Lok Sabha Question No. 2449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Training to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2449

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## TRAINING TO FARMERS

2449.      SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष  एवं  कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any measures for use of modern agricultural equipment and to provide training in modern technologies to farmers to achieve higher agricultural production and productivity with lower cost across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b):    To provide training on modern agricultural equipments, Government has set up four numbers of Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs) which are located at Budni (Madhya Pradesh), Hisar (Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh) and Biswanath  Chariali  (Assam).    The  number  of  trainees  trained  state-wise  by  these institutes during the last 3 years is enclosed as Annexure-I.

The Government has also introduced Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)  w.e.f.  April  2014,  under  which  also  assistance  to  all  State  Governments  is provided to conduct training programmes through identified institutes and implementing agencies.

Central Institute of Agricultural  Engineering  (CIAE),  ICAR,  Bhopal  is  also conducting regular training programmes for farmers in the field of farm mechanization and total 18603 nos. of trainees trained in various training programme by the institute during the last three years.

Government  has  also  introduced  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  on  'Support  to State Extension Programs for Extension Reforms (ATMA)' which is under implementation in  676  districts  of 29  states  &  3  UTs  of  the country  since,  2005.  The scheme promotes decentralized farmer-driven and farmer-accountable extension system.  Under  the  scheme  grants-in-aid  is  released  to  the  state  treasury  with  an objective to support State Governments efforts to revitalize the extension system  and making  available   the latest agricultural technologies and practices in different thematic

areas including modern technology to farmers to achieve higher agricultural production and productivity with lower cost across the country. Extension activities include Farmers Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, Kisan Mela, Mobilization of Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs) and organizing Farm Schools etc. Status of Farmers benefitted through different extension activities under the Scheme for the last three years is enclosed at Annexure-II to IV.

'Mera  Gaon  Mera  Gaurav'  scheme  is  also  launched  by  Government  of  India (ICAR)  to  develop  direct,  linkage  between  farmers  and  the  scientists,  the  groups comprised  scientists,  from  different  disciplines  and  each  group  visited  the  adopted villages frequently and interacted with the farmers and the village head to discuss and identify the problems being faced by the farmers and the village in agriculture and allied sectors.

- (c): Does not arise.

| State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | State wise nos No.of trainees trained at Farm Machinery Training &Testing Institutes (FMTTIs)   | Annexure                      | Annexure                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl.No.                                                                                          | States                                                                                          |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | No. of Trainees                                                                                 | No. of Trainees                                                                                 | No. of Trainees                                                                                 | trained                                                                                         | No. of Trainees                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                               |                               |
|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | CFMTTI,Budni                                                                                    | CFMTTI,Budni                                                                                    | CFMTTI,Budni                                                                                    | NRFMTTI, Hisar                                                                                  | NRFMTTI, Hisar                                                                                  | NRFMTTI, Hisar                                                                                  | SRFMTTI , Garladinne                                                                            | SRFMTTI , Garladinne                                                                            | NERFMTTI, Bishwanath Chariali                                                                   | NERFMTTI, Bishwanath Chariali | NERFMTTI, Bishwanath Chariali |
|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 2014-15                                                                                         | 2015 -16                                                                                        | 2016-17                                                                                         | 2014-15                                                                                         | 2015- 16                                                                                        | 2016- 17                                                                                        | 2014- 15 2015- 16                                                                               | 2016- 17                                                                                        | 2014- 15                                                                                        | 2015- 16                      | 2016-17                       |
| 1                                                                                               | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 2                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | 6                                                                                               | 7                                                                                               | 7                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 13                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 1033 1880                                                                                       | 1490                                                                                            | 1                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 3                                                                                               | Assam                                                                                           | 10                                                                                              | 8                                                                                               | 4                                                                                               | 09                                                                                              | 10                                                                                              | 09                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 478                                                                                             | 407                           | 542                           |
| 4                                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 02                                                                                              | 03                                                                                              | 01                                                                                              | 1 0                                                                                             | 1                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 231                           | 138                           |
| 5                                                                                               | Bihar                                                                                           | 49                                                                                              | 38                                                                                              | 60                                                                                              | 86                                                                                              | 08                                                                                              | 13                                                                                              | 11 5                                                                                            | 3                                                                                               | 9                                                                                               | 1                             | 1                             |
| 6                                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                                    | 62                                                                                              | 59                                                                                              | 103                                                                                             | 61                                                                                              | 79                                                                                              | 86                                                                                              | 22 0                                                                                            | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 7                                                                                               | Chandigarh                                                                                      | 2                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 01                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 8                                                                                               | Delhi                                                                                           | 1                                                                                               | 6                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 04                                                                                              | 01                                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 9                                                                                               | Goa                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 60                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 10                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                         | 129                                                                                             | 63                                                                                              | 103                                                                                             | 16                                                                                              | 18                                                                                              | 32                                                                                              | 12 0                                                                                            | 6                                                                                               | 20                                                                                              | 12                            | 21                            |
| 11                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                         | 25                                                                                              | 31                                                                                              | 20                                                                                              | 964                                                                                             | 1282                                                                                            | 1688                                                                                            | 9 13                                                                                            | 10                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 12                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                | 0                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 01                                                                                              | 01                                                                                              | 03                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 13                                                                                              | J&K                                                                                             | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 01                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 14                                                                                              | 2 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 14                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                       | 17                                                                                              | 7                                                                                               | 6                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 21                                                                                              | 03                                                                                              | 3 2                                                                                             | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 15                                                                                              | Kerala                                                                                          | 0                                                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 62 43                                                                                           | 43                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 16                                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                                       | 2                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 6                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 337 258                                                                                         | 295                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 17                                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                                     | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 7                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 18                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                  | 1049                                                                                            | 1248                                                                                            | 1949                                                                                            | 70                                                                                              | 97                                                                                              | 116                                                                                             | 11 1                                                                                            | 15                                                                                              | 14                                                                                              | 33                            | 38                            |
| 19                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                     | 402                                                                                             | 246                                                                                             | 377                                                                                             | 207                                                                                             | 75                                                                                              | 270                                                                                             | 18 16                                                                                           | 35                                                                                              | 75                                                                                              | 36                            | 137                           |
| 20                                                                                              | Manipur                                                                                         | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 4                                                                                               | 160                                                                                             | 111                           | 26                            |
| 21                                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                                       | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 4                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 2                             | 0                             |
| 22                                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                                         | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 1 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 4                                                                                               | 4                             | 0                             |
| 23                                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                                        | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 1 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 16                                                                                              | 14                            | 47                            |
| 24                                                                                              | Odisha                                                                                          | 21                                                                                              | 2                                                                                               | 19                                                                                              | 14                                                                                              | 17                                                                                              | 10                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                             | 5                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 25                                                                                              | Punjab                                                                                          | 23                                                                                              | 21                                                                                              | 13                                                                                              | 03                                                                                              | 13                                                                                              | 33                                                                                              | 0 18                                                                                            | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 26                                                                                              | Pondicherry                                                                                     | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | o                                                                                               | 0 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 27                                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                                       | 77                                                                                              | 56                                                                                              | 121                                                                                             | 25 0                                                                                            | 169                                                                                             | 75                                                                                              | 5 8                                                                                             | 4                                                                                               | 6                                                                                               | 4                             | 11                            |
| 28                                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                                          | 10                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 1                                                                                               |                                                                                                 | 01                                                                                              | 02                                                                                              | 3 10                                                                                            | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 1                             | 5                             |
| 29                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                      | 54                                                                                              | 54                                                                                              | 47                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 01                                                                                              | 42 72                                                                                           | 514                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 0                             | 0                             |
| 30                                                                                              | Telangana                                                                                       | 1                                                                                               | 3                                                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 04                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 62 43                                                                                           | 92                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 1                             | 0                             |
| 31                                                                                              | Tripura                                                                                         | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                                               |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 04                                                                                              | 1 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                               | 5                                                                                               | 2                             | 0                             |
| 32                                                                                              |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                               | 01                                                                                              | 0                                                                                               | 45                                                                                              |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 32                                                                                              |                               |                               |
|                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                   | 236                                                                                             | 205                                                                                             | 168                                                                                             | 429                                                                                             | 326                                                                                             | 331                                                                                             | 15                                                                                              | 24                                                                                              |                                                                                                 | 38                            | 14                            |
| 34                                                                                              | West Bengal TOTAL                                                                               | 24 2223                                                                                         | 6 2082                                                                                          | 10 3046                                                                                         | 07                                                                                              | 21 2183                                                                                         | 20                                                                                              | 6 7                                                                                             | 5                                                                                               | 1 823                                                                                           | 16 913                        | 13 993                        |
|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 1917                                                                                            |                                                                                                 | 2725                                                                                            | 1690 2407                                                                                       | 2614                                                                                            |                                                                                                 |                               |                               |

## Farmer oriented activities (2014-15)

## Annexure-II

| S. N0.   | STATE       | EXPO-VISIT   | EXPO-VISIT   | TRAINING   | TRAINING   | DEMO.   | DEMO.   | KISAN MELAS   | KISAN MELAS   | TOTAL   | TOTAL   | FIGs Mobilized   | Farm Schools   |
|----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|------------|------------|---------|---------|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|------------------|----------------|
| S. N0.   | STATE       | M            | F            | M          | F          | M       | F       | M             | F             | M       | F       | FIGs Mobilized   | Farm Schools   |
| 1        | 2           | 3            | 4            | 5          | 6          | 7       | 8       | 9             | 10            | 11      | 12      | 13               | 14             |
| 1        | Andhra Pr.  | 950          | 400          | 43331      | 19087      | 2462    | 1305    | 15798         | 7763          | 62541   | 28555   | 273              | 93             |
| 2        | Bihar       | 33376        | 7868         | 159342     | 31717      | 334919  | 54522   | 60374         | 11192         | 588011  | 105299  | 2473             | 1217           |
| 3        | Chhatisgarh | 7934         | 2591         | 14694      | 6695       | 13216   | 1664    | 132551        | 67541         | 168395  | 78491   | 180              | 266            |
| 4        | Gujarat     | 62011        | 35087        | 96911      | 41967      | 33979   | 12440   | 146933        | 42637         | 339834  | 132131  | 2420             | 988            |
| 5        | Haryana     | 14550        | 2055         | 6821       | 3160       | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 21371   | 5215    | 1                | 200            |
| 6        | H.P         | 429          | 444          | 1859       | 1156       | 3364    | 934     | 15729         | 12085         | 21381   | 14619   | 78               | 78             |
| 7        | J & K       | 2115         | 0            | 7389       | 0          | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 9504    | 0       | 0                | 25             |
| 8        | Jharkhand   | 9191         | 2702         | 12135      | 3525       | 15580   | 5155    | 37498         | 9230          | 74404   | 20612   | 532              | 560            |
| 9        | Karnataka   | 16193        | 6909         | 7229       | 3097       | 3930    | 1645    | 5530          | 2370          | 32882   | 14021   | 46               | 22             |
| 10       | Kerala      | 9446         | 4334         | 24101      | 15889      | 3009    | 1830    | 24606         | 17689         | 61162   | 39742   | 429              | 417            |
| 11       | Maharashtra | 7792         | 3337         | 24020      | 10298      | 15482   | 6634    | 106066        | 11602         | 153360  | 31871   | 7020             | 576            |
| 12       | M.P.        | 28941        | 4435         | 27149      | 5891       | 15757   | 4184    | 153796        | 29790         | 225643  | 44300   | 5112             | 942            |
| 13       | Orissa      | 3766         | 1034         | 6396       | 6110       | 15773   | 4227    | 88355         | 10519         | 114290  | 21890   | 0                | 0              |
| 14       | Punjab      | 5815         | 1343         | 17529      | 1272       | 4337    | 345     | 50570         | 918           | 78251   | 3878    | 42               | 10             |
| 15       | Rajasthan   | 9595         | 6396         | 8583       | 2826       | 13071   | 3962    | 37654         | 5663          | 68903   | 18883   | 1817             | 685            |
| 16       | Telangana   | 5749         | 2464         | 7981       | 12332      | 2227    | 955     | 36802         | 15773         | 52759   | 31524   | 417              | 49             |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu  | 9054         | 3691         | 31643      | 13467      | 10513   | 4505    | 13445         | 5605          | 64655   | 27268   | 925              | 655            |
| 18       | U.P         | 13488        | 5780         | 50525      | 21654      | 17347   | 7438    | 136772        | 59650         | 218132  | 94522   | 1480             | 1641           |
| 19       | Uttarakhand | 3866         | 1516         | 4980       | 2254       | 3576    | 715     | 9310          | 2738          | 21732   | 7223    | 125              | 123            |
| 20       | W.B         | 7218         | 810          | 12918      | 4243       | 0       | 0       | 5067          | 1900          | 25203   | 6953    | 0                | 277            |
| 21       | Assam       | 451          | 191          | 3969       | 1956       | 616     | 313     | 251           | 78            | 5287    | 2538    | 116              | 62             |
| 22       | Aru. Prad.  | 3621         | 2412         | 9243       | 4977       | 0       | 0       | 33650         | 16890         | 46514   | 24279   | 0                | 119            |
| 23       | Manipur     | 3893         | 1672         | 735        | 208        | 57      | 23      | 315           | 135           | 5000    | 2038    | 240              | 0              |
| 24       | Meghalaya   | 300          | 240          | 600        | 570        | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 900     | 810     | 20               | 17             |
| 25       | Mizoram     | 112          | 48           | 770        | 330        | 910     | 390     | 420           | 180           | 2212    | 948     | 0                | 26             |
| 26       | Nagaland    | 952          | 1711         | 5587       | 2510       | 6971    | 6873    | 50491         | 29317         | 64001   | 40411   | 104              | 104            |
| 27       | Tripura     | 1273         | 0            | 1877       | 0          | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 3150.2  | 0       | 0                | 26             |
| 28       | Sikkim      | 548          | 135          | 5880       | 195        | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 6428    | 330     | 0                | 31             |
| 29       | Delhi       | 0            | 0            | 0          | 0          | 0       | 0       | 0             | 0             | 0       | 0 1127  | 0 31             | 0              |
| 30       | Puducherry  | 215          | 70           | 928        | 340        | 710     | 632     | 430           | 85            | 2283    |         |                  | 8              |
| 31       | A&N         | 0            | 0            | 173        | 107        | 686     | 341     | 1925          | 1623          | 2784    | 2071    | 0                | 2              |
|          | Total       | 262844       | 99675        | 595298     | 217833     | 518492  | 121032  | 1164338       | 362973        | 2540972 | 801513  | 23881            | 9219           |

362519

813131

639524

1527311

M= Number of male farmers, F= Number of female farmers. FIG =Farmers Interest Groups

3342485

| Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Farmer oriented activities (2015-16)   | Annexure-III   | Annexure-III   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| S. N0.                                 | STATE                                  | EXPO-VISIT                             | EXPO-VISIT                             | TRAINING                               | TRAINING                               | DEMO.                                  | DEMO.                                  | KISAN MELAS                            | KISAN MELAS                            | TOTAL FIGs                             | TOTAL FIGs     | Farm           |
| S. N0.                                 | STATE                                  | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F M                                    | F                                      | Mobilized      | Schools        |
| 1                                      | 2                                      | 3                                      | 4                                      | 5                                      | 6                                      | 7                                      | 8                                      | 9                                      | 10                                     | 11 12                                  | 13             | 14             |
| 1                                      | Andhra Pr.                             | 8415                                   | 3170                                   | 38079                                  | 19710                                  | 2972                                   | 1465                                   | 10548 5080                             | 60014                                  | 29425                                  | 635            | 96             |
| 2                                      | Bihar                                  | 25782                                  | 5547                                   | 96450                                  | 31929                                  | 252652                                 | 41129                                  | 23005                                  | 4744                                   | 397889 83349                           | 1566           | 1085           |
| 3                                      | Chhatisgarh                            | 19073                                  | 2199                                   | 26432                                  | 4415                                   | 11579                                  | 2056                                   | 35844 5460                             | 92928                                  | 14130                                  | 175            | 275            |
| 4                                      | Gujarat                                | 72198                                  | 40343                                  | 82301                                  | 39496                                  | 24284                                  | 9552                                   | 97405 45653                            | 276188                                 | 135044                                 | 1951           | 753            |
| 5                                      | Haryana                                | 2250                                   | 350                                    | 6560                                   | 570                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1450                                   | 450 10260                              | 1370                                   | 2              | 28             |
| 6                                      | H.P                                    | 3815                                   | 2293                                   | 10243                                  | 8545                                   | 5370                                   | 2872                                   | 21318 10254                            | 40746                                  | 23964                                  | 330            | 147            |
| 7                                      | J & K                                  | 90                                     | 0                                      | 8688                                   | 0                                      | 44                                     | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0 8823                                 | 0                                      | 87             | 84             |
| 8                                      | Jharkhand                              | 4891                                   | 1323                                   | 6095                                   | 1966                                   | 2254                                   | 609                                    | 20813 9384                             | 34053                                  | 13282                                  | 104            | 366            |
| 9                                      | Karnataka                              | 17395                                  | 5798                                   | 32292                                  | 15900                                  | 839                                    | 359                                    | 50250 24750                            | 100776                                 | 46807                                  | 165            | 42             |
| 10                                     | Kerala                                 | 1910                                   | 966                                    | 7072                                   | 5282                                   | 1469                                   | 841                                    | 28750 12650                            | 39201                                  | 19739                                  | 81             | 311            |
| 11                                     | Maharashtra                            | 9671                                   | 4145                                   | 44598                                  | 19114                                  | 15861                                  | 6798 67770                             | 29045                                  | 137900                                 | 59102                                  | 2387           | 410            |
| 12                                     | M.P.                                   | 15048                                  | 2421                                   | 12039                                  | 6002                                   | 10142                                  | 1243 59773                             | 8347                                   | 97002                                  | 18013                                  | 5159           | 1300           |
| 13                                     | Orissa                                 | 4977                                   | 2223                                   | 41237                                  | 7213                                   | 28101                                  | 4903                                   | 605                                    | 145 74920                              | 14484                                  | 670            | 628            |
| 14                                     | Punjab                                 | 6027                                   | 123                                    | 11958                                  | 750                                    | 3932                                   | 307                                    | 50038 5623                             | 71955                                  | 6803                                   | 9              | 916            |
| 15                                     | Rajasthan                              | 17461                                  | 2908                                   | 21968                                  | 6279                                   | 17334                                  | 7286                                   | 35390 6459                             | 92153                                  | 22932                                  | 729            | 726            |
| 16                                     | Telangana                              | 5366                                   | 2300                                   | 38675                                  | 16576                                  | 1751                                   | 750 25246                              | 11493                                  | 71038                                  | 31119                                  | 245            | 58             |
| 17                                     | Tamil Nadu                             | 5480                                   | 1980                                   | 110514                                 | 47126                                  | 4991                                   | 1753 58000                             | 26000                                  | 178985                                 | 76859                                  | 0              | 794            |
| 18                                     | U.P                                    | 30686                                  | 7305                                   | 62276                                  | 26571                                  | 13942                                  | 5975 109340                            | 46860                                  | 216244                                 | 86711                                  | 1677           | 2926           |
| 19                                     | Uttarakhand                            | 5744                                   | 1969                                   | 7390                                   | 3782                                   | 2023 651                               | 11772                                  | 7142                                   | 26929                                  | 13544                                  | 213            | 240            |
| 20                                     | W.B                                    | 6190                                   | 3590                                   | 59750                                  | 24000                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1261                                   | 539 67201                              | 28129                                  | 800            | 350            |
| 21                                     | Assam                                  | 1846                                   | 464                                    | 2940                                   | 1268                                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0 4786                                 | 1732                                   | 56             | 223            |
| 22                                     | Aru. Prad.                             | 117                                    | 78                                     | 11232                                  | 7488                                   | 9136                                   | 6090                                   | 220                                    | 176 20705                              | 13832                                  | 18             | 710            |
| 23                                     | Manipur                                | 1344                                   | 576                                    | 900                                    | 300                                    | 126                                    | 54                                     | 0                                      | 0 2370                                 | 930                                    | 120            | 0              |
| 24                                     | Meghalaya                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 400                                    | 560                                    | 0                                      | 0 0                                    | 0                                      | 400                                    | 560                                    | 18             | 9              |
| 25                                     | Mizoram                                | 224                                    | 96                                     | 1143                                   | 491                                    | 455                                    | 195 140                                | 60                                     | 1962                                   | 842                                    | 42             | 16             |
| 26                                     | Nagaland                               | 906                                    | 434                                    | 7114                                   | 5058                                   | 16158 20563                            | 20934                                  | 11786                                  | 45112                                  | 37841                                  | 296            | 126            |
| 27                                     | Tripura                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 145                                    | 70                                     | 635                                    | 240                                    | 0                                      | 0 780                                  | 310                                    | 240            | 10             |
| 28                                     | Sikkim                                 | 412                                    | 203                                    | 3422                                   | 1693                                   | 924                                    | 396                                    | 454 266                                | 5212                                   | 2558                                   | 82             | 31             |
| 29                                     | Delhi                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0 0                                    | 0                                      | 0              | 0              |
| 30                                     | Puducherry                             | 225                                    | 6                                      | 703                                    | 103                                    | 131 210                                |                                        | 177                                    | 14 1236                                | 333                                    | 11             | 3              |
| 31                                     | A&N Total                              | 0 267543                               | 4 92814                                | 1480 754096                            | 1045 303302                            | 2750 429855 118780                     | 2483                                   | 2650 1950 733154 274330                | 2184648                                | 6880 5482 789226                       | 0 17868        | 4 12667        |
|                                        | 360357                                 | 360357                                 | 360357                                 | 1057398 548635                         | 1057398 548635                         | 1057398 548635                         | 1057398 548635                         | 1007484                                | 1007484                                | 2973874                                | 2973874        | 2973874        |

M= Number of male farmers, F= Number of female farmers.  FIG= Farmers Interest Group

|        |             | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Farmer oriented activities (2016-17)   | Annexure-IV   | Annexure-IV   | Annexure-IV   | Annexure-IV   |
|--------|-------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| S. N0. | STATE       | EXPO-VISIT                             | EXPO-VISIT                             | TRAINING                               | TRAINING                               | DEMO.                                  | DEMO.                                  | KISAN MELAS                            | KISAN MELAS                            | TOTAL         | TOTAL         | FIGs          | Farm          |
|        |             | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F                                      | M                                      | F                                      | M             | F             | Mobilized     | Schools       |
| 1      | 2           | 3                                      | 4                                      | 5                                      | 6                                      | 7                                      | 8                                      | 9                                      | 10                                     | 11            | 12            | 13            | 14            |
| 1      | Andhra Pr.  | 4981                                   | 1984                                   | 66798                                  | 34293                                  | 6753                                   | 3321                                   | 31024                                  | 13742                                  | 109556        | 53340         | 468           | 83            |
| 2      | Bihar       | 18689                                  | 4458                                   | 54316                                  | 13792                                  | 44219                                  | 10394                                  | 23275                                  | 4892                                   | 140499        | 33536         | 1238          | 975           |
| 3      | Chhatisgarh | 21116                                  | 3089                                   | 33123                                  | 6693                                   | 16039                                  | 2504                                   | 22521                                  | 5830                                   | 92799         | 18116         | 147           | 265           |
| 4      | Gujarat     | 47757                                  | 32122                                  | 65178                                  | 37553                                  | 21037                                  | 14182                                  | 93862                                  | 41051                                  | 227834        | 124908        | 2318          | 387           |
| 5      | Haryana     | 11775                                  | 2980                                   | 3920                                   | 1030                                   | 150                                    | 0                                      | 35500                                  | 2500                                   | 51345         | 6510          | 0             | 70            |
| 6      | H.P         | 1880                                   | 1353                                   | 5433                                   | 3082                                   | 2672                                   | 1416                                   | 10523                                  | 7371                                   | 20508         | 13222         | 153           | 115           |
| 7      | J & K       | 8299                                   | 0                                      | 27615                                  | 0                                      | 3754                                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 39668         | 0             | 54            | 32            |
| 8      | Jharkhand   | 4572                                   | 1524                                   | 6485                                   | 2743                                   | 2127                                   | 839                                    | 22240                                  | 8779                                   | 35424         | 13885         | 214           | 435           |
| 9      | Karnataka   | 38514                                  | 8650                                   | 35335                                  | 12220                                  | 870                                    | 0                                      | 124599                                 | 60001                                  | 199318        | 80871         | 339           | 45            |
| 10     | Kerala      | 346                                    | 169                                    | 1093                                   | 954                                    | 210                                    | 67                                     | 1279                                   | 688                                    | 2928          | 1878          | 47            | 88            |
| 11     | Maharashtra | 21147                                  | 9064                                   | 36587                                  | 15890                                  | 11253                                  | 4823                                   | 21631                                  | 9272                                   | 90618         | 39049         | 1578          | 432           |
| 12     | M.P.        | 16871                                  | 5319                                   | 30164                                  | 12554                                  | 5441                                   | 650                                    | 206226                                 | 36915                                  | 258702        | 55438         | 3912          | 1266          |
| 13     | Orissa      | 9311                                   | 4516                                   | 34098                                  | 6798                                   | 20797                                  | 3150                                   | 54201                                  | 10099                                  | 118407        | 24563         | 1256          | 628           |
| 14     | Punjab      | 4962                                   | 117                                    | 11412                                  | 659                                    | 857                                    | 60                                     | 48865                                  | 2137                                   | 66096         | 2973          | 2             | 25            |
| 15     | Rajasthan   | 49317                                  | 2200                                   | 24417                                  | 5609                                   | 33443                                  | 8704                                   | 51478                                  | 12227                                  | 158655        | 28740         | 581           | 733           |
| 16     | Telangana   | 10209                                  | 4377                                   | 21830                                  | 9355                                   | 989                                    | 423                                    | 15150                                  | 6768                                   | 48178         | 20923         | 142           | 51            |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu  | 8372                                   | 3238                                   | 143244                                 | 61256                                  | 1647                                   | 641                                    | 3500                                   | 1500                                   | 156763        | 66635         | 610           | 652           |
| 18     | U.P         | 19514                                  | 7944                                   | 45730                                  | 19464                                  | 13314                                  | 5969                                   | 152906                                 | 63974                                  | 231464        | 97351         | 1940          | 3045          |
| 19     | Uttarakhand | 4855                                   | 2075                                   | 6963                                   | 3346                                   | 1791                                   | 545                                    | 18850                                  | 10482                                  | 32459         | 16448         | 152           | 239           |
| 20     | W.B         | 15765                                  | 2394                                   | 163525                                 | 70079                                  | 20790                                  | 8910                                   | 7731                                   | 10570                                  | 207811        | 91953         | 1375          | 1318          |
| 21     | Assam       | 67                                     | 35                                     | 327                                    | 248                                    | 690                                    | 328                                    | 144                                    | 80                                     | 1228          | 691           | 85            | 15            |
| 22     | Aru. Prad.  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 7238                                   | 3102                                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 4200                                   | 1800                                   | 11438         | 4902          | 0             | 140           |
| 23     | Manipur     | 2286                                   | 979                                    | 2454                                   | 1049                                   | 589                                    | 253                                    | 470                                    | 205                                    | 5799          | 2486          | 840           | 180           |
| 24     | Meghalaya   | 219                                    | 232                                    | 356                                    | 403                                    | 235                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 810           | 635           | 2             | 16            |
| 25     | Mizoram     | 630                                    | 270                                    | 1148                                   | 492                                    | 2548                                   | 1092                                   | 140                                    | 60                                     | 4466          | 1914          | 254           | 65            |
| 26     | Nagaland    | 195                                    | 103                                    | 2895                                   | 1795                                   | 5221                                   | 7694                                   | 22068                                  | 13664                                  | 30379         | 23256         | 148           | 74            |
| 27     | Tripura     | 875                                    | 0                                      | 3437                                   | 0                                      | 1344                                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 5656          | 0             | 0             | 15            |
| 28     | Sikkim      | 979                                    | 731                                    | 1524                                   | 3093                                   | 963                                    | 1957                                   | 2533                                   | 1247                                   | 5999          | 7028          | 23            | 61            |
| 29     | Delhi       | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 30     | Puducherry  | 190                                    | 36                                     | 1190                                   | 295                                    | 379                                    | 204                                    | 1293                                   | 79                                     | 3052          | 614           | 7             | 4             |
| 31     | A&N         | 50                                     | 25                                     | 1219                                   | 917                                    | 1134                                   | 737                                    | 4701                                   | 1911                                   | 7104          | 3590          | 5             | 5             |
| 32     | Goa         | 400                                    | 80                                     | 350                                    | 79                                     | 480                                    | 70                                     | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1230          | 229           | 0             | 0             |
|        | Total       | 324143                                 | 100064                                 | 839404                                 | 328843                                 | 221736                                 | 78933                                  | 980910                                 | 327844                                 | 2366193       | 835684        | 17890         | 11459         |

424207

1168247

M= Number of male farmers, F= Number of female farmers.

FIG= Farmers Interest Group

300669

1308754

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