Lok Sabha Question No. 1596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Schemes for Makhana Producing Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1596

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## SCHEMES FOR MAKHANA PRODUCING FARMERS

1596.  SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल् याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  agriculture-based  schemes  through NAFED  or  other  institutions  in  Katihar,  Kosi,  Seemanchal  and  Mithilanchal  regions  for providing basic facilities to the makhana-producing farmers;

- (b) if so, the names and the details thereof;
- (c) whether the responsibility for the purchase of makhana produced by the farmers of Katihar Parliamentary Constituency including Kosi, Seemanchal and Mithilanchal of Bihar has been given to NAFED by the Government;
- (d) whether any plan has been made to set target for makhana procurement and fix the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of makhana; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल् याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)  to  (c)  : The  Government  of  India  has  launched  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  of 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)' to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs which will leverage economies of scale, reduction of cost of production  and  enhancing  farmers'  incomes.  Under  this  scheme,  provision  is  made  for professional handholding support for a period of five years to new FPOs formed.

Under the said scheme, 13 Implementing Agencies (IAs) viz. Small Farmers AgriBusiness  Consortium  (SFAC),  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC), National  Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  National  Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), North Eastern Regional Agricultural

Marketing  Corporation  Limited  (NERAMAC),  Tamil  Nadu-Small  Farmers  Agri-Business Consortium  (TN-SFAC),  Small  Farmers  Agri-Business  Consortium  Haryana  (SFACH), Watershed Development Department (WDD)- Karnataka,  Foundation for Development of Rural  Value  Chains  (FDRVC)-  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD),  Gujarat  AgroIndustries Corporation Ltd. (GAICL), Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agriculture Support Project (UPDASP), Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) & National Dairy Development  Board  (NDDB)  was  approved  to  form  &  promote  FPOs.  The  IAs  namely, SFAC, NABARD, NCDC & NAFED have promoted 13 FPOs of Makhana crop in the State of Bihar. The details are at Annexure -I .

(d) & (e) : Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated agricultural crops and Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendation of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. The 22 mandated crops include 14 Kharif crops viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar  (tur),  moong,  urad,  groundnut,  soyabean,  sunflower,  sesamum, nigerseed, cotton and 6 Rabi crops viz.  wheat, barley, gram, masur (lentil), rapeseed & mustard, safflower and two commercial crops viz. jute and copra. In addition, MSP for toria and  de-husked  coconut  are  also  fixed  on  the  basis  of  MSPs  of  rapeseed/mustard  and copra  respectively . Government  fixes  MSP  for  those  crops  which  are  generally  nonperishable in nature, having mass consumption, essential for food security, do not have widely varying cost of production and widely grown having large area under cultivation are included under MSP.

## Details of FPOs promoted by various IAs in Bihar

|   S. No. | Name of Implementing Agency   | Name of the FPO District covered                                | Name of the FPO District covered   |
|----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | NAFED                         | Katihar Atulya Makhana Fed Producer Company Limited             | Katihar                            |
|        2 | NAFED                         | Purnea Atulya Makhana Fed Producer Company Limited              | Purnea                             |
|        3 | NAFED                         | Seemanchal Atulya Makhana Fed Producer Company Limited          | Purnea & Araria                    |
|        4 | NAFED                         | Koshi Atulya Makhana Fed Producer Company Limited               | Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura      |
|        5 | NAFED                         | Makhana Super Fed Producer Company Limited                      | Saharsa                            |
|        6 | NABARD                        | Asarganj Agro Producer Company Limited                          | Munger                             |
|        7 | NABARD                        | Bochaha Krishak Producer Company Limited                        | Muzaffarpur                        |
|        8 | NCDC                          | Jai Mata Di Makhana Kisan Utpadak Sangathan Sahkari Samiti Ltd. | Darbhanga                          |
|        9 | SFAC                          | Kadwa Agribusiness Farmer Producer Company Limited              | Katihar                            |
|       10 | SFAC                          | Mansahi Agribusiness Farmer Producer Company Limited            | Katihar                            |
|       11 | SFAC                          | Palasi Agribusiness Farmer Producer Company Limited             | Araria                             |
|       12 | NABARD                        | Bokhara Farmers Producer company limited                        | Sitamarhi                          |
|       13 | NABARD                        | Pupri Farmers Producer Company Limited                          | Sitamarhi                          |

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## Annexure-I