Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
Funded in the 2026-27 Union Budget: Union Expenditure Budget 2026-27 (Feb 2026, Demand No. 1 (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), item 7 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Yojna (PM-AASHA), BE 2026-27 ₹7200.00 crore; Notes item 7)
When your state runs it, the government buys notified pulses, oilseeds and copra at the MSP, or pays you the gap between the MSP and the mandi price on oilseeds, or supports prices of crops without an MSP when they crash.
- Lead benefit
- Full MSPfor pulses, oilseeds and copra, paid within 3 days
- Components
- 3each read from the document
- Who can apply
- 8kinds of applicant
- Closing date
- Seasonalsee “When to apply”
What it pays
Your notified pulses, oilseeds or copra are bought at the full MSP, with the money in your bank account within 3 days — if you registered and your state has a PSS purchase running.
What the document says, word for word
PSS covers notified pulses, oilseeds and copra. Central purchase is limited to 25% of the state’s production of that crop at first (Ch. III A(viii)), so not every farmer’s whole crop is bought. For oilseeds your state picks either PSS or PDPS for a season, not both (Ch. I). Wheat and paddy are bought by FCI and state agencies, not under this scheme.
“Payment to Farmers: The payments to the farmers shall be released to their individual bank accounts though RTGS or NEFT within three days from actual delivery to the procuring agency.”If you sell a notified oilseed in the mandi below the MSP while your state runs PDPS, you are paid the gap between the MSP and the sale price (or the state’s modal price, if your price was lower), up to 15% of the MSP.
What the document says, word for word
Nothing is paid if you sell at or above the MSP (E.4(a)). Only fair-average-quality oilseed sold in your own notified APMC yard within the declared period counts; sales on a sample-only trade receipt do not (E.2.1, 2.10). Payment is capped at the quantity the state expects from your sown area (E.3.3). The Centre supports PDPS up to 40% of the state’s production (4(c)).
“The farmer would be paid the difference between the MSP and the estimated modal price for two weeks /actual sale price subject to a maximum of 15 per cent of the MSP value based on MSP notified for the Year/Season.”For perishable crops without an MSP, when prices fall at least 10% below the last normal season and your state starts a Market Intervention, it buys at a set Market Intervention Price — or pays you the gap between that price and your sale price, up to 25% of it.
What the document says, word for word
MIS runs only on a State Government proposal approved by the Department, when market prices have fallen at least 10% (MIS (b)). The Market Intervention Price may not exceed the cost of production (MIS (e)), and coverage is limited to 25% of production (MIS (g), (h)). Stocks are bought from cooperative societies, farmers’ organisations or directly from farmers (MIS (k)).
“Option for price deficiency payment to farmers : In place of physical procurement, States may have an option to make differential payment between Market Intervention Price (MIP) and Selling Price, subject to coverage of 25% of production of crops and maximum of price difference upto 25% of MIP.”How much can I claim?
Sale of fair-average-quality pulses, oilseeds or copra at the Minimum Support Price, paid within 3 days
PSS covers notified pulses, oilseeds and copra. Central purchase is limited to 25% of the state’s production of that crop at first (Ch. III A(viii)), so not every farmer’s whole crop is bought. For oilseeds your state picks either PSS or PDPS for a season, not both (Ch. I). Wheat and paddy are bought by FCI and state agencies, not under this scheme.
Who can apply
- Other farmer
- Small or marginal farmer
- SC farmer
- ST farmer
- Woman farmer
- Tenant or sharecropper
- FPO
- Cooperative
Papers you need
- Aadhaar number (Aadhaar authentication and your photograph may be taken at purchase)
- Bank account number
- Mobile number
- Land record showing the crop (girdawari or the state’s document) and the original registration receipt
How to apply
- Register on your state’s procurement portal within the period it announces, with Aadhaar, bank account, mobile number, crop sown and land-record details. Registration does not guarantee purchase (Ch. III A(i)(a)).
- Under PSS, take clean, fair-average-quality produce to the notified procurement centre for your area; at most 40 quintals is bought from one farmer in a day (Ch. III A(iii), (vii)).
- Under PDPS, sell your oilseed in the notified APMC mandi by open auction and give your registration number (URN) at the auction (PDPS E.2.1, 2.4).
- Money comes straight to the bank account you registered — within 3 days of delivery under PSS, within a fortnight of sale under PDPS (Ch. III A(x); PDPS E.2.5).
Applying is free. Never pay anyone to apply for you.
When to apply
Each state notifies the registration and purchase period for each crop and season. PDPS runs for at most 120 days of the peak harvest (PDPS D(d)); MIS for not more than 30 days at first (MIS (p)).
Combining with other schemes
The documents do not say whether this can be combined with other schemes. Ask the implementing office before you count on both.