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New Agri-Tech Schemes 2025
February 10 , 2025
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- The government announced at least nine new missions or programmes focused solely on the Agri sector.
- Nevertheless, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare saw an overall reduction of 2.5 per cent in its total allocation.
- Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ will be implemented in partnership with states through the convergence of existing schemes.
- It will be implemented in 100 districts with the low productivity, moderate crop intensity, and below-average credit parameters.
- The Comprehensive programme for vegetables and fruits will be launched in partnership with states.
- It aims to promote production, efficient supplies, processing, and remunerative prices for farmers.
- The mission has been allocated Rs 500 crore for 2025-26.
- The National Mission on High-Yielding Seeds mission will target the commercial availability, development, and propagation of over 100 high-yielding, pest-resistant, and climate-resilient seed varieties released since July 2024.
- A makhana board will be established in Bihar to improve the production, processing, value addition and marketing of makhana (foxnut).
- The ‘Rural prosperity and resilience programme’ initiative will be launched in partnership with states to address the underemployment in agriculture through skilling, investment, and technology.
- It will focus on rural women, young farmers, rural youth, marginal and small farmers, and landless families.
- Urea plant with annual capacity of 1.27 million tonnes will be set up at Namrup, Assam to further augment the supply of urea.
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