Mukhya Mantri Khet Sanrakshan Yojana

Why it matters

Get heavily subsidised fencing — including solar electric fencing — to protect your crops from wild animals and monkeys.

What you get

This scheme was launched to address the widespread problem of crop damage caused by wild animals, stray cattle and monkeys across Himachal Pradesh's hill farms. It subsidises solar power fencing at 80% for an individual farmer and 85% when implemented at the community/cluster level, plus 50% subsidy on barbed wire and chain-link fencing and 70% subsidy on composite fencing. As of recent data, around 4,669 hectares of farmland have been covered and roughly 5,535 farmers have benefited, with about ₹175.38 crore spent under the scheme to date.

Eligibility criteria

• Farmer must be a resident of Himachal Pradesh with cultivable land prone to wild-animal damage
• Individual or group/community applications accepted (community applications get the higher subsidy slab)
• Land must be verified by the Agriculture Department before fence installation

How to apply

1. 1

   Apply at the Block Agriculture Office or through the panchayat for a community application

2. 2

   Field verification of the proposed fencing area

3. 3

   Subsidy released after fence installation is verified by the department

Documents required

• Aadhaar card
• Land records (Jamabandi)
• Bank passbook for DBT
• Group consent letter for community applications