Agriculture Budget 2023 Live Updates What’s New: Funds, Schemes, Projects

 

Agriculture Budget 2023 Live Updates What’s New: Funds, Schemes, Projects

• Rs 2 lakh crore for the entire year will be introduced by the center under “PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana” which will aim to supply free food grains for one year to all Antyodaya and priority households.
• The government will introduce a sub-scheme under the PM Matsya Sampada Yojana with a total of Rs 6,000 crore to encourage those who are involved in fishing.
• FM announces that Govt would encourage mangrove plantations along the coastline under the MISHTI scheme.  
• PM Pranam is to be launched to incentivize states and UT to promote alternative fertilizers and balanced use of chemical fertilizers.
• Indian Institute of Millet Research will be supported as a center of excellence.
• FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government will adopt a cluster-based approach and will promote collaboration between farmer state and industry for input supply, extension service sand market linkages.
• The government will launch the Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Programme to improve the availability of disease-free quality planting material for high-value horticultural crops at an outlay of Rs 2,200 crore.
• The government will also bring in Agriculture Accelerator Fund to boost agriculture startups by young professionals. It will aim for bringing affordable solutions to challenges faced by farmers and will provide modern technology to increase productivity and profitability.