The scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare has total outlay of Rs.2481 crore coterminous with the 15th Finance Commission (2025-26). 

Background

• Earlier, Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) was renamed as Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhti (BPKP) and made a sub-scheme under the umbrella scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY) in 2019.
  • BPKP was renamed as NMNF from 2023-24.

Key Highlights of the Scheme

• Implementation: In 15,000 clusters in willing Gram Panchayats reaching 1 crore farmers, initiating Natural Farming (NF) in 7.5 lakh hectare area over the next 2 years. 
  • Preference to areas having prevalence of practising NF farmers.
• Bio-input Resource Centres (BRCs): 10,000 such need-based centres to be set-up for easy availability of ready-to-use inputs for farmers.
• Model Demonstration Farms: Established at Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), Agricultural Universities (AUs) and farmers’ fields to train willing farmers.
• Awareness Generation: Through Krishi Sakhi for mobilisation and handholding of willing farmers. 
• Certification: Easy simple certification system and dedicated common branding for market access. 
• Monitoring: Real time geo-tagged & referenced monitoring of implementation through an online portal.
• Convergence: With existing schemes and support structures to be explored.