PM Asha Yojana: The central government has approved the continuation of the PM-Asha scheme to provide better prices to farmers and control the fluctuations in the prices of essential commodities for consumers. Under this scheme, the scheme will be implemented for the financial year 2025-26 A total of Rs 35,000 crore will be spent by now.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi He said that the government is constantly working for the welfare of farmers. He tweeted, our scheme will provide farmers a profitable price for their crops, while consumers will also get affordable prices.
Price Support Scheme (PSS) and Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) have been integrated in PM-Asha Yojana, which will make the implementation of the scheme more effective. Under this scheme, 2024-25 The procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra notified at MSP from the session will be 25 percent of the national production. However, this limit will not apply to tur, urad and lentils, and 100 percent of these will be procured.
Government guarantee extended
The government has increased the existing government guarantee for the purchase of pulses, oilseeds and copra to Rs 45,000 crore. This will facilitate more purchases for farmers at MSP. The purchase by the agriculture department will be done through the e-Samriddhi portal of NAFED and the e-Samyukti portal of NCCF.
Help in buffer stock
The extension of the PSF scheme will help in maintaining strategic buffer stock of pulses and onions, thereby protecting consumers from excessive price volatility. Under this scheme, hoarding and speculation will also be discouraged.
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Increased coverage of PDPS
The government has increased the coverage of Price Deficit Payment Scheme (PDPS) to 40 percent. Also, the coverage under MIS for perishable horticultural crops has been increased to 25 percent.
Transportation and storage expenses will be borne to bridge the price gap at the time of harvesting. PM-ASHA scheme will not only provide remunerative prices to farmers but will also ensure availability of essential commodities to consumers.
