100 districts identified under DDKY to boost agricultural growth

March 25, 2026 1:51 PM

100 districts identified under DDKY to boost agricultural growth

The Centre has identified 100 districts across the country under the Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (DDKY) to drive the next phase of agricultural growth, focusing on regions with low productivity and limited access to credit, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. The districts have been selected based on three key indicators - low crop productivity, low cropping intensity, and inadequate agricultural credit disbursement. Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur shared the informa...

Government maps climate risk in 651 districts; scales up climate-resilient farming across India

March 25, 2026 1:44 PM

Government maps climate risk in 651 districts; scales up climate-resilient farming across India

The Centre has identified 310 out of 651 agricultural districts as vulnerable to climate change and is scaling up climate-resilient farming practices across the country, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. The initiative is being implemented under the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), which assesses climate risks and promotes adaptive farming technologies to safeguard agricultural productivity....