MIF with an initial corpus of Rs 5000 crore was operationalized in NABARD in 2019-20 to facilitate State Govts. efforts in mobilizing additional resources for expanding coverage under micro irrigation and incentivizing its adoption beyond provisions of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Per Drop More Crop. The nodal Ministry under the fund is the MoA&FW, GoI.
Further, the continuation and augmentation of the Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) by an additional Rs5,000 crore for the 15th Finance Commission period was approved by the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 03 October 2024, with the interest subvention revised to 2% from the earlier 3%. The same has been approved by Board of Directors (BoD) of NABARD, in its 259th meeting held on 12 November 2024.
Under MIF, Cumulative loan sanctioned stood at Rs4853.50 crore, against which Rs4074.63 crore has been released as on 31 October 2025.
State wise cumulative loan sanctioned and released as on 31 October 2025:
State wise cumulative loan sanctioned and released as on 31 May 2025:
| S.No. |
Name of the State |
Loan Sanctioned |
Loan Released |
| 1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
616.13 |
616.13 |
| 2 |
Gujarat |
764.13 |
641.29 |
| 3 |
Tamil Nadu |
1357.93 |
1357.93 |
| 4 |
Haryana |
785.30 |
365.89 |
| 5 |
Punjab |
149.65 |
45.46 |
| 6 |
Uttarakhand |
4.81 |
0.58 |
| 7 |
Rajasthan |
740.79 |
667.45 |
| 8 |
Karnataka |
290.33 |
257.07 |
| 9 |
Telangana |
144.43 |
0.00 |
| |
Total |
4853.50 |
4074.63 |
The sanctions made by NABARD till date under MIF envisages expansion of micro irrigation coverage by an area of 24.84 lakh ha. Out of this, an area of 23.21 lakh ha has been covered by the States as on 31 October 2025 (Source-MoA&FW, GoI).