Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare explained

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Native Name:Hindi: कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मन्त्रालय
Jurisdiction:Government of India
Headquarters:Krishi Bhavan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi
Region Code:IN 110001
Minister1 Name:Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Minister1 Pfo:(Cabinet Minister)
Minister3 Name:Ram Nath Thakur[1]
Minister3 Pfo:(Minister of State)
Minister2 Name:Bhagirath Choudhary
Minister2 Pfo:(Minister of State)
Seal:Government of India logo.svg
Seal Size:100px
Budget: (2024-25 est.)[2]
Chief1 Name:Devesh Chaturvedi
Chief1 Position:Secretary

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Hindi: कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मन्त्रालय), formerly the Ministry of Agriculture, is a branch of the Government of India and the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in India. The three broad areas of scope for the Ministry are agriculture, food processing and co-operation. The agriculture ministry is headed by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare which is currently held by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje are the Ministers of State. Sharad Pawar, serving from 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014, has held the office of Minister of Agriculture for the longest continuous period till date.

Origins

Department of Revenue and Agriculture and Commerce was set up in June 1871 to deal with all the agricultural matters in India. Until this ministry was established, matters related to agriculture were within the portfolio of the Home Department.

In 1881, Department of Revenue and Agriculture was set up to deal with combined portfolios of education, health, agriculture, revenue. However, In 1947, Department of Agriculture was redesignated as Ministry of Agriculture.[3]

The Ministry of Agriculture was renamed as the Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare on 15 August 2015, to take care of farming community needs.[4]

Structure and departments

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare consists of the following two departments.[5]

The administrative head of the Ministry is the Secretaries of the two departments.

Programs and initiatives

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

A leading program of the Ministry is the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, which was launched in 2007 on the recommendations of the National Development Council of India. This program sought to improve the overall state of agriculture in India by providing stronger planning, better coordination, and greater funding to improve productivity and overall output. The total budget for this program in 2009-10 was just over INR 38,000 crore.[8]

Krishi Megh

Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research and Education System-Cloud Infrastructure and Services) is a data recovery center of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the premier agricultural research organization of the Government of India. It will help in protecting the precious data of ICAR. It has been set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management, Hyderabad. The portal aims at providing the high-quality and latest information in the agricultural sector to the stakeholders and also aims to provide relevant information to agricultural university students. It has been launched under the Government of India and World Bank's Jointly funded project called National agricultural higher education project (NAHEP).[9]

Schemes

Reports and statistics

The Ministry publishes an annual report titled "Agricultural Statistics at a Glance". This gives a detailed picture of the state of India's agriculture including demographics of the agrarian sector, crop production (including state-wise and crop-wise break-ups), rural economic indicators such as credit, etc. The latest report has been published for 2014.[10]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India. Agriculture.gov.in. 15 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis . 2020. prsindia.org.
  3. Web site: Organisational History of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation . 5 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064805/http://agricoop.nic.in/Orghistory.pdf . 25 April 2012 .
  4. News: 2015-08-15. Agriculture Ministry to be renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-02-17. 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Ministry of Agriculture - Agriculture - Sectors: National Portal of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20090605093532/http://india.gov.in/sectors/agriculture/ministry_agriculture.php. dead. 5 June 2009. 5 June 2009. 15 September 2018.
  6. Web site: National Portal of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903184137/http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http%3A%2F%2Fagricoop.nic.in. dead. 3 September 2011. 3 September 2011. 15 September 2018.
  7. Web site: National Portal of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903185227/http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http%3A%2F%2Fdare.nic.in%2F. dead. 3 September 2011. 3 September 2011. 15 September 2018.
  8. Web site:

    Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:::

    . rkvy.nic.in.
  9. Web site: Narendra Singh Tomar launches ICAR's data recovery centre 'Krishi Megh'. All India Radio News. 2020-09-02.
  10. Web site: Economics And Statistics,Ministry of Agriculture,Government of India. Eands.decent.nic.in.