Lok Sabha Question No. 3903 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Weather Forecasting
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

- (a)
- Yes Madam.
- (b) The  Gramin  Krishi  Mausam  Seva  (GKMS)  of  India  Meteorological Department (IMD) is rendered twice a week in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). District level weather forecast for next 5-days in respect of:
-  Rainfall
-  maximum temperature, minimum temperature
- 
- 
- 
- wind speed, wind direction
- relative humidity and clouds
- weekly cumulative rainfall forecast
-  Crop specific advisories

are  provided  to  farmers.  The  GKMS  of  IMD  has  been  successful  in providing the crop specific advisories to the farmers through different print/visual/Radio/  IT  based  media  including  short  message  service (SMS)  and  Interactive  Voice  Response  Service  (IVRS)  facilitating  for appropriate field level actions. Weather forecast based agrometeorological  advisories  are  disseminated  through  Kisan  portal launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and also under public private partner. At present, 23.0 million farmers in the country are receiving the SMS based advisories.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3903 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2017

## WEATHER FORECASTING

## 3903. SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether weather forecasting is the chief function of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD);
- (b) if so, the manner in which the Department is helping the poor farmers who are fully dependent on weather for their crops;
- (c) whether it is easy today to spread awareness amongst farmers by using information technology;
- (d) if so, the key performance indicators for IMD on the issue of helping poor farmers and increasing the agriculture production; and
- (e) the statistics about helping the poor farmers and spreading awareness by  Government  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (c) Yes Madam.
- (d) As  per  the  recent  National  Council  of  Applied  Economic  Research (NCAER) report of 2015, farming community of the country is using the above mentioned GKMS service products for critical farm operations, Viz.,  i)  Management  of  sowing  (Delayed  /  early  onset  of  rains);  ii) Changing  crop  variety  (Delay  in  rainfall);  iii)  Spraying  pesticides  for disease control (occurrence of rainfall); iv) Managing Irrigation (Heavy rainfall Forecast).  According to a survey, the weather forecast based Agromet Advisory Service (AAS) of IMD is found to be reliable by more than 93% of surveyed farmers and 95% of the farmers say that forecasts of IMD have improved during last 2-4 years. Further, most of farmers felt that there had been an improvement in the timeliness of the issuance of AAS bulletins of the weather forecasts.

With the implementation of District Level Agro Meteorological Advisory services, India has seen improved agriculture performance in the rain fed farming (Covers 60% of arable land). Incremental profit due to GKMS is assessed at 25% of the net income. The Potential Annual Economic profit by using GKMS by 24% of the community currently cultivating 4principal crops (wheat; paddy; sugarcane; cotton) in 2010 was assessed at Rs. 38,463 Crores (when 2.0 million farmers were subscribed to SMS service), which rose to Rs.42,000 Crores in 2015. The study suggests that GKMS has the potential of generating net economic benefit up to Rs.3.30  lakh  crores  when  the  Agro-Meteorological  advisory  is  fully utilized by the 95 million agriculture dependent households.

- (e) There  is  substantial  improvement  of  the  Agromet  Advisory  Services (AAS) under GKMS scheme of IMD during last three years and current year. The number of farmers receiving Agromet Advisories through SMS during last three year and in current year is given in Annexure- I , II, III and IV. No. of Farmer Awareness Programmes (FAPs) conducted during last three years and in current year by the AMFUs across the country is given in Annexure - V.

## Annexure I

## Statewise number of farmers receiving Agromet Advisories through SMS during 2014

| State                             | IFFCO             | NOKIA             | Reuter            | Handygo           | NABAR D           | Mahindra& Mahindra   | Farme r Portal    |   State Total |
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| Uttar Pradesh + Uttarakhand       | 325046            | 132953            | 14648             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 326371            |        799018 |
| Orissa                            | 202652            | 3638              | 886               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 24300             |        231476 |
| Goa                               |                   |                   | 149               |                   |                   |                      | 0                 |           149 |
| Madhya Pradesh + Chattisgarh      | 29359             | 43996             | 20948             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 727022            |        821325 |
| Tamil Nadu + Puducherry           | 18990             | 97476             | 932               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 756076            |        873474 |
| Bihar + Jharkhand                 | 182321            | 38928             | 1130              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 584387            |        806766 |
| Gujarat                           | 24653             | 64478             | 32668             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 108986            |        230785 |
| West Bengal + Andaman and Nicobar | 57062             | 59224             | 5258              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 27455             |        148999 |
| Maharashtra                       | 31214             | 100829            | 34726             | 14720             | 50000             | 65110                | 105258            |        401857 |
| Haryana                           | 8533              | 53692             | 477               | 2160              | 0                 | 0                    | 65322             |        130184 |
| Punjab                            | 20023             | 21582             | 12997             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 74819             |        129421 |
| Rajasthan                         | 47921             | 12801             | 16802             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 59257             |        136781 |
| Karnataka                         | 42852             | 71641             | 6869              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 25120             |        146482 |
| Andhra Pradesh                    | 49854             | 114621            | 5283              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 188642            |        358400 |
| Kerala                            | 4249              | 63285             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 625141            |        692675 |
| Himachal Pradesh                  | 4799              | 5285              | 167               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 35295             |         45546 |
| Jammu Kashmir                     |                   | 11649             | 397               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                    | 449               |         12495 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                 |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                      | 285               |           285 |
| Manipur, Nagaland                 |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                      | 1416              |          1416 |
| New Delhi                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                      | 2788              |          2788 |
| Assam                             |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                      | 1657              |         34481 |
| Meghalaya                         |                   | 32687             | 137               |                   |                   |                      |                   |             0 |
| DDGM(Agrimet), Pune               |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                      | 958281            |        958281 |
| SMS sent by AMFUs                 | SMS sent by AMFUs | SMS sent by AMFUs | SMS sent by AMFUs | SMS sent by AMFUs | SMS sent by AMFUs | SMS sent by AMFUs    | SMS sent by AMFUs |        110198 |
| Grand Total                       | Grand Total       | Grand Total       | Grand Total       | Grand Total       | Grand Total       | Grand Total          | Grand Total       |       7073282 |

## Annexure II

| Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015                                                                                    | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories during 2015   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                                                     | IFFCO                                                                                                                                     | NOKIA                                                                                                                                     | Reuter                                                                                                                                    | Handygo                                                                                                                                   | Nabard                                                                                                                                    | Mahindra& Mahindra                                                                                                                        | State Total                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh + Uttarakhand                                                                                                               | 326746                                                                                                                                    | 129100                                                                                                                                    | 18825                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 474671                                                   |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                    | 211842                                                                                                                                    | 3531                                                                                                                                      | 1688                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 217061                                                   |
| Goa                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 149                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 149                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh + Chattisgarh                                                                                                              | 28012                                                                                                                                     | 42720                                                                                                                                     | 32887                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 103619                                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                | 18227                                                                                                                                     | 94652                                                                                                                                     | 579                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 113458                                                   |
| Bihar + Jharkhand                                                                                                                         | 219742                                                                                                                                    | 37800                                                                                                                                     | 2009                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 259551                                                   |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                   | 26825                                                                                                                                     | 62610                                                                                                                                     | 57498                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 146933                                                   |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                               | 48813                                                                                                                                     | 57509                                                                                                                                     | 12786                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 119108                                                   |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                               | 29799                                                                                                                                     | 97908                                                                                                                                     | 28546                                                                                                                                     | 12512                                                                                                                                     | 50000                                                                                                                                     | 92500                                                                                                                                     | 311265                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                   | 7996                                                                                                                                      | 52136                                                                                                                                     | 1752                                                                                                                                      | 1604                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 63488                                                    |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                    | 20205                                                                                                                                     | 20956                                                                                                                                     | 12719                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 53880                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                 | 52964                                                                                                                                     | 12430                                                                                                                                     | 16991                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 82385                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                 | 72602                                                                                                                                     | 69565                                                                                                                                     | 6542                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 148709                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                            | 50527                                                                                                                                     | 111300                                                                                                                                    | 14481                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 176308                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                    | 4225                                                                                                                                      | 61451                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 65676                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 4553                                                                                                                                      | 5131                                                                                                                                      | 1721                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 11405                                                    |
| Jammu& Kashmir                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                           | 11311                                                                                                                                     | 404                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 11715                                                    |
| Assam                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           | 31739                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 31739                                                    |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 135                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 135                                                      |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 314                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                           | 314                                                      |
| Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                     | 2391569                                                  |
| SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc                                                                                              | 130198                                                   |
| Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | Reliance foundation (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry) | 17000                                                    |
| SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | SMS sent through Kisan Portal (State wise information given in Annexure II)                                                               | 8924056                                                  |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | Grand Total                                                                                                                               | 11462823                                                 |

## Annexure III

| Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   | Status of Dissemination of Agro-advisories for 2016   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                 | IFFCO                                                 | NOKIA                                                 | Reuter                                                | Handygo                                               | Reliance Foundation                                   | Kisan Sanchar                                         | Mahindra & Mahindra                                   | State Total                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                                         | 510974                                                | 105600                                                | 34488                                                 | 4409                                                  |                                                       | 5963                                                  |                                                       | 661434                                                |
| Uttarakhand                                           |                                                       |                                                       | 165                                                   |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 165                                                   |
| Odisha                                                | 326504                                                | 84                                                    | 1                                                     |                                                       | 220192                                                |                                                       |                                                       | 546781                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                        | 49327                                                 | 9243                                                  | 37109                                                 | 3411                                                  | 101248                                                | 1561                                                  |                                                       | 201899                                                |
| Chhattisgarh                                          |                                                       |                                                       | 310                                                   |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 310                                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                                            | 22025                                                 | 5171                                                  | 3                                                     |                                                       | 277484                                                |                                                       |                                                       | 304683                                                |
| Bihar                                                 | 304500                                                | 10264                                                 | 10                                                    | 21053                                                 |                                                       | 3755                                                  |                                                       | 339582                                                |
| Jharkhand                                             |                                                       |                                                       | 3                                                     |                                                       |                                                       | 800                                                   |                                                       | 803                                                   |
| Gujarat                                               | 47322                                                 | 10990                                                 | 6793                                                  |                                                       | 90686                                                 |                                                       | 23226                                                 | 179017                                                |
| West Bengal                                           | 101364                                                | 997                                                   | 1952                                                  |                                                       | 5422                                                  |                                                       |                                                       | 109735                                                |
| Maharashtra                                           | 34522                                                 | 10799                                                 | 33431                                                 | 35031                                                 | 1589698                                               | 416                                                   | 172493                                                | 1876390                                               |
| Haryana                                               | 13577                                                 | 3880                                                  | 25                                                    | 3091                                                  |                                                       | 2031                                                  |                                                       | 22604                                                 |
| Punjab                                                | 24041                                                 | 4529                                                  | 20318                                                 |                                                       |                                                       | 275                                                   |                                                       | 49163                                                 |
| Rajasthan                                             | 81944                                                 | 146                                                   | 28914                                                 |                                                       | 982                                                   | 676                                                   |                                                       | 112662                                                |
| Karnataka                                             | 106495                                                | 4578                                                  | 2416                                                  |                                                       | 2112                                                  |                                                       |                                                       | 115601                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                        | 69501                                                 | 6027                                                  | 1966                                                  |                                                       | 218001                                                |                                                       |                                                       | 295495                                                |
| Telangana                                             |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 218001                                                |                                                       |                                                       | 295495                                                |
| Kerala                                                | 3094                                                  | 581                                                   |                                                       |                                                       | 73942                                                 |                                                       |                                                       | 77617                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                      | 9572                                                  | 890                                                   | 1                                                     |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 10463                                                 |
| Jammu Kashmir                                         |                                                       | 314                                                   | 3                                                     |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 317                                                   |
| Assam                                                 |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 1375                                                  |
| Meghalaya                                             |                                                       | 1375                                                  | 2                                                     |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 2                                                     |
| Delhi                                                 |                                                       |                                                       | 2                                                     |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 2                                                     |
| Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | Total                                                 | 4906100                                               |
| sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | sent by AMFUs through NIC, way 2 sms etc              | 129961                                                |
| Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | 14277483                                              |

Annexure-IV

| State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   | State wise SMS sent through Kisan Portal and PPP Mode during July 2017   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                    | Kisan Portal                                                             | IFFCO                                                                    | REUTER                                                                   | HAND YGO                                                                 | Reliance Foundation                                                      | Kisan Sanchar                                                            | Mahindra & Mahindra                                                      | Total                                                                    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                           | 138285                                                                   | 75745                                                                    | 845                                                                      |                                                                          | 438338                                                                   | 106                                                                      |                                                                          | 653319                                                                   |
| TELANGANA                                                                | 79827                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 79827                                                                    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                        | 834                                                                      |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 834                                                                      |
| ASSAM                                                                    | 29022                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 29022                                                                    |
| BIHAR                                                                    | 150021                                                                   | 369287                                                                   | 9                                                                        | 140953                                                                   |                                                                          | 3755                                                                     |                                                                          | 664025                                                                   |
| CHATTISGARH                                                              | 1397336                                                                  |                                                                          | 262                                                                      |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 1397598                                                                  |
| GUJARAT                                                                  | 195867                                                                   | 52770                                                                    | 2970                                                                     |                                                                          | 132412                                                                   |                                                                          | 34125                                                                    | 418144                                                                   |
| HARYANA                                                                  | 329948                                                                   | 14848                                                                    | 11                                                                       | 2920                                                                     |                                                                          | 2078                                                                     |                                                                          | 349805                                                                   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                         | 557281                                                                   | 10753                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 568034                                                                   |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                        | 8081                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 8081                                                                     |
| JHARKHAND                                                                | 590001                                                                   |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 800                                                                      |                                                                          | 590801                                                                   |
| KARNATAKA                                                                | 179563                                                                   | 116591                                                                   | 1981                                                                     |                                                                          | 20894                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          | 319029                                                                   |
| KERALA                                                                   | 520057                                                                   |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 109370                                                                   |                                                                          |                                                                          | 629427                                                                   |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                           | 439631                                                                   | 56232                                                                    | 24148                                                                    | 3411                                                                     | 227343                                                                   | 3415                                                                     |                                                                          | 754180                                                                   |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                              | 4559963                                                                  | 44365                                                                    | 24734                                                                    | 30124                                                                    | 2427503                                                                  | 1816                                                                     | 52539                                                                    | 7141044                                                                  |
| MANIPUR                                                                  | 278                                                                      |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 278                                                                      |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                | 1026                                                                     |                                                                          | 2                                                                        |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 1028                                                                     |
| MIZORAM                                                                  | 3194                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 3194                                                                     |
| NAGALAND                                                                 | 6545                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 6545                                                                     |
| NEWDELHI                                                                 | 2179                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 2179                                                                     |
| ODISHA                                                                   | 1909560                                                                  | 409370                                                                   | 1                                                                        |                                                                          | 706859                                                                   |                                                                          |                                                                          | 3025790                                                                  |
| PUNJAB                                                                   | 192532                                                                   | 24913                                                                    | 15873                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 233318                                                                   |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                | 271669                                                                   | 107898                                                                   | 23435                                                                    |                                                                          | 1470                                                                     | 2127                                                                     |                                                                          | 406599                                                                   |
| TAMIL NADU                                                               | 747709                                                                   | 19606                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          | 446019                                                                   | 109                                                                      |                                                                          | 1213443                                                                  |
| TRIPURA                                                                  | 4640                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 4640                                                                     |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                            | 1181899                                                                  | 604845                                                                   | 19560                                                                    | 4109                                                                     |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 1810413                                                                  |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                              | 86740                                                                    |                                                                          | 136                                                                      |                                                                          |                                                                          | 5963                                                                     |                                                                          | 92839                                                                    |
| WEST BENGAL                                                              | 637525                                                                   | 107586                                                                   | 1834                                                                     |                                                                          | 10046                                                                    | 52                                                                       |                                                                          | 757043                                                                   |
| SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | SMS sent by AMFUs through NIC                                            | 129961                                                                   |
| Total 14221213                                                           |                                                                          | 2014809                                                                  | 115801                                                                   | 181517                                                                   | 4520254                                                                  | 20221                                                                    | 86664                                                                    | 21160479                                                                 |

Annexure - V The number Farmers' Awareness Programmes (FAPs) conducted during last three year

## (2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17)

| Year        |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of FAPs |        56 |        51 |        42 |