Lok Sabha Question No. 1491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Subsidy on Agricultural Inputs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1491

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## SUBSIDY ON AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

1491.  SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  providing  various  kinds  of  subsidies  to  the  agricultural sector;
- (b) if  so, the detail thereof and the amount allocated for this purpose during the last five years, year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government has  made  any  provision  to  provide  special  subsidy  to  the farmers of flood affected States including Assam; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): Agriculture  is  a  State  Subject.    Government  of  India  facilitates  the  State Governments  through  many  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes.    A  statement  showing  the amount released (including subsidy) for these Schemes during the last five years is annexed.
- (c) & (d): Under  the  existing items and  norms  of  assistance  from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), immediate assistance in the form of input subsidy is provided to the farmers affected due to notified natural calamities including floods under these funds.  In Assam for providing relief to the farmers affected due to  floods  of  2019,  an  amount  of  Rs.603.61  crore  is  available  in  SDRF  as  on  01.04.2019. Further,  both  the  installments  of  central  share  of  SDRF  amounting  to  Rs.559.00  crores  is also available with the State in its SDRF for providing relief to the affected people. Further, the Government of India has sanctioned an additional financial assistance of Rs.314.83 crore from NDRF to the State of Assam for floods in 2019, which interalia includes an assistance of Rs.111.85 crore as agriculture input subsidy.  The aforesaid amount of Rs.314.83 crore has been adjusted against the excess amount sanctioned to the State earlier.

ANNEXURE STATEMENT  INDICATING  AMOUNT  RELEASED  DURING  THE  LAST  FIVE  YEARS  UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION

AND FARMERS WELFARE

(Rs in Crore) (up to 31.12.2019)

|   S. No. | Scheme                                                                           | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | National Food Security Mission (NFSM)                                            | 1799.64   | 1067.03   |   1061.77 |   1193.13 |   1309.59 |   1155.25 |
|        2 | National Mission on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)                               | 301.20    | 221.47    |    211.97 |    182.52 |    242.54 |    171.83 |
|        3 | Rainfed Area Development (RAD)                                                   | 304.00    | 196.65    |    200.19 |    200.99 |    214.12 |    102.38 |
|        4 | Soil Health Management (SHM)                                                     | 62.98     | 44.15     |     95.5  |     42.18 |     78.32 |     31.83 |
|        5 | Soil Health Card (SHC)                                                           | 23.90     | 96.44     |    133.66 |    152.77 |    237.46 |     99.89 |
|        6 | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                                          | -         | 225.95    |    152.19 |    200.28 |    312.98 |    220.82 |
|        7 | Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms - ATMA {under NMAET} | 522.58    | 406.69    |    411.54 |    590.35 |    569.73 |    529.35 |
|        8 | National E- Governance Plan (NEGP-) Phase-II                                     | 27.56     | 22.65     |     12.21 |     17.48 |     22.78 |      0    |
|        9 | Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)                                  | 165.87    | 132.57    |    355.25 |    741.58 |   1028.71 |    675.87 |
|       10 | Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)                                | 151.13    | 110.59    |    167.78 |    305.64 |    277.66 |    131.9  |
|       11 | Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)                        | 1470.12   | 1096.17   |   1010.49 |   1214.2  |   1430.09 |    917.77 |
|       12 | National Bamboo Mission (NBM)                                                    | 77.36     | 66.77     |     16.9  |     10.53 |    144.95 |     45.93 |
|       13 | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)                                             | 8368.89   | 3918.05   |   3878.5  |   3528.59 |   3267.2  |   1920.26 |
|       14 | PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)                                               | 962.65    | 1555.796  |   1990.57 |   2817.97 |   2915.65 |   1425.78 |
|       15 | Sub Mission on Agro- Forestry (SMAF)                                             | -         | -         |     22.5  |     42.27 |     28.35 |     14    |

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