New Delhi, July 16,2025: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cleared the ‘Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ for a period of six years, beginning 2025-26 to cover 100 districts.
The programme introduced in the Union Budget 2025-26, will converge 36 existing schemes across 11 departments, a first-of-its-kind focusing exclusively on agriculture and allied sectors.
Sharing details about the decision taken at the Union Cabinet, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, with a total outlay of Rs 24,000 crore over six years, the scheme aims to benefit 1.7 crore farmers through focused interventions in areas such as crop productivity, irrigation, storage infrastructure, credit access, and the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices.
He said, 100 districts will be identified based on three key indicators of low productivity, low cropping intensity, and less credit disbursement. The number of districts in each state/UT will be based on the share of Net Cropped Area and operational holdings. However, a minimum of one district will be selected from each state.
Committees will be formed at district, state and national levels for effective planning, implementation and monitoring of the scheme. A district agriculture and allied activities plan will be finalized by the District Dhan Dhaanya Samiti, which will also have progressive farmers as members. The district plans will be aligned to the national goals of crop diversification, conservation of water and soil health, self-sufficiency in agriculture and allied sectors as well as expansion of natural and organic farming, said an official statement here.
Progress of the scheme in each Dhan-Dhaanya district will be monitored on 117 key performance indicators through a dashboard on monthly basis. NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank, will also review and guide the district plans. Besides, Central nodal officers appointed for each district will review the scheme on a regular basis, as per the statement.
