Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Yoiana (PMKSY)
The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme the “Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY). It will have an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore over a
period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20). The allocation for the current
financial year is Rs. 5300 crore.
The
major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in
irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation
(Har Khet ko pani), improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of
water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving
technologies (More crop per drop), enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce
sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing
treated municipal based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater
private investment in precision irrigation system. The scheme also aims at
bringing concerned Ministries/Departments/Agencies/Research and Financial
Institutions engaged in creation/use/recycling/potential recycling of water,
brought under a common platform, so that a comprehensive and holistic view of
the entire "water cycle" is taken into account and proper water budgeting is
done for all sectors namely, household, agriculture and industries.
The
programme architecture of PMKSY aims at a 'decentralized State level planning
and execution' structure, in order to allow States to draw up a District
Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP). DIP will have holistic
developmental perspective of the district outlining medium to long term
developmental plans integrating three components namely, water sources,
distribution network and water use application of the district to be prepared at
two levels - the block and the district. All structures created under the
schemes will be geotagged.
The
programme will be supervised and monitored at the national level by an
Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Chairmanship of
the Prime Minister with Union Ministers of all concerned Ministries. A National
Executive Committee (NEC) is to be constituted under the Chairmanship of the
Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme implementation, allocation of
resources, inter ministerial coordination, monitoring and performance
assessment, addressing administrative issues etc. At the state level the scheme
is to be administered by a State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) to be
Chaired by the Chief Secretary of the respective States. The committee will have
all authority to sanction the project and also monitor the progress of the
scheme. At the district level their shall be a district level implementation
committee for ensuring last mile coordination a the field level.
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