Operation Greens Scheme

Source: DTE

Context: The government’s flagship Operation Greens scheme, designed to stabilise crop prices and benefit farmers, has spent just 34 per cent of its allocated budget for 2024-25, according to a parliamentary report.

About Operation Greens:

• What it is: A Central Sector Scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana to stabilize crop prices and ensure farmers’ welfare.

• Ministry: Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI).

• Launched: November 2018, with an initial outlay of ₹500 crore.

• Aims: Enhance farmers’ income through targeted interventions. Reduce price volatility in agricultural markets. Minimize post-harvest losses. Create robust farm-to-market linkages.

• Enhance farmers’ income through targeted interventions.

• Reduce price volatility in agricultural markets.

• Minimize post-harvest losses.

• Create robust farm-to-market linkages.

• Crops Covered: Initially covered Tomato, Onion, and Potato (TOP); expanded in 2021 to include 22 perishable crops, including mango, banana, apple, guava, ginger, and shrimp.

• Features: Long-Term Interventions:

• Long-Term Interventions:

• Strengthen production clusters and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). Build farm-gate infrastructure like storage and processing facilities. Enhance food processing and value addition capacities.

• Strengthen production clusters and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). Build farm-gate infrastructure like storage and processing facilities. Enhance food processing and value addition capacities.

• Strengthen production clusters and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).

• Build farm-gate infrastructure like storage and processing facilities.

• Enhance food processing and value addition capacities.

• Short-Term Interventions: Provide subsidies (50%) on transportation and storage for eligible crops to protect growers from distress sales. Mitigate post-harvest losses through immediate logistical solutions.

• Provide subsidies (50%) on transportation and storage for eligible crops to protect growers from distress sales.

• Mitigate post-harvest losses through immediate logistical solutions.

• Expanded Scope: Included all fruits and vegetables (TOTAL) under short-term measures during the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package (2020). Integrated value chain development extended to 22 perishable crops under the 15th Finance Commission Cycle (2021-26).

• Included all fruits and vegetables (TOTAL) under short-term measures during the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package (2020).

• Integrated value chain development extended to 22 perishable crops under the 15th Finance Commission Cycle (2021-26).

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• TOP to TOTAL