Lok Sabha Question No. 3788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Assistance under Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: John Barla

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3788

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## ASSISTANCE UNDER KRISHI KALYAN ABHIYAN

## 3788. SHRI JOHN BARLA:

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

- (a) the  types  of  assistance  provided  to  farmers  under  programmes  like  Krishi  Kalyan Abhiyan which are run by the Government from time to time to help the farmers;
- (b) the number of times it is organised;
- (c) the basic facilities provided to the farmers under this scheme; and
- (d) the number of villages benefited or the number of villages in which it was organised during the last two years and the current year ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (d): Krishi  Kalyan  Abhiyan  (KKA)  was  launched  with  a  focus  to  give  a  boost  to agriculture  and  allied  activities  for  augmenting  the  income  of  farmers  in  117  Aspirational districts selected from all the States/ UTs in the country.  So far to Krishi Kalyan Abhiyans have been organized from 1st June 2018 to 31 st July 2018 (extended upto 15 th August 2018) and 2 nd October 2018 to 25 th December 2018 (extended upto 25 th January 2019) respectively.   Under  each  Abhiyan, 25  villages  each  with  more  than  1000  population  were covered  in  each  Aspirational  district.   The  details  of  activities  carried  out  in  Krishi  Kalyan Abhiyan -I & II are as under:

| S.No.   | Activity                                                                             | KKA-I Achievement (No. of units)   |   KKA II Achievement (No. of units) |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1       | Distribution of Soil Health Cards                                                    | 738058                             |                              706787 |
| 2       | Distribution of Mini Kits of Pulses and oil seeds or paddy                           | 450863                             |                              179881 |
| 3       | Distribution of Horticulture/ Agro Forestry/ Bamboo Plant @ 5 per family             | 1519006                            |                              560571 |
| 4       | Making NADEP Pits in each Village (20 per village)                                   | 39742                              |                               15763 |
| 5       | Training Programmes ( 3 trainings per village)                                       | 17810                              |                                9089 |
| 6       | Distribution of 10-20 agriculture implements per village (10 per village)            | 33484                              |                               17830 |
| 7       | 100% coverage of bovine vaccination (FMD) in each village                            | 1358724                            |                             1420173 |
| 8       | 100% coverage of Sheep and Goat for eradication of PPR                               | 1078113                            |                              933487 |
| 9       | Artificial insemination saturation (100 animals per village)                         | 131164                             |                              125533 |
| *10     | Demonstration of integrated cropping practice (1 per district)                       | -                                  |                                2633 |
| *11     | Demonstration programmes on Micro Irrigation (1 per district)                        | -                                  |                                2390 |
| *12     | Technology demonstration on farmer's field                                           | -                                  |                                 250 |
| *13     | Organizing awareness campaign for PMFBY (1 per village)                              | -                                  |                               11565 |
| *14     | Development/ Upgradation of Gramin Haats in Convergence with MGNREGA (1 per village) | -                                  |                                 183 |

* These activities were not covered under KKA-I.

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