evidence: Table 1: Budget Allocation for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (in Rs crore) [...] Table 2: Allocation to major schemes (in Rs crore) [...] In the past 10 years, fund utilisation of the Ministry has been above 70%. The Ministry was able to utilise 100% of the allocated funds in 2016-17. Allocation to the Ministry increased by 141% in 2019-20 on account of PM-KISAN. 48% of the allocation to the Ministry in 2023-24 is towards PM-KISAN. However, utilisation of funds reduced from 93% in 2018-19 to 73% in 2019-20. Utilisation was 93% in 2021-22.