Doubling of Farmers’ Income
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A National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) has been launched in 2020 as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to increase productivity of crops through pollination and increase in honey production as an additional source of income. A new Central Sector Scheme for Formation & Promotion of new 10
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The Indian government has launched several initiatives to double farmers' income, including a National Beekeeping and Honey Mission, a Central Sector Scheme for Formation & Promotion of new 10,000 FPOs, and various developmental programs and policies. These include income support through PM KISAN, institutional credit for the agriculture sector, fixing of Minimum Support Price, promotion of organic farming, and the Per Drop More Crop scheme. The government has also allocated funds for agricultural mechanization, providing Soil Health Cards to farmers, setting up the National Agriculture Market, launching the National Mission for Edible Oils, and improving farm produce logistics through the Kisan Rail. Agri and allied export has increased by 19.99%.
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- A National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) has been launched in 2020 as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to increase productivity of crops through pollination and increase in honey production as an additional source of income.
- A new Central Sector Scheme for Formation & Promotion of new 10,000 FPOs launched by the Prime Minister on 29th February, 2020 with budget outlay of Rs 6865 Crore till 2027-28.
- Government has adopted/implemented several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies for reducing input cost on agriculture, higher production and achieving higher incomes for the farmers. These include:
- Unprecedented enhancement in budget allocation
- budget allocation of Ministry of Agriculture (including DARE) and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
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