Lok Sabha Question No. 3965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Modern Spinning Mills
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: LADU KISHORE SWAIN

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3965

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## MODERN SPINNING MILLS

3965.  SHRI LADU KISHORE SWAIN:

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

- (a) the details of steps taken by the Government to provide necessary support to establish modern spinning mill for the interest of cotton farmers in the State of Odisha;
- (b) whether Cotton Corporation of India has any plan to open a branch at Bhawanipatana, the epicentre of cotton production in Odisha;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the ICAR  has  any  plans  to upgrade  the All India  Coordinated  Cotton Improvement  Project  from  sub-centre  to  a  full-fledged  AICCIP  centre  at  Bhawanipatana, Kalahandi in Odisha and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government has any plans to provide incentives  to organic  producers  of cotton in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): The  Ministry  of  Textiles  has  informed  that  the  Central  Government  does  not  set-up textile unit/industry including modern spinning mill in any part of the country including Odisha. The role of  the  Government  is  to  provide  conducive  policy  environment,  facilitate  creation  of enabling  conditions  for  the  industry  and  private  entrepreneurs  to  set-up  manufacturing  units including modern spinning mill.

Government  has  been  assisting  entrepreneurs  to  set-up  textile  unit  under  various programme  and  schemes  such  as  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme,  Scheme  for Integrated  Textile  Parks,  PowerTex  India,  a  Comprehensive  Scheme  for  Powerloom  Sector, etc.  The benefit of above schemes is available across the States/regions of the country;

- (b) & (c): The  Cotton  Corporation  of  India has  already  established  branch  office at Rayagada  in  the  State  of  Odisha  and  has  opened  adequate  procurement  centres  to  cover maximum cotton farmers in the State.  As Bhawanipatana (District Headquarter of Kalahandi District) does not have any market yard of cotton, the cotton farmers of Bhawanipatana bring their  cotton  in  nearby  Regulated  Market  Yards  (RMC)  viz,  Kesinga  and  Karlpada  where  the Corporation has already opened its procurement centres.

(d): In the EFC for the year 2017-2020, the Bhawanipatna centre in Kalahandi, Odisha has been upgraded to Main Centre with four staff position, i.e. three scientists and one technical.

(e): As per the report of the State Government of Odisha, incentive to organic producers of cotton  is  not  yet  initiated  in  the  state  during  the  year  2017-18.    However,  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW, Government of India) is implementing the  schemes  viz;    'Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana'  (PKVY)  and  Mission  Organic  Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) and National Centre of Organic Farming  (NCOF),  Ghaziabad,  a  subordinate  office  of  DAC&FW  has  developed  a  Waste Decomposer to promote Organic farming, to improve soil fertility and to curb use of hazardous chemical  in  agriculture  organic  produce.    The  schemes  provide  support  for  agriculture  & horticulture crops including cotton.

PKVY is  implemented  on  a  cluster  basis  of  20  hectare  each.    The  farmer  within  the cluster is given financial assistance upto a maximum of 1 ha and the limit of assistance is Rs. 50,000 per ha during the conversion period of 3 years.  In order to implement the PKVY in the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 226.19 crore, Rs. 152.19 crore and Rs. 156.33 crore has been released respectively, to the States.

Realizing  the  potential  of  organic  farming  in  the  North  Eastern  Region  of  the  country, Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  has  launched  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  entitled 'Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)'  for implementation  in  the  states  of  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.  The scheme aims at development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value  chain  starting  from  inputs,  seeds,  certification  and  creation  of  facilities  for  collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiative.  The  scheme  was approved with an outlay of Rs. 400 crore for three years.

Under  MOVCDNER  assistance  is  provided  for  cluster  development,  on/off  farm  input production, supply of seeds/planting materials, setting up of functional infrastructure, establishment of integrated processing unit, refrigerated transportation, pre-cooling/cold stores chamber, branding labeling and packaging, hiring of space, hand holdings, organic certification through third party, mobilization of farmers/processors etc.

In  order  to  implement  the  MOVCDNER  during  2015-16,  2016-17  and  2017-18,  an amount of Rs.112.11 crore, Rs.47.63 crore and Rs.61.31 crore has been released respectively to the North Eastern States.

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