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Agri & Farmers’ Welfare | COVER STORY

Government Support in Animal Husbandry,
Fisheries, and Horticulture

PM Matsya Sampada Yojana Agroforestry The Sub-Mission on
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, launched Agroforestry (SMAF) under the
on September 10, 2020, has empowered fishermen with National Mission for Sustainable
record production, increased exports, and inclusive Agriculture was implemented
and sustainable development. India is now the world’s to encourage tree plantation
second-largest fish producer. on farms along with crops and
58 Fish production cropping systems.
more than doubled

lakh livelihoods in 11 years 3.93 Crore
created and 99,018 Lakh Ton Lakh Ton hectares of land in India is under
women empowered agroforestry. The combined
through the 96 195 agroforestry area of India and
scheme. 2013-14 2024-25 Indonesia accounts for almost
100% of the agroforestry area in
Gokul Mission Asia. The global contribution is
India ranks first in terms of livestock population, approximately 70%.
with 14% of the world’s cows and 57% of the
world’s buffaloes. The National Gokul Mission was National Beekeeping & Honey Mission
launched on December 16, 2014, with the objective of As part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Self-
developing and conserving indigenous bovine breeds Reliant India Campaign), the National Beekeeping and
and increasing milk production and productivity. Honey Mission was launched to achieve the goal of a
n 1.28 crore sex-sorted semen doses produced; cost ‘Sweet Revolution’.
reduced from ₹800 to ₹250 per dose through n India became the world's
indigenous technology. second-largest honey exporter
14.56 after China in July 2025, up
from ninth position in 2020.

crore animals inseminated 1.07
under the mission’s artificial
insemination program. 9.36
crore animals covered under the lakh metric tons of natural
scheme. More than 5.62 crore honey were produced by
farmers have benefited. India in 2023-2024.

demic. Furthermore, during the pandemic, more than latest figures, farmers received more than ₹10
2 crore Kisan Credit Cards were issued, the majority lakh crore in assistance through the KCC scheme in
of which went to small farmers. Through these cards, 2025.
farmers have availed themselves of loans worth thou- Today, for the first time, India has reached the
sands of crores of rupees. Imagine what the situation top 10 countries in the world in terms of agricultural
of these small farmers would have been during this exports. The country set new records in agricultural
unprecedented crisis of the century if they hadn’t exports during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 80
received this assistance? Where would they have percent of the country’s farmers own less than 2 hect-
had to wander to meet their basic needs? Now, the ares of land. These small farmers will play a crucial
Kisan Credit Card facility has also been extended to role in enriching the country’s agriculture to achieve
livestock farmers and fish farmers. According to the the vision of a developed India by 2047.

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