News: Recently, the government has announced 100 Aspirational Agriculture Districts to be developed under the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) across 29 states and UTs.
About Aspirational Agriculture Districts
- The Aspirational Agriculture Districts are 100 districts identified by under the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY).
- The initiative is designed to improve agricultural performance in districts with low productivity and limited access to resources.
- Goal: To boost agricultural productivity, improve infrastructure, enhance irrigation, promote crop diversification, and expand farmers’ access to credit and markets.
- Purpose:
- To transform underperforming agricultural regions into high-growth, sustainable, and resilient agricultural hubs.
- To ensure balanced regional development in the agricultural sector across states and union territories.
- Criteria for Selection: Districts have been identified based on three main factors:
- Low crop productivity
- Moderate crop intensity
- Below-average access to institutional credit
- Implementation Framework:
- Each district will prepare a District Agriculture Development Plan (DADP).
- The programme will operate through convergence of 36 existing schemes from 11 central departments.
- Monitoring: 100 Central Nodal Officers (CNOs), mainly Joint Secretaries have been appointed to oversee and monitor the progress of these districts.
- Distribution: A total of 100 districts has been chosen across 29 states and union territories.
States No. of aspirational districts Uttar Pradesh 12 Districts Maharashtra 09 Districts Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan 08 Districts each Bihar 07 Districts Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal 04 Districts each Assam, Chhattisgarh and Kerala 03 Districts each UT of J&K, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand 02 Districts each Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim and Tripura 01 Districts each
Note:
- To read about the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, please click here.
