Lucknow, June 28 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has approved Rs.125.52 crore for the ongoing Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Kisan Samriddhi Yojana in 2025-26, aiming to reclaim problematic land and generate rural employment. The scheme, launched in 2022, focuses on converting ravines, barren stretches, and waterlogged areas into cultivable land.

For FY 2025-26, the state targets treatment of 43,850 hectares-35,600 hectares of ravine and barren land, and 8,250 hectares for waterlogged zones and agroforestry. This comes amid the annual loss of 40,000-50,000 hectares of farmland to urbanisation and infrastructure development. The state currently has 24.11 lakh hectares of problematic land.

The scheme primarily benefits small and marginal farme...