Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Overview

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The Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) is a six-year initiative launched on 11th October 2025 to transform 100 Aspirational Agricultural Districts.
The scheme brings together 36 Central schemes across 11 Ministries and Departments alongside state programs and private partners.
District performance is tracked through 121 indicators on the PM-DDKY dashboard, showing an average score jump from 18.85 in April 2026 to 46.89 in August 2026.
Central Public Sector Enterprises are using Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to support these districts during FY 2026-27 and 2027-28.

The Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) started on 11th October 2025 as a six-year initiative and has now finished its first year of work.

The Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) wants to change farming and allied tasks in 100 Aspirational Agricultural Districts through special district plans.
It tries to fix problems like bad crop yields, poor water supply for farms, hard-to-get farm loans, and missing storage houses.
The Union Cabinet cleared it on 16th July 2025 and it officially began on 11th October 2025 to run for six years, beginning from 2025-26.
It takes ideas from NITI Aayog's Aspirational Districts Programme and focuses purely on farming and related sectors.
Its main goals are to boost crop growth, teach sustainable farming, build storage units near villages, and make farm loans easier to get.
Officials picked the 100 districts by looking at low agricultural productivity, low cropping intensity and low agricultural credit disbursement.
Every state has at least one district chosen based on its net cropped area and operational holdings.
The scheme brings together 36 Central schemes across 11 Ministries and Departments along with state schemes and private companies.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) runs the program with NITI Aayog, NABARD, and state governments.

PMDDKY uses a three-tier implementation mechanism working at local, state, and country levels.
At the local level, the District Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti led by the District Collector/DM makes and runs the District Action Plan (DAP).
At the state level, the State Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti led by the Chief Secretary checks the district plans.
At the national level, the National Executive Committee led by the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the National Monitoring Committee led by the Secretary, DA&FW watch over the work.

Local plans use basic studies to find out what each farming area needs before creating fixes.
These plans combine Central and State schemes to set clear goals and timelines.
The plans go to state departments to get quick approval and money release.
Officials check progress using 121 indicators across 36 schemes, which include 74 output indicators and 47 outcome indicators.
The PM-DDKY dashboard ranks district performance on output items every monthly.

The PM-DDKY dashboard started working in the last week of October 2025, and monthly ranks began in November 2025.
All 100 PMDDKY districts have finished their local action plans and put them to work.
Committees at all government levels are now active to check progress regularly.
All 100 districts sent output data up to August 2026 and outcome data for FY 2025-26.
Central officers visit and guide districts to keep work on track.
The Department of Public Enterprises asked Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) to adopt these districts for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) work in FY 2026-27 and 2027-28.
The average score of the 100 districts jumped from 18.85 in April 2026 to 46.89 in August 2026, marking a gain of 28.04 points.

The PM-DDKY Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) Sangam took place in December 2025 to help farmers share ideas and find better markets.
The meeting gathered over 72 FPOs from 15 States and 33 PMDDKY districts.
People talked about natural farming, oilseeds, beekeeping, micro-irrigation, and digital farming tools.

In Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, an FPO with 800 farmer members built a rice mill and a 900 MT warehouse to help farmers earn better profits.
In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, an FPO with 1,236 farmer members used pest management on 2,000 acres and solar water pumps on 500 acres to save water and grow more crops.

PMDDKY uses a local, joined-up method to improve farming conditions.
Its real success rests on good teamwork, strict monitoring, and turning better farm setups into higher and more sustainable farmer incomes.