Lok Sabha Question No. 1774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1774

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## MAHILA KISAN SASHAKTIKARAN PARIYOJANA

## 1774.   SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of programmes which have been undertaken to support women farmers under the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated to Andhra Pradesh under the said scheme;
- (c) whether there  is  a  monitoring  mechanism  for  the  said  pariyojana  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (d) whether any study or randomized control trials have been conducted to study the efficacy of the said pariyojana; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) & (b): Twenty two Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP) projects were approved to the undivided Andhra Pradesh on 30.05.2011, where the Zilla Samakhyas promoted by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP)are the implementing agencies.

The Activities undertaken in these projects were:

-  Soil Fertility management with Azolla, Ghanajeevaamrutham,Nadepcompost
-  Pest Control Measures-All non-negotiable from Summer ploughing, bordercrops, trap crops, pheromone traps, light traps, botanical extracts
-  Rainwater harvesting measures like conservation furrows, trenches, farmponds etc.
-  Integration of livestock into agriculture
-  Development tools and technologies for drudgery reduction
-  Organic certification
-  Marketing of pesticide free produce by aggregation
-  Establishment of seed banks

The projects were approved for an amount of Rs.251.58 crore out of which Rs.188.68 was the Central share.

In the year 2014 the state has been bifurcated and after bifurcation the total projects that remained with the state of Andhra Pradesh were for a total amount of Rs.144.34 crore out of which central share was Rs.108.26crore.

One  MKSP  Annual  Action  Plan  (AAP)  for  non-timber  forest  produce(NTFP)  was approved on 6 th December, 2012 to the undivided Andhra Pradesh as per the following details:

## Originally approved

|                 |                           |                      | Cost Components          | Cost Components             | Cost Components                 |
|-----------------|---------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Name of the PIA | Area of Intervention      | No. of Beneficiaries | Total Cost (in Rs. lakh) | Central share (in Rs. lakh) | State / CSB share (in Rs. lakh) |
| SERP            | Non Timber Forest Produce | 23928                | 3831.65                  | 2873.738                    | 957.89                          |

In  2014  after  the  bifurcation,  as  per  the  area  and  the  number  of  Mahila  Kisans  to  be covered under the NTFP project, the budget and the project components were divided by this Ministry between Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. The details of the share of Andhra Pradesh are as follows:

| 1   | Cost components (Rs. In lakhs)   |   Cost components (Rs. In lakhs) |
|-----|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|     | Total budget                     |                         3025.78  |
|     | Central share                    |                         2269.34  |
|     | State share                      |                          665.067 |
|     | CSB share                        |                           91.379 |
| 2   | No. of NTFP collector            |                        19070     |

(c), (d)&(e): This Ministry monitors the projects in the following ways:

- i. Progress Review: Every quarter this Ministry organized the progress review meeting for  MKSP  projects.  In  the  review  meetings  the  SRLM  presented  progress  of  the project.
- ii. Video conference (VC): Every quarter this Ministry organized the Video conference under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary, RL for the overall progress  of the State Rural Livelihoods Mission including MKSP.
- iii. Independent evaluation of the MKSP projects: As per the MKSP guidelines this Ministry  has  also  organized  independent  evaluation  of  10  MKSP  projects  and  one MKSP AAP (who have already got the 2 nd installment) through National Institute of Rural Development &Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR).
- iv. Monitoring is also done by the State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM): As per the MKSP Guidelines, SERP(AP) has established following mechanism to monitor the progress of MKSP being implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh:
5.  Sub-district / Mandal level federations monitor implementation, handles extension services, coordinates with service-provider.
6.  The District level federation oversees implementation, forms tie-ups for marketing, and coordinates with the District Rural Development Agency to link up with relevant government programs.
7.  Several Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools have been used to monitor the program and to reach out to the farmers. Robust mobile based MIS for monitoring and decision making is in place.

The  scheme  was  started  in  2011  and  it  is  upto  2023-24,  therefore  the  mid-term evaluation process has been initiated in 2018 to study the efficacy of the pariyojana.