PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana
India's first district-level programme built only for farming, the Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana zeroes in on 100 districts where crop yields, cropping intensity and farm credit all trail the national average. Cleared by the Cabinet on 16 July 2025 and launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 October 2025 with a Rs 24,000 crore outlay, the six-year scheme borrows the template of NITI Aayog's Aspirational Districts Programme. Rather than a fresh spending line, it braids together 36 running schemes across 11 departments, scores every district on 117 indicators through a monthly dashboard, and pushes crop diversification, storage, irrigation and easier credit. Lifting these 100 laggard districts, the government argues, will pull up the country's overall farm numbers.
- PM-DDKY
- Dhan-Dhaanya
- Aspirational Districts
- NITI Aayog
- crop diversification
- agriculture scheme
- 100 districts
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