Lok Sabha Question No. 1805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Oil Palm Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1805

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  6 TH  MARCH, 2018

## OIL PALM PRODUCTION

1805.  DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the details of area under oil palm cultivation and the additional area added under the Palm Mission, State/UT wise;
- (b) whether the  domestic palm oil  production  has  increased since  the  inception  of the Palm Mission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the amount of funds allocated to the State of Gujarat and the progress made of thereunder since inception?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): The details of area coverage under oil palm cultivation through various schemes since 1992-93 are given below:

| Schemes                                                    | Year of Implementation     |   Area (Ha) | Coverage   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------|------------|
| Technical Mission on Oilseeds and Pulses (TMOP)            | 1992-93 to 2003-04         |       70649 |            |
| Integrated Scheme on Oilseeds, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM) | 2004-05 to 2013-14         |      120578 |            |
| Oil Palm Area Expansion (OPAE)                             | 2011-12 to 2013-14         |       77715 |            |
| National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)          | 2014-15 to 2017-18 (Cont.) |       59188 |            |
| Total                                                      | Total                      |      328130 |            |

Details State-wise and Scheme-wise area covered under oil palm cultivation upto 2017-18 are given at Annexure-I.

- (b): The production of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs) and Crude Palm Oil (CPO) which were 0.21 lakh tonnes and 0.013 lakh tonnes in 1992-93 have been increased to 12.89 lakh tonnes and 2.20 lakh tonnes during 2016-17 respectively.
- (c): An amount of Rs. 7.23 crore was allocated to the state of Gujarat from 2007-08 to 2017-18  for  oil  palm  development  programme.  During  the  said  period  oil  palm  area

coverage in the state is 5017 ha. Year wise fund allocation and area coverage is given at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

## State-wise and Scheme-wise Area Covered under Oil Palm Cultivation as on date

(Area in Hectare)

| S.No.   | States            |   TMOP (1992-93 to 2003-04) |   ISOPOM (2004-05 to 2013-14) |   OPAE (2011-12 to 2013-14) |   NMOOP (2014-15 to 2017-18) (Cont.) |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                       29514 |                         65165 |                       41308 |                                25311 |  161298 |
| 2       | Karnataka         |                        9753 |                         18931 |                        9685 |                                 4991 |   43360 |
| 3       | Tamil Nadu        |                       12589 |                         11389 |                        4511 |                                 2411 |   30900 |
| 4       | Gujarat           |                         696 |                          1984 |                        1735 |                                 1382 |    5797 |
| 5       | Odisha            |                        1484 |                          5291 |                        9450 |                                 5552 |   21777 |
| 6       | Goa               |                         871 |                            53 |                           7 |                                   22 |     953 |
| 7       | Tripura           |                         431 |                            99 |                           0 |                                    0 |     530 |
| 8       | Assam             |                          10 |                             0 |                           0 |                                 1772 |    1782 |
| 9       | Kerala            |                        4523 |                          1217 |                           0 |                                   45 |    5785 |
| 10      | Maharashtra       |                        1000 |                            80 |                         394 |                                    0 |    1474 |
| 11      | Andaman & Nicobar |                        1593 |                             0 |                           0 |                                    0 |    1593 |
| 12      | Mizoram           |                           0 |                          9758 |                       10213 |                                 8324 |   28295 |
| 13      | Chhattisgarh      |                           0 |                             0 |                         412 |                                 3643 |    4055 |
| 14      | Telangana         |                        8185 |                          6611 |                           0 |                                 3289 |   18085 |
| 15      | Arunachal Pradesh |                           0 |                             0 |                           0 |                                  573 |     573 |
| 16      | Nagaland          |                           0 |                             0 |                           0 |                                 1873 |    1873 |
| 17      | West Bengal       |                           0 |                             0 |                           0 |                                    0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |                           0 |                             0 |                           0 |                                    0 |       0 |
| 19      | Bihar             |                           0 |                             0 |                           0 |                                    0 |       0 |
|         | Total             |                       70649 |                        120578 |                       77715 |                                59188 |  328130 |

Annexure-II Year wise GOI fund allocation and oil palm area coverage in Gujarat

| Year    |   Area coverage (ha) | Allocation (Rs. in Lakh)   |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------------|
| 2007-08 |                  356 | 45.00                      |
| 2008-09 |                  518 | 75.15                      |
| 2009-10 |                  740 | 71.69                      |
| 2010-11 |                  286 | NA                         |
| 2011-12 |                  904 | 58.29                      |
| 2012-13 |                  377 | 60.00                      |
| 2013-14 |                  454 | 60.00                      |
| 2014-15 |                  281 | 96.82                      |
| 2015-16 |                  573 | 55.91                      |
| 2016-17 |                  452 | 88.21                      |
| 2017-18 |                   76 | 112.17                     |
| Total   |                 5017 | 723.24                     |

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