PoCRA - DBT

Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra in association with World Bank has rolled out Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Prakalp, also known as Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA), which is an ambitious project aimed at promoting climate-resilient agriculture in the State of Maharashtra. The scheme will be implemented in 5,142 villages across 15 districts.

The Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA) aims to enhance climate resilience and profitability of 700,000 small (1-2 ha) and 10,00,000 marginal (less than 1ha) farmers in 5000 villages across 15 drought and salinity/ sodicity affected districts of Maharashtra. In coordination with World Bank, the overall budget of the project is Rs. 6000 crores to assist small and marginal farmers in the State.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to enhance climate-resilience and profitability of smallholder farming systems in selected districts of Maharashtra.

To provide financial assistance to beneficiary directly in their bank account, DBT application of PoCRA will act as single application for Registration, Activity Application, sanctions at multiple stages by PoCRA officials and Bank disbursement.

This application will give ease to end user by login into their account using their Aadhaar through OTP or through Biometric authentication and apply for the available activities for financial assistance.