Agriculture is the dominant sector in the Indian economy as it employs more than 50% of the population and accounts for 18% of India’s GDP (Business and economics journal). It comes under the priority sector of the government and huge funds have been allocated to this sector, but then also the current situation is not up to the mark. The data showed that on an average three farmers committed suicide per day in 2017 in Madhya Pradesh.(www.hindustantimes.com). This is a heartbreaking fact. Despite the allocation of huge funds, the farmer suicides are not declining. This study is concerned with the level of awareness among farmers about different schemes benefitting them, the impact of government schemes on farmer’s income and challenges faced by the farmers. This research also tried to find out the reason for non availment of schemes by farmers. Primary data have been collected for conducting this research from farmers via. Questionnaire in Ujjain and Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh.The data was also collected from the Department of farmer welfare and agriculture development Bhopal.. The findings indicate that there are low levels of awareness about the schemes among the farmers and those farmers who are taking benefits of government schemes have higher income as compared to those who are unaware. The government should try to make them more aware through camps and cooperative societies about schemes because these schemes are for the betterment of farmers and would help them in their bad times.

KEYWORDS: Farmers, Agriculture, Indian Economy, Awareness, Schemes, Challenges.