Lok Sabha Question No. 3420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Farmer Producer Organisation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3420

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATION

3420.  SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  किसान ½ãâ¨ããè

िल्याण be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO's) in the country as on date, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any policy for taxation of FPO's;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the funds allocated for promotion of FPO's during the current financial year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): Small  Farmers'  Agribusiness  Consortium  (SFAC),  a  registered  society  under Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, has helped 749 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in registering as companies. Statewise details are at Annexure-I .

Further, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is also promoting  FPOs.  NABARD  has  promoted  4004  FPOs  since  2014-15,  of  which  2062 FPOs are registered till date. State-wise details are at Annexure-II .

- (b) & (c): The Government has inserted Section 80PA in Income Tax Act through The  Finance  Act,  2018,  facilitating  full  tax  rebate  for  five  years  for  Farmer  Producer Companies with turnover less than one hundred crore rupees, from the profit and gains for  previous  year  relevant  to  assessment  year  commencing on or after the 1 st day  of April, 2019 but before the 1 st day of April, 2025.
- (d): In-principle approval has been accorded for promotion of 30 FPOs in the States of  Bihar,  Maharashtra  and  Uttar  Pradesh  for  the  current  financial  year  under  Central Sector Scheme of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) through SFAC.

Further, Producers' Organization Development and Upliftment Corpus (PRODUCE) Fund was created in NABARD by the Govt. of India during 2014-15, with a corpus of Rs.200 crore to be utilized for the promotion of 2000 FPOs. Under this Fund, NABARD  has  promoted  2154  FPOs  as  on  date  and  nurturing  of  these  FPOs  is continuing. Out of this, an amount of Rs.59.80 crore is proposed for utilization during 2018-19.

Annexure-I State-wise details of FPOs promoted by SFAC

| S.No   | State             |   No. of FPOs Registered |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                        7 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                        2 |
| 3      | Assam             |                       12 |
| 4      | Bihar             |                       27 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                       26 |
| 6      | Delhi             |                        4 |
| 7      | Goa               |                        2 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |                       20 |
| 9      | Haryana           |                       23 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  |                        5 |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir   |                        2 |
| 12     | Jharkhand         |                        8 |
| 13     | Karnataka         |                      119 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |                      135 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |                       85 |
| 16     | Manipur           |                        4 |
| 17     | Meghalaya         |                        3 |
| 18     | Mizoram           |                        1 |
| 19     | Nagaland          |                        2 |
| 20     | Odisha            |                       41 |
| 21     | Punjab            |                        7 |
| 22     | Rajasthan         |                       40 |
| 23     | Sikkim            |                       29 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        |                       11 |
| 25     | Telangana         |                       20 |
| 26     | Tripura           |                        4 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       |                        7 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                       35 |
| 29     | West Bengal       |                       68 |
| Total  | Total             |                      749 |

## Annexure-II

## Farmers Producer Organization (FPOs) promoted by NABARD - Status as on 31.07.2018

| Sr. No   | State             |   Number of FPO Promoted by NABARD |   Number of FPOs registered out of column 3 |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2                 |                                  3 |                                           4 |
| 1        | A & N Islands     |                                  5 |                                           3 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                182 |                                         103 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  2 |                                           0 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                 59 |                                          40 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                273 |                                         105 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                 69 |                                          54 |
| 7        | Goa               |                                  2 |                                           1 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |                                166 |                                         116 |
| 9        | Haryana           |                                 75 |                                          50 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 79 |                                          54 |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                 19 |                                          13 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |                                190 |                                          61 |
| 13       | Karnataka         |                                259 |                                         171 |
| 14       | Kerala            |                                137 |                                         103 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                361 |                                         160 |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |                                239 |                                         117 |
| 17       | Manipur           |                                  5 |                                           5 |
| 18       | Meghalaya         |                                  9 |                                           9 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |                                 19 |                                          15 |
| 20       | Odisha            |                                325 |                                         100 |
| 21       | Punjab            |                                 91 |                                          69 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |                                274 |                                         143 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |                                  4 |                                           4 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |                                226 |                                         169 |
| 25       | Telangana         |                                300 |                                          74 |
| 26       | Tripura           |                                  1 |                                           1 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                272 |                                         120 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                                 58 |                                          52 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |                                303 |                                         150 |
|          | TOTAL             |                               4004 |                                        2062 |

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