A Situational Analysis of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna: A Boon for Farmers

Author: Acharya Balkrishna, Deepika Srivastava, Jyoti Sharma, Muskan Chauhan, Gunjan Sharma and Vedpriya Arya

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Abstract

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna (PMKSY) encourages water conservation in order to alleviate the country's developing water scarcity issues. The scheme effortlessly tries to converge irrigation outlay at the field level to ameliorate ingress of water on the farm, upgrade efficiency of on-farm water to minimize wastage and escalates its availability, intensify recharge of aquifers, implement precision irrigation and other water efficient technologies, increase cultivable area under irrigation, implementing sustainable ways for water conservation, secure integrated management of rain-fed areas by applying watershed method, groundwater regeneration, runoff arrest, promote extension activities for farmers and grass-roots field functionaries on water harvesting, water management and crop alignment. In a nutshell, there is endeavour for removing hurdles, establishing responsibilities, openness is being maintained, and awareness is being raised so as to accomplish time-bound goals. The effo

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PMKSY, Irrigated area, Water management, Impact.

Conclusion

Irrigation has gained traction in recent years, with a greater concentration on huge and medium/multipurpose irrigation projects. More money is expected to be spent on numerous initiatives that have been declared as part of officially funded schemes and programmes. However, the success of these programmes has been not up to mark. Despite the government's much-needed push, there are major inter-component differences. While the WDC and HKKP components have made reasonable progress, the AIBP and PDMC components have not. There are also considerable differences in achievement rates between states. While Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana have done admirably under the PMKSY-AIBP component, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Goa, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Manipur have underperformed. In light of the current scenario, the PMKSY must be strengthened in order to build the essential irrigation infrastructure. In the irrigation sector, there has to be a greater empha

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Balkrishna, A., Srivastava, D., Sharma, J., Chauhan, M., Sharma, G. and Arya, V. (2021). A Situational Analysis of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna: A Boon for Farmers. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3): 381-386.