Lok Sabha Question No. 33 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Mahila Kisan  Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 33

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019

## MAHILA KISAN SASHAKTIKARAN PARIYOJANA

## *33. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE: SHRI B.B.PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features and present status of the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) along with the quantum of funds allocated under the said scheme;
- (b) the details of targets set and achieved so far under the scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the programmes undertaken under the scheme to support women farmers; and
- (d) the details of collaborations with external agencies for the scheme?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  (a)  to  (d)  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *33 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019.

(a) Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), launched in 2011, is a sub component of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) aimed to meet the specific needs of women farmers to enable them to achieve socio economic empowerment. The primary objective of the MKSP is to empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity, as also to create and sustain their agriculture-based livelihoods.

Three broad focus programmatic areas of MKSP are (i) Sustainable Agriculture (ii) Non-Timber Forest Produces (NTFP) and (iii) Value Chain Development. Livestock interventions are integrated with both Sustainable Agriculture and  NTFP projects. The key interventions promoted under the components are as follows:

## Sustainable Agriculture

-  To improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to support farm and non-farmbased activities;
-  To ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the community level;
-  To  enable  women  to  have  better  access  to  inputs  and  services  of  the  government  and  other agencies;
-  To enhance the managerial capacities of women in agriculture for better management of biodiversity;

## Non-Timber Forest Produce

-  To  promote  regeneration  of  NTFP  species  to  improve  the  bio  diversity  and  enhanced productivity;
-  To build the capacity of the community in sustainable harvesting and post harvesting techniques to increase their income;
-  To promote local value addition of NTFP and market linkages to ensure higher returns;
-  To enable women to have better access to their entitlements and services of the government and other agencies;
-  To  promote  the  use  of  Information,  Communication  and  Technology  (ICT)  to  improve  the livelihoods opportunities of the NTFP collectors.

## Value Chain Development

-  To ensure higher price realization for the agriculture, dairying and NTFP produce for the small and marginal women farmers;
-  To ensure increased bargaining power of small and marginal producers by achieving economy of scale and therefore negotiate better prices;
-  To  develop  robust  business  models  at  scale  for  the  commodities  produced  by  small  and marginal women farmers;
-  To  develop  scalable  and  sustainable  Producers'  Enterprises  to  implement  the  value  chain development interventions;
-  To take up Capacity building of the community for value addition of commodities, better postharvest handling, knowledge of quality parameters, etc.;
-  To promote the use of ICT for accounting, inventory management, payment to producers and market information dissemination.

A total number of 84 MKSP projects has so far been sanctioned for implementation in 24 States with a target of coverage of 33.81 lakhs mahila kisans. As on 30.09.2019, 36.06 lakhs mahila kisans have been covered in 30,900 villages. A total Central allocation of Rs. 847.48 crore has been made towards  implementation  of  the  approved  projects,  out  of  which  an  amount  of  579.76  crore  has already been released.

(b) & (c): All components of MKSP are being implemented with women farmers. State / UT wise targets and achievements are given below:-

| Sr.   | State             | No. of projects sanction ed   | Districts   | Districts    | Blocks   | Blocks        | Villages/ hamlets   | Villages/ hamlets   | Mahila Kisans   | Mahila Kisans   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|--------------|----------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sr.   | State             | No. of projects sanction ed   | Target      | Achieve ment | Target   | Achie vemen t | Target              | Achiev ement        | Target          | Achievem ent    |
| 1     | 2                 | 3                             | 4           | 5            | 6        | 7             | 8                   | 9                   | 10              | 11              |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 14                            | 16          | 16           | 423      | 427           | 8652                | 9,699               | 1,069,400       | 1,301,107       |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                             | 13          | -            | 15       | -             | 974                 | -                   | 13550           | -               |
| 3     | Assam             | 2                             | 11          | 7            | 20       | 14            | 390                 | 140                 | 26500           | 14,549          |
| 4     | Bihar             | 3                             | 13          | 13           | 20       | 20            | 1192                | 1,141               | 125,154         | 135,012         |
| 5     | Chhattisgar h     | 2                             | 12          | 12           | 20       | 19            | 696                 | 437                 | 66255           | 60,972          |
| 6     | Gujarat           | 2                             | 4           | 4            | 9        | 9             | 392                 | 373                 | 29320           | 25,484          |
| 7     | Haryana           | 1                             | 4           | 4            | 4        | 4             | 153                 | 103                 | 6800            | 9,615           |
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                             | 1           | 1            | 2        | 2             | 130                 | 130                 | 2500            | 2,510           |
| 9     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                             | 6           | -            | 6        | -             | 210                 | -                   | 16200           | -               |
| 10    | Jharkhand         | 11                            | 41          | 42           | 85       | 76            | 3151                | 1,979               | 137,068         | 112,450         |
| 11    | Karnataka         | 3                             | 4           | 4            | 7        | 7             | 390                 | 407                 | 19000           | 19,000          |
| 12    | Kerala            | 4                             | 14          | 14           | 152      | 152           | 2079                | 1,873               | 228,500         | 401,118         |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh    | 5                             | 12          | 12           | 17       | 17            | 627                 | 702                 | 40000           | 44,415          |
| 14    | Maharashtr a      | 2                             | 24          | 24           | 152      | 152           | 5340                | 5,015               | 222,581         | 181,348         |
| 15    | Meghalaya         | 1                             | 3           | 3            | 4        | 4             | 40                  | 16                  | 4000            | 1,600           |
| 16    | Mizoram           | 1                             | 2           | 2            | 4        | 4             | 72                  | 72                  | 5000            | 5,000           |

| Sr.   | State         | No. of projects sanction   | Districts   | Districts    | Blocks   | Blocks        | Villages/ hamlets   | Villages/ hamlets   | Mahila Kisans   | Mahila Kisans   |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------|-------------|--------------|----------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sr.   | State         | ed                         | Target      | Achieve ment | Target   | Achie vemen t | Target              | Achiev ement        | Target          | Achievem ent    |
| 1     | 2             | 3                          | 4           | 5            | 6        | 7             | 8                   | 9                   | 10              | 11              |
| 17    | Nagaland      | 1                          | 9           | -            | 9        | -             | 132                 | -                   | 7500            | -               |
| 18    | Odisha        | 9                          | 18          | 17           | 47       | 45            | 1456                | 913                 | 52324           | 45,405          |
| 19    | Puducherry    | 1                          | 2           | 2            | 3        | 3             | 30                  | 93                  | 2000            | 770             |
| 20    | Rajasthan     | 2                          | 20          | 20           | 37       | 37            | 1364                | 1,246               | 80,340          | 81,396          |
| 21    | Tamilnadu     | 2                          | 5           | 3            | 14       | 10            | 254                 | 166                 | 28800           | 16,800          |
| 22    | Telangana     | 10                         | 9           | 9            | 279      | 279           | 4582                | 4,582               | 1,027,141       | 1,022,291       |
| 23    | Uttar Pradesh | 2                          | 22          | 22           | 37       | 25            | 1250                | 981                 | 106,750         | 61,161          |
| 24    | West Bengal   | 2                          | 8           | 7            | 24       | 13            | 890                 | 832                 | 65,210          | 64,000          |
|       | Total         | 84#                        | 273         | 238          | 1390     | 1319          | 34446               | 30900               | 3381893         | 3,606,003       |

- #  includes  one  multi-State  project  sanctioned  to  Central  Silk  Board  for  five  States Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, and West Bengal.
- (d) NRLM  has  made  collaboration  with  various  organization  for  sector  specific  support  to improve  effectiveness  of  the  implementation  of  interventions.  These  organization  are  supporting States in planning as well as implementation of different interventions under the program. Details are given below

| Sector                        | Organization                 | Key Support areas                                                                 |
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Livelihoods                   | PRADAN                       | Knowledge management, Identifying successful replicable models, capacity building |
| TASAR Value Chain Development | Central Silk Board           | Developing pro poor Tasar value chain up to pre cocoon stage                      |
| Livelihoods                   | Digital Green                | Developing ICT based Training and Capacity building architecture                  |
| Tasar Value Chain development | Tasar Development Foundation | Developing pro poor Tasar value chain up to pre-cocoon stage                      |