Lok Sabha Question No. 1629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Conversion of Cattle Dung and Solid Waste
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

LOKSABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  MARCH, 2018

## CONVERSION OF CATTLE DUNG AND SOLID WASTE

## 1629

SHRI B.SRIRAMULU:

SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ षि  एबं  ककसान  कल्याण  मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  launch  a  Scheme  called  Galvanizing  Organic  Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (Gobar-Dhan) for management and conversion of cattle dung and solid waste in farms to compost, fertilizer, bio-gas and bio-CNG and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  set  up  a  Fisheries  and  Aquaculture  Infrastructure Development Fund (FAIDF) for fisheries sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to set up a Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) in animal husbandry sector in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the other steps taken by the Government for making villages open defecation free for improving the life of the villagers; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government for the various sectors of agriculture and welfare of the farmers?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) Yes, Madam. In an effort to make the villages Open Defecation Free (ODF) and improving the lives of villagers, the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech 2018-19 has announced the launch of Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) Scheme.

This  GOBAR-DHAN scheme will  be  focused  on  developing  villages  to  be  self-reliant  through generation  of  wealth  and  energy  from  waste  and  will  be  a  crucial  component  of  the  ODF  Plus strategy  of  MDWS. The overarching objective is to positively impact the Gram Panchayats with regard to 3Es, which are as following:

- i) E nergy: Self-reliance with respect to energy through utilization of agricultural and animal waste to generate bio-energy through bio-gas plants. Solar power may also be tapped wherever the community is willing to adopt and implement it.
2. ii) E mpowerment: Engaging women self-help groups in management and day to day operations of biogas plants.
3. iii) E mployment:  Generating  jobs  among  the  rural  youth  and  women  for  collection  of  waste, transportation  to  treatment  plants,  management  of  treatment  plant,  sale  and  distribution  of biogas generated, etc.

The scheme is intended to manage and convert cattle dung and solid waste in farms to compost, bio-slurry,  bio-gas  and  bio-CNG.  This  initiative  will  support  biodegradable  waste  recovery  and conversion  of  waste  into  resources.  This  will  provide  economic  benefits  to  farmers  and  rural households; simultaneously creating clean villages which is the objective of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is implementing this programme in two phases, by selecting 350 villages in first phase and the remaining in second phase.

- (b) & (c) In his Budget Speech 2018-19, Hon'ble Finance Minister has also announced setting up of Fisheries  and  Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FAIDF)  for  fisheries  sector  and Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  for  financing  infrastructure requirements of animal husbandry and fisheries sector with total Corpus of Rs.10,000 crore.
- (d) The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) launched on 2nd October, 2014 aims at attaining Swachh Bharat by 2 nd October 2019. The focus of the scheme is on behavioural change and usage of toilets. Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), there is a provision of an incentive of Rs. 12,000/ for the construction of Individual household latrine (IHHL) to all Below Poverty Line (BPL) households and identified Above Poverty Line (APL) households (all SCs /STs, small and marginal farmers, landless labourers with homestead, physically handicapped and women-headed households.  Funds for Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities with cap of Rs. 7/12/15/20 lakh are available for Gram Panchayats having upto 150/300/500/ more than 500 households. Under SBM(G), the following steps have been taken for making villages open defecation free for improving the life of the villages:-
- i. Focus on behavior change: Community based collective behavior change has been mentioned as the preferred approach, although the States are free to choose the approach best suited to them. Focus is also on creation of complete open defecation free (ODF) villages, rather than only on construction of individual toilets. This entails triggering the entire village into changing their behavior.
- ii. The programme provides flexibility to the States in the implementation. This is essential, given the  vast  socio-economic-cultural  diversity  of  India,  and  also  from  the  point  of  view  of promoting innovations.
- iii. There  is  a  greater  emphasis  on  capacity  building,  especially  in  community  approaches  and programme management. Lack of adequate capacities is a major challenge in scaling up the programme. Therefore, various initiatives are being taken to reach out to all the stakeholders. From the Government of India side, the States and select organizations (called Key Resource Centres) are being trained.
- iv. The  programme  is  being  run  as  a janandolan with  cooperation  of  all  sections  of  the  society including the NGOs, Corporate, youth etc. The Panchayats are being actively involved.
- v. Sanitation is being prioritized amongst the overall development agenda. The Government has taken a decision to prioritise all Centrally Sponsored Schemes in ODF villages.  Various other development schemes are being converged with the sanitation outcomes.
- (e)  For  welfare  of  farmers,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  various schemes such as Soil Health Card Scheme (SHC), Neem Coated Urea, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  (PKVY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana  (PMKSY),  National  Agriculture  Market Scheme (e-NAM), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana(PMFBY) etc. Similarly, for conservation and development of indigenous breeds and  development of dairy  &  fisheries  sector,    National  Dairy Plan, National Programme for Dairy Development, Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme, Rastriya  Gukul  Mission,  National  Programme  for  Bovine  Breeding,  National  Mission  on  Bovine Productivity,  National  Livestock  Mission,    Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  and  Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and management of Fisheries are being implemented.

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