Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi distributed Agriculture Minister’s Krishi Karman Awards for Progressive Farmers and Commendation Awards to the states at a public meeting in Tumkur, Karnataka on January 2, 2020.
He also released the 3rd installment of PM Kisan (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) of Rs 2000 for the period December 2019 – March 2020. This will benefit approximately 6 crore beneficiaries and distributed Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) to select farmers of Karnataka.
- Manipur received Krishi Karman Award award for best-performing state in overall food-grain production Category-III (production less than 1 million tonne) for the year 2017-18. The award carried a trophy, a citation and an amount of Rs. 5 crore.
About Krishi Karman Award
- Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India, announced a “Reward Scheme” for recognizing the meritorious efforts of the States in food grain production during 2010-11.
- Two sets of Awards were included under the Scheme. One for the total foodgrain Production and the other for the individual foodgrain crops of Rice, Wheat, Pulses and Coarse Cereals.
- There are three categories of awards for total foodgrain production. Category 1 is for the States where total foodgrain production exceeds 10 million tons. Category 2 is for the States where total food grain production is less than 10 million tons but more than 1 million tons. Category 3 is for the States with total food grains production less than 1 million tons.
