Government will be spending Rs 50,000 crore in next 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20) under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), in order to improve the farm productivity. This decision was taken in a meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). This programme will be supervised by Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
At present, about 142 million hectares are used for cultivation out of which only 45 per cent farm land is under irrigation. The PMKSY is a scheme where Central Government has planned to provide irrigation to the country’s agricultural land. The main objective is to expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, to improve on farm water efficiency in order to reduce water wastage and to increase the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water-saving technologies. This scheme is aimed to enhancing recharge of aquifers and introducing sustainable water conservation practices by exploring feasibility of re-using treated municipal water for peri-urban agriculture and attracting greater private investment in precision irrigation.
The funds will be given to States with 75% as grant by Central Government and the remaining 25% being borne by State Government. The funding pattern will be 90:10 for north-eastern region and hilly states. Further it was said that the allocation for current fiscal is Rs 5,300 crore. This spending is expected to bring 6 lakh hectares under irrigation and 5 lakh hectares will benefit from drip irrigation, apart from this 1,300 watershed projects is processed for completion.
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