Lok Sabha Question No. 301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Online Platform for Farmers and FPOs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 301

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## ONLINE PLATFORM FOR FARMERS AND FPOS

## 301.   SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a): whether  the  Ministry  is  implementing  or  is  planning  to  start  an  online  platform  to enable farmers and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) to directly sell their produce to national and international customers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b): the total number of farmers who are availing benefits of various Ministry's schemes in Jharkhand, especially in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts; and
- (c): the total number of FPOs in Jharkhand, district wise, and the details of initiatives to promote FPOs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The Government has implemented National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme an online virtual trading platform to provide farmers and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) with  opportunity  to  directly  sell  their  produce  from  their  collection  centres  at  remunerative prices  through  competitive  online  bidding  system.  As  on  10th  September,  2020,  a  total  of 1735 FPOs have been registered on e-NAM platform.
- (b): Government of India is implementing various major schemes in Jharkhand State such as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee Yojana  (PMKSY),  Kisan  Credit  Card  and  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)  subscheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), Soil Health Card, National Food Security Mission (NFSM), National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA),  etc., As per the information provided by the Government of Jharkhand, the total number of farmers benefitted from major schemes are as given below:

| Name of the Scheme                                                          |   No. of beneficiaries (In Nos) | No. of beneficiaries in Ramgarh & Hazaribagh (in Nos)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM- KISAN)                               |                         3011032 | 282491                                                  |
| Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) (2015-16 to 2019-2020)       |                           27786 | 3405                                                    |
| Kisan Credit Card Sanctioned (2020-21)                                      |                         1070962 | 223811                                                  |
| Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)                                 |                              24 | 4                                                       |
| Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) (18-19 to 19-20)         |                           52823 | 13099                                                   |
| Soil Health Card (18-19 to 19-20)                                           |                          407638 | 1601                                                    |
| National Food Security Mission (NFSM) (18-19 to 19- 20)                     |                          205953 | 7488                                                    |
| National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) (RAD) (18-19 to 19- 20) |                            4590 | Nil                                                     |

(c): As per information provided by Government of Jharkhand, 137 FPOs are promoted in the State of Jharkhand and district-wise details of FPOs is at Annexure-I.

In order to form and promote FPOs across the country including State of Jharkhand, the  Government  has  launched  a  new  Central  Sector  Scheme  namely  'Formation  and Promotion of  10,000  new  FPOs'.  Under  the  scheme,  State  Level  Consultative  Committee (SLCC) has been constituted in the State and District Level Monitoring Committees (D-MCs) have  been  constituted  in  all  the  districts  of  the  State.      First  meeting  of  SLCC  has  been conducted on 19.08.2020 and first meeting of D-MCs have been conducted in all districts of the State and produce clusters have been identified.

Annexure-I District-wise number of FPOs in the State of Jharkhand

| S No   | Name of District    |   Total no. of FPO |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Bokaro              |                  1 |
| 2      | Chatra              |                  8 |
| 3      | Deoghar             |                 13 |
| 4      | Dhanbad             |                  3 |
| 5      | Dumka               |                 19 |
| 6      | East Singhbhum      |                  3 |
| 7      | Garhwa              |                  1 |
| 8      | Giridih             |                 20 |
| 9      | Godda               |                 11 |
| 10     | Gumla               |                 12 |
| 11     | Hazaribag           |                  6 |
| 12     | Jamtara             |                  1 |
| 13     | Khunti              |                  4 |
| 14     | Koderma             |                  2 |
| 15     | Latehar             |                  2 |
| 16     | Lohardaga           |                  8 |
| 17     | Pakur               |                  3 |
| 18     | Palamu              |                  3 |
| 19     | Ramgarh             |                  6 |
| 20     | Ranchi              |                  7 |
| 21     | Sahibganj           |                  2 |
| 22     | Seraikela Kharsawan |                  2 |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL               |                137 |