CCEA approves implementation of agri schemes in 12th Plan

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs ( CCEA) today approved implementation of various schemes related to agriculture, including continuation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), in the 12th Plan with a combined outlay of over Rs 80,000 crore.

The RKVY is a State plan scheme that provides 'considerable flexibility' and autonomy to states in planning and executing programmes for incentivising investment in agriculture and allied sectors.

During the 11th Plan, states have taken up 5,768 projects across the entire spectrum, such as crop development, horticulture, agricultural mechanisation, marketing and post-harvest management, an official statement said.

The CCEA has also approved the implementation of the central sector integrated scheme on agricultural cooperation with an outlay of Rs 920.088 crore during the 12th plan period (2012-13 to 2016-17).

Alongwith these two schemes, the CCEA also approved Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) for implementation during the 12th Plan with an outlay of Rs 16,840 crore.

The mission has been approved for achieving the growth rate of 7.2 per cent in the horticulture sector during the 12th Plan, the statement added.

The CCEA also approved the integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics" with some modifications. The total plan outlay will be Rs 1091 crore during 12th Plan, it added.