Lok Sabha Question No. 152 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Demand for Quality Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   2 ND  JULY, 2019

## DEMAND FOR QUALITY SEEDS

## *152.    SHRI B.B. PATIL:

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

- (a) whether demand for quality seeds has been increasing in the country and if so, the details of demand for quality seeds during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) the manner in which the requirement of seeds during natural calamities like flood, drought, etc., is proposed to be met and the details of seeds reserved in the National Seed Reserve?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152  DUE FOR REPLY ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019.

(a): The  demand  of  quality  seeds  in  the  country  for  the  last  three  years  and  current Kharif -2019 season as reported by the States is 353.49 lakh quintals in 2016-17,  371.38 lakh quintals in 2017-18 and 353.55 lakh quintals in 2018-19 and 140.36 lakh quintals for current Kharif-2019 season.

(b): In  order  to  meet  the  requirement  of  seeds  during  the  natural  calamities  like  flood and  drought  etc.,  the  seed  of  small  and  medium  duration,  stress  tolerant  varieties  of different  crops  reserved  in  National  Seed  Reserve  (NSR)  is  distributed  to  farmers.  The details of seeds reserved in the National Seed Reserve (NSR) during last three years and current year is placed at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I The details of seeds reserved in the National Seed Reserve during last three years and

## current year:

| S. No.   | Name of the State   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20* |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |     22910 |     23100 |     23900 |      25700 |
| 2        | Assam               |     43500 |     45500 |     39000 |      41200 |
| 3        | Bihar               |      1700 |      5900 |         0 |       5900 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh        |      6000 |      6000 |      6000 |       6000 |
| 5        | NSC                 |     88485 |    106400 |     96740 |     111172 |
| 6        | Gujarat             |      2243 |      4170 |      4082 |       6070 |
| 7        | Haryana             |      1175 |      6007 |      6461 |       8377 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh    |       305 |       300 |         0 |        255 |
| 9        | Karnataka           |     18300 |     17879 |     17689 |      17950 |
| 10       | Kerala              |      2000 |      4000 |      4000 |       4000 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh      |     29919 |     31864 |     30028 |      31143 |
| 12       | Maharashtra         |     14507 |     14818 |     16430 |      17340 |
| 13       | Odisha              |      4000 |      4000 |      6200 |       6650 |
| 14       | Punjab              |      1000 |      2000 |      7430 |       5930 |
| 15       | Rajasthan           |      5765 |      5593 |      8721 |      11400 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu          |      4300 |         0 |         0 |       1700 |
| 17       | Telangana           |     21352 |     22349 |     15183 |      21315 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh       |      3776 |     11713 |      3000 |      14670 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand         |      6065 |     24329 |     29320 |      31140 |
| 20       | Jammu & Kashmir     |         0 |         0 |         0 |       2160 |
| 21       | West Bengal         |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1500 |
| 22       | Jharkhand           |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1000 |
| Total    | Total               |    277302 |    335922 |    314184 |     372572 |

*Physical Target

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