date:Aug 04, 2012
Uttar Pradesh gets the maximum amount, at Rs 276.9 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh (Rs 226.87 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 196 crore).
A mega scheme in the agriculture sector, NFSM was implemented in the 11th Five-year Plan with the target to raise rice production by 10 million tonnes (MTs), wheat by 8MTs and pulses by 2MTs - a total of 20MTs of food grains. The targets have been exceeded. In the 12th Plan, starting this year, NFSM aims at raising the food grain production by 25MTs. Besides ric