Yogi pushes for scheme to make farmers self-reliant

Time of India

19-05-2025

Lucknow: Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
on Monday gave directions to start '
Mukhyamantri Krishak Samridhi Yojana
' with the aim of increasing the income and economic empowerment of
small and marginal farmers
of the state.
The outline of this ambitious scheme was presented in the review meeting of the cooperative department chaired by the CM on Monday.
Yogi described the scheme as a "visionary" and "farmer-friendly" initiative. He also directed to ensure active participation of NABARD as well as cooperative banks in the proposed scheme.
Yogi said that the state govt is constantly trying to free the farmers from the burden of debt, increase their agricultural productivity and make them self-reliant. "In such a situation, efforts should be made to provide easy loans to farmers at affordable rates.
This scheme will prove to be an effective step in this direction," he said.
The Chief Minister said that the implementation of the scheme should be effective and timely. For this, emphasis was laid on increasing the loan distribution capacity of cooperative banks, providing financial assistance for modernization of branches and ensuring ease of loan to farmers. He directed that a detailed proposal of the scheme should be prepared and submitted soon.
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Yogi reviewed the cooperative sector comprehensively and emphasized on making the role of cooperative institutions more effective. He especially pitched for increasing the income of small and marginal farmers, transparency and efficiency in the priorities of the cooperative sector.
According to the details presented by the officials at the meeting, the loan disbursement of
Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank
Limited has increased from Rs 9,190 crore in 2017 to Rs 23,061 crore in 2025, while the net profit has increased to Rs 100.24 crore.
During the same period, the total business of the District Cooperative Banks increased from Rs 28,349 crore to Rs 41,234 crore and the net profit was recorded at Rs 162 crore.
In the last eight years, crop loan of Rs 11,516 crore and long-term loan of Rs 393 crore were distributed in the state. Fertilizer distribution was 34.45 lakh metric tonnes, paddy procurement was 25.53 lakh metric tonnes and pulses-oilseeds procurement was 1.94 lakh metric tonnes.
According to the state govt, 37,500 metric tonnes of storage capacity has been developed by constructing 375 warehouses under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) scheme. Under the National Agriculture Development Scheme, a capacity of 1,17,350 metric tonnes has been created through 1,060 warehouses since 2017. Construction of 100 new warehouses is proposed in the year 2025-26.
Apart from this, under the country's largest food storage scheme, warehouses of 500 to 1000 metric tonnes capacity are proposed at 24 centres in 16 districts.
Expressing the need to further increase the storage capacity, the CM directed that an appropriate policy be prepared to ensure the participation of the private sector.
The CM also asked to speed up the selection process through Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for quick recruitment of vacant banking and non-banking posts in the cooperative sector. This will improve the efficiency and quality of service of cooperative institutions.
The participation of Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (M-PACS) in commercial activities also came up for discussion at the meeting. The CM was informed that they have been linked to activities like PDS, Jan Aushadhi, CSC, PM Kisan Samman Kendra and MSP. Under the progress of computerization, 1,539 M-PACS committees are being computerized in the first phase, 1,523 in the second phase and 2,624 in the third phase.
Giving information about the steps taken in the field of cyber security, it was told that Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank Limited and 50 district cooperative banks of the state are being connected to NABARD's CBS cloud platform.
The Chief Minister said that while making cooperative institutions self-reliant, farmers' access to technology, credit and marketing should be ensured. He said that making the farmers of the state prosperous and empowered through cooperation is the top priority of the govt, for which the sequence of policy reforms should be continued.