1. Inclusive Development

The Government’s philosophy of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas has facilitated inclusive development covering in specific, farmers, women, youth, OBCs, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, divyangjan and economically weaker sections, and overall priority for the underprivileged (vanchiton ko variyata).

• There has also been a sustained focus on Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and the North-East.

(a) Agriculture and Cooperation

Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture

• Digital Public infrastructure for agriculture will be built as an open source, open standard and inter operable public good.
• It will provide relevant information services for crop planning and health, improved access to farm inputs, credit, and insurance, help for crop estimation, market intelligence, and support for growth of agri-tech industry and startups.

Agriculture Accelerator Fund

• Agriculture Accelerator Fund will be set-up to encourage agri-startups by young entrepreneurs in rural areas, which will aim at bringing innovative and affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers.

Enhancing productivity of cotton crop

• Government will adopt a cluster-based and value chain approach through Public Private Partnerships (PPP).
• This will mean collaboration between farmers, state and industry for input supplies, extension services, and market linkages.

Atmanirbhar Horticulture Clean Plant Programme

• Government will launch an Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Programme to boost availability of disease-free, quality planting material for high value horticultural crops at an outlay of Rs. 2,200 crore.

Global Hub for Millets: ‘Shree Anna’

• India is the largest producer and second largest exporter of ‘Shree Anna’ in the world as it grows several types of 'Shree Anna' such as jowar, ragi, bajra, kuttu, ramdana, kangni, kutki, kodo, cheena, and sama.
• To make India a global hub for 'Shree Anna', the Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad will be supported as the Centre of Excellence for sharing best practices, research and technologies at the international level.
• “India is at the forefront of popularizing Millets, whose consumption furthers nutrition, food security and welfare of farmers”.

Agriculture Credit

• Agriculture credit target will be increased to Rs 20 lakh crore with focus on animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries.
• A new sub-scheme of PM Matsya Sampada Yojana with targeted investment of Rs 6,000 crore to further enable activities of fishermen, fish vendors, and micro & small enterprises, improve value chain efficiencies, and expand the market.

Cooperation

• For farmers, especially small and marginal farmers, and other marginalized sections, the government is promoting cooperative-based economic development model.
• A new Ministry of Cooperation was formed with a mandate to realize the vision of ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’.
• To realise this vision, the government has already initiated computerization of 63,000 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) with an investment of Rs. 2,516 crore.
• In consultation with all stakeholders and states, model bye-laws for PACS were formulated enabling them to become multipurpose PACS.
• A national cooperative database is being prepared for country-wide mapping of cooperative societies.
• Government will implement a plan to set up massive decentralized storage capacity, which will help farmers store their produce and realize remunerative prices through sale at appropriate times.
• The government will also facilitate setting up of a large number of multipurpose cooperative societies, primary fishery societies and dairy cooperative societies in uncovered panchayats and villages in the next 5 years.

(b) Health, Education and Skilling

• One hundred and fifty-seven new nursing colleges will be established in co-location with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014.
• Mission to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by 2047.
• ICMR Labs will be made available for research by public and private medical college faculty and private sector R&D teams for encouraging collaborative research and innovation
• A new programme to promote research and innovation in pharmaceuticals will be taken up through centers of excellence.
• Dedicated multidisciplinary courses for medical devices will be supported in existing institutions to ensure availability of skilled manpower for futuristic medical technologies, high-end manufacturing and research.
• Teachers’ training will be re-envisioned through innovative pedagogy, curriculum transaction, continuous professional development, dipstick surveys, and ICT implementation