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Maharashtraमहाराष्ट्र

Every farm subsidy that applies in Maharashtra, the state’s own offices, its mandis and this week’s field conditions — each figure from its source.

Districts
36
Mandis reporting
57
Schemes running (central + state)
76
Field-ready
92%
State schemes read
Ahilyanagar · 0.3 mmAkola · 0 mmAmravati · 0 mmChhatrapati Sambhajinagar · 0.3 mmBeed · 0 mmBhandara · 0.5 mmBuldhana · 0.6 mmChandrapur · 0.1 mmDharashiv · 0 mmDhule · 0.1 mmGadchiroli · 0.1 mmGondia · 5.1 mmHingoli · 0 mmJalgaon · 0 mmJalna · 0.6 mmKolhapur · 0.8 mmLatur · 0.2 mmMumbai City · 2.2 mmMumbai Suburban · 2.2 mmNanded · 0 mmNandurbar · 0.2 mmNagpur · 0.1 mmNashik · 0.4 mmPalghar · 0.1 mmParbhani · 0 mmPune · 2.4 mmRaigad · 0 mmRatnagiri · 0.4 mmSangli · 0.8 mmSatara · 1.3 mmSindhudurg · 3.1 mmSolapur · 0.2 mmThane · 3.7 mmWardha · 0 mmWashim · 0.6 mmYavatmal · 0.2 mm
  • Good for field work · 33
  • Light rain · 3
Art of the landWarli painting
Farm festivalPola
Leading crop in its mandisOnion
Own schemes read18

What is different in Maharashtra

Crop insurance last dates

  • 30 Nov 2026Maharashtra PMFBY Rabi 2026-27: last date for rabi jowarOrder ↗
  • 15 Dec 2026PMFBY Rabi 2026-27: enrolment cut-off normally not later than 15 December (national guideline) (national rule)Order ↗
  • 15 Dec 2026Maharashtra PMFBY Rabi 2026-27: last date for irrigated wheat, gram, onion, maize and other rabi cropsOrder ↗
  • 31 Mar 2027Maharashtra PMFBY (Rabi 2026-27 summer crops): last date for summer paddy and summer groundnutOrder ↗
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Schemes that pay more here

The central guidelines set no higher rate for this state — the standard rates apply.

73central schemes apply here
60running now
18state schemes read

What Maharashtra’s mandis traded

480 prices from 57 mandis on 4 Oct 2026 · ₹ per quintal, the state median against all of India

Maharashtra’s most-traded cropOnion₹3,500-33% vs India27 mandis · best ₹6,650, APMC Kamthi
Bhindi₹3,325+1% vs India24 mandis · best ₹6,000, Pune(Manjri)
Brinjal₹2,500-32% vs India23 mandis · best ₹5,000, Pune(Manjri)
Green Chilli₹3,760-25% vs India23 mandis · best ₹5,850, APMC Nasik
Cucumbar₹2,025-44% vs India22 mandis · best ₹5,100, APMC Mangal Wedha
Tomato₹1,500-57% vs India19 mandis · best ₹2,750, APMC Kamthi
Bitter gourd₹3,250-35% vs India18 mandis · best ₹5,000, Pune(Manjri)
Cauliflower₹1,500-54% vs India18 mandis · best ₹2,750, APMC Kamthi

Source: Agmarknet (agmarknet.gov.in), Government of India · Today’s prices on Agmarknet ↗

Can fields be worked this week?

Rain over the next 3 days in each of 36 districts · 5 Oct 2026

  • Good for field work 33
  • Light rain 3
  • Rain — hold spraying 0
  • Heavy rain 0

Wettest: Gondia, 5.1 mm. Temperatures 20°–35°.

Every district — rain over the next 3 days

  • Ahilyanagar0.3 mm
  • Akola
  • Amravati
  • Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar0.3 mm
  • Beed
  • Bhandara0.5 mm
  • Buldhana0.6 mm
  • Chandrapur0.1 mm
  • Dharashiv
  • Dhule0.1 mm
  • Gadchiroli0.1 mm
  • Gondia5.1 mm
  • Hingoli
  • Jalgaon
  • Jalna0.6 mm
  • Kolhapur0.8 mm
  • Latur0.2 mm
  • Mumbai City2.2 mm
  • Mumbai Suburban2.2 mm
  • Nanded
  • Nandurbar0.2 mm
  • Nagpur0.1 mm
  • Nashik0.4 mm
  • Palghar0.1 mm
  • Parbhani
  • Pune2.4 mm
  • Raigad
  • Ratnagiri0.4 mm
  • Sangli0.8 mm
  • Satara1.3 mm
  • Sindhudurg3.1 mm
  • Solapur0.2 mm
  • Thane3.7 mm
  • Wardha
  • Washim0.6 mm
  • Yavatmal0.2 mm

Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Maharashtra government offices online

Official state portals, each opened and checked by us. Applying is free — never pay an agent.

Agriculture departmentDepartment of Agriculture, MaharashtraState agriculture department: schemes, notices, district offices.krishi.maharashtra.gov.in ↗Apply for subsidy (DBT)MahaDBT Farmer Schemes PortalSingle online application for agriculture and horticulture subsidies (machinery, irrigation, horticulture and more).mahadbt.maharashtra.gov.in/Farmer/AgriLogin/AgriLogin ↗FisheriesFisheries Department, MaharashtraFisheries schemes and fish-farmer support.fisheries.maharashtra.gov.in ↗Farmer registryMaharashtra Farmer Registry (AgriStack)Register for a Farmer ID under AgriStack; increasingly required for PM-KISAN and state subsidies.mhfr.agristack.gov.in ↗

Helplines: MahaDBT (Aaple Sarkar DBT) helpline 022-49150800

Maharashtra’s own schemes

Income support
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Namo Shetkari

Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi
₹6,000a year

₹6,000 a year from Maharashtra, as three instalments of ₹2,000, in addition to PM-KISAN.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 15.06.2023 approving Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi · clause 4 (निधी वितरणाची कार्यपध्दती — instalment table) · p. 2 · Our copy (PDF)
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Irrigation & solar pumps
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CM Shashwat Krishi Sinchan

Mukhyamantri Shashwat Krishi Sinchan Yojana
50%of the cost, at most

50% of the cost of plastic-lining your own farm pond, up to ₹75,000.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 19.08.2019 — Mukhyamantri Shashwat Krishi Sinchan Yojana · clause 4(i) item 1; 4(iii) · p. 2–3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Crop & farmer insurance
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Gopinath Munde accident ex-gratia

Gopinath Munde Farmer / Landless Farm Labourer / Woman Farmer Accident Safety Ex-gratia Scheme
₹2,00,000on accidental death or loss of two eyes, hands or legs

₹2,00,000 to the family on accidental death, or on losing both eyes, both hands or both legs, or one eye and one hand or leg.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 10.09.2026 — Gopinath Munde accident ex-gratia scheme · clause (II)(अ) items 1–3 · p. 3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Fruits, vegetables & flowers
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Bhausaheb Fundkar orchard scheme

Bhausaheb Fundkar Phalbag Lagvad Yojana (orchard planting)
100%of the cost, at most

100% of the cost of pits, grafts, planting, plant protection, gap filling and drip for a new orchard, within the crop-wise cost norms, paid over three years.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 06.07.2018 — Bhausaheb Fundkar orchard planting scheme · clause 9.1 (table, part ब); 9.2; 10.3; 11.1 · p. 4–5 · Our copy (PDF)
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Irrigation & solar pumps
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Magel Tyala Saur Krushi Pump

Magel Tyala Saur Krushi Pump Yojana (solar pump on demand)
95%of the cost, at most

You pay 10% of the solar pump’s cost (5% if you are SC/ST); the rest — 90% or 95% — is paid by the scheme.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 15.03.2024 — off-grid solar pumps through MSEDCL (Magel Tyala Saur Krushi Pump) · clause 5 (योजनेचे घटक — financing table, column “शेतकऱ्यांचा लाभार्थी हिस्सा”) · p. 4 · Our copy (PDF)
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Irrigation & solar pumps
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PoCRA phase 2 (Krishi Sanjivani)

Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Prakalp (PoCRA) phase 2 — farm ponds, lining, drip and pumps
100%of the cost, at most

A fixed subsidy for digging a farm pond with inlet and outlet, by size: from ₹23,881 (15 × 15 × 3 m) to ₹75,000 (30 × 25 × 3 m and larger); a little less for the gentler 1:1.5 slope in black soil.

Read from PoCRA phase 2 guidelines: individual farm pond · clause वैयक्तिक शेततळे आकारमान व खोदकामाचे परीमाण निहाय अर्थसहाय्य, table अ · p. 3–4 · Our copy (PDF)
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Dairy & cattle
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CM Rural Livestock Entrepreneurship (state)

Mukhyamantri Gramin Pashudhan Udyojakta Yojana (state-level) — dairy, goat/sheep, poultry, piggery and silage units
75%of the cost, at most

5 milch cows or buffaloes with 3-year insurance (₹5,60,180), shed (₹3,00,000) and equipment incl. 3 kW solar (₹2,75,000): 50% of ₹11,35,180 (₹5,67,590), SC/ST 75% (₹8,51,385).

Read from Maharashtra GR of 9 Mar 2026: CM Rural Livestock Entrepreneurship Scheme (state level) · clause परिच्छेद 7, 1) ५ दुधाळ गाय / म्हैस — प्रकल्पाची किंमत / अनुदानाचे स्वरुप · p. 4–5 · Our copy (PDF)
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Dairy & cattle
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CM Rural Livestock Entrepreneurship (district)

Mukhyamantri Gramin Pashudhan Udyojakta Yojana (district annual plan) — milch animals, goats/sheep, layers and fodder
₹4,000paid in full, at most

Fodder seed or slips: 100% up to ₹4,000 for 1 ha for an individual farmer (farmer groups up to 5 ha and ₹20,000), supplied in kind.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 9 Mar 2026: CM Rural Livestock Entrepreneurship Scheme (district annual plan) · clause परिच्छेद 6, 4) वैरण विकास योजना — अ) चारा उत्पादन कार्यक्रम — गटाची/उपकरणाची किंमत, अनुदानाचे स्वरुप · p. 10–11 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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Mahamesh (shepherds, 75%)

Raje Yashwantrao Holkar Mahamesh Yojana — sheep units, rams, shelter and feed for nomadic shepherds
75%of the cost, at most

20 ewes + 1 ram with infrastructure: 75% of ₹3,33,000 (stationary, ₹2,49,750) or ₹2,02,500 (migratory, ₹1,51,875).

Read from Maharashtra GR of 2 Jun 2017: Raje Yashwantrao Holkar Mahamesh Yojana · clause cl. 7(अ)(1)–(6) (ewe ₹8,000, ram ₹10,000; itemised in विवरणपत्र “अ”) · p. 2–3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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PoCRA goat unit (landless)

Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani (PoCRA) phase 2 — goat unit for landless families and single women
75%of the cost, at most

Landless-family members and widowed, deserted or divorced women in project villages: 75% of the approved cost of a 4 doe + 1 buck unit with 3 years’ insurance — up to ₹36,239 (Osmanabadi/Sangamneri) or ₹27,610 (other local breeds).

Read from PoCRA phase 2 guidelines: goat rearing · clause योजनेंतर्गत समाविष्ट घटक व अर्थसहाय्य 1–4 and table (does ₹8,000/₹6,000 each, buck ₹10,000/₹8,000, insurance ₹6,319/₹4,814; 75% subsidy ₹36,239/₹27,610) · p. 3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Fruits, vegetables & flowers
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PoCRA orchard planting

Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani (PoCRA) phase 2 — fruit orchard planting
100%of the cost, at most

Farmers with 0.10–5 ha in project villages: the full Annexure-A per-hectare amount for pits, planting, plant protection, gap filling and fertiliser (never more than the actual cost), over 3 years.

Read from PoCRA phase 2 guidelines: fruit orchard planting · clause cl. 3.3 (ब) and 3.4 (100% project funding of items 1–5), 3.5 (actual cost if lower), 2.4 (0.10–5 ha); परिशिष्ट-अ गोषवारा · p. 3–4, 12–13 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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PoCRA silk (mulberry) unit

Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani (PoCRA) phase 2 — sericulture: mulberry, rearing house and equipment
90%of the cost, at most

Mulberry planting: 75% (SC/ST 90%) of ₹60,000 an acre — ₹45,000 or ₹54,000 an acre.

Read from PoCRA phase 2 guidelines: sericulture (silk) unit · clause रेशीम उदयोग या घटका अंतर्गत समाविष्ट घटक व अर्थसहाय्य, table row १ (तुती लागवड) · p. 3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Fisheries
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PoCRA fish farming in farm ponds

Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani (PoCRA) phase 2 — freshwater fish farming in farm ponds
60%of the cost, at most

Farm-pond owners with up to 5 ha in project villages: 60% (SC, ST, women) or 40% (others) of the printed cost for their pond size, or of the actual cost if lower.

Read from PoCRA phase 2 guidelines: freshwater fish farming in farm ponds · clause अर्थसहाय्य (अनुदान मर्यादा table) and प्रपत्र-१ · p. 3, 12–13 · Our copy (PDF)
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Beekeeping
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Madhu Kendra (beekeeping)

Madhu Kendra Yojana (beekeeping) — Maharashtra State Khadi & Village Industries Board
50%of the cost, at most

Trained beekeepers: 50% of the cost of bee boxes, extractors and equipment supplied by the Board, given as material.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 18 Jun 2019: Madhu Kendra Yojana (beekeeping) statewide · clause लाभार्थींना अर्थसहाय्य व अनुदानाचे वाटप करण्याची कार्यपध्दती; साहित्य पुरवठा · p. 4 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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Grazing subsidy for NT-C shepherds (₹24,000)

Grazing subsidy (charai anudan) for Dhangar and other NT-C shepherd families, June–September
₹6,000per month
(June–September), at most

Grazing subsidy of ₹6,000 a month for the four months June–September — ₹24,000 in all — for a shepherd family with at least 20 sheep and 1 ram.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 20 Sep 2019: grazing subsidy for NT-C shepherd families · clause शासन निर्णय cl. 4(2)–(4); योजनेचे स्वरूप 6(3) · p. 2–3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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Land for stall-fed sheep, landless NT-C shepherds (75%, ≤ ₹50,000)

Land purchase or 30-year lease for semi-stall-fed and stall-fed sheep rearing — landless Dhangar and other NT-C shepherd families
75%of the cost, at most

One-time grant: 75% of the land price (at least 1 guntha) or of the rent payable on a lease of at least 30 years, up to ₹50,000.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 16 Sep 2019: land for stall-fed sheep rearing for landless NT-C shepherds · clause शासन निर्णय cl. 4(iii); योजनेचे स्वरूप 6(2)–(3) · p. 2–3 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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100 backyard birds for NT-C families (75%, ₹9,000)

Backyard poultry for Dhangar and other NT-C families — 100 improved desi birds and feed at 75% subsidy
75%of the cost, at most

100 four-week-old improved desi birds (₹60 each) and 200 kg of feed for two months (₹30 a kg): 75% of ₹12,000 = ₹9,000.

Read from Maharashtra GR of 16 Sep 2019: 100 backyard birds at 75% for NT-C families · clause योजनेचे स्वरूप; योजनेचे आर्थिक निकष table rows 1–2 (feed read as 2 kg a bird per the corrigendum of 18.11.2019) · p. 1–2 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery
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Goat unit 10 + 1 for NT-C women co-op members (75%)

Stall-fed goat unit (10 does + 1 buck) for women members of registered NT-C women’s co-operatives
75%of the cost, at most

Goat unit of 10 Osmanabadi / Sangamneri does + 1 buck: 75% of ₹87,857 (₹65,893 as printed).

Read from Maharashtra GR of 11 Sep 2019: 10 + 1 goat units for women members of NT-C women’s co-operatives · clause योजनेचे स्वरूप 6(10) · p. 3–4 · Our copy (PDF)
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Central schemes that apply here (73)

These run in every state, including Maharashtra. Apply through the state’s offices or the national portal named on each scheme.

Income support

APYAtal Pension Yojana
₹1,000–5,000 a month pension from age 60
Read from Atal Pension Yojana Gazette notification (16 Oct 2015) · clause Para 2 (eligibility, age 18–40), para 3(i)–(iii), para 4; Annex-1 (return of corpus ₹1.7 lakh to ₹8.5 lakh) · p. 4–6 · Our copy (PDF)
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Crop & farmer insurance

CPISCoconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS)
85% of the premium paid by the Board
Read from Coconut Development Board — Operational Guidelines (2026) · clause D. Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme — 5. Risk Coverage and Sum Insured (table); 7. Insurance Premium and Subsidies · p. 131–132 · Our copy (PDF)
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Loans & interest help

AIFAgriculture Infrastructure Fund
3% interest relief a year
Read from Agriculture Infrastructure Fund — Revised Scheme Guidelines (Sept 2024) · clause Section 5, item 1 (Interest Subvention Cost); Section 8 · p. 6, 11 · Our copy (PDF)
Scheme running

Irrigation & solar pumps

Farm machinery

Crops & seeds

Fruits, vegetables & flowers

Dairy & cattle

RGMRashtriya Gokul Mission (revised)
50% of the cost, at most
Read from Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission — Operational Guidelines (2025) · clause 3. Funding Pattern (i); Annexure-VII 3.1, 3.13–3.14 · p. 5, 62–64 · Our copy (PDF)
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Poultry, goat & piggery

Fisheries

FIDFFisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund
Free Concessional loan up to 80% of project cost, at not less than 5% a year, with the government paying the lender up to 3% a year
Read from FIDF extension order and guidelines (26 Feb 2024) · clause Annexure-I 7.4–7.7; 9; 10.1; 11.1–11.3; 14.1 · p. 7–9, 12 · Our copy (PDF)
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Beekeeping

Storage & cold chain

Processing & value addition

Organic & soil health

Cooperatives & farmer groups

Grain Storage Plan (cooperatives)World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector
≈1% effective interest on a PACS godown loan
Read from Grain Storage Plan in the cooperative sector — Margdarshika (SOP), Hindi · clause 4(2)(ख) राष्ट्रीय कृषि और ग्रामीण विकास बैंक (नाबार्ड); 5 बजटीय प्रावधान, वित्तीय सहायता और डवटेलिंग — तालिका, क्रम सं. 5 · p. 13, 18–19 · Our copy (PDF)
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Biomass & bio-energy

Rural livelihood & SHGs

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