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The Union Cabinet has approved the 'Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana' for six years starting in 2025-26, targeting 100 districts to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability. The scheme will integrate 36 existing initiatives across various departments and will focus on improving irrigation, post-harvest storage, and credit availability. Committees at multiple levels will oversee the implementation and monitoring of the scheme, aiming for increased self-reliance in agriculture and allied sectors.

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The Union Cabinet has approved the 'Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana' for six years starting in 2025-26, targeting 100 districts to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability. The scheme will integrate 36 existing initiatives across various departments and will focus on improving irrigation, post-harvest storage, and credit availability. Committees at multiple levels will oversee the implementation and monitoring of the scheme, aiming for increased self-reliance in agriculture and allied sectors.

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Press Release:Press Information Bureau [Link]

PRID=2145146

Cabinet

Cabinet approves the Prime Minister Dhan-


Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

Fast tracking development in agriculture and allied sectors in


100 districts
Posted On: 16 JUL 2025 2:47PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the “Prime
Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana” for a period of six years, beginning with 2025-26 to cover
100 districts. Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana draws inspiration from NITI Aayog’s
Aspirational District Programme and first of its kind focusing exclusively on agriculture and allied
sectors.

The Scheme aims to enhance agricultural productivity, increase adoption of crop diversification and
sustainable agricultural practices, augment post-harvest storage at the panchayat and block levels,
improve irrigation facilities and facilitate availability of long-term and short-term credit. It is in
pursuance of Budget announcement for 2025-26 to develop 100 districts under “Prime Minister
Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana”. The Scheme will be implemented through convergence of 36 existing
schemes across 11 Departments, other State schemes and local partnerships with the private sector.

100 districts will be identified based on three key indicators of low productivity, low cropping
intensity, and less credit disbursement. The number of districts in each state/UT will be based on the
share of Net Cropped Area and operational holdings. However, a minimum of 1 district will be
selected from each state.

Committees will be formed at District, State and National level for effective planning,
implementation and monitoring of the Scheme. A District Agriculture and Allied Activities Plan will
be finalized by the District Dhan Dhaanya Samiti, which will also have progressive farmers as
members. The District Plans will be aligned to the national goals of crop diversification, conservation
of water and soil health, self-sufficiency in agriculture and allied sectors as well as expansion of
natural and organic farming. Progress of the Scheme in each Dhan-Dhaanya district will be monitored
on 117 key Performance Indicators through a dashboard on monthly basis. NITI will also review and
guide the district plans. Besides Central Nodal Officers appointed for each district will also review
the scheme on a regular basis.

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As the targeted outcomes in these 100 districts will improve, the overall average against key
performance indicators will rise for the country. The scheme will result in higher productivity, value
addition in agriculture and allied sector, local livelihood creation and hence increase domestic
production and achieving self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat). As the indicators of these 100 districts
improve, the national indicators will automatically show an upward trajectory.

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MJPS/BM

(Release ID: 2145146)


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