Loan Amount Of 5 Lakhs, Makhana Board: FM Sitharaman Makes Key Agri Announcements In Budget 2025

Last Updated:February 01, 2025, 11:54 IST

The finance minister made some key announcements in the agriculture sector which included the Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana and Makhana Board in Bihar

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made some major agricultural announcements while presenting Budget 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday.

Here is a list of the major agricultural announcements made by the finance minister.

• The finance minister announced that the loan amount will be increased from 3 lakhs to 5 lakhs under the Kisan Credit Scheme
• She said that PM Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana will be undertaken in partnership with states. The programme will cover 100 districts with low productivity, moderate crop intensity and below-average credit parameters and will help 1.7 crore farmers.
• The finance minister announced the creation of the Makhana Board in Bihar to improve the processing, value addition and marketing of Makhana.
• The people who are involved in the production of Makhana will be organised into FPOs. The Board will give hand-holding and training support to Makhana farmers and will work towards ensuring that they enjoy benefits all relevant government schemes.”
• To ensure self-reliance in urea production, the government has reopened three dormant urea plans in the eastern region which will augment urea supply, said FM Sitharaman.
• She said that a urea plant with an annual capacity of 12.7 lakh metro tonnes will be set up at Namrup in Assam.
• In the agricultural sector, the National Mission For Edible Oil & Seeds will aim at “aatmanirbharta” (self-dependence), said the finance minister.
• She announced that the government will launch a six-year mission to become self-dependent in the sector of pulses.
• The finance minister said that the Central Agencies will procure Tur, Urad, Masur in the next 4 years.
• The government will launch a national mission on high-yielding seeds, she said.