accounts till December 1, 2015

AIM

• It gives high priority to water conservation and its management.
• the coverage of irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and improving water use efficiency ‘More crop per drop' in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities.

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