Lok Sabha Question No. 672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Production of Pulses and Edible Oil
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.672

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## PRODUCTION OF PULSES AND EDIBLE OIL

672.   SHRI DILIP PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  imports  huge  quantity  of  pulses  and  edible  oils  from global market to meet the demand in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  action  to  increase  the  production  of pulses and oilseeds to meet the demand during last two years and the current year; and
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome 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 GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): India  imports  pulses and  edible oils  to  meet  the  gap  between  domestic production and demand. Pulses and edible oils in India are imported by private sector and not  by  the  Government.  However,  3.79  lakh  tons  of  pulses  was  imported  by  the Government for building the buffer stock of upto 20 lakh tons during 2015-16 when the availability of this commodity was less and domestic prices high. The statistics on import of pulses and edible oils are at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): To increase production and productivity   of pulses and oilseeds, Ministry of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  has  been  implementing  National  Food  Security Mission (NFSM) -Pulses since 2007-08 and National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) since 2014-15. The details in this regard are at Annexure-II. Production of pulses has increased from 171.5 lakh tons in 2014-15 to 229.5 lakh tons in 2016-17. Production of oilseeds has increased from 275.11 lakh tons in 2014-15 to 320.97 lakh tons in 2016-17.
- a)  Import of pulses in last three years and current year-

(Quantity in lakh tons & Value in Rs. crore)

| 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Apr- Dec)   | 2017-18 (Apr- Dec)   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty                  | Value                |
| 45.8      | 17062     | 57.97     | 25619     | 66.08     | 28523     | 50.8                 | 17280                |

Source: Department of Commerce

- b)  Import of edible oil in last three years and current year-

(Quantity in lakh tons & Value in Rs. crore)

| 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Apr- Dec)   | 2017-18 (Apr- Dec)   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty       | Value     | Qty                  | Value                |
| 127.0     | 64893     | 156.4     | 68676     | 140.1     | 73047     | 118.0                | 58143                |

Source: Department of Commerce

## Annexure-I

## A) National Food Security Mission -Pulses (NFSM- Pulses)

National  Food Security  Mission  (NFSM)  was  launched  in  2007-08  to  increase  the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10, 8 and 2 million tones, respectively.

The Mission was continued during 12th Five Year Plan with new target of additional production of 25 million tonnes of food grains comprising of 10 million tonnes rice, 8 million  tonnes  of  wheat,  4  million  tonnes  of  pulses  and  3  million  tonnes  of  coarse cereals by the end of XII  Plan. The same has been achieved.

## NFSM-Pulses are one of the components of NFSM.

The  Government  has  given  top  priority  to  increase  production  of  pulses  in  the country through area expansion and productivity enhancement. Under NFSM, for the year  2017-18,  an  amount  of  Rs.  1016.0598  Crore  for  NFSM  Pulses,  Rs.  294.97 Crore  for  additional  area  coverage  of  pulses,  Rs.  32.95  Crore  for  alternate  Crops and Rs. 98.28 Crore for targeted Rice fallow Area of pulses (as on 12.12.2017) has been allocated for increasing the production of pulses in the country.

From 2016-17, NFSM-Pulses was implemented in 638 districts of 29 states and it is  continue  during  2017-18.  States  are  covered  i.e.  Andhra  Pradesh  (13  districts), Arunachal Pradesh (17), Assam (27), Bihar (38), Chhattisgarh (27),Goa (2), Gujarat (26), Haryana (21), Himachal Pradesh (12), Jammu & Kashmir (22), Jharkhand (24), Karnataka (30), Kerala (12), Madhya Pradesh (51), Maharashtra (33), Manipur (9), Meghalaya (11), Mizoram (8), Nagaland (11), Odisha (30), Punjab (22), Rajasthan (33),  Sikkim  (4)Tamil  Nadu  (30),  Telangana  (9),  Tripura  (8),  Uttar  Pradesh  (75) Uttarakhand (13), and West Bengal (18 districts).

## Additional Area Coverage of pulses during Rabi/Summer:

A programme on Additional Area coverage of Pulses has also been initiated since 2013-14  under  NFSM-Pulses  to  increase  production  of  Rabi/  Summer  pulses through area expansion of Rabi Pigeon pea, Gram, Pea and Lentil during Rabi and Moong and Urad during Summer in NFSM-Pulses implementing States.

The interventions covered  under  Additional area coverage  of pulses during Rabi/Summer  include  Demonstrations  on  Improved  Technologies,  Distribution  of Certified Seeds, Effective Water Application Tools, Integrated Nutrient Management (INM), Integrated Pest Management (IPM) etc.

## Interventions included under NFSM-Pulses:

The interventions covered under NFSM-Pulses  include Cluster Demonstrations(100 ha  each)  on  improved  package  of  Practices,    Demonstration  on  inter-cropping  of pulses,  Demonstration  on  cropping  system,  Cropping  system  based  training  of farmers, Seed Distribution of HYVs, INM, IPM, Resource Conservation Technologies/tools,  Efficient  water  application  Tools  and    Cropping  system  based trainings.

## Annexure-II

Funding  pattern:  From  the  year  2015-16,  the  mission  is  being  implemented  on 60:40 financial sharing basis between GOI and States except in NE and Hill States where  funding  pattern  is  90:10  between  GOI  and  States.    During  2017-18,  an amount of Rs. 1720.00 crore (BE) has been allocated for NFSM.

## New  initiatives/  Steps  taken  for  increasing  production  and  productivity  of Pulses

Besides on going NFSM-Pulses, new steps are being taken under NFSM-Pulses for increasing production and productivity of Pulses from 2017-18 as under:-

-  Seed Hubs have been created for increasing indigenous seed production of pulses through ICAR,  State Agriculture Universities and  Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK). For this purpose,  Rs.  225.31crore  have  been approved for establishment  of  150  seed  hubs  during  2016-17  to  2017-18,  out  of  which Rs.131.74 crore is for the year 2016-17 and Rs. 111.64 crore for 2017-18.
-  To  increase  the  availability  of  breeder  seed  of  pulses,  ICAR  Institute  and State  Agriculture  Universities  have  been  provided  Rs.20.39  crore  during 2016-17 IIPR is nodal agency of the project for the additional breeder seed production of pulses. During 2016-17, additional target was 3717 qtl, during 2017-18 the additional target is  978 qtls and during 2018-19 target is 1106 qtls. .
-  Technology  demonstrations carried out  in  31,000  hectares  by  534  KVKs  of ICAR & State Agriculture Universities and Rs.25.29 crores has been allocated during 2016-17. During 2017-18, 31366 hactare demonstrations of pulses are to be organized by 549 KVKs and Rs. 26.1125 crore have been allocated for this purpose.
-  For expansion of cultivation of new varieties of pulses, a target of 8.095 lakh number of seed mini-kits of pulses have been approved (347625 for Kharif, 270375 for Rabi and 191500 for Summer) for the year 2017-18 for distribution to farmers free of cost through State Governments.
-  The popularization of pulses as inter-crop with cereals, oilseeds, commercial crops and on farm bunds of paddy fields cultivation of Tur is being promoted to increase the area under pulses.
-  At  least  30%  of  the  cluster  demonstrations  under  NFSM  and  BGREI  are conducted by adopting cropping system approach to utilize the paddy fallow area for pulses cultivation.
-  15%  of  allocation  for  pulses  under  NFSM  is  earmarked  for  production  of quality seeds through State Governments.
-  Farmer  producer  organization  (FPO)  are  specially  promoted  so  that  seed production,  purchase  and  latest  technology  can  be  accelerated.  Small  and marginal  farmers  can  be  helped  through  right  value  of  their  produce.  In addition  to  this,  mini  pulse  mills  are  also  promoted.  106  FPOs  have  been registered and 9 FPOs are under the process of registration.
-  The  government  has  decided  to  create  a  buffer  stock  of  pulses  to  control fluctuation  of  prices  of  pulses.  Procurement  has  been  taken  up  by  the Department of Consumer Affairs and it purchased 20 lakh tonnes pulses.

## B)  National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)

Govt. of India has launched the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) programme a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since 2014-15 with the objective to increase production & productivity of oilseeds and area expansion under oilpalm for meeting the domestic  requirement  of  vegetable  oil.  The  Mission  aims  to  enhance  production  of oilseeds  from  28.93  million  tonnes  (average  of  11th  Plan)  to  35.51  million  tonnes  by 2016-17  and  to  bring  additional  area  of  1.25  lakh  ha  under  Oil  Palm  cultivation  with increase in productivity of FFBs.

## Steps taken to increase production of oilseeds

- (i) In  order  to  improve  the  production  and  productivity  of  oilseeds  modern technologies  like  improved  varieties,  ridge-furrow  methods  of  planting, effective  water  management,  application  of  bio-fertilizers  including  seed treatment  with  rhyzobium  and  mechanization,  inter-cropping  of  oilseeds with cereals/ pulses, eco-friendly plant protection measures are promoted through cluster demonstrations , training etc.
- (ii) This has resulted the national oilseed production recorded at 32.10 million tonnes  during  2016-17  which  is  the  highest  during  past  three  years  of implementation  of  NMOOP  and  the  yield  of  1225  kg/ha  of  oilseeds  has during 2016-17, the highest ever productivity.
- (iii) During  2017-18,  National  Production  target  of  35.50  million  tonnes  of oilseeds  kharif  -25.40  million  tonnes  and  Rabi-10.10  tonnes  has  been fixed.  As  per  1 st advance  estimates  of  DES  Achievement  of  20.6840 million tones has been reported during kharif 2017.
- (iv) The key interventions for promotion of Oilseeds during 2017-18 are summarized as below:-
-  Production  of  >6.60  lakhs  quintal  foundation/certified  seeds  of  various oilseeds through states and central agencies.
-  Distribution  of  >4.00  lakhs  quintal  certified  seeds  through  states  and central agencies.
-  Supply of >18.00 lakhs seed minikits of <10 years old varieties of oilseeds including >7.50 lakhs seed minikits of mustard with <5 years old varieties.
-  Cluster demonstrations over an area of 2.70 lakh hectares through State Department of Agriculture. Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) over an area of 29000 ha through ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad and network of 525 KVKs of ICAR located across the country.
-  Supply  of  >16000  farm  machineries,  2300  pump  sets,  about  190000 drip/sprinkler sets and creation of >12000 water harvesting structure.
-  Training of >1.21 lakhs farmers and extension workers.

##  Targeting Rice Fallow Areas (TRFA) in six  Eastern states:

A new sub-scheme under RKVY was launched in 15 districts of 6 Eastern states in Rabi, 2016-17 for utilization of rice fallows for cultivation of pulses and oilseeds. A project to cover 4.5 million ha area @ 1.5 million ha area every year for 3 years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20 targeting Rice fallow areas in  six  Eastern  states  namely  Assam,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal covering 40 districts and 4000 villages in these states has been implemented under NMOOP with a production target of 2.43 lakh ton of oilseeds every year.

## (v) Important  decisions  taken  by  the  Government  for  promotion  of oilseeds sector:

-  Enhancement of subsidy on water carrying pipes from Rs.25/- per mtr. to Rs.50/- per mtr.
-  Enhancement of subsidy from Rs. 1200/- per qtl. to Rs. 2500/- per qtl. for varieties of oilseeds except sesame, from Rs. 1200/- per qtl. to Rs. 2500/per qtl. for varieties of  sesame and from Rs. 2500/- per qtl. to Rs. 5000/per qtl. for hybrid seeds .

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