Lok Sabha Question No. 494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Farm Mechanization
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 494

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## FARM MECHANIZATION

494.   SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government for farm mechanization in the interest of small and marginal farmers; and
- (b) the funds allocated and utilized for the purpose so far, State-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b):    For promotion of farm mechanization in the country, a dedicated scheme on  farm mechanization i.e. ' Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)' has been introduced w.e.f. 2014-15. The SMAM scheme aims at 'reaching the unreached' by bringing to the small and marginal farmers at the core of the interventions.

The funds allocated and utilized under SMAM for farm mechanization during 2014-15 to 2017-18 State-wise including Bihar is enclosed as Annexure.

## Annexure

## The funds allocated and utilized under Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) for farm mechanization during 2014-15 to 2017-18 State-wise.

| STATE             | RELEASED   | UTILIZED   | RELEASED   | UTILIZED   | RELEASED   | UTILIZED   | RELEASED   | UTILIZED   |
|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                   | 2014-15    | 2014-15    | 2015-16    | 2015-16    | 2016-17    | 2016-17    | 2017-18    | 2017-18    |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 10.54      | 10.54      | 7.28       | 7.28       | 48.99      | 48.99      | 59.29      | 59.29      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.49       | 0.49       | 1.88       | 1.88       | 1.33       | 1.33       | 2.75       | 0          |
| Assam             | 5.62       | 5.26       | 0          | 0          | 1.08       | 0.9        | 10         | 0          |
| Bihar             | 9.01       | 1.92       | 0          | 0          | 14         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 5.19       | 5.19       | 4          | 4          | 10         | 8.75       | 30         | 0          |
| Gujarat           | 7.94       | 7.94       | 7.55       | 7.55       | 6          | 2.54       | 6.48       | 0          |
| Haryana           | 2.55       | 0.93       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 45         | 0          |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 1.02       | 1.02       | 0.75       | 0.75       | 4.95       | 4.95       | 9          | 9          |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 1.18       | 1.18       | 0.95       | 0.95       | 3.64       | 1.9        | 1.8        | 0          |
| Jharkhand         | 3.58       | 3.58       | 2.54       | 2.54       | 2.25       | 1.27       | 1          | 0          |
| Karnataka         | 9.62       | 9.62       | 0          | 0          | 44.41      | 44.41      | 30         | 30         |
| Kerala            | 2.37       | 2.37       | 0          | 0          | 1          | 1          | 4.89       | 0          |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 13.92      | 13.92      | 26.02      | 26.02      | 20         | 20         | 43.11      | 10.05      |
| Maharashtra       | 20.34      | 20.34      | 15.96      | 15.96      | 15         | 13.02      | 17.06      | 13.15      |
| Manipur           | 1.1        | 1.1        | 2.91       | 2.91       | 0          | 0          | 2.85       | 0          |
| Meghalaya         | 1.25       | 1.25       | 0          | 0          | 0.9        | 0.9        | 0.5        | 0          |
| Mizoram           | 0.5        | 0.5        | 2.03       | 2.03       | 2          | 2          | 3.66       | 0          |
| Nagaland          | 0.62       | 0.62       | 2.85       | 2.85       | 3.33       | 3.33       | 11.41      | 11.41      |
| Orissa            | 7.09       | 7.09       | 5.67       | 5.67       | 35.78      | 35.78      | 23.55      | 23.55      |
| Punjab            | 2.09       | 2.07       | 0          | 0          | 52.09      | 0          | 48.5       | 0          |
| Rajasthan         | 15.8       | 15.8       | 0          | 0          | 4.25       | 1.24       | 9          | 0          |
| Sikkim            | 0.19       | 0.19       | 0.65       | 0.65       | 1.44       | 0.75       | 1.38       | 0          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 8.44       | 8.44       | 21.39      | 21.39      | 30.3       | 30.3       | 23.28      | 22.13      |
| Telangana         | 6.93       | 6.93       | 4.76       | 4.76       | 5.97       | 2          | 10         | 0          |
| Tripura           | 0.39       | 0.39       | 2.44       | 2.44       | 2          | 2          | 15.52      | 4.23       |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 21.21      | 20.89      | 16.51      | 16.51      | 37.98      | 15.44      | 43.97      | 0          |
| Uttarakhand       | 0.91       | 0.91       | 0.78       | 0.78       | 2.56       | 2.47       | 3.56       | 2.56       |
| West Bengal       | 5.98       | 5.98       | 5.65       | 5.65       | 4          | 3.25       | 10         | 0          |
| TOTAL             | 165.87     | 156.46     | 132.57     | 132.57     | 355.25     | 239.63     | 467.56     | 185.3      |

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