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Cabinet approves seven major schemes for improving farmers’ lives and livelihoods

Posted 03 Sep 2024

Updated 04 Sep 2024

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With the outlay of Rs 14,235 Crore, 7 schemes include:

  • Digital Agriculture Mission: Based on the structure of Digital Public Infrastructure.
  • Crop science for food and nutritional security: It has following pillars:
    • Research and education
    • Plant genetic resource management
    • Genetic improvement for food and fodder crop
    • Pulse and oilseed crop improvement
    • Improvement of commercial crops
    • Research on insects, microbes, pollinators etc.
  • Strengthening Agricultural Education, Management and Social Sciences: It is under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and aligns with the New Education Policy 2020. 
    • It emphasizes using the latest technologies, such as Digital DPI, AI, big data, and remote sensing. 
    • It also includes a focus on natural farming and building climate resilience.
  • Sustainable livestock health and production programme: Emphasizing upon: 
    • Animal health management and veterinary education, 
    • Dairy production and technology development, 
    • Animal genetic resource management, production and improvement, 
    • Animal nutrition and small ruminant production and development.
  • Sustainable development of Horticulture: Comprising of Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate horticulture crops; Root, tuber, bulbous and arid crops; Vegetable, floriculture, and mushroom crops etc.
  • Strengthening of Krishi Vigyan Kendra
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Tags :
  • National Livestock Mission
  • Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
  • Sustainable livestock health
  • Rashtriya Gokul Mission
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