Central Government Schemes for Farmers, FPOs & SHGs | Income Support & Rural Entrepreneurship |

Описание: The Government of India is implementing a comprehensive ecosystem of Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes to enhance farmers’ income, rural entrepreneurship, and agricultural sustainability.
This video explains an official PIB release (February 2026) detailing how these schemes support farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and agri-entrepreneurs across the entire agricultural value chain.

The session is structured to help UPSC aspirants understand agriculture as a livelihood system, not merely as crop production, and to link schemes with income enhancement, institutional credit, aggregation, digital agriculture, and rural employment.

🔹 Topics Covered in This Video

Rationale behind multi-scheme support architecture for agriculture

Coverage of schemes across:

Credit and insurance

Income support

Infrastructure and irrigation

Horticulture, seeds, mechanisation

Marketing and MSP procurement

Organic & natural farming

Digital agriculture

Formation & Promotion of 10,000 FPOs Scheme

Objectives and budgetary outlay (₹6,865 crore)

Financial assistance for FPO management

Matching equity grants and credit guarantee support

Status of implementation (as of December 2025)

Role of FPOs in aggregation, bargaining power, and economies of scale

Use of DBT, digital platforms, and monitoring mechanisms

Government measures to ensure timely subsidy disbursement

Overview of major agriculture schemes (PM-KISAN, PMFBY, AIF, NMNF, Digital Agriculture Mission, etc.)

🔹 Why This Video Is Important for UPSC Aspirants

Direct relevance to GS Paper III – Agriculture

Useful for Prelims questions on schemes and facts

Enriches Mains answers with data on FPOs, subsidies, and rural entrepreneurship

Helps in Essay writing on farmer income, agrarian reforms, and inclusive growth

Strengthens understanding of institutional mechanisms in agriculture

This lecture enables aspirants to link schemes with outcomes, such as income enhancement, resilience, and sustainability, which is essential for high-quality GS-III answers.

📍 Institute: Samata IAS Academy
📘 Agriculture • Government Schemes • Rural Development • UPSC-focused Analysis

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