Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

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Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

• National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif
  Campaign 2008
• Department of Agriculture Cooperation
• Ministry of Agriculture

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Background

• Deceleration in agricultural growth due to
  decreasing public investment
• NDC Resolution Introduce a new Additional
  Central Assistance scheme to incentivise States
  to draw up plans for their agriculture sector
  more comprehensively, taking agro-climatic
  conditions, natural resource issues and
  technology into account, and integrating
  livestock, poultry and fisheries more fully...

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Basic Features of RKVY

• State Plan scheme
• Funds provided as 100 grant
• Eligibility criteria
• Allocation criteria

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Special Dispensation

• Minimum percentage expenditure on agri. allied
  sectors during the baseline period was taken,
  instead of the avg.
• Reference year was taken as 2006-07, or 2007-08,
  whichever recorded a higher percentage outlay

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Outlay envisaged

• Rs. 25,000 crore over 11th Five Year Plan
• Rs. 1,500 crore during 2007-08
• Rs. 3,165.67 crore for 2008-09

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SLSC Meetings

• Meetings of SLSC held by 19 States so far
  Karnataka, Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal,
  Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil
  Nadu, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Kerala, Punjab,
  Tripura, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim,
  Chhatisgarh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat
• Projects worth more than Rs. 1,004 crore approved
  under Stream-I

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Release of funds

• An amount of Rs. 986 crore has been released to
  the States, including Rs. 46.90 crore for
  preparation of DAPs _at_ Rs. 10 lakh per district.
• Model monitoring formats issued to States
• National Institute of Rural Development engaged
  for monitoring and evaluation

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Activities taken upSchemes/projects approved by
SLSCs

• Horti./Organic (7)
• Extension/IT (6)
• Crops (5)
• Mechanization (5)
• Soil Labs. (2)
• Fert./IPM (1)

• Micro/Minor Irr. (20)
• Animal Husbandry/ Fisheries (14)
• Watershed Dev. (12)
• Mktg./Storage(11)
• Seed Farms/Labs. (8)

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Areas of concern DAPs/SAP

• DAPs/SAP have not been finalized
• DAPs/SAP should contain all investmts. proposed
  in agri. allied sectors
• Convergence with other schemes should also be
  included
• Completion of DAPs/SAP is essential for release
  of funds during 2008-09

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Areas of concern-Projects

• Strategy for agri. growth not articulated
• Routine projects need for innovation
• SLSC mtgs. were held without 15 days notice in
  most States
• Targets/Outcomes not mentioned in several
  projects
• Details of proposals taken up under Stream-II not
  furnished

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Areas of concern-Monitoring

• Monthly progress reports not received
• Monthly reports to be sent by 10th of subsequent
  month
• Release of funds will depend on physical and
  financial progress

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Summary

• RKVY has elicited good response from the States
• Focus has to be on
• Completion of DAPs/SAP
• Implementation
• Regular reporting of progress
• Proper prep. scrutiny of projects

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