The Centre has decided to merge 11 different government agricultural schemes, including the horticulture mission and the National Food Security Mission, into an umbrella scheme called Green Revolution–Krishonnati Yojana (GRKY) for better coordination and fine-tuning.

The umbrella scheme, extended beyond the 12th Five-Year plan to 2019-20, will have a Central share of ₹33,270 crore, Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad, said briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting. “The schemes will be continued with an expenditure of ₹33,269 crore for three financial years till 2019-20,” he said.

The schemes and missions that are brought under the GRKY include the national mission for sustainable agriculture, national mission on oilseeds and oil palm, integrated schemes for agricultural marketing, agricultural census and economics and agricultural cooperation and several sub-missions such as those on agriculture extension, seeds and planting materials, agricultural mechanisation, and plant protection and plant quarantine, an official statement said.

The schemes/missions focus on creating/strengthening of infrastructure of production, reducing production cost and marketing of agriculture and allied produce. They have been under implementation for varying duration during the past few years, the Minister said.

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