Lok Sabha Question No. 1993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Feed and Fodder Development Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1993 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2017

## FEED AND FODDER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

## 1993. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received a proposal from the State Government of Maharashtra under the Centrally sponsored Feed and Fodder Development Scheme;
- (b) if so, the number of proposals which have been sanctioned and the amount released by the Government so far; and
- (c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared and funds sanctioned by the Government?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) Yes.
- (b) The  Centrally  sponsored  Feed  and  Fodder  Development  Scheme  has  been  subsumed under National Livestock Mission (NLM) since 2014-15. The number of proposals which have been sanctioned and the amount released by the Government is given as below;

| Sl No.                                                          | Name of the Sub Mission / Component                             | GoI share sanctioned and released (Rs. In lakhs)                |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2016-17 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2016-17 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2016-17 |
| 1.                                                              | Distribution of power driven chaff cutter                       | 582.96                                                          |
| 2.                                                              | Establishment of silage making unit                             | 755.25                                                          |
| Total Release in 2016-17                                        | Total Release in 2016-17                                        | 1338.21 lakhs                                                   |
| Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2015-16 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2015-16 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2015-16 |
| 1                                                               | Distribution of power driven chaff cutter                       | 500.00                                                          |
| Total Release in 2015-16                                        | Total Release in 2015-16                                        | 500.00 lakhs                                                    |
| Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2014-15 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2014-15 | Sub mission on Feed and Fodder Development for the year 2014-15 |
| 1                                                               | Distribution of power driven chaff cutter                       | 157.135                                                         |
| Total Release in 2014-15                                        | Total Release in 2014-15                                        | 157.135 lakhs                                                   |

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