Lok Sabha Question No. 3906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Grameen Krishi Bazar
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3906

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## GRAMEEN KRISHI BAZAR

3906.  SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

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

- (a) the number of 'mandis' proposed to be set up under Gramin Agricultural markets, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of 'mandis' set up in accordance with the said objective, State-wise;
- (c) the number of 'mandis' out of the said 'mandis' where weekly markets are organised along with the number of 'mandis' operating on daily basis, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of 'mandis' of the said 'mandis' where basic facilities are available along with the number of mandis lacking such facilities and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): As  per  information  received  from  State  Agricultural  Marketing  Departments  / Boards, there are a total of  22,941 numbers of rural haats in the country, of which 11,811 numbers of rural haats are under control  of Panchayats, 1274  numbers of rural haats are under control of Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs).

Government has already approved Agricultural 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  Gramin  Agricultural  Markets  (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.

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India has been developing and up-grading physical infrastructure of rural haats under control of panchayat through States / Union Territories through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for development of GrAMs.  As per information available from MoRD, physical infrastructure/facilities  under  MGNREGS  have  been  developed  in  476  rural  haats  and  in under development in 820 rural haats. State-wise list is given at Annexure-I .

(c) & (d): 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. DMI has so far completed survey of 17,285 rural haats , out of which 73% (12,618 No.) rural haats function on weekly basis, while 11% (1,902 No.) rural haats function on daily basis.

As per the aforesaid survey, the details of basic facilities available in rural haats are as follows:

| Name of the basic facility                    | Number of mandis ( haats ) wherein basic facilities existed (%)   |
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Boundary wall or fencing                      | 1383 (8%)                                                         |
| Raised platform with/ without shed, shed only | 2593 (15%)                                                        |
| Pakka internal road                           | 2420 (14%)                                                        |
| Toilet facility                               | 691 (4%)                                                          |
| Electricity                                   | 4148 (24%)                                                        |

Annexure - I

Status of development and up-gradation of rural haats under MGNREGS

(As on 09.03.2020)

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   Ongoing work since inception |   Completed work since inception |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            111 |                               14 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              2 |                                3 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                              9 |                                1 |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                             29 |                                5 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                             85 |                               29 |
| 6.       | Gujarat           |                              2 |                                1 |
| 7.       | Haryana           |                              0 |                                1 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             45 |                                7 |
| 9.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                             28 |                                4 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand         |                              1 |                                0 |
| 11.      | Karnataka         |                             17 |                                7 |
| 12.      | Kerala            |                             16 |                                4 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                             55 |                               69 |
| 14.      | Manipur           |                              2 |                               23 |
| 15.      | Meghalaya         |                              9 |                                3 |
| 16.      | Mizoram           |                             39 |                               99 |
| 17.      | Nagaland          |                              0 |                                2 |
| 18.      | Odisha            |                             21 |                               28 |
| 19.      | Punjab            |                              7 |                                2 |
| 20.      | Rajasthan         |                             42 |                               35 |
| 21.      | Sikkim            |                              0 |                                3 |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu        |                             48 |                               19 |
| 23.      | Telangana         |                              7 |                                1 |
| 24.      | Tripura           |                              2 |                                7 |
| 25.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             63 |                               62 |
| 26.      | Uttrakhand        |                             29 |                               11 |
| 27.      | West Bengal       |                            150 |                               36 |
| 28.      | Puducherry        |                              1 |                                0 |
|          | Total             |                            820 |                              476 |

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