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PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana launched

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana launched (GS3 · Agriculture, 11 October 2025)

What happened

  • On 11 October 2025 the PM launched the Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana and the pulses mission, with over ₹42,000 crore of initiatives for agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and FPOs [PIB].
  • He also inaugurated or laid foundations for 1,100 projects under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and allied sectors [PIB].

Background

  • The event at Pusa, Delhi coincided with the birth anniversaries of Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh [PIB].

Why it matters

  • District-focused farm schemes work only if they pool existing schemes rather than add new paperwork.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-11): on 11 October 2025 the PM launched the Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana and the pulses mission, with over ₹42,000 crore of initiatives for agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and FPOs.
  2. District-focused farm schemes work only if they pool existing schemes rather than add new paperwork.
Quotable data point

He also inaugurated or laid foundations for 1,100 projects under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and allied sectors.

PIB: Agriculture: PM-DDKY and pulses mission launched, 11 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: PM-DDKY.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Total initiatives announced

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Projects inaugurated/foundations laid

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Venue

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerSelf-Reliance in Pulses and Edible Oils: Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (2025-31), National Mission on Edible Oils (Oilseeds and Oil Palm), Import Dependence and the Way Forward (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerPM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: Convergence of 36 Schemes in 100 Low-Productivity Districts, Selection Criteria, Monitoring and the Aspirational Districts Model (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Agriculture: PM-DDKY and pulses mission launched, 11 Oct 2025

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