Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - RAFTAAR

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is a central sector scheme which aims to provide support to various kinds of interventions in agricultural sector to achieve annual growth rate of 4% in agriculture (initiated in 2007). The scheme allows states to choose their own agriculture and allied sector development activities as per the district/state agriculture plan.

• The government has recently revamped the scheme as RKVY – RAFTAAR (Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation).

The major sub-schemes of RKVY-RAFTAAR are:

• Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI)
• Crop Diversification Program (CDP)
• Reclamation of Problem Soil (RPS)
• Foot & Mouth Disease – Control ....