Boosting Production of Pulses under the National Food Security Mission

The seed minikits of pulses are distributed to the farmers of major pulse growing States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).

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The district wise allocation and distribution of seed minikits is managed by the respective State Governments.

The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is implemented by the States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).

The States transfer the benefit to the targeted beneficiaries through DBT by using Aadhar enabled system. Many states viz., Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra etc have reported Aadhaar enabled distribution of seed minikits.

The production and productivity of pulses under seed minikits programme is primarily monitored by State Government field functionaries and State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSM-EC) headed by Chief Secretary/Agriculture Production Commissioner.