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The Union Cabinet on July 16, 2025, approved the ‘Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY)’, to boost agricultural productivity, diversification, sustainability and credit access across the country.
The PMDDKY, a scheme to develop 100 agricultural districts, is announced for a period of six years, beginning 2025-26, to cover 100 districts.
After the Cabinet meeting, talking to reporters, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Centre has merged 36 schemes of 11 Ministries into the PMDDKY, which will have an outlay of ₹24,000 crore per year for six years beginning 2025-26.”
This scheme was initially announced in the Union Budget this year. Following the announcement, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that the scheme aims to address the imbalance in agricultural productivity across the country, adding the initiative will kick off during the Rabi season in October.
In a post on ‘X’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government is committed to bring a significant change in the lives of our farmer brothers and sisters.
An official release said that the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana draws inspiration from NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District Programme and first of its kind focusing exclusively on agriculture and allied sectors.
The release read, “100 districts will be identified based on three key indicators of low productivity, low cropping intensity, and less credit disbursement. The number of districts in each state/UT will be based on the share of Net Cropped Area and operational holdings. However, a minimum of 1 district will be selected from each state.”
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