Lok Sabha Question No. 2249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Allocation of Fund to KVKs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29/11/2016

## ALLOCATION OF FUND TO KVKs

## 2249. SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the amount allocated by the Government to the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether there are any KVKs which are dedicated to organic farming, effective implementation of schemes for organic farming and marketing of agro products; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the status of initiatives taken for organic farming through KVKs?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h

(SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a) The State-wise and year-wise details of the amount allocated to Krishi Vigyan Kendras  (KVKs)  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  years  are  given  in Annexure.

(b) & (c): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established a network of 656 KVKs with a mandate for technology assessment and demonstration for  its  application  and  capacity  development.  As part  of  their activities  the  KVKs impart  training  to  the  farmers  in  various  agricultural  activities  including  organic farming  to  update  their  knowledge  and  skills.  Farmers  are  being  trained  for production of organic manures through vermicompost, green manure, bio-pesticides

etc. Besides, the Sikkim State was declared officially as an Organic State where four KVKs  namely;  East  Sikkim,  West  Sikkim,  South  Sikkim  and  North  Sikkim  are dedicated to organic farming.  During the year 2015-16, KVKs have conducted 1150 frontline demonstrations on organic farming, 331 On-farm trials related to promotion  of  organic  farming  and  1927  training  programmes  benefitting  67952 farmers, farm women and rural youth.

In addition, KVKs are also involved in creating awareness among farmers to adopt  organic  farming  practices  for  availing  benefits  of  the  Parampragat  Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) by which Government is promoting Organic farming in the country and provisions are made for financial assistance to farmers.

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## State-wise and year-wise amount allocated to Krishi Vigyan Kendras during the last three years and the current year.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No   | State             |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.     | Andaman &Nicobar  |    182.45 |    208.15 |    288.9  |    372.26 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh    |   1435.78 |   1255.52 |   1998.32 |   1623.97 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh |   1500.59 |   1560.64 |   1861.56 |   1819.66 |
| 4.     | Assam             |   1871.35 |   2455.06 |   2618.96 |   3106.12 |
| 5.     | Bihar             |   2694.61 |   2585.47 |   3303.22 |   3666.35 |
| 6.     | Chhattisgarh      |   1284.35 |   1384.71 |   2232.7  |   2580.13 |
| 7.     | Delhi             |    103.69 |    107.1  |    115.65 |    120.6  |
| 8.     | Goa               |    154.8  |    156.31 |    187.88 |    166.85 |
| 9.     | Gujarat           |   2231.7  |   2288.79 |   2532.7  |   2943.84 |
| 10.    | Haryana           |   1524.33 |   1578.08 |   1838.07 |   1941.42 |
| 11.    | Himachal Pradesh  |   1076.65 |   1009.18 |   1210.12 |   1420.99 |
| 12.    | Jammu &Kashmir    |   1281.83 |   1512.47 |   1898.9  |   2136.42 |
| 13.    | Jharkhand         |   1415.54 |   1414.38 |   1854    |   2089.17 |
| 14.    | Karnataka         |   2482.75 |   2367.57 |   2733.65 |   3195.34 |
| 15.    | Kerala            |   1189.58 |   1203.35 |   1367.92 |   1623.56 |
| 16.    | Lakshadweep       |     46.7  |     46.22 |     42.8  |     30.8  |
| 17.    | Madhya Pradesh    |   3033.22 |   3111.92 |   4377.02 |   4673.43 |
| 18.    | Maharashtra       |   3810.84 |   3365.61 |   4426.68 |   3895.72 |
| 19.    | Manipur           |   1209.9  |   1103    |   1294.81 |   1316.55 |
| 20.    | Meghalaya         |    417.2  |    430    |    473.22 |    548.72 |
| 21.    | Mizoram           |    985.3  |    932.17 |   1021.2  |   1089.49 |
| 22.    | Nagaland          |   1127.81 |   1226.75 |   1159.15 |   1284.09 |
| 23.    | Orissa            |   1879.93 |   1957.74 |   3132.13 |   3456.73 |
| 24.    | Pondicherry       |    176.15 |    179.55 |    211.86 |    229.71 |
| 25.    | Punjab            |   1540.13 |   1855.01 |   2063.16 |   2257    |
| 26.    | Rajasthan         |   3792.3  |   3731.78 |   3851.65 |   4238.54 |
| 27.    | Sikkim            |    359.02 |    401.2  |    427.25 |    444.5  |
| 28.    | Tamil Nadu        |   2536.37 |   2566.08 |   2709.09 |   3173.44 |
| 29.    | Telangana         |   1008.38 |    834.54 |   1268    |   1023.9  |
| 30.    | Tripura           |    325.83 |    344.75 |    344.9  |    387.3  |
| 31.    | Uttar Pradesh     |   5444.81 |   5797.08 |   6840.3  |   6726.7  |
| 32.    | Uttarakhand       |    885.89 |    878.07 |   1147.5  |   1494.34 |
| 33.    | West Bengal       |   1376.9  |   1483.53 |   2013.92 |   2184.43 |
|        | Total             |  50386.7  |  51331.8  |  62847.2  |  67262.1  |

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