Shivraj Singh Chouhan Reviews Progress of Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, yesterday reviewed the progress of the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. The review focused on accelerating implementation in the 100 identified districts, strengthening convergence among schemes, improving district-level performance and ensuring that interventions translate into measurable outcomes and tangible benefits for farmers.

During the review, the Minister was apprised of the progress of PM-DDKY through the scheme’s dashboard, including district-wise performance, District Action Plans, field monitoring by Central Nodal Officers (CNOs), financial progress, capacity building, convergence of schemes and mechanisms being developed to track beneficiary-level outcomes.

Data-driven monitoring of 100 districts

PM-DDKY aims to accelerate agricultural development in 100 districts identified on the basis of low agricultural productivity, low cropping intensity and low agricultural credit disbursement.

The scheme focuses on six key objectives: increasing agricultural productivity; promoting crop diversification and sustainable agricultural practices; enhancing post-harvest storage capacity; improving irrigation infrastructure; enabling greater access to short- and long-term agricultural credit; and improving governance and service delivery.

The scheme is being implemented through the convergence of 36 Central schemes of 11 Ministries and Departments, along with State schemes and private-sector participation.

A total of 121 indicators, comprising 74 output indicators and 47 outcome indicators, have been identified across the 36 schemes for monitoring progress against annual targets. District performance on output indicators is ranked every month through the PM-DDKY dashboard, while outcome indicators will facilitate assessment of progress against the baseline.

The average score of the 100 districts across the six objectives increased from 22.54 in April 2026 to 38.85 in July 2026, an improvement of 16.31 points.

Objective-wise performance also recorded improvement during the period. The average score for agricultural productivity increased from 2.53 in April to 6.70 in July; crop diversification and sustainable agricultural practices from 5.60 to 8.65; post-harvest storage capacity from 2.61 to 3.82; irrigation infrastructure from 1.65 to 4.20; access to agricultural credit from 2.81 to 5.59; and governance and service delivery from 7.94 to 10.33.