Jal Sinchan component under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana is about

Enhancing the physical access of water on the farm

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expanding cultivable area under assured irrigation

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Ensuring integrated development of Rainfed areas

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Promotion of micro-irrigation

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The correct option is D
Promotion of micro-irrigation

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana tries to replace the fragmented approach with an integrated approach aiming at convergence of investments in irrigation.

The broad objectives of PMKSY are as follows:

Converge investments in irrigation at the farm level and provide end-to-end solution

Har Khet ko Pani: Enhance the physical access of water on the farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation

Integration of source, distribution, efficient use of water through appropriate technology and practice.

Enhance adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies under More Crop Per Drop.

Jal Sinchan: Promotion of micro-irrigation in the form of drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns in the farm

Enhance recharge of aquifers; promote sustainable water conservation

Ensure integrated development of Rainfed areas

Water harvesting, water management and crop alignment, explore feasibility of reusing treated municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investments in irrigation.

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71 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is an umbrella scheme for coverage of more and more area under assured irrigation as early as possible. Which of the following is/are the major components of PMKSY?

i) Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) for major and medium irrigation

ii) Per drop more crop for promotion of micro irrigation.

iii) Jal Kranti Abhiyan (JKA) across the nation to preserve the precious water.

Q53) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme the “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY). The major objective of the PMKSY doesn’t include:

1) To achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level

2) To expand the cultivable area under assured irrigation

3) To improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water

4) To enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies

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91. Which of the following International organization assisted Project Neeranchal for the Watershed Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana

Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with an outlay of Rs.50,000 crores for a period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20) to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level:

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1, 3 and 4 only
1 and 2 only
1, 2 and 3 only
All of these

Q. 1. Geo-Tagging of asset has been carried out in which of the following scheme
1. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana(RKVY)
2. MNREGA
3. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana
4. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana

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