Lok Sabha Question No. 306 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: National  Food  Security  Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi, Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 306

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION

- *306.      DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY: SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the features of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM);
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  components  being  covered  under  this  Mission  and  the details of the number of States/districts in which this Mission is being implemented;
- (c) the details of the targets set and achievements made so far under this Mission;
- (d) whether  it  has  increased  the  production  of  the  components  being  covered  under  this Mission and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  include  Tamil  Nadu  under  NFSM  to  promote pulses and oil seeds cultivation and if so, the details thereof, district-wise and the target likely to be set in this regard along with the funds likely to be sanctioned for this purpose, district-wise in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 306  DUE FOR REPLY ON 10 TH   DECEMBER, 2019.

(a): In  order  to  enhance  the  production  of rice, wheat,  pulses,  coarse cereals, nutri-cereals, commercial crops and oilseeds in the country, the National Food Security Mission (NFSM)  is being implemented  through area expansion and productivity enhancement  in  a  sustainable  manner;  restoring  soil  fertility  and  productivity  at  the individual  farm  level;  enhancing  farm  level  economy  i.e.  (farm  profits)  to  restore confidence amongst the farmers; and enhancing post-harvest value addition at farm gate for better price realization to farmers through efficient market linkages. For food grains and oilseeds, assistance is being provided on interventions such as cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, cropping system, seed distribution & production of high yielding varieties, farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools,  efficient  water  application  tools,  plant  protection  measures,  nutrient management/ soil ameliorants, cropping system based trainings to the  farmers.

(b): There are seven components being implemented under NFSM i.e., NFSM-Rice, NFSM-Wheat,  NFSM-Pulses,  NFSM-Coarse  Cereals,  NFSM-Nutri-Cereals,  NFSMCommercial Crops and NFSM-Oilseeds. The State/district wise details for food grains are as under.

## State/district wise details for food grains:

| Sl.   |                         | Number of NFSM Districts   | Number of NFSM Districts   | Number of NFSM Districts   | Number of NFSM Districts        | Number of NFSM Districts   |
|-------|-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
| No.   | States                  | Rice                       | Wheat                      | Pulses                     | Coarse Cereals (Maize & Barley) | Nutri- Cereals             |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh          | 5                          |                            | 13                         | 5                               | 7                          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh       | 10                         |                            | 17                         | 17                              |                            |
| 3     | Assam                   | 13                         |                            | 27                         | 4                               |                            |
| 4     | Bihar                   | 15                         | 10                         | 38                         | 11                              |                            |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh            | 13                         |                            | 27                         | 8                               | 10                         |
| 6     | Gujarat                 | 2                          | 5                          | 26                         | 3                               | 19                         |
| 7     | Goa                     |                            |                            | 2                          |                                 |                            |
| 8     | Haryana                 |                            | 7                          | 21                         | 6                               | 9                          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh        | 2                          | 11                         | 12                         | 12                              |                            |
| 10    | Jharkhand               | 4                          |                            | 24                         | 12                              |                            |
| 11    | Karnataka               | 7                          |                            | 30                         | 9                               | 25                         |
| 12    | Kerala                  | 1                          |                            | 14                         |                                 |                            |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh          | 8                          | 16                         | 51                         | 22                              | 24                         |
| 14    | Maharashtra             | 8                          | 3                          | 33                         | 7                               | 26                         |
| 15    | Manipur                 | 9                          |                            | 9                          | 9                               |                            |
| 16    | Meghalaya               | 7                          |                            | 11                         | 11                              |                            |
| 17    | Mizoram                 | 6                          |                            | 8                          | 8                               |                            |
| 18    | Nagaland                | 11                         |                            | 11                         | 11                              |                            |
| 19    | Odisha                  | 8                          |                            | 30                         | 8                               | 6                          |
| 20    | Punjab                  |                            | 12                         | 22                         | 3                               |                            |
| 21    | Rajasthan               |                            | 14                         | 33                         | 11                              | 23                         |
| 22    | Sikkim                  | 2                          |                            | 4                          | 4                               |                            |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu              | 8                          |                            | 30                         | 9                               | 15                         |
| 24    | Tripura                 | 8                          |                            | 8                          | 8                               |                            |
| 25    | Telangana               | 4                          |                            | 9                          | 4                               | 4                          |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh           | 23                         | 31                         | 75                         | 28                              | 24                         |
| 27    | Uttarakhand             | 5                          | 9                          | 13                         | 13                              | 9                          |
| 28    | West Bengal             | 7                          |                            | 18                         | 4                               | 1                          |
|       | Union Territories (UTs) |                            |                            |                            |                                 |                            |
| 1     | Jammu & Kashmir         | 8                          | 6                          | 20                         | 20                              |                            |
| 2     | Ladakh                  | 0                          | 2                          | 2                          | 2                               |                            |
|       | Total States            | 24                         | 10                         | 28                         | 26                              | 14                         |
|       | Total Union Territories | 1                          | 2                          | 2                          | 2                               |                            |
|       | Total Districts         | 194                        | 126                        | 638                        | 269                             | 202                        |

Contd…3/-

Apart from foodgrains, NFSM commercial crops are implemented in 15 states for cotton, 9  states  for  jute  &  mesta,  13  states  for  sugarcane  and  24  states  and  1  Union    Territory  for Oilseeds.

(c) & (d):      The details of target set and achievements made under the Mission of foodgrains is as under;

(Production in million tonnes)

| S.N   | Crops /Component   |   2006-07 Base Year |   Additional production targets for 11th Plan |   Average Production for 11th Plan |   Increase in Production (5-3) |   Additional Target Production for 12th Plan |   Average Production for 12th Plan |   Increase in Production (8-5) |   Additional Production target 3 years (2017-18 to 2019-20) |   Average production of 2 years (2017-18 to 2018-19) |   Increase in Production (11-8) |
|-------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | 2                  |                3    |                                             4 |                               5    |                           6    |                                            7 |                               8    |                           9    |                                                          10 |                                                11    |                           12    |
| 1     | Rice               |               93.36 |                                            10 |                              97.25 |                           3.89 |                                           10 |                             106.29 |                           9.04 |                                                           5 |                                               114.59 |                            8.3  |
| 2     | Wheat              |               75.81 |                                             8 |                              84.36 |                           8.55 |                                            8 |                              93.34 |                           8.98 |                                                           3 |                                               101.03 |                            7.69 |
| 3     | Pulses             |               14.2  |                                             2 |                              15.86 |                           1.66 |                                            4 |                              18.84 |                           2.98 |                                                           3 |                                                24.41 |                            5.57 |
| 4     | Coarse Cereals     |               33.91 |                                             0 |                              39.95 |                           6.03 |                                            3 |                              41.7  |                           1.75 |                                                           2 |                                                44.96 |                            3.26 |
|       | Total foodgrains   |              217.28 |                                            20 |                             237.42 |                          20.13 |                                           25 |                             260.17 |                          22.75 |                                                          13 |                                               284.99 |                           24.82 |

During  2006-07  (pre-NFSM  period),  the  production  of  food  grains  was  217.28  million tonnes.  After  implementation  of  the  NFSM  the  average  production  of  foodgrains  (2017-18  & 2018-19) reached to a level of 284.99 million tonnes.  14 th Finance Commission has set target to achieve 13 million tonnes of additional food grains in 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.  Country has  achieved  9.84  million  tonnes  of  additional  food  grains  in  2  years  (2017-18  to  2018-19) considering 2016-17 as base year.

Apart from food grains,  the targets were also set for   commercial   crops  and oilseeds i.e 36 million    tonnes   for oilseeds, 385 million   tonnes for   sugarcane,    35.50   million   bales

for  cotton and 11.20 million bales for jute & mesta for the year 2018-19. Against this, the country has achieved 32.26 million tonnes of oilseeds, 400.16 million tonnes of sugarcane, 28.71 million bales of cotton and 9.77 million bales of jute & mesta.

(e): In order to promote cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in Tamil Nadu, the State is already  included  under  NFSM-Pulses  and  NFSM-Oilseeds.  The  NFSM-Pulses  is  being implemented  in  30  districts  of  Tamil  Nadu.  Further,  the  State  has  been  given  liberty  to identify the districts for implementation of NFSM-Oilseeds.

As  regards  funds,  the  Government  of  India  allocates  the  funds  to  the  state  as  a whole, and further allocation to potential district is made by the state. The allocation of funds under NFSM-Foodgrains and NFSM-Oilseeds since, 2015-16 is as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Year     | NFSM- Foodgrain   | NFSM- Foodgrain   | NFSM-Oilseeds   | NFSM-Oilseeds   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|          | Allocation        | Release           | Allocation      | Release         |
| 2015-16  | 36.300            | 35.870            | 8.88            | 8.06            |
| 2016-17  | 54.420            | 44.520            | 9.01            | 7.83            |
| 2017-18  | 51.280            | 37.020            | 11.27           | 9.87            |
| 2018-19  | 58.160            | 55.200            | 14.01           | 11.84           |
| 2019-20* | 56.289            | 29.190            | 15.21           | 9.73            |

*As on 04.12.2019

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