Lok Sabha Question No. 6342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6342

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## MAHILA KISAN SASHAKTIKARAN PARIYOJANA

## 6342.   SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) along with its present status;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under the said yojana during the last three years and the current year across the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (c) the details of the proposals received under the said yojana during the said period along with  the  number  of  proposals  approved,  State/UT-wise  including  Gujarat,  West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (d) the details of the targets set and achievements made thereunder so far;
- (e) whether  the  achievements  made  are  upto  the  targets  set  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to expand its coverage areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a): Mahila  Kisan  Sashaktikaran  Pariyojana  (MKSP)  is  a  sub-scheme  under  Deendayal Antodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  which  focuses  on empowerment and livelihood enhancement of women farmers in rural areas through training in sustainable agricultural practices. Focus is on landless, small and marginal farmers.

Under MKSP there are 2 major components i.e. Sustainable Agriculture and  Non Timber Forest production (NTFP).The key interventions promoted under the two components are as follows:

## Sustainable Agriculture:

- Low  cost  sustainable  practices  such  as  National  Pesticide  Management (PM)/Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM)/ Integrated Nutrient Management
- Mitigation of risk of exposure to hazardous farm practices.
- Soil Health improvement.
- Soil & water conservation and ground water recharging.
- Bio-diversity enhancement, poly cropping, multi-layer farming etc.
- Resilience to climate change - Integrated Natural Farming.
- Promoting  and  enhancing  food  and  nutritional  security  at  Household  and Community level.
- Drudgery reduction for women farmers.
- Custom Hiring Centre.

## Non Timber Forest production (NTFP):

- Ensure a better control of the institutions of the poor women NTFP collectors over the NTFP value chain in a sustainable manner.
- Promote  regeneration  of  NTFP  species  to  improve  the  bio  diversity  and enhanced productivity.
- Build the capacity of the community in modern harvesting and post harvesting techniques to increase their income.
- Promote value addition of NTFP to ensure higher returns.
- Develop market linkages for NTFP.

(b): MKSP is implemented in a project mode and as such there is no specific state-wise allocation for each year. The state-wise details of the total amount of central grants released for MKSP projects till 31 st March, 2018 are given in Annexure-I .

- (c): The requisite information is given in Annexure-II .
- (d): The requisite information is given in Annexure-III .
- (e): Under MKSP 33 lakh Mahila Kisan have already been covered against the target of 32.87 lakh Mahila Kisan.
- (f): The scheme is expanded as per the demand from the states.

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## Annexure-I

(amount in Crore)

| S. N.   | State               |   Total Budget Sanctioned |   Budget Total allocation of Central share |   Total releases of Central Share upto 31 st Mar, 18 |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |                    281.84 |                                     211.39 |                                                52.55 |
| 2       | Assam               |                     24.04 |                                      21.36 |                                                10.6  |
| 3       | Bihar               |                    119.7  |                                      87.08 |                                                30.96 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh        |                     34.3  |                                      21.03 |                                                15.21 |
| 5       | Gujarat             |                     28.15 |                                      20.89 |                                                 0.23 |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh    |                      2.71 |                                       2.03 |                                                 1.32 |
| 7       | Haryana             |                     11.69 |                                       7.01 |                                                 1.75 |
| 8       | Jammu and Kashmir   |                      9.54 |                                       8.58 |                                                 2.14 |
| 9       | Jharkhand           |                    112.7  |                                      72.19 |                                                44.78 |
| 10      | Karnataka           |                     24.46 |                                      18.34 |                                                 0.96 |
| 11      | Kerala              |                    172.77 |                                      88.22 |                                                38.65 |
| 12      | Maharashtra         |                     72.79 |                                      44.56 |                                                30.66 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh      |                     50.59 |                                      28.11 |                                                 3.27 |
| 14      | Meghalaya           |                      2.92 |                                       2.62 |                                                 0.65 |
| 15      | Mizoram             |                      3.6  |                                       3.24 |                                                 0.81 |
| 16      | Odisha              |                     49.67 |                                      35.92 |                                                21.68 |
| 17      | Puducherry          |                      2.29 |                                       2.29 |                                                 0.58 |
| 18      | Rajasthan           |                     53.57 |                                      33.83 |                                                18.07 |
| 19      | Telangana           |                      8.06 |                                       6.04 |                                                 3.02 |
| 20      | Tamil Nadu          |                     24.35 |                                      14.61 |                                                 8.44 |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh       |                     63.36 |                                      38.02 |                                                 9.5  |
| 22      | West Bengal         |                     18.45 |                                      15.07 |                                                 5.55 |
| 23      | Mutli State project |                     52.19 |                                      39.11 |                                                19.57 |
|         | Total               |                   1223.73 |                                     821.53 |                                               320.95 |

Annexure II

| S. N.   | State          |   Total no. of Proposal received during last three year and current year 2017-18 |   Total no. of Proposal approved during last three year and current year 2017-18 |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam          |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh   |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 3       | Gujarat        |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 4       | Haryana        |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 5       | Jammu &Kashmir |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 6       | Jharkhand      |                                                                                3 |                                                                                3 |
| 7       | Kerala         |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 8       | Maharashtra    |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 9       | Meghalaya      |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 11      | Odisha         |                                                                                2 |                                                                                2 |
| 12      | Puducherry     |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 13      | Rajasthan      |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu     |                                                                                2 |                                                                                2 |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
| 16      | West Bengal    |                                                                                1 |                                                                                1 |
|         | Total          |                                                                               20 |                                                                               20 |

## Annexure -III

| S.N.   | State                | Mahila Kisan Beneficiaries   |                 |
|--------|----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|        |                      | Target                       | Achievement     |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh       | 1069400                      | 1301107         |
| 2      | Bihar                | 125154                       | 135012          |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh         | 66255                        | 26725           |
| 4      | Gujarat              | 29320                        | 24587           |
| 5      | Haryana              | 12000                        | 3382            |
| 6      | Jharkhand            | 125130                       | 66614           |
| 7      | Karnataka            | 19000                        | 19000           |
| 8      | Kerala               | 228500                       | 339288          |
| 9      | Maharashtra          | 222581                       | 108815          |
| 10     | Madhya Pradesh       | 40000                        | 37166           |
| 11     | Odisha               | 52324                        | 38620           |
| 12     | Rajasthan            | 80340                        | 59824           |
| 13     | Tamil Nadu           | 16800                        | 14800           |
| 14     | Telangana            | 1022291                      | 1022291         |
| 15     | Uttar Pradesh        | 87500                        | 31273           |
| 16     | West Bengal          | 62000                        | 60790           |
| 17     | Assam                | 26500                        | 14549           |
| 18     | Himachal Pradesh     | 2500                         | 2510            |
| 19     | Mizoram              |                              |                 |
| 20     | Meghalaya            | Project approved in          |                 |
| 21     | Puducherry           | Implementation has just      | 2017-18. begun. |
| 22     | Jammu &Kashmir Total | 3287595                      | 3306353         |