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Increased Focus
National Natural Farming Mission
n This mission was launched on November 25,
2024. The mission aims for natural farming in
7.5 lakh hectares through 15,000 clusters. 1 crore
farmers will benefit.
lakh farmers have joined
More than
14.3 the National Natural
Farming Mission by
August 2025.
n More than 5.45 lakh hectares are under natural
farming. Under this, each farmer receives an
incentive of ₹4,000 per acre per year for two
years (one acre per farmer).
Mission Organic Value Chain
Development for the North
Eastern Region
n Launched in 2015-16, this scheme aims to
promote organic farming in the North Eastern
states and establish organic production clusters.
An incentive of ₹46,500 per hectare is provided
over 3 years to promote organic farming. In
2024-25, 2.69 lakh farmers benefited.
the biggest challenges facing the country was how
to feed the entire population and where to produce
enough food grains so that no one would have to
go to bed hungry. However, with the help of the
Green Revolution, the country’s farmers made this
possible. Despite this, even after seven decades of
independence, the problems of farmers were not
addressed. Now, farmers have received legal protec- Red Fort in 2016. This was a reform that farmers had
tion to structure agriculture like an industry and to
free themselves from middlemen, allowing them to
sell their produce as they wish, so that farmers can
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on Traditional and
Natural Farming
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
n Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is
the first major scheme in the country to promote
organic farming. It was launched in 2015-16.
28.34 farmers benefited from the scheme
from its inception until October 31,
Lakh 2025. 16.90 lakh hectares of area
were covered and 58,155 clusters
for organic farming were created
under the scheme.
National Bamboo Mission
n The National Bamboo Mission
promotes bamboo cultivation,
processing, and marketing in 23 states
and 1 Union Territory (Jammu &
Kashmir).
n India has the largest area under
bamboo cultivation (13.96 million
hectares). India is the second richest
country in terms of bamboo diversity
after China. India’s bamboo and cane
industry is worth ₹28,005 crore.
prosper and agriculture becomes a crucial part of a
self-reliant India.
For this, the central government had started taking
many important decisions for the welfare of farmers
since 2014. The government’s initiative was based on
the concept of ‘One Nation, One Market,’ which the
Prime Minister announced from the ramparts of the
been waiting for since independence. The central
government had already started working on this in a
phased manner even before this announcement. On