Maharashtra Receives ₹1,094 Cr from Centre Under PMKSY Over Three Years.

The Centre has provided ₹1,094 crore in financial assistance to Maharashtra under various components of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) over the past three financial years, the government said.

In a written reply to an unstarred question by NCP Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Ajit Pawar, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary said the aid between 2022–23 and 2024–25 included ₹586.10 crore under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme, ₹148.94 crore for Command Area Development and Water Management, and ₹358.89 crore for watershed development works.

The minister added that under a special Central package, Maharashtra has undertaken eight major and medium irrigation projects along with 83 surface minor irrigation projects. Of these, three major and medium projects and all 83 minor projects are in the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.