The Centre on Monday introduced Nationwide Mission on Pure Farming (NMNF) as a standalone Centre-sponsored scheme underneath the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare to advertise pure farming amongst one-crore farmers throughout the nation with a price range outlay of Rs 2,481 crore.
The choice, taken within the Cupboard assembly headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, goals to create an ecosystem for sustainable farming.
“There’s a want to enhance the standard of soil and keep the well being of the folks with chemical-free meals…The Nationwide Mission on Pure Farming is a path-breaking resolution,” Info and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav stated in a media briefing after the assembly, calling the transfer “path-breaking”.
The mission, with a price range outlay of Rs 2,481 crore, will cowl 1 crore farmers throughout the nation, he added.
The minister stated pure farming will probably be promoted on a mission mode after profitable experiments in 2019-20 and 2022-23. At the moment, round 10 lakh hectares are underneath pure farming all through the nation, he added.
