Lok Sabha Question No. 328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Gramin Haats
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 328

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## GRAMIN HAATS

328. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

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

- (a) the number of Gramin Haats modernised under the Gramin Agriculture Market Scheme till date along with the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the  current  status  of  the  Scheme  along  with  the  details  of  the  outcome  of  the modernisation process achieved till date;
- (c) whether there is any plan/proposal to modernise the remaining Gramin Haats and if so, the proposed timeline thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that there are no Gramin Haats in Rajasthan;
- (e) the reasons for the lack of Gramin Haats in Rajasthan; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measure  to  ensure  establishment  of  Gramin Haats in the regions which lack the same and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a)  to  (c):      As  per  Union  Budget  Announcement,  2018-19,  the  Government  has  decided  to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). As a  part  of  modernization,  strengthening      of  physical  infrastructure  and  facilities  in  Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs) such as platform, drinking water, drainage etc. is carried out under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) programme. So far,  development of physical  infrastructure  has  been  undertaken  in  1154  Gramin  haats in the country  under  MGNREGA  programme. State-wise  details  of  Gramin  haats  undertaken  under MGNREGA is at Annexure-I .

The Government has approved an Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) with a corpus of  Rs.  2000  crore  for  developing  and  upgrading  agricultural  marketing  infrastructure  in  the GrAMs and Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Markets and circulated the Scheme Guidelines to the States/Union Territories (UTs) for submission of proposal under the Scheme.

Further,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DAC&FW)  has circulated Guidelines on 'Operation and Management of GrAMs' to all States/UTs to facilitate and promote better management in GrAMs.

- (d) to (f):    Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), an attached of DAC&FW has been undertaking  a  survey  of  rural  haats  to  find  out  their  location,  throughout,  periodicity  and infrastructural status etc.  As per information received from DMI, total number of 152 rural haats have so far been surveyed in State of Rajasthan.

## State-wise details of Gramin haats undertaken under MGNREGA

(As on 03.01.2020)

| S. No.   | State             |   Ongoing work since inception |   Completed work since inception |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            111 |                               14 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1 |                                3 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                              9 |                                1 |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                             29 |                                3 |
| 5.       | Chattisgarh       |                             59 |                               28 |
| 6.       | Gujarat           |                              2 |                                1 |
| 7.       | Haryana           |                              0 |                                1 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             32 |                                6 |
| 9.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                             20 |                                4 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand         |                              1 |                                0 |
| 11.      | Karnataka         |                             13 |                                7 |
| 12.      | Kerala            |                             17 |                                1 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                             50 |                               64 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra       |                              0 |                                0 |
| 15.      | Manipur           |                              1 |                               23 |
| 16.      | Meghalaya         |                              9 |                                2 |
| 17.      | Mizoram           |                             52 |                               70 |
| 18.      | Nagaland          |                              0 |                                2 |
| 19.      | Odisha            |                             16 |                               21 |
| 20.      | Punjab            |                              7 |                                2 |
| 21.      | Rajasthan         |                             49 |                               30 |
| 22.      | Sikkim            |                              0 |                                3 |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu        |                             48 |                               18 |
| 24.      | Telangana         |                              7 |                                1 |
| 25.      | Tripura           |                              2 |                                7 |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             35 |                               61 |
| 27.      | Uttrakhand        |                             26 |                               11 |
| 28.      | West Bengal       |                            147 |                               26 |
| 29.      | Puducherry        |                              1 |                                0 |
| Total    | Total             |                            744 |                              410 |

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