To promote natural farming in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to launch a big mission next week. PM Modi will formally launch a program of Rs 2,481 crore after a few days, which aims to promote sustainable farming on 7.50 lakh hectares of land and increase income of 1 crore farmers. This claim has been quoted by a senior government official in a report by ET.
The scheme has been named National Natural Farming Mission (NMNF), which has been prepared by the government’s think tank NITI Aayog. Mission will be run under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. According to the report, the central government is contributing ₹ 1,584 crore for this scheme, while the states are contributing ₹ 897 crore. Its formal inauguration will be held on 23 August, but the registration of farmers for this program has already started.
Farmers of these states will benefit
According to the report, the Ministry of Agriculture will run the scheme for the next two years. After this, it will be extended further according to success and budget allocation. The purpose of this mission is to reduce the cost of farming and dependence on chemical fertilizers for farmers. Initially this mission will be run in places where natural farming is already in trend. For this, 15,000 clusters have been distributed to the gram panchayats. Farmers of states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will benefit in the beginning.
Responsibility ranging from manure to branding
The purpose of this mission is to promote natural and sustainable farming in a scientific way, so that farmers can grow healthy food for families and consumers by dealing with challenges like climate change. Under the mission, the government will create 10,000 bio -input resources centers from where other things like natural agricultural fertilizer ready for use can be easily conveyed to the farmer. Not only this, easy and simple certification system will also be prepared for farmers. Common market will also be provided to farmers for branding. Reality geotaging and monitoring of the produce will be done through an online portal.