National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

Government of India has launched the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, ‘National Food Security Mission’ in October 2007.

Objectives: Increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals (Maize and Barley) and Nutri-Cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. Coarse cereals were included from 2014-15 under NFSM.

• Restoring soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level Enhancing farm profits to restore confidence amongst the farmers.

During and after the 12^th Five Year Plan: The Mission was continued during 12th Five Year Plan with target of additional production of 25 million tonnes of food grains comprising of 10 million tonnes of rice, 8 million tonnes of wheat, 4 million tonnes of pulses and 3 million tonnes of coarse cereals by the end of XII Plan.

Beyond the 12th Plan, the mission was continued with new additional targets of 13 million tonnes of food grains comprising 5 million tonnes of rice, 3 million tonnes of wheat, 3 million tonnes of pulses and 2 million tonnes of nutri-cum-coarse cereals from 2017-18 to 2019-20.