Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Impact of Pandemic on Direct Agricultural Marketing
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 333

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  JULY, 2021

## IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON DIRECT AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

333.  SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether  direct  agricultural  marketing  was  adversely  affected  during  the lockdown period in the year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the number of farmers linked to the Kisan Rath Mobile app so far and the number of farmers benefited, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): No Sir.  In view of the above, the question does not arise.
- (c): A  total  of  4,85,103  farmers  are  registered  on  the  Kisan  Rath  Mobile Application.  A  farmer  linked  to  Kisan  Rath  may  benefit  through  various  options available on the app such as posting load, receiving response against these loads, viewing partial loads nearby, viewing service providers nearby.  However, the statewise status of registration of farmers on Kisan rath at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

|    | S.No.States/Uts                          |   No. of Farmers registered on Kisan Rath |
|----|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|  1 | Andaman and Nicobar Island               |                                        21 |
|  2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                                     18728 |
|  3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                                       224 |
|  4 | Assam                                    |                                     19060 |
|  5 | Bihar                                    |                                     36811 |
|  6 | Chandigarh                               |                                        42 |
|  7 | Chhattisgarh                             |                                      8066 |
|  8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                        45 |
|  9 | Delhi                                    |                                       438 |
| 10 | Goa                                      |                                        69 |
| 11 | Gujarat                                  |                                     16443 |
| 12 | Haryana                                  |                                     27565 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                                      2655 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                                      2156 |
| 15 | Jharkhand                                |                                     13451 |
| 16 | Karnataka                                |                                     17200 |
| 17 | Kerala                                   |                                      2420 |
| 18 | Ladakh                                   |                                        20 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep                              |                                         8 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                                     37387 |
| 21 | Maharashtra                              |                                     50401 |
| 22 | Manipur                                  |                                      1369 |
| 23 | Meghalaya                                |                                       284 |
| 24 | Mizoram                                  |                                       778 |
| 25 | Nagaland                                 |                                      1054 |

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| 26   | Odisha        |   8082 |
|------|---------------|--------|
| 27   | Puducherry    |     64 |
| 28   | Punjab        |  14769 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |  43888 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    219 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |  15047 |
| 32   | Telangana     |  12456 |
| 33   | Tripura       |    295 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   |   2701 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh | 114112 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |  16775 |
|      | Total         | 485103 |

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