Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar announced the measures on March 11 at a seminar in the Vidhan Bhavan’s Central Hall marking the International Year of Women Farmers.
- The forthcoming bill targets gaps that keep women off 7/12 land extracts and introduces gender-disaggregated agricultural statistics.
- A state-level Gender Resource Centre is planned to address women farmers’ grievances and coordinate support across departments.
- The state will scale Pune’s model of 75% subsidies for drone purchases by women and begin drone pilot training under the Namo Drone Didi scheme.
- Officials cited a 30% reservation of agriculture scheme benefits for women and 1.8 million women receiving PM-Kisan payments, with market-link initiatives and new subsidies for allied sectors under consideration.