Last Updated: 17 Oct 2025
PM-PRANAM
Last Updated: 17 Oct 2025
PM-PRANAM is a three-year programme (2023–24 to 2025–26) incentivizing States/UTs to reduce chemical fertilizer use by granting them 50% of the saved subsidy to promote alternative and balanced fertilization practices.
- PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness Generation, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother – Earth (PM-PRANAM) was announced in the 2023-24 Budget.
Key highlights
- Goal: To address a pressing issue – the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture.
- Objective: To incentivize States/ UTs to promote alternate fertilizers and balanced use of chemical fertilizers.
- Tenure: 3 years (FY. 2023-24 to FY 2025-26)
- Incentive to state: 50% of the fertilizer subsidy saved by a State/UT in a particular financial year by way of reduction in consumption of chemical fertilizers (Urea, DAP, NPK, MOP) compared to previous 3 years' average consumption, will be passed on to that State/UT as Grant.