वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने मत्स्य पालन, तिलहन निर्यात को बढ़ावा देने के लिए कई योजनाओं की घोषणा करने से पहले कृषि क्षेत्र के लिए मोदी सरकार की पिछली योजनाओं के बारे में विस्तार से बताया।

अपने अंतरिम बजट भाषण में मोदी सरकार द्वारा लागू की गई कृषि योजनाओं के लाभों को गिनाते हुए, वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने गुरुवार को कहा कि पीएम किसान सम्पदा (कृषि-समुद्री प्रसंस्करण और कृषि-प्रसंस्करण समूहों के विकास के लिए योजना) योजना से 38 लोगों को लाभ हुआ है। लाख किसानों और 2.4 लाख स्वयं सहायता समूहों (एसएचजी) को सहायता प्रदान की गई। यह योजना किसानों से खुदरा दुकानों तक कृषि वस्तुओं के हस्तांतरण को आसान बनाने के लिए आधुनिक बुनियादी ढांचे और आपूर्ति श्रृंखला प्रबंधन का उपयोग करती है।

PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana: The interim budget for the year 2024 was presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The ruling party appreciated it while the opposition called it a bad budget. However, the Finance Minister hinted that our government will present the ‘full’ budget in June-July. This statement of the Finance Minister is also being taken as an indication of Modi government coming to power again. While presenting the budget, Nirmala Sitharaman has said that 38 lakh farmers will get benefits through ‘PM Kisan Sampada Yojana’.

Schemes for dairy farmers also

Apart from this, the Finance Minister also gave information about other schemes made for the farmers, during this time he said that a comprehensive program will be prepared to support the dairy farmers. India is the world’s largest milk producer, but with low productivity of milch animals. This program will be built on the success of existing schemes. There will be schemes like Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Livestock Mission, and Infrastructure Development Fund for dairy processing and animal husbandry.

55 lakh jobs

Lauding the setting up of a separate fisheries department, the Finance Minister told Parliament that the PM Matsya Sampada Yojana has helped double seafood exports since 2013-14. This scheme will be promoted to create 55 lakh jobs and increase exports to Rs 1 lakh crore. He said, “It was our government which, realizing the importance of assisting fishermen, established a separate department for fisheries, as a result of which inland and aquaculture production has doubled.