Maharashtra has been allocated a tentative amount of INR 8460 Crore out of the aggregate allocation INR 1 Lakh crore for the Agri Infra Fund (AIF) Scheme up to 2025-26. This was stated by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today, August 1.
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund is a Pan-India scheme launched in 2020 for providing medium to long term loan to eligible beneficiaries including farmers for eligible projects. AIF Scheme does not provide District-wise allocation. These infrastructure units are Primary processing Centres, Warehouses, Cold Stores and Cold Chains, Sorting & Grading Units and Infrastructures for smart and precision.
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), a Central Sector Scheme, aims at providing financial assistance to cultivable landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria.
The funds sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)- Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) during 2016-17 to 2022-23 in the country is Rs.14054.94 crore, out of which Rs.2265.76 crore is sanctioned for Maharashtra. The irrigation potential created under this scheme is 2511.18 thousand hectare in the country, out of which 345.33 thousand hectare is in Maharashtra. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during 2015-16 with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, improve on-farm water use efficiency, etc. Under PMKSY-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), during the year 2016-17, ninety-nine (99) on-going major/medium irrigation projects in the country were prioritised in consultation with States for completion in phases.
Government of India has also approved a Special Package for Maharashtra, which provides Central Assistance to complete 83 Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) projects and 8 Major / Medium Irrigation Projects in drought prone districts in Vidarbha, Marathwada and rest of Maharashtra. During 2018-19 to 2022-23, an irrigation potential of 1.65 lakh hectare has been created through Special Package for Maharashtra.
In Satara District of Maharashtra, the total number of approved and verified Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) beneficiaries stand at 5,49,385 and an amount of INR 1,252.95 Cr. has been disbursed to these beneficiaries, till date since inception of the Scheme.
Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs. 6000/- is transferred annually in three equal installments of Rs.2000/-, directly into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Total 13 installments have been released till June, 2023 under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana.
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