Lok Sabha Question No. 5240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: NFSM Coarse Cereals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: LADU KISHORE SWAIN, RITA TARAI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5240

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## NFSM COARSE CEREALS

5240.     SHRI LADU KISHORE SWAIN: SHRIMATI RITA TARAI:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is taking any steps to relax the criteria as a special case to  accommodate  Mayurbhanj  and  Sundargarh  districts  under  the  NFSM  Coarse Cereals, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government is considering to enhance subsidy on pulse seeds and water use/efficiency Tools in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of Odisha, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The  Government  has  been  implementing  National  Food  Security  Mission (NFSM)-Coarse  Cereals  in  6  districts  of  Odisha  State,  namely,  Gajapati,  Ganjam, Keonjhar,  Koraput,  Nawarangpur  and  Rayagada  since  2014-15.    As  per  the  NFSM existing  operational  guidelines,  the  criteria  of  selection  of  districts  in  case  of  coarse cereals is to cover those districts which  cover 70% of the total coarse cereals area of the  state.  The  districts  are  selected  on  the  basis  of  higher  area  coverage  up  to  70 percent arranged in descending order. However, the states have been given flexibility to select  any  district  in  coarse  cereals  development  programme  under  Rashtriya  Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) with the approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of the State.
- (b): The subsidy pattern for seeds of pulses, water use/efficiency tools under NFSMPulses like sprinklers, pumpsets, rainguns, HDPE pipes in all the districts  including Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of the State is as under:-

|   S.N. | Interventions                    | Pattern of Assistance                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|--------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | High Yielding Varieties (Pulses) | Rs. 25/- per kg or 50% of the cost whichever is less.                                                                                                                                                 |
|      2 | Seed Production on pulses        | Rs. 25/- per Kg.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|      3 | Seed Minikits of pulses          | Free of cost (100% reimbursement borne by Government of India)                                                                                                                                        |
|      4 | Pump Set up to 10 HP             | Rs. 10000/- per pump set or 50% of the cost whichever is less.                                                                                                                                        |
|      5 | Spinkler Set                     | Rs. 10000/- per hectare or 50% of the cost whichever is less.                                                                                                                                         |
|      6 | Water Carrying Pipes             | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 50/- per metre for HDPE pipe; Rs. 35/metre for PVC pipe; and Rs. 20/metre for HDPE laminated woven by flat tubes with maximum ceiling of Rs.15000/farmer/ beneficiary. |
|      7 | Mobile Rain Gun                  | Rs. 15000/- per mobile rain gun or 50% of the cost whichever is less.                                                                                                                                 |

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