Lok Sabha Question No. 211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Scientific Method of Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.211

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  11 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF AGRICULTURE

211.   SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Government  has  taken  steps  to  promote  agriculture  in  the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  given  training  to  farmers  for  scientific  methods  of agriculture and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  farmers  have  been  given  information  in  this  regard,  if  so,  the  names  of districts in which this programme is being implemented, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी ( SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): Agriculture is a State subject. Government of India supports and facilitates the State Governments through many Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes to promote agriculture in the country. The list of schemes currently implemented/ run by Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is annexed at Annexure-I.
- (b)    &  (c)  Yes,  Madam,  under  ATMA  Scheme,  there  are  different  extension  activities  like Farmers  Training , Demonstrations,  Exposure  Visits,  Kisan  Mela,  Mobilization  of  Farmers Groups  and  organizing  Farm  Schools  etc.  for  promoting  Scientific  methods  of  agriculture. The details of extension activities undertaken State wise from 2005-06 to 30 October, 2018 is annexed as Annexure-II.

|    | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                           |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  1 | National Food Security Mission (NFSM)                                                                                                                |
|  2 | Integrated Scheme of oilseeds , Pulses ,Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM) Now, National Food Security Mission(OS&OP)                                       |
|  3 | Rainfed Area Development (RAD) Now, Rainfed Area Development & Climate Change                                                                        |
|  4 | National Project on Management Soil Heath and Fertility (NPMSH&F) Now, Soil Health Management (SHM)                                                  |
|  5 | Soil Health Card (SHC)                                                                                                                               |
|  6 | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                                                                                                              |
|  7 | Support to State Extension Programme for Extension Reforms Now, Sub-mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)                                          |
|  8 | Sub-mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)                                                                                                      |
|  9 | Sub- mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)                                                                                                   |
| 10 | National Horticulture Mission (NHM)                                                                                                                  |
| 11 | National Bamboo Mission (NBM) Now , National Agroforesty & Bamboo Mission (NABM)                                                                     |
| 12 | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)                                                                                                                 |
| 13 | National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) On Farm Water Management (OFWM) Now, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) [For Micro Irrigation] |

Annexure-II

| Details of different extension activities undertaken from 2005-06 to 30th October, 2018   | Details of different extension activities undertaken from 2005-06 to 30th October, 2018   | Details of different extension activities undertaken from 2005-06 to 30th October, 2018   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. N0.                                                                                    | STATE                                                                                     | ATMA Districts                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                         | Andhra Pr.                                                                                | 13                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                         | Bihar                                                                                     | 38                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                         | Chhatisgarh                                                                               | 27                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                         | Goa                                                                                       | 2                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                                   | 33                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                         | Haryana                                                                                   | 21                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                         | H.P                                                                                       | 12                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                         | J & K                                                                                     | 22                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                 | 24                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                                 | 29                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                        | Kerala                                                                                    | 14                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                                               | 33                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                        | M.P.                                                                                      | 51                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                        | Orissa                                                                                    | 30                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                        | Punjab                                                                                    | 22                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                                 | 33                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                        | Telangana                                                                                 | 30                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                                | 31                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                        | U.P                                                                                       | 75                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                                               | 13                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                        | W.B                                                                                       | 19                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                     | 26                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                        | Aru. Prad.                                                                                | 21                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                        | Manipur                                                                                   | 9                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                                 | 11                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                                   | 8                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                                  | 11                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                        | Tripura                                                                                   | 8                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                                    | 4                                                                                         |
| 30                                                                                        | Delhi                                                                                     | 1                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                                | 2                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                        | A&N                                                                                       | 3                                                                                         |
|                                                                                           | Total                                                                                     | 676                                                                                       |

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