{"id":48398,"date":"2025-07-17T21:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=48398"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:29:20","slug":"cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-dhan-dhanya-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/17-07-2025\/cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-dhan-dhanya-scheme","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Approves Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Agriculture Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Union Cabinet approved the &#8220;Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana&#8221; for a period of six years.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the <strong>first dedicated scheme<\/strong> focused on agriculture and allied sectors. It is inspired by the <strong>Aspirational Districts Programme of NITI Aayog.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total outlay:<\/strong> Rs 24,000 crore per annum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resource pool:<\/strong> Convergence of 36 existing schemes from 11 Central Ministries \/Departments, along with state schemes and private sector participation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coverage: <\/strong>100 districts, with at least one from every state\/UT.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It will be identified on the basis of <strong>three key indicators-<\/strong> low productivity , low cropping intensity and low credit disbursement.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Targeted beneficiaries:<\/strong> 1.7 crore farmers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Implementation period: <\/strong>6 years (starting from 2025-26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objectives of the scheme:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enhance agricultural productivity, promote crop diversification and&nbsp; encourage sustainable agricultural practices,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen post-harvest storage at panchayat and block levels,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve irrigation infrastructure,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide long-term and short-term credit to farmers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Implementation of the scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For effective implementation and monitoring of the scheme , <strong>committees will be formed<\/strong> at the <strong>district, state and national level.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The District Agriculture and Allied Activities Plan (DAAAP)<\/strong> will be finalized by the District Dhan Dhanya Committee.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monitoring and Evaluation: <\/strong>Progress will be tracked monthly using a dashboard based on <strong>117 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/niti-aayog\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/niti-aayog\/\">NITI Aayog<\/a> will guide and review district plans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each district has a <strong>Central Nodal Officer<\/strong> for periodic review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc_R9VYR-aifuemH3GsvT78022Elok-yUimfUK_g1a3chJU0dur6dcQX96fidPmEHJFBnAMN2wAIyHgC8BGWyDkx4UilE3F76y06j8nUg-Sq6aUoEMzBoe2lIa_jhlGKHgTJvuA5Q?key=CIHw14t400aeK7SCJL4hEA\" alt=\"krishi yojana\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/government-merges-36-schemes-to-float-farm-programme\/article69819063.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Union Cabinet approved the &#8220;Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana&#8221; for a period of six years.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is the first dedicated scheme focused on agriculture and allied sectors. It is inspired by the Aspirational Districts Programme of NITI Aayog.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Total outlay: Rs 24,000 crore per annum<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Resource pool: Convergence of 36 existing schemes from 11 Central Ministries \/Departments, along with state schemes and private sector participation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Coverage: 100 districts, with at least one from every state\/UT.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/17-07-2025\/cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-dhan-dhanya-scheme\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50187,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48398\/revisions\/50187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}