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PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for 100 districts

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for 100 districts (GS3 · Agriculture, 16 July 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for six years from 2025-26, covering 100 districts [PIB].
  • It draws on the Aspirational Districts model and converges 36 existing schemes across 11 departments [PIB].

Background

  • Goals: productivity, crop diversification, storage, irrigation and credit [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Convergence schemes succeed or fail at the district office.

How to use this in Mains

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

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-16): the Cabinet approved PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for six years from 2025-26, covering 100 districts.
  2. Convergence schemes succeed or fail at the district office.
Quotable data point

It draws on the Aspirational Districts model and converges 36 existing schemes across 11 departments.

PIB: Cabinet: PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, 16 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: PMDDKY.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Districts covered by PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Number of schemes converged

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Cabinet: PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, 16 Jul 2025

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