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What happened
A government factsheet released in August 2026 compiles a decade of agricultural progress. Foodgrain production rose from 265.05 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 376.56 million tonnes in 2025-26. PM-KISAN has transferred over Rs.4.47 lakh crore across 23 instalments to 9.49 crore farmers. Agricultural exports reached USD 54.70 billion in 2025-26. The agriculture budget rose from Rs.27,663 crore in 2013-14 to Rs.1,40,528.78 crore in 2026-27, reflecting sustained policy investment across credit, insurance, and digital infrastructure.
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Why it matters
This factsheet consolidates the numerical benchmarks across every major agricultural scheme — making it a one-stop revision source for exams that test scheme-specific figures. The core architecture of India's farm support rests on five pillars: income support (PM-KISAN), crop insurance (PMFBY), price assurance (MSP), credit access (KCC), and market connectivity (e-NAM). Each scheme has distinct parameters that examiners blank out as withheld data.
PM-KISAN provides Rs.6,000 per year in three equal instalments directly to farmers' accounts — a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism. PMFBY, launched in 2016-17, is a premium-based crop insurance scheme where the farmer's share is capped at 2% for Kharif, 1.5% for Rabi, and 5% for commercial/horticultural crops. The KCC scheme provides revolving credit for agricultural operations at concessional interest rates.
On the sustainability side, PKVY promotes cluster-based organic farming, while the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) is a newer flagship promoting chemical-free farming with its own certification system (NFCS). PM KUSUM addresses farm-level energy security through solar pump installation and feeder-level solarisation.
The Digital Agriculture Mission introduces Farmer IDs and Digital Crop Surveys — a structural shift toward data-driven governance of agriculture. e-NAM integrates mandis into a single national electronic market, reducing intermediary dependence. For NABARD aspirants, AIF, PACS computerisation, and FPO formation are credit-infrastructure angles the examiner returns to repeatedly.
PM-KISAN provides Rs.6,000 per year in three equal instalments directly to farmers' accounts — a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism. PMFBY, launched in 2016-17, is a premium-based crop insurance scheme where the farmer's share is capped at 2% for Kharif, 1.5% for Rabi, and 5% for commercial/horticultural crops. The KCC scheme provides revolving credit for agricultural operations at concessional interest rates.
On the sustainability side, PKVY promotes cluster-based organic farming, while the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) is a newer flagship promoting chemical-free farming with its own certification system (NFCS). PM KUSUM addresses farm-level energy security through solar pump installation and feeder-level solarisation.
The Digital Agriculture Mission introduces Farmer IDs and Digital Crop Surveys — a structural shift toward data-driven governance of agriculture. e-NAM integrates mandis into a single national electronic market, reducing intermediary dependence. For NABARD aspirants, AIF, PACS computerisation, and FPO formation are credit-infrastructure angles the examiner returns to repeatedly.
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