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Last Updated: 16 Oct 2025

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) Cafetaria Scheme

The RKVY Cafeteria Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored initiative that empowers states to plan and implement agriculture projects, incentivizing investment, enhancing infrastructure, value chains, risk mitigation, and farmer incomes.

Quick facts

  • Purpose: Incentivizes States to increase public investment in Agriculture & allied sector
  • Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
  • Coverage: All States / UTs shall be eligible for funding under RKVYRAFTAAR
  • Flexibilities to states: States can select projects and programmes under the scheme as per their need priorities and agro-climate requirements.

Objectives

  • To strengthen the farmers‟ efforts through creation of required pre and postharvest agri-infrastructure
  • To provide autonomy, flexibility to States to plan and execute schemes as per local/ farmers‟ needs
  • To promote value chain addition linked production models that will help farmers increase their income
  • To mitigate risk of farmers with focus on additional income generation activities.
  • To attend national priorities through several sub-schemes.
  • To empower youth through skill development, innovation and agrientrepreneurship.

Salient Features

  • Background: RKVY was initiated in 2007 as an umbrella scheme for holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors. 
    • In 2017 the RKVY was rechristened into Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR).  
Infographic showing fund sharing ratios between Centre and States: NE & Himalayan states receive 90% Centre and 10% States funding, all other states receive 60% Centre and 40% States funding, while Union Territories receive 100% grant from the Centre.
  • Re-structured as RKVY Cafeteria Scheme from 2022-23 onwards merging some schemes of Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. 
  • State Level Sanctioning Committee Meeting (SLSC): The funds are released to the State Governments/UTs on the basis of projects approved in the (SLSC) headed by the Chief Secretary of the concerned State. 
  • Obligations for the states: States are mandated to fulfill certain conditions like 
    • no deviation from the components/guidelines 
    • Allocation and monitoring of resources for SC/ST/Women beneficiaries and maintaining database.
  • Innovation & Agri-Entrepreneurship programme: 
    • Financial support is provided to entrepreneurs in the field of agriculture & allied sector to set up their startups.
      • Rs. 5.00 lakh is provided at the idea/pre seed stage and Rs. 25 lakh at the seed stage as grant-in-aid under the programme.
List of five Knowledge Partner institutions: National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) Hyderabad, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Jaipur, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Pusa New Delhi, University of Agriculture Science Dharwad Karnataka, and Assam Agriculture University Jorhat Assam.
  • DA&FW has selected 5 Knowledge Partners (KPs) as Centre of Excellence and 24 RKVYRAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) from across the country to support agri-startups throughout the country.

Major schemes merged under RKVY cafeteria scheme 

Infographic detailing Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) components: financial aid of Rs 50,000/ha for 3 years (Rs 31,000/ha via DBT), online PGS certification through NCONF, and connection to Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP) which evolved from an 8-state pilot to the National Mission on Natural Farming.
  • Soil Health & Fertility: To promote soil test based Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through conjunctive use of chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers.
  • Rainfed Area Development: Aims at promoting Integrated Farming System (IFS) with emphasis on multi cropping, rotational cropping, inter cropping, mix cropping
  • Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY): 
    • Provides end-to-end support to organic farmers i.e. from production to processing certification and marketing by a clusters approach. 
    • The primary focus of the scheme is to form organic clusters (other than NE states) to help them to create a value and supply chain with robust focus on marketing.
  • Per Drop More Crop: Focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation, namely, Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation systems. 
Infographic outlining Per Drop More Crop scheme's financial assistance structure for micro irrigation: small/marginal farmers receive 55% subsidy and other farmers 45%, with additional benefits of +25% for NE & Himalayan states and +15% for states with low MI penetration.
  • Agroforestry: It is the rechristened version of the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sub-Mission on Agro forestry (SMAF). 
    • Tenure: 2021-22 to 2025-26
    • Special focus:  On production of certified Quality Planting Material (QPM). 
    • ICAR-Central Agro forestry Research Institute (CAFRI) is the nodal agency  for providing technical support, capacity building, setting up of nurseries, production of QPM etc. 
  • Agriculture Mechanization (including Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization and Management of Crop Residue (CRM).
  • Crop Diversification Programme: To divert the area of water intensive paddy crop to alternative crops like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri cereals, cotton etc. 
  • RKVY DPR component
  • Accelerator Fund for Agri Startups
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