CURRENT AFFAIRS | MAY 30, 2026
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has announced ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’, a month-long campaign from June 1 to promote balanced fertiliser use and natural farming — a push to halt the slow degradation of India’s soils under decades of subsidised-fertiliser overuse.
Constitutional & Legal Framework
Article 48 (DPSP) directs the State to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern, scientific lines, while Article 48A mandates protection of the environment. Fertiliser subsidy operates through the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) regime (since 2010), with urea still under price control via the Fertiliser Control Order, 1985.
Key Facts at a Glance
| Campaign | Khet Bachao Abhiyan — from June 1, 2026 |
| Ministry | Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (Min. Shivraj Singh Chouhan) |
| Announced at | National Kharif Conference (20 states’ ministers) |
| Goal | Balanced fertiliser use + natural farming |
| Subsidy regime | Nutrient-Based Subsidy (2010); urea under FCO 1985 |
Why This Matters for CLAT 2027
Announced on the concluding day of the two-day National Kharif Conference, Khet Bachao Abhiyan responds to a long-standing problem: excessive and imbalanced use of subsidised urea and DAP degrades long-term soil fertility. The government is weighing a move toward a product-specific fertiliser subsidy and an expanded PM-Kisan 2.0 direct-income-support programme. For CLAT, connect this to the Soil Health Card scheme, PM-PRANAM, the National Mission on Natural Farming, and the Essential Commodities Act framework governing fertilisers.
The CLAT Angle
This is a cooperative-federalism story: the Centre wants balanced fertiliser use and natural farming, but states send contrary signals to industry. CLAT legal-reasoning passages on subsidy policy, soil health and sustainable agriculture draw on exactly this Centre-state tension and the DPSPs in Articles 48 and 48A.
Memory Mnemonic
SOIL — Saving farms (Khet Bachao), One-month from June 1, Imbalanced urea/DAP under NBS, Launched at the National Kharif Conference.
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