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VIEW ALL SHORTS Drip irrigation equipment lies unused at the home of a bene`ciary in Chouparan’s Poro village. An investigation by The Indian Express has uncovered numerous violations and corrupt practices in the implementation of the “Per Drop More Crop — Micro Irrigation” (PDMC-MI) scheme in Jharkhand. Where is the monsoon? Of the 94 beneficiaries who were tracked by this paper, only 17 were found to be actually utilising the scheme.

Many apparent beneficiaries had no clue Can middle-aged people receive Canadian student about their own enrollment in the scheme. On Friday, the Jharkhand government set up a four-member panel out a “high-level investigation” into the “widespread irregularities”. Thailand to become third Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage: All you need to know What is the “Per Drop More Crop” scheme?

PDMC-MI is a central government scheme to promote micro irrigation — drip or sprinkler systems — which is implemented by the Department of Agriculture & What is Juneteenth and what is its significance? Farmers’ Welfare, with roughly 40% central funding. (The rest is financed by states and farmers themselves; some states like Jharkhand and those in the Northeast have a different break-up.) The scheme was launched in 2006 and was subsumed into the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna (PMKSY) in 2015 as one of its four Australia vs Bangladesh Irrigation Scheme Unravels In Jharkhand: Aadhar Misused, F… T20 World Cup: The one Suryakumar Yadav shot that makes him a perfect Rashid Khan 3, Afghanistan 0: India humiliate one-many army Nikon working on new camera tech to distinguish its images from AI fakes The main objectives of PDMC-MI are to enhance water-use efficiency and increase Butterflies AI, a new social media app where bots are not the flaw but the productivity, thus bolstering farmer incomes.

The operational guidelines say the scheme is meant mostly for so-called water-guzzling crops like sugarcane, cotton, and banana, even though cereals and pulses may also be brought under its ambit. How to use iPhone's iMessage to send autotranscribing voice States are supposed to install irrigation infrastructure, conduct publicity campaigns, create market linkages, and provide training and other expert support.

The Express Investigation focussed on drip irrigation systems, which are costlier than sprinkler systems. In drip irrigation, water is targeted directly at the roots of crops using emitters that are fitted on a lateral tube. Express Investigation: Lutyens’ Bungalows, RBI, Encroachme… Best of Explained And how does the scheme work? The contracted companies install drip irrigation systems on the beneficiaries’ land, up to a ceiling of 5 ha (12.3 acres), contiguous or otherwise.

Contract farmers, those who have taken land on lease, are also eligible if they can produce a lease agreement for a minimum period of seven years from the date of approval of the application. Beneficiaries to have already availed of the scheme are barred for the next seven years. The subsidy amount — paid to the companies by the government — depends on various factors, including water requirement, plant to plan spacing, water quality, and specific local factors.

As per PDMC-MI guidelines, in Jharkhand, “the cost of the drip system is likely to be higher” due to various factors such as a smaller presence of manufacturing companies that leads to higher costs of transportation, the considerable efforts that companies have to make to prepare farmers to adopt the The investigation looked at PDMC-MI during April and in the first week of May, using data sourced from the agriculture department.

It scrutinised panchayat records to locate beneficiaries and check how much land they possessed. Off-therecord meetings with sources, including elected panchayat members, helped zeroin on probable fake beneficiaries and forged genealogy documents. A source in Nabcon confirmed or corroborated the dodging of the verification process in More Premium Stories As the Sangh speaks up, deciphering its signals to the A new campus rises at ancient site: The Where is the and the caste-based social justice it Life. struggles of Dalit tea plantation workers in Manjolai UPSC Key | Railway Speaker, Angel tax

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