-Livemint.com * The PMMSY scheme is part of the ₹20 trillion stimulus package announced earlier this year by the Union government. PM Modi also announced the launch of e-Gopala mobile app, that provides solutions on issues related to livestock to the farmers. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched ₹20,050 crore-Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) aimed at developing the country’s fisheries sector sustainably. The virtual conference also witnessed the launch...
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PM-KISAN is not reaching all farmer households as intended -Bornali Bhandari, Santanu Pramanik and Sonalde Desai
-The Indian Express Given this uncertainty over the reach of PM-KISAN and its targeting, the relevance of the scheme needs to be carefully evaluated during this period. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is the first universal basic income-type of scheme targeted towards landed farmers. It was introduced in December 2018 to manage agricultural stress. Initially, the scheme was targeted at small and medium landed farmers, but with the declining growth...
More »Centre's Economic Package Addresses Long Term Issues, Not Immediate Concerns of Farmers -Mayank Aggarwal
-TheWire.in Millions of agricultural labourers are currently under stress due to the ongoing lockdown which has led to a loss in income, loss of jobs for migrant labour and a disruption in the supply chain. Following the stress on the agricultural sector by the COVID-19 related lockdown, the central Government has announced medium to long term relief measures as part of an economic package. However, the package has fallen short on immediate...
More »Union Budget 2020-21: An expert's guide to rural distress -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has all the ingredients to deepen India’s farm crisis These are desperate times for India. Rural unemployment was at a 45-year-high while consumption expenditure of rural families fell 9 per cent between 2011-12 and 2017-18, according to a report by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), which the government never released but got leaked to the media in November 2019. Between 2011-12 and 2015-16, the income of farmers...
More »Structural tailbacks of Indian agriculture and exclusionary PM-KISAN scheme: an analysis -Santosh Verma
-Vikalp.ind.in The NDA government brought a new scheme the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) that became operational from 1st December 2018. It aimed to provide small and marginal farmers (SMFs) financial assistance to procure various inputs to ‘ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields’. It also aimed to protect these farmers from middlemen and moneylenders. SMFs were defined as the farmer families who collectively own cultivable land upto 2 hectares....
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