PMKSY Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

Organisation : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC).
Facility : Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana PMKSY

Website : http://pmksy.gov.in/

PMKSY :

Despite several efforts in past decades, large agriculture area is still dependent on the monsoons and on the event of failure of monsoons, farmers had been facing hardship for survival of their crops.

Related : Bajaj Allianz Bima Dhan Suraksha Yojana : www.statusin.in/17752.html

In view to resolve these problems and also to provide Har Khet ko pani “Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY) has been approved for implementation across the country.

The major objective of PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop), enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.

The scheme also aims at bringing the Ministries/Departments/Agencies/Research & Financial Institutions concerned, engaged in creation/use/recycling/potential recycling of water brought under a common platform so that a comprehensive and holistic view of entire “water cycle” is taken into account & proper water budgeting is done for all sectors viz. household, agriculture & industries.

Funds are being provided to three ministries and what will be the system for integration and effective implementation of the programme?
Ans: PMKSY is to be implemented on projectised mode of implementation. Programme architecture is to adopt a ‘decentralized State level planning and projectised execution’ structure that empowers States to draw up their own irrigation development plans based on District Irrigation Plan(DIP).

A committee under the chairmanship of District Magistrate with members from Departments concerned, including district Forest officer, Lead Bank Officer etc. at district level is empowered to finalise the DIP. Similarly, State Irrigation Plan(SIP) will be amalgamation of DIPs for operative convergence platform for all water sector activities including drinking water & sanitation, application of science & technology etc. through comprehensive SIP.

State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary of the respective States are authorized to sanction projects, oversee its implementation and monitoring.

National Executive Committee (NEC) is constituted under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme implementation, allocation of resources, inter-ministerial coordination, monitoring & performance assessment, addressing administrative issues.

At National level, programme is to be supervised and monitored by an Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister with Union Ministers concerned Ministries as a members.

Guidelines of the PMKSY for effective implementation and monitoring etc. is formulated with active consultation of concerned Department/Ministries will be issued over the approval of Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture.