Govt approves continuation of integrated PM-AASHA Scheme during 15th Finance Commission Cycle up to 2025-26

The government has approved the continuation of the integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan – PM-AASHA Scheme during the 15th Finance Commission Cycle up to 2025-26.

With this decision, the Government has also allowed the procurement of Tur, Urad and Masur pulses under the price support scheme, equivalent to 100 per cent of the production of the State for the procurement year 2024-25. It will help in farmers’ contribution to the enhancement of domestic production of pulses and to reduce the dependence on imports.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also approved the procurement of Tur pulse in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,



Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh under the Price Support Scheme for the Kharif 2024-25 Season for a total quantity consolidating to 13.22 LMT.

The Ministry informed that the procurement has already started in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana and a total quantity of 0.15 LMT of Tur pulse has been procured in these States till the 15th of this month, benefitting over 12 thousand farmers.

The Government has also made an announcement in Budget 2025 that procurement of Tur, Urad and Masur pulses up to 100 percent of the production of the State will be continued for another four years, through Central Nodal Agencies to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses in the country.