Rs 1,800 crore earmarked under National Food Security Mission this year
summary：The Centre has allocated over Rs 1,800 crore to states under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM this year....
Uttar Pradesh gets the maximum amount, at Rs 276.9 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh (Rs 226.87 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 196 crore). A mega scheme in the agriculture sector, NFSM was implemented in the 11th Five-year Plan with the target to raise rice production by 10 million tonnes (MTs), wheat by 8MTs and pulses by 2MTs - a total of 20MTs of food grains. The targets have been exceeded. In the 12th Plan, starting this year, NFSM aims at raising the food grain production by 25MTs. Besides rice, wheat and pulses, NFSM proposes to cover coarse cereals and fodder crops during the 12th Five-year Plan.
NFSM has taken a focussed approach to raise productivity of these crops through various location-specific interventions. These include providing incentives to farmers to adopt improved inputs and technology packages suiting local soil and climatic conditions.