🔆Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme): ✅ An umbrella scheme aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to farmers through effective procurement operations and price support mechanisms. ✅Ministry: Administered by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. ✅Implementing Agency: Implemented through Central Nodal Agencies (NAFED, NCCF) along with State Governments. 📍Components: ✅Price Support Scheme (PSS): procures pulses, oilseeds, and copra at MSP through NAFED & NCCF, covering 25% of national production (except 100% for Tur, Urad, Masur in 2024-25). ✅Price Stabilization Fund (PSF): Maintains buffer stock of pulses and onions to stabilize prices, prevent hoarding, and ensure affordable supply to consumers. ✅Price Deficit Payment Scheme (PDPS): Farmers receive direct compensation for the difference between MSP & market price, with coverage extended to 40% of oilseed production for four months. ✅Market Intervention Scheme (MIS): Provides remunerative prices for perishable horticulture crops, covering 25% of production, with direct payment to farmers instead of physical procurement. 📍Key Features: ✅Procurement at MSP: Ensures farmers receive fair prices for their produce. ✅Self-Sufficiency in Pulses: Govt. commits 100% procurement of Tur, Urad, and Masur for the next four years. ✅Reduction in Import Dependence: Enhances domestic production and minimizes reliance on pulses imports. ✅Direct Farmer Registration: Pre-registered farmers sell directly at mandated procurement centers. ✅Market Price Stabilization: Prevents price volatility and ensures affordable prices for consumers. #government_scheme