🪴 Bio-Input Resource Centers to Boost Natural Farming in India
🪴 Bio-Input Resource Centers to Boost Natural Farming in India
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📅 Date: April 29, 2025
Thematic Focus: Agriculture, Sustainability, Rural Development
🌿 Intro Whisper:
In an era of growing ecological stress, the soil whispers a quiet rebellion—natural farming. The Government of India is listening, with Bio-Input Resource Centres at the heart of this green transformation.
🔍 Key Highlights
- Launch: Union Ministry of Agriculture initiated the Bio-Input Resource Centres (BRCs) programme on April 23, 2025 under the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF).
- Mission Goal: Promote chemical-free natural farming using localised bio-inputs like Jeevamrit and Beejamrit.
- Scale: ₹2481 crore budget; plan to establish 10,000 BRCs nationwide.
- BRC Role: Serve as cluster-level micro-enterprises producing, supplying, and educating farmers about bio-inputs.
- Financial Support: ₹1 lakh per BRC (in 2 instalments), though experts call for higher support.
- Inclusivity Focus: Centres to be run by experienced individuals/groups ensuring affordable access for small and marginal farmers.
- Training Target: Train 18.75 lakh farmers via demonstration farms and model hubs.
- Monitoring: Implementation monitored via real-time portal for transparency.
- Youth Engagement: Students to be actively involved in learning and promotion.
🧭 GS Paper Mapping:
GS Paper 3 – Agriculture (Natural Farming, Sustainable Practices), Environment (Ecological Farming Models), Governance (Implementation and Monitoring)
💡 A Whispering Thought:
“The future of farming isn’t born in chemicals—it is born in cow dung, microbial love, and the patient hands of those who listen to the earth.”
