Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana
प्रधानमंत्री धन-धान्य कृषि योजना
A saturation-based convergence of 36 central schemes across 11 ministries into 100 selected “Aspirational Agricultural Districts” — no new benefit of its own, just faster, prioritised delivery of the schemes that already exist.
- Districts covered
- 100 Aspirational Agricultural Districts
- Farmers to benefit (est.)
- ~1.7 crore
- Annual outlay
- ₹24,000 crore / year
- Scheme period
- 2025-26 to 2030-31 (6 years)
- Schemes converged
- 36 schemes across 11 ministries
- Scheme status
- Active
- How farmers benefit
- Indirectly, via district-level convergence
- Lead ministry
- Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW)
Overview
PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) is not a scheme with its own separate benefit — it is a convergence model that channels 36 existing central schemes across 11 ministries, plus state schemes and private partnerships, into 100 selected “Aspirational Agricultural Districts”. It was announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 (1 February 2025), approved by the Union Cabinet on 16 July 2025, and formally launched by the Prime Minister at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, on 11 October 2025.
The 100 districts were chosen on three indicators — low agricultural productivity, moderate-to-low cropping intensity, and below-average credit parameters — with each state’s share of districts weighted by its net cropped area and number of operational holdings, and at least one district guaranteed to every state and Union Territory. Modelled on NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme, PMDDKY carries an annual outlay of ₹24,000 crore for six years (FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31) — the value of the 36 converging schemes’ budgets being prioritised in these districts, not a freshly created fund. Around 1.7 crore farmers are expected to benefit directly.
For an individual farmer, PMDDKY adds no new form or portal. If your district is one of the 100, the District Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti — headed by the District Collector — draws up an Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan that pushes PM-KISAN saturation, Kisan Credit Card coverage, crop insurance, irrigation, storage and other scheme benefits to reach every eligible farmer faster. But you still apply to each underlying scheme (PM-KISAN, KCC, PMFBY, Soil Health Card, AIF and the rest) in the normal way — PMDDKY only makes your district a funding and delivery priority for them.
Scheme highlights
Saturation, not a new scheme
PMDDKY creates no independent benefit of its own — it prioritises the budgets and delivery of 36 existing central schemes so more eligible farmers in the 100 districts actually receive them.
100 Aspirational Agricultural Districts
Selected for low productivity, low cropping intensity and below-average credit access, with at least one district guaranteed to every state and Union Territory.
Five core objectives
Raise agricultural productivity, diversify crops sustainably, expand panchayat/block-level storage, improve irrigation, and widen short- and long-term credit access.
District Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti
A district committee headed by the District Collector, including two GoI-nominated progressive farmers, prepares and monitors the district’s Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan every month.
Monthly district ranking dashboard
NITI Aayog is building a public dashboard — modelled on the Aspirational Districts Programme — that ranks all 100 districts monthly against roughly 117 key performance indicators.
Modelled on the Aspirational Districts Programme
PMDDKY is the first agriculture-specific version of the model that has been transforming 112 aspirational districts since January 2018.
What you get
Financial benefit
Not a cash grant to individual farmers — the ₹24,000-crore annual figure is the value of 36 existing schemes’ budgets being prioritised in the 100 districts, paid out through each scheme’s own route (DBT, subsidy, interest subvention, and so on).
Who gets it
Farmers, fishers, dairy and livestock keepers within the 100 selected districts — especially those who were previously missing out on PM-KISAN, KCC, PMFBY, Soil Health Cards or storage/irrigation support that PMDDKY now pushes to saturate.
What it is for
Higher productivity, crop diversification, panchayat/block-level post-harvest storage, better irrigation, and easier short- and long-term agricultural credit — the same five objectives the district plan is built around.
How it is delivered
Through the district’s Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan, which sets yearly physical and financial targets for each converging scheme; the farmer still receives every benefit exactly as that scheme normally pays it out.
Who is eligible
Both lists come from the notified operational guidelines — meeting the left column is not enough if anything in the right column applies to your family.
You qualify if
- Your farm, fishery, dairy or livestock holding is located in one of the 100 districts named in the official PMDDKY Annexure-I list
- You are eligible for, or already enrolled in, at least one of the 36 converging schemes — PM-KISAN, Kisan Credit Card, PMFBY/RWBCIS, Soil Health Card, AIF, MIDH, PKVY, SMAM, Namo Drone Didi and others
- Your activity fits the district’s Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan — crop farming, horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, dairy or agroforestry
- You are willing to engage with the season-opening awareness events, cluster demonstrations and baseline survey run by the District DDKY Samiti
- You meet the individual eligibility rules of whichever specific converging scheme you are claiming — PMDDKY does not waive them
Excluded — even with land
- Your land or activity falls outside the 100 selected districts — PMDDKY’s district-level saturation push does not apply, though you can still apply to any of the 36 schemes on your own
- You fail the specific eligibility rules of the underlying scheme itself — for example, PM-KISAN’s income-tax or institutional-landholder exclusions still apply inside a PMDDKY district
- You are expecting a separate PMDDKY cash payment, subsidy or certificate — no such direct, scheme-specific benefit exists
- Your district has not yet completed its baseline survey or Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan — the convergence push has not started there yet
- You are looking for a PMDDKY-specific online application or portal — PMDDKY itself has none; you apply to the individual converging scheme
Where this scheme applies
A central scheme with pan-India coverage — open to eligible farmers in every State and Union Territory.
Documents you need
Have these ready before you start — the online form takes ten minutes when nothing is missing.
Land record (khasra / khatauni)
Not filed with PMDDKY itself, but needed for the district’s baseline survey and by most of the converging schemes (PM-KISAN, KCC, Soil Health Card) it feeds into.
Aadhaar
Required by nearly every converging scheme’s own DBT and beneficiary-verification process — PMDDKY has no separate Aadhaar step of its own.
Bank account
Needed for whichever converging scheme pays you — PM-KISAN, KCC interest subvention, PMFBY claims — since PMDDKY makes no direct payment itself.
Soil Health Card
One of the specific things district plans push to saturate; get one from your Krishi Vigyan Kendra or district agriculture office if you don’t already have it.
How to apply, step by step
The same six steps apply whether you register yourself online or sit down at a CSC.
- 1
Check if your district is covered
Look up the official Annexure-I list of 100 districts in the Operational Guidelines PDF, or ask your district agriculture office whether your district is a PMDDKY “Aspirational Agricultural District”.
- 2
There is no PMDDKY application form
PMDDKY has no individual farmer registration, portal or form of its own — it works by prioritising your district’s share of 36 existing schemes, not by taking direct applications.
- 3
Watch for the district’s Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan
The District DDKY Samiti, headed by the District Collector, publishes yearly physical and financial targets for your district — ask your Gram Panchayat or KVK when the season-opening awareness event is.
- 4
Apply to each scheme you qualify for, as usual
Register for PM-KISAN, a Kisan Credit Card, PMFBY, a Soil Health Card, or an AIF-backed storage loan through that scheme’s own normal process — being in a PMDDKY district only makes your case a funding and outreach priority.
- 5
Attend cluster demonstrations and training
The KVK and Agricultural University assigned to your district run field days, cropping-system training and diversification demonstrations through the season.
- 6
Track your district’s progress
Once live, NITI Aayog’s monitoring dashboard will show your district’s monthly ranking on productivity, irrigation, storage and credit indicators.
Important dates
Announced
1 February 2025
Union Budget 2025-26 speech
Cabinet approval
16 July 2025
Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Formally launched
11 October 2025
By the Prime Minister at IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, alongside the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses
Scheme period
FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31
Six years, per the Cabinet approval
Facts last checked
9 August 2026
Against the DA&FW Operational Guidelines (2025) and PIB releases
Check your eligibility
Straight from the notified criteria. Nothing you enter leaves your phone.
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This checker applies the criteria in the official operational guidelines, but it is guidance — only the state government’s verification against the land records is final.
Downloads
Official documents only — everything below is hosted on the government's own servers.
PMDDKY Operational Guidelines (2025, PDF)
The full rulebook — district-selection criteria, all 100 districts, the 36 converging schemes, and committee structures.
Union Budget 2025-26 Highlights (PIB, PDF)
The official Budget document that first announced the 100-district “Developing Agri Districts Programme”.
PMDDKY explainer (PIB feature, 19 July 2025)
Official PIB explainer on the Cabinet-approved scheme — objectives, outlay, governance structure and timeline.
Official links & helpline
Bookmark the portal itself — no third-party site can release, block or speed up a payment.
- Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfareagriwelfare.gov.in — the nodal department; guidelines and updates are posted here
- Cabinet approval — PIB press release16 July 2025 Cabinet decision, as released by the Press Information Bureau
- Launch — PIB press release11 October 2025 launch by the Prime Minister at IARI, New Delhi
- PM India — Cabinet approval notePrime Minister’s Office summary of the Cabinet decision
Frequently asked questions
What is PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana?
PMDDKY is a six-year, ₹24,000-crore-a-year convergence programme that channels 36 existing central schemes across 11 ministries into 100 selected “Aspirational Agricultural Districts”, to raise productivity, crop diversification, irrigation, storage and credit access. It was announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, approved by the Cabinet on 16 July 2025, and launched by the Prime Minister on 11 October 2025.
Is PMDDKY a cash-benefit scheme like PM-KISAN?
No. PMDDKY has no independent benefit of its own — it prioritises delivery of 36 existing schemes (including PM-KISAN) in the 100 selected districts. Any money a farmer receives comes from one of those underlying schemes, paid the normal way.
Which 100 districts are covered under PMDDKY?
The full official list is Annexure-I of the DA&FW Operational Guidelines (2025) — every state and Union Territory has at least one district, including, for example, Sri Sathya Sai and Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), Madhubani and Darbhanga (Bihar), Palghar and Yavatmal (Maharashtra), Barmer and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), and Nuh (Haryana). Check the guidelines PDF or your district agriculture office for your district’s status.
How were the 100 districts selected?
On three indicators — low agricultural productivity, moderate-to-low cropping intensity, and below-average credit parameters. The number of districts allotted to each state depends on its share of net cropped area and number of operational holdings, with a minimum of one district guaranteed to every state and Union Territory.
How much money is involved in PMDDKY?
An annual outlay of ₹24,000 crore for six years, from FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31. This is the value of the 36 converging schemes’ budgets being prioritised in the 100 districts — the Operational Guidelines describe the scheme as currently running “through convergence of existing schemes without additional financial outlay”, meaning no separate new fund is created beyond these schemes’ own budgets.
How many farmers will PMDDKY benefit?
About 1.7 crore farmers are expected to benefit directly, per the Union Budget 2025-26 and the Cabinet approval.
Which schemes converge under PMDDKY?
36 schemes across 11 ministries/departments, including PM-KISAN, PMFBY/RWBCIS, the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (for Kisan Credit Card loans), Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, PM-AASHA, National Mission on Natural Farming, Per Drop More Crop, Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization, Namo Drone Didi, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, DAY-NRLM and PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana, among others — see Annexure-II of the Operational Guidelines for the full list.
Who runs PMDDKY at the district level?
A District Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti, headed by the District Collector, with the District Agriculture Officer as member secretary, department officials, a lead bank officer, a NABARD representative, a KVK scientist and two progressive farmers nominated by the central government. It meets at least monthly to prepare and monitor the district’s Agriculture & Allied Activities Plan.
How do I apply for PMDDKY?
You don’t — there is no individual PMDDKY application, form or portal. If your district is one of the 100, you apply to whichever underlying scheme you need (PM-KISAN, KCC, PMFBY, a Soil Health Card, an AIF-backed storage loan, and so on) through that scheme’s own normal process; PMDDKY simply makes your district a funding and outreach priority for it.
My district is not one of the 100 — can I still benefit from any of these schemes?
Yes. All 36 converging schemes remain open to eligible farmers everywhere in India on their own terms — PMDDKY does not restrict them. Being outside the 100 districts only means you miss the extra district-level saturation push, faster delivery and dedicated committee oversight PMDDKY adds inside those districts.
When was PMDDKY launched?
It was first announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 on 1 February 2025, approved by the Union Cabinet on 16 July 2025, and formally launched by the Prime Minister at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, on 11 October 2025, alongside the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses.
How is PMDDKY’s progress monitored?
Each district is tracked monthly against roughly 117 key performance indicators on a central dashboard NITI Aayog is developing, similar to the one used for its Aspirational Districts Programme. District plans are reviewed monthly by a DA&FW committee and quarterly by a central committee headed by the Secretary, DA&FW, with Central Nodal Officers making regular field visits.
Is there a PMDDKY mobile app?
The Operational Guidelines (2025) describe a dedicated multilingual mobile app “to be developed” so farmers in the 100 districts can access scheme information — its public launch was not officially confirmed as of the last fact-check. Watch agriwelfare.gov.in and your district agriculture office for updates.
Is there a PMDDKY helpline?
No PMDDKY-specific helpline is listed in the official guidelines or press releases. For questions, contact your District Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti through the District Collector’s or district agriculture office, or use the helpline of the specific converging scheme you are asking about (for example, PM-KISAN’s 155261).
What is the difference between PMDDKY and NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme?
The Aspirational Districts Programme, launched in January 2018, covers 112 of India’s most underdeveloped districts across all sectors (health, education, infrastructure, and more). PMDDKY borrows its convergence-and-ranking model but applies it only to agriculture and allied sectors, in a separate set of 100 districts chosen specifically for low farm productivity, cropping intensity and credit access.
Still have questions?
The FAQs above cover the common ones. For anything about your specific application, the ministry helpline undefined is the authoritative answer — and we are happy to point you in the right direction.