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PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Felicitates Top Districts

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ఇది ఎందుకు ముఖ్యం

This article highlights the focus on district-level agricultural performance and competitive governance under government schemes like the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, which is directly relevant to enhancing agricultural productivity, crop diversification, and grassroots economic development in India.

సారాంశం

Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan felicitated the top-performing districts at the National Conference of the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana. The initiative highlights district-level agricultural achievements, aiming to foster productivity growth, resource efficiency, and competitive governance across rural sectors.

ముఖ్య అంశాలు

  • Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan felicitated top-performing districts under the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana during its national conference.
  • The scheme aims to boost agricultural productivity, enhance district-level growth, and promote competitive federalism in the agricultural sector.
  • Focus areas include improving crop yields, resource efficiency, and financial/technical support integration at the grassroots level.

ముఖ్యమైన పదాలు

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

A Central Sector Scheme aimed at developing 100 agriculturally underperforming districts by enhancing agricultural productivity, crop diversification, sustainable practices, and institutional credit through scheme convergence.

UPSC context

UPSC Prelims/Mains GS Paper III: Important Government Schemes, Agricultural Productivity, and Inclusive Growth in rural sectors.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

The apex central government ministry responsible for formulation and administration of rules, regulations, and policies related to agricultural development, farming welfare, and rural growth in India.

UPSC context

UPSC Prelims/Mains GS Paper II & III: Governance, Institutional Framework, and Implementation of Agricultural Policies.

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ప్రిలిమ్స్ ఉచ్చు

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana is implemented exclusively by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare without inter-ministerial convergence.

Aspirants often assume central sector or centrally sponsored agricultural schemes are managed solely by the Ministry of Agriculture, missing the multi-ministerial convergence design.

అనుసంధానమైన స్థిర భావనలు

Governance / Social Justice

What are the key structural features of India's Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP)?

  • Core Focus: Targeted approach focusing on 112 most under-developed districts across health, education, agriculture, and infrastructure.
  • Competitive Federalism: Employs real-time data tracking via a dashboard and ranks districts to foster competitive and cooperative federalism.
  • 3C Strategy: Based on convergence of central and state schemes, collaboration of central, state, and district administrators, and competition among districts.

అంతర-అంశ నమూనాలు

  • Aspirational Districts + Agricultural Federalism

    PM-DDKY extends the governance model of Aspirational Districts to agriculture, blending socio-economic index ranking with cooperative and competitive federalism principles.

PM-DDKY convergence framework and district-level indexing likely to feature in UPSC prelims matching schemes with ministries.

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