Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

WHAT IS IT:

• The scheme aims to provide water through irrigation to every farmers field.

COMPONENTS:

• This scheme has amalgamated three ongoing programmes of three different ministries as follows:

• Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme of the Ministry of Water Resources.
• Integrated Watershed Management Programme of the Ministry of Rural Development.
• On-Farm water management component of the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture.

OBJECTIVES:

• Converge investments in irrigation at the farm level.
• Har Khet ko Pani: Enhance the physical access of water on the farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation
• Enhance adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies under More Crop Per Drop.
• Promotion of micro-irrigation in the form of drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns in the farm (Jal Sinchan).
• Enhance recharge of aquifers and promotes sustainable water conservation.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Q. Consider the following statements regarding “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana”:

1. It aims to enhance recharge of aquifers and promote sustainable water conservation
2. It subsumed the earlier Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme of ministry of water resources

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question