National Food Security Mission: National mission to provide 1.4 billion Indian citizens with enough dietary grains, all you must know

At its 53rd meeting on May 29, 2007, the National Development Council (NDC) approved a resolution to launch a mission to boost the yearly output of rice, wheat, and pulses by 10 million tonnes, 8 million tonnes, and 2 million tonnes, respectively, by the conclusion of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). As a result, in October 2007 the "National Food Security Mission" (NFSM), a centrally sponsored programme, was introduced.

Pulses are the focus of the National Food Security Mission's (NFSM) programme, which is being carried out in designated areas of 28 States and 2 Union Territories (UTs), namely Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. For other crops, however, the districts are chosen based on the district's production and cropped area in accordance with NFSM-approved standards.

Through the State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) under NFSM, aid is being offered to the farmers for the procurement of pump sets, water carrying pipelines, sprinkler sets, and mobile rain guns. The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is being implemented by the government with the goals of improving physical access to water, increasing the amount of land that can be cultivated with guaranteed irrigation, increasing the effectiveness of on-farm water use, introducing sustainable water conservation practises, etc.

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Components of National Food Security Mission

NFSM-Rice

NFSM-Wheat

NFSM-Pulses

NFSM-Coarse Cereals

NFSM-Nutri-Cereals

NFSM-Commercial Crops

Objectives of National Food Security Mission

• - Speedy implementation of programmes through active engagement of all the stakeholders at various levels.
  - Promotion and extension of improved technologies i.e., seed, Integrated Nutrient Management including micronutrients (like iron, cobalt, copper etc), soil amendments, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and resource conservation technologies along with capacity building of farmers.
  Flow of fund would be closely monitored to ensure that interventions reach the target beneficiaries on time.
  - The proposed interventions would be integrated with the targets fixed for each identified district in the existing District Plan (formulated as a part of national Five Year Plans).
  - Constant monitoring and concurrent evaluation for assessing the impact of the interventions for a result oriented approach by the implementing agencies.

For more information visit: https://nfsm.gov.in/

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