Overview

• Two schemes were unveiled: a Rs 11,440-crore Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses and the Rs 24,000-crore PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, together budgeted at Rs 35,440 crore.
• The pulses mission sets 2030-31 goals to expand area to 31 million hectares, raise productivity to about 1,130 kg per hectare, and lift output to 350 lakh tonnes.
• Central agencies NAFED and NCCF will procure 100% of registered farmers’ pulses at the Minimum Support Price to reduce market risk and import dependence.
• Implementation support includes 1.26 crore quintals of certified seeds, 88 lakh free mini seed kits, and subsidy for roughly 1,000 processing units at Rs 25 lakh each.
• PM-DDKY targets 100 low-productivity districts with district-specific action plans for irrigation, storage, credit and diversification, with monitoring cited via NITI Aayog, as the rollout begins from the upcoming rabi season; the PM also inaugurated projects worth over Rs 5,450 crore and laid foundations of about Rs 815 crore.