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National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

The core objective of the Mission is to bridge the yield gap with respect to these crops through the dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices. Under the programme, various incentives like production and distribution of seeds, supply of seed mini kits, Front Line/Cluster Demonstrations, improved farm implements, bio-pesticides, micronutrients, bio-fertilizers, etc., are provided to the farmers.

Benefits

The scheme aims to provide the following benefits:

  1. Enhance the production and productivity of crops
  2. Promotion and extension of improved technologies and seed varieties through Cluster Demonstration, Cluster Frontline Demonstration, and Frontline Demonstration
  3. Assistance for quality / certified seeds production and distribution
  4. Support for nutrient management and pest management
  5. Provision of flexi component for Interventions covering farm implements/ machines, capacity building of farmers, water carrying pipes, post-harvest technologies like Dal Mill/de-stoning/ grading, etc.

Eligibility

All farmers can apply for the scheme.

Criteria for Identification of Areas and Beneficiaries

  1. In accordance with the decision of the GoI regarding implementation of the Special Component Plan (SCP) for Scheduled Castes and Tribal SubPlan (TSP) for Scheduled Tribes, 16% of the total allocation for SCP and 8% for TSP will be earmarked. However, States will be allowed to allocate SC/ST farmers proportionate to their population in the States/districts.
  2. At least 33% allocation of the fund is to be made for small and marginal farmers.
  3. At least 30% allocation of the fund is to be made for women farmers.
  4. All the farmers are entitled to avail the assistance for various components of the Mission, limited to 5 hectares in a season.

Criteria for selection of districts:

  1. Districts with an area of more than 50,000 ha and yield below the State average yield under NFSM-Rice and NFSM-Wheat have been selected.
  2. All districts of north-eastern states (except Assam) with at least 5000 ha area under rice have been selected.
  3. Districts with at least 15000 ha area under rice or wheat in the hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttarakhand have been selected.
  4. All districts of 29 states have been included under NFSM pulses.
  5. In case of coarse cereals (Maize and Barley), the districts covering 70% of the total coarse cereals area of the state have been selected.
  6. All States growing Jowar, Bajra, Ragi, and Small Millets will be covered under the programme of NFSM-Nutri-Cereals (Jowar, Bajra, Ragi, and Small Millets).