Schemes for Farmers
PM-Kisan
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
(known as PM-Kisan Yojana) is a Government of India initiated scheme that has become operational from December 2018. Under this scheme, all small and marginal farmer families having combined landholding or/and ownership holding of up to 2 hectares will be provided financial support of Rs. 6000/- per year. This sum is payable in three equal instalments of Rs. 2000 each in every four months.
e-Nam
National Agriculture Market or eNAM
is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities in India. The market facilitates farmers, traders and buyers with online trading in commodities.
The market is helping in better price discovery and providing facilities for smooth marketing of their produce. The market transactions stood at ₹36,200 crore (equivalent to ₹410 billion or US$5.5 billion in 2020) by January 2018, mostly intra-market.
Soil
Health
Card
Soil-Health-Card Scheme
was launched in the year 2015 in order to help the State Governments to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers of India. The Soil Health Cards gives information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
