10 scheme(s) in this category.
Agricultural support ranges from direct income transfers to input subsidies, crop insurance and credit. The direct transfer schemes generally key off land records rather than what you actually grow, so what matters is whether cultivable land is recorded in your name.
Land records are also where most problems arise. If the land is in a parent's name, or the mutation after an inheritance was never completed, the application will not clear verification however genuine the farming is.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Bank loans for building farm infrastructure such as warehouses, cold stores and processing units, with 3% interest subvention on up to Rs 2 crore per project and credit guarantee cover.
Potential benefit Up to ₹2,00,00,000 loan amount eligible for interest subvention, per project per location
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
A bank credit card for farmers giving short-term crop loans at a concessional interest rate, with an interest subvention that can bring the effective rate down to 4% a year on prompt repayment.
Potential benefit Up to ₹5,00,000 loan limit covered by interest subvention
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Central assistance of 80% of the cost of an agricultural drone, up to Rs 8 lakh, for women's Self Help Groups so they can rent out drone spraying services to farmers.
Potential benefit Up to ₹8,00,000 one time, per Self Help Group
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying · Central
A 50% capital subsidy for setting up livestock businesses - up to Rs 50 lakh for sheep and goat units, Rs 30 lakh for piggery, Rs 25 lakh for rural poultry and Rs 50 lakh for feed and fodder units.
Potential benefit ₹10,00,000 – ₹50,00,000 one time capital subsidy
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Financial assistance to install drip and sprinkler irrigation: 55% of cost for small and marginal farmers and 45% for other farmers, to save water and raise yields.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Crop insurance for farmers. Farmers pay a small share of the premium (2% for kharif, 1.5% for rabi, 5% for commercial and horticultural crops) and the governments pay the rest.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
A voluntary pension scheme for small and marginal farmers aged 18 to 40. Members contribute Rs 55 to Rs 200 a month, the government matches it, and a pension of Rs 3,000 a month starts at age 60.
Potential benefit Up to ₹3,000 per month
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Direct income support of Rs 6,000 a year, paid in three instalments to farming families who own cultivable land.
Potential benefit Up to ₹6,000 per year
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying · Central
Support for fishers, fish farmers and fish workers to set up or expand fisheries activities, with 40% of project cost for general category and 60% for SC, ST and women beneficiaries.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Central
Free soil testing for farmers. The card reports 12 soil parameters for a farmer's land and recommends how much fertiliser to apply, so money is not wasted on the wrong inputs.