Lok Sabha Question No. 3294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Investment on Agricultural Research
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3294

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/12/2016

## INVESTMENT ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

3294. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

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  total  public  investment  both  by  Union  Government  and States  allocated  for  agricultural  research  in  the  country  and  the  share  for  rice research and wheat research separately out of the investment over the last decade;
- (b) the  total  High  Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs)  and hybrids of different field and horticulture crops which were released to the farmers in different States during the last decade;
- (c) the  details  of  the  land  area  under  cultivation  of  different  HYVs  of  rice  and wheat in different States over the last decade and output thereof; and
- (d) the details of the strategy adopted by the Government for further development of rice and wheat sectors in the country?

## 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 SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  is  the  apex  body for agricultural  research  in  the  country.  ICAR  has  been  provided  Rs  20945  crores {Revised  Estimate  (RE)}  during  the  years,  2007-08  to  2015-16  and  Rs.  3700.00 crores {Budget Estimate (BE)} for the year, 2016-17. The share of rice during the same period was Rs. 248.44 crores RE and Rs. 39.41 crores BE and  of wheat was Rs. 180.23 crores RE and Rs. 29.87 crores BE, respectively.
- (b) A total of 1511 varieties/hybrids comprising 1356 of field crops  and  155 of horticultural crops  have been released for cultivation in different states during the last decade (2007 to 2016).

(c) Rice  and  wheat  were  cultivated  in  43.3  and  30.2  million  hectare  area, respectively,  in  the  country  in  2015-16.  The  major  rice  growing  states  are  Uttar Pradesh,  West  Bengal,  Odisha,    Chhattisgarh,  Bihar,  Punjab,  Assam,  Madhya Pradesh  and  Tamil  Nadu  and  wheat  growing  states  are  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar covering about 78 % and 89 % of total area under rice and wheat, respectively. All area of rice and wheat was under high  yielding  varieties  (HYVs),  except  a  negligible  area  was  under  local  popular cultivars in rice.

The  spread  of    HYVs  of  rice  and  wheat  over  a  larger  area  has  resulted  in increase of production of rice from 99.6  million tones in 2007-08 to 104.3 million tones in 2015-16 and of wheat from 78.5 million tones in 2007-08 to 93.5 in 201516, respectively.

(d) In  order  to  improve  breeding  efficiency  and  precision,  integrated  crop improvement  approach  including  cutting  edge  technology  like,  marker  assisted selection  has  been  envisioned  to  develop  improved  varieties  with  increased  yield, quality  and  climate  resilience.    Pre-breeding  has  been  intensified  to  generate  new variability through introgression of desired alleles from diverse sources.

The Central Government schemes like, Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India  (BGREI),  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM)  and  Rashtriya  Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) are the major development schemes to popularize improved varieties  and  technologies  for  increasing  the  production  of  rice  and  wheat  in  the country.

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