GENERAL Agriculture

PM-PRANAM: A programme to cut back on the use of synthetic fertilizers.

20/09/2022
Arya S Shaji
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In NEW DELHI: The government is planning to introduce a programme named Pradhan Mantri – Promotion of Alternative Nutritious and Agriculture Management in an effort to reduce the usage of chemical fertilizers (PM-PRANAM).The programme will reward states that use fewer chemical fertilizers on average over the course of the last three years in a given year compared to other states.

According to the source, “those states that used less fertilizer in a year compared to the average consumption of the last three years will be rewarded by providing incentive grants at the rate of 50% of the total amount of subsidy saved by using less fertilizer.” These states included those that used less urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP), muriate of potash (MOP), etc.

“States can set up bio/organic fertilizer factories using 80% of this incentive payment for the welfare of farmers. The programmes that give them alternative fertilizers can be operated with the leftover funds, he continued. He said that the plan wouldn’t add any new financial strain on the exchequer. On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a plea during his speech regarding India’s independence.

He said that the plan wouldn’t add any new financial strain on the exchequer. On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged farmers to use fewer chemical fertilizers in his speech commemorating India’s independence. “Today, natural farming is a means of achieving independence… The country’s goal of being self-sufficient may be strengthened by natural agricultural and chemical-free farming, according to Modi. The programme will reward states that use fewer chemical fertilizers on average over the course of the last three years in a given year compared to other states.