Govt disburses Rs 762.68 crore for agriculture development under MMA scheme

24 Jan 2012 Evaluate

The central government in its bid to boost agriculture production and productivity in various parts of the nation, released Rs 762.68 crore under the Macro Management of Agriculture (MMA) scheme to various States and Union Territories for the development of agriculture till December 30 of the current financial year, while total allocation for the current financial year is to the tune Rs. 780 crore. The scheme was unveiled in 2000-01 by assimilating 27 centrally sponsored schemes, moving away from a programmatic to a macro management mode of assistance to the States in the form of Work Plans prepared by the States and implemented in a spirit of partnership with the States.

To improve its efficacy in supplementing and complementing the efforts of the States towards enhancement of agricultural production and productivity, the MMA scheme was further revised in 2008-09. The revised scheme comprises 10 sub-schemes relating to crop production and natural resource management. These include integrated cereal development programmes, integrated development programmes for pulses and oilseeds and sustainable development of sugarcane based copping system, balanced and integrated use of fertilizers, promotion of mechanization of agriculture among small farmers, national watershed development project for rain-fed areas, soil conservation and reclamation and development of alkali soils.

The role of the scheme was redefined to avoid overlapping and duplication of efforts and to make it more relevant to the present agriculture scenario in the States to achieve the basic objective of food security and to improve the livelihood system for rural masses.

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