Lok Sabha Question No. 1423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs)
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1423

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## GRAMIN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS (GrAMs)

1423.  SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether it is true that the Government has started Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the present status thereof and the details of GrAMs set up State-wise;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that as per the plan, physical infrastructure for the GrAMs has not been strengthened through MGNREGA therein; and
- (d) the concrete proposal and/or action taken to support the small and marginal farmers who cannot directly transact with APMCs and to make successful GrAMs project thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a)  to (d): Yes  Sir.  As  per  announcement  in  Union  Budget,  2018-19,  existing  22,000  rural haats are to be developed and upgraded into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). Physical infrastructure  in  these  GrAMs  is  to  be  strengthened  using  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and other Government schemes.

Government has already approved Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) of Rs. 2,000 crore  with  NABARD  for  availing  of  assistance  by  States/Union  Territories  for  development  of marketing infrastructure in  10,000 GrAMs. Operational guidelines of AMIF have already been circulated  to  the  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs)  for  submitting  proposals/Detailed  Project Reports (DPRs) to avail assistance. Apart from this, model guidelines to operate and manage GrAMs have also been circulated to the States/UTs to guide them in this regard.

In addition to above, Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), an attached office of Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare,  Government  of  India,  has  been undertaking  a  survey  of  existing  rural haats to  find/assess  location,  functioning  periodicity, status of existing infrastructure and facilities, etc in the existing rural haats.

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India has been developing and up-grading physical infrastructure  of  rural  haats  under  control  of panchayats  through  States  / Union Territories through MGNREGS for development of GrAMs. As per information available from  MoRD,  physical  infrastructure/facilities  under  MGNREGS  have  been  developed  in  438 rural haats and in under development in 750 number of rural haats .  State-wise list is given at Annexure-I .

Annexure - I Status of development and up-gradation of Gramin Agricultural Markets under MGNREGS (As on 29.01.2020)

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   Ongoing work since inception |   Completed work since inception |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            111 |                               14 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1 |                                3 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                              9 |                                1 |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                             28 |                                4 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                             66 |                               28 |
| 6.       | Gujarat           |                              2 |                                1 |
| 7.       | Haryana           |                              0 |                                1 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             32 |                                7 |
| 9.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                             24 |                                4 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand         |                              1 |                                0 |
| 11.      | Karnataka         |                             15 |                                7 |
| 12.      | Kerala            |                             17 |                                1 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                             51 |                               67 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra       |                              0 |                                0 |
| 15.      | Manipur           |                              1 |                               23 |
| 16.      | Meghalaya         |                              9 |                                2 |
| 17.      | Mizoram           |                             41 |                               84 |
| 18.      | Nagaland          |                              0 |                                2 |
| 19.      | Odisha            |                             15 |                               24 |
| 20.      | Punjab            |                              7 |                                2 |
| 21.      | Rajasthan         |                             45 |                               34 |
| 22.      | Sikkim            |                              0 |                                3 |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu        |                             47 |                               19 |
| 24.      | Telangana         |                              7 |                                1 |
| 25.      | Tripura           |                              2 |                                7 |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             39 |                               61 |
| 27.      | Uttrakhand        |                             28 |                               11 |
| 28.      | West Bengal       |                            151 |                               27 |
| 29.      | Puducherry        |                              1 |                                0 |
|          | Total             |                            750 |                              438 |

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