Lucknow, Aug. 23 -- The Yogi Adityanath government has announced that the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) will be implemented in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh to ensure water harvesting and also increasing the productivity of farmers.
Horticulture Minister Dara Singh Chauhan said the state government was providing 35 per cent subsidy in addition to the prescribed subsidy on drip irrigation system, sprinklers and other latest techniques of irrigation under the PMKSY.
"Small and marginal farmers are given 90 per cent of the cost of these units in the form of subsidy, and 80 per cent in the case of other farmers. The subsidy is transferred directly to the bank account of farmers under the government's direct benefit transfer...