Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Scheme: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 20 January 2022

January 20, 2022

Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Scheme

Implemented by: ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

Objective:

The objectives of the ARYA project are

✅ To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied, and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts,

✅ To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive activities like processing, value addition, and marketing, and

✅ To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development.