PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) Marks One Year as Kutch, Dahod and Chhota Udepur Win Excellence Awards

Key facts

• The Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 12, 2025, for 100 agricultural aspirational districts with an outlay of Rs 24,000 crore, completed its first year on October 12, 2026.
• Three Gujarat districts — Kutch, Dahod and Chhota Udepur — received excellence awards at a programme organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in New Delhi.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan presented the award to Kutch for better governance and service delivery, and to Dahod and Chhota Udepur for outstanding performance in improving irrigation infrastructure.
• Awards were given to 18 districts across six objectives: increasing agricultural productivity, crop diversification and sustainable practices, post-harvest storage capacity, irrigation infrastructure, access to short- and long-term agricultural credit, and effective governance and service delivery.
• Four Gujarat districts — Kutch, Dahod, Chhota Udepur and Panchmahal — are covered under the scheme.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel congratulated the district administrations and Agriculture Department officials of the awarded districts.