Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP)

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Jul 2021

• Government is implementing Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices.
• Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous hand holding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.
• Telangana has not taken up natural farming so far under BPKP programme

The scheme mainly emphasizes on:

• Exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching;
• Use of cow dung-urine formulations
• Plant-based preparations and time to time working of soil for aeration.