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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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A

Only 2

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Only 2&4

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Only 2,3&4

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D

None of these

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The correct option is D

None of these


Ans:53)(d)The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani), improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop), enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.

The scheme also aims at bringing concerned Ministries/Departments/Agencies/Research and Financial Institutions engaged in creation/use/recycling/potential recycling of water, brought under a common platform, so that a comprehensive and holistic view of the entire "water cycle" is taken into account and proper water budgeting is done for all sectors namely, household, agriculture and industries.

The programme architecture of PMKSY aims at a 'decentralized State level planning and execution' structure, in order to allow States to draw up a District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP). It is expected that PMKSY will provide convergence to existing schemes of water management, thus bringing efficiency to the use of water.


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