Lok Sabha Question No. 278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Demand for Quality Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha, Nishikant  Dubey, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 278

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## DEMAND FOR QUALITY SEEDS

278. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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 demand for quality seeds has been increasing over the last three years, if so, the details of the demand for quality seeds in the country for the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the  manner  in  which  the  requirement  of  seeds  during  natural  calamities  like  flood, drought, etc., would be met and the details of seeds reserved in the National Seed Reserve;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  the  Union  Government  provides  financial  assistance  to States and seed-producing agencies for production and distribution of seeds, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) the  crop  development  programmes/schemes  meant  for  production  and  distribution  of seeds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The demand of quality seeds in the country for the last three years and current year 2019-20 as reported by the States is as under :
- (b): In order to meet the requirement of seeds during the natural calamities like flood, drought etc., the seeds of small duration, medium duration, stress tolerant varieties of different crops kept in National Seed Reserve (NSR) maintain by states is distributed to the farmers.  The detail of seed quantity kept in the National Seed Reserve (NSR) in last three years is as follows:

|   S. No. | Year    |   Demand (Quantity in lakh Quintals) |
|----------|---------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 |                               353.49 |
|        2 | 2017-18 |                               371.38 |
|        3 | 2018-19 |                               353.54 |
|        4 | 2019-20 |                               387.31 |

|   S. No. | Year    | Physical Achievement (Quantity in Quintals)   |
|----------|---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 | 2,77,302                                      |
|        2 | 2017-18 | 3,35,922                                      |
|        3 | 2018-19 | 3,14,184                                      |

(c) & (d): The Government of India provides the financial assistance to the States and Implementing Agencies  for  production  and  distribution  of  seeds  under  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY), National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials (SMSP).

The  details  of  State-wise  funds  released/provided  for  seed  production,  distribution  and  other activities under Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials (SMSP) is at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

## Details of Statewise funds released/financial assistance provided under SMSP for seed production and distribution

## Amount (Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State                     | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.   | State                     | Released  | Released  | Released  | Released  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 719.82    | 1,312.39  | 925.49    | 164.31    |
| 2        | Assam                     | 1,000.00  | 1,312.75  | 3,054.78  |           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |           | 52.20     |           |           |
| 4        | Bihar                     | 705.62    | 324.02    | 300.00    |           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              | 281.05    | 517.99    | 586.50    | 516.77    |
| 6        | Gujarat                   |           | 24.21     | 66.50     |           |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh          | 375.00    | 386.10    | 515.70    | 541.22    |
| 8        | Haryana                   | 0.89      | 0.51      | 84.85     | 218.04    |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 690.60    | 903.36    | 557.42    | 974.58    |
| 10       | Karnataka                 | 36.67     | 108.63    | 62.93     |           |
| 11       | Kerala                    | 26.72     |           |           |           |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh            | 1,796.74  | 2,056.12  | 1,499.88  | 880.48    |
| 13       | Manipur                   | 54.81     |           | 9.60      |           |
| 14       | Maharashtra               | 600.00    | 2,431.00  | 3,337.21  | 1,453.95  |
| 15       | Meghalaya                 | 10.50     | 141.74    | 55.28     |           |
| 16       | Mizoram                   | 25.00     |           |           | 24.97     |
| 17       | Nagaland                  |           | 74.99     | 130.07    | 79.48     |
| 18       | Orissa                    |           |           | 99.07     |           |
| 19       | Rajasthan                 | 100.97    | 1,511.03  |           |           |
| 20       | Sikkim                    |           |           | 47.01     |           |
| 21       | Tamilnadu                 | 822.00    | 1,430.00  | 1,476.36  | 188.09    |
| 22       | Telangana                 | 670.00    | 1,038.10  | 400.00    |           |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh             | 124.40    | 1,436.31  | 744.56    | 66.12     |
| 24       | Uttrakhand                | 87.61     | 228.95    | 659.02    | 262.17    |
| 25       | West Bengal               |           |           | 97.22     |           |
| 26       | Puducherry                |           |           | 1.08      |           |
| 27       | National Seed Corporation | 979.87    |           |           | 1,321.65  |
| Total    | Total                     | 9108.27   | 15290.39  | 14710.51  | 6691.83   |

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