Lok Sabha Question No. 5918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Modification in Agro Forestry Policy
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5918

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  3 RD  APRIL, 2018

## MODIFICATION IN AGRO FORESTRY POLICY

5918. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  scheme  to  amend/modify  agroforestry policy to increase the income of farmers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering to include the wood prepared by agroforestry in the category of agricultural products;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government is also considering to include medicinal/herbal plants, beauty  products  and  honey  in  the  category  of  agricultural  products,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): Government  has  formulated  the  National  Agroforestry  Policy-2014.  As recommended therein, a Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) was launched in the year 2016-17 to  encourage  tree  plantation  on  farm  land  with  aim  of  'Har  Medh  Par  Ped', along with crops/ cropping system. The scheme is being implemented in those States /UTs which have liberalized transit regulations for selected tree species. 21 States have notified  such  regulations.  Agroforestry  helps  in  encouraging  and  expanding  tree plantation in complimentary and integrated manner with crops and livestock to improve productivity, supplement income and improving livelihoods of farmers. Under the SMAF, multipurpose tree species with short, medium and long term returns are encouraged, so that farmers may get additional income at regular intervals.
- (c) to (e): As per information available, wood, bamboo, honey and medicinal plants are scheduled agricultural produce in the APMC Act of some States, details of which are placed at Annexure-I.

The Model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017 provides for setting up special commodity markets inter alia for medicinal and aromatic plants.

## Annexure-I

## Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 5918 for 03.04.2018

| Wood             | Bamboo            | Honey          | Medicinal Plants   |
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
| Punjab           | Arunachal Pradesh | Tripura        | Madhya Pradesh     |
| Haryana          | Assam             | Gujarat        | Mizoram            |
| Karnataka        | Chhattisgarh      | Andhra Pradesh | Chhattisgarh       |
| Goa              | Haryana           | Goa            |                    |
| West Bengal      | Karnataka         | Uttar Pradesh  |                    |
| Assam            | Madhya Pradesh    | Odisha         |                    |
| Uttar Pradesh    | Maharashtra       | Delhi          |                    |
| Sikkim           | Meghalaya         | West Bengal    |                    |
| Mizoram          | Punjab            |                |                    |
| Gujarat          | Rajasthan         |                |                    |
| Meghalaya        | Tamil Nadu        |                |                    |
| Delhi            | Tripura           |                |                    |
| Himachal Pradesh | West Bengal       |                |                    |
|                  | Delhi             |                |                    |

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