UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 2

● PMKSY is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2015. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
● Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with an outlay of Rs.50,000 crores for a period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20) is to achieve convergence of investments inirrigation at the field level.
● PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources,River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources; and On-Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
● PMKSY is to be implemented in an area development approach, adopting decentralized state-level planning and projected execution, allowing the states to draw their irrigation development plans based on district/blocks plans with a horizon of 5 to 7 years.
● States can take up projects based on the District/State Irrigation Plan. All the States and Union Territories including the North Eastern States are covered under the programme. Hence statement 2 is correct.
● The National Steering Committee (NSC) of PMKSY under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister, will provide policy direction to programme framework and a National Executive Committee (NEC) under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog will oversee the programme implementation at the national level. Hence statement 3 is correct.
● Provision has been made under PMKSY during 2015-16 for carrying out extension activities in the field with special focus on water harvesting, water management and crop alignment for farmers and grass root level field functionaries.