Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) – components and implementation details
PMKSY is a central umbrella scheme for irrigation, command area development, and watershed works implemented through State Governments and multiple Union ministries.
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana is structured as an umbrella programme with multiple components rather than a single-line irrigation intervention.
- PMKSY projects are generally executed by State Governments through competitive tendering and State procurement rules.
- The Government of India does not maintain consolidated State-wise data on the number of farmers and field-level workers trained under PMKSY.
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is a central umbrella scheme for irrigation and water-use efficiency in agriculture. The latest Lok Sabha reply restates the scheme’s structure, implementing departments, and implementation limits, which makes the scheme useful for both Prelims revision and GS3 governance notes.
What PMKSY covers
PMKSY has three components. Two components are implemented by the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The third component is implemented by the Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development.
UPSC can frame Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana around scheme architecture, Centre-State implementation, irrigation governance, and the limits of central monitoring in a multi-component programme.
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