{"id":275695,"date":"2023-12-30T19:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=275695"},"modified":"2023-12-30T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:53:15","slug":"on-the-pm-kisan-scheme-not-the-way-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-the-pm-kisan-scheme-not-the-way-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"On the PM-Kisan Scheme \u2013 Not the way forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on the PM-Kisan Scheme has been created based on the article \u201cOn the PM-Kisan model: Not the way forward\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 30th<\/sup> December 2023.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 3 Agriculture \u2013 Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the significant features of the PM-Kisan scheme. It suggests the reforms that can be undertaken in the scheme to make it better for Indian farmers.<\/p>\n

The Government is undertaking a drive to increase the total number of farmer-beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan)<\/strong><\/a>, from the current 8.12 crore to about 8.75 crore.<\/p>\n

What are the significant features of the PM-Kisan scheme?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

PM-Kisan\u2019s is a direct income support (DIS) programme<\/strong>. Its significant features include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Not dependent on Crops Grown: <\/strong>This payment is irrespective of which crops she grows in whatever quantities and sells to whomsoever at any price.<\/li>\n
  2. Not dependent on the Inputs Used: <\/strong>The payment is also indifferent to inputs used, whether chemical fertilisers and insecticides or organic manure and biological control of pests and diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thus, it\u2019s a subsidy that is not market-distorting<\/strong> or encouraging chemicals-based agriculture <\/strong>(as against natural farming).<\/p>\n

    What are some changes that can be made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Within the overall framework of PM-Kisan, certain refinements can be made:<\/p>\n

    1) Income Support<\/strong> on a Per-Acre Basis:<\/strong> For instance, Telangana government\u2019s Rythu Bandhu scheme provides farmers up to Rs 12,000 per acre per year.<\/p>\n

    2) Upper Limits on the Per-Acre Payment:<\/strong> The payment under PM-Kisan can be made on a per-acre basis up to a limit of, say, 10 acres.<\/strong> This would address concerns over large landowning farmers getting a higher amount compared to poor farmers with less land.<\/p>\n

    3) Additional Payment by State governments:<\/strong> State governments can top up the amount under PM-Kisan with an equivalent income support (as a per-acre transfer).<\/p>\n

    Where will the provisioned money come from?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    According to the author, the money for moving from per-farmer to per-acre payments can come from the following sources:<\/p>\n

    1) Savings from ending all market-distorting subsidies: <\/strong>This includes subsidies on farm inputs<\/strong> (fertiliser, electricity and water) or output<\/strong> (procurement of grain at MSP beyond necessary stocking requirements).The savings can be redirected towards PM-Kisan.
    \nFor e.g. the Centre\u2019s fertiliser subsidy (around Rs 1,75,100 crore), if distributed among the 8.75 crore beneficiaries, would work out to over Rs 20,000 per farmer.<\/p>\n

    2) Additional savings from similar inefficient and environmentally-disastrous subsidies by states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    For more information regarding Issues with Farm Subsidies in India<\/strong>, read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    What are the significant features of the PM-Kisan scheme? Analyse its impacts on Indian agriculture and suggest steps to make it better for Indian farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: This post on the PM-Kisan Scheme has been created based on the article \u201cOn the PM-Kisan model: Not the way forward\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 30th December 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 Agriculture \u2013 Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies. News: The article discusses the significant features of the… Continue reading On the PM-Kisan Scheme \u2013 Not the way forward<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[218,216,10500],"class_list":["post-275695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-agriculture","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":12,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703976029},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}