PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAI YOJANA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (pmksy)
Published @ http://mygovernmentschemes.blogspot.com

PMKSY has been approved  with an indicative outlay of Rs.50000 crore over a period of five years from 2015-16 to 2019-20
to ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms (Har Khet Ko Pani) in the country,
to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity.
The programme is an amalgamation of on-going schemes of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation and Ministry of Rural Development.

The Prime objective of PMKSY is to increase agricultural production and productivity and to enhance farm income. Other social, technical and economic objectives include: 

convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, enhancing access to water on farm, 

expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, integration of water source, distribution and its efficient use through appropriate technologies, enhance on-farm WUE spatially and temporally to reduce wastage, and increase availability, promote precision irrigation (sprinkler, drip, etc.), 

 enhance recharge of aquifers for sustainable conservation, promote rain-fed integrated areas development from ground water with supported livelihood options, promote agriculture extension and support, explore feasibility for re-use of treated municipal waste in commands, and 

attracting private investments.

For more details click here or visit http://pmksy.gov.in/