Annual Report 2009-2010 - Department of Agriculture & Co-operation

19.1 Revised Macro-Management of Agriculture
Scheme: Agriculture is a state subject.
Hence, the primary role for increasing the
productivity and production of food grains is that
of the state governments. However, in order to
supplement the efforts of state governments, a
number of Centrally Sponsored and Central
Sector Schemes are being implemented for
enhancement of agricultural productivity and
production, livelihood security of the farming
community and food security in the country.
19.2 The Macro-Management of Agriculture
(MMA) scheme is one of the Centrally Sponsored
Schemes formulated in 2000-01, with the
objective of ensuring that Central assistance is
spent through focused and specific interventions
for the development of agriculture in the states.
To begin with, the Scheme consisted of 27
Centrally Sponsored Schemes relating to
cooperatives, crop production programmes (for
rice, wheat, coarse cereals, jute, and sugarcane),
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watershed development programmes (National
Watershed Development Project for Rainfed
Areas, River Valley Projects/Flood Prone Rivers),
horticulture, fertilizer, mechanisation, and seeds
production programmes. With the launch of the
National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in 2005-06,
10 schemes pertaining to horticulture
development were taken out of the purview of
this scheme.
19.3 In the year 2008-09, the Macro-
Management of Agriculture scheme was revised
to improve its efficacy in supplementing/
complementing the efforts of states towards the
enhancement of agricultural production and
productivity. The role of the scheme has been
redefined to avoid overlapping and duplication
of efforts and to make it more relevant to the
present agricultural scenario in the states for
achieving the basic objective of food security,
and to improve the livelihood system for rural
people. The revised MMA scheme comprised of
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