Lok Sabha Question No. 416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Measures for Small and Marginal Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: C. R. Patil

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th JULY, 2022

## MEASURES FOR SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS

416. SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will  the  Minister  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken measures to secure the lives of small and marginal farmers in the State of Gujarat;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) the data of the beneficiaries under the Pradhan MantriMaandhanYojana in the State of Gujarat during the last three years; and
- (d) the funds allocated under the Yojana to the State during the said period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): Government of India runs various Schemes for the farmers (including Small  and  Marginal  Farmers)  of  the  nation  including  the  State  of  Gujarat.  The details of all the Schemes being implemented are at Annexure.
- (c): As on 12/07/2022, 65,463 small and marginal farmers have been registered under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PMKMY) in the State of Gujarat since the inception of Scheme in FY 2019-20.
- (d): There  is  no  State-wise  allocation  in  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Maandhan Yojana  (PMKMY)  Scheme.  Based  on  the  actual  number  of  enrolments  in  the Scheme,  the  funds  for  the  Government  share  are  periodically  released  to  Life Insurance Corporation of India, which is the fund manager for the Scheme.

## List of Schemes being implemented for the benefit of farmers

- (i) Pradhan  MantriKisanSammanNidhi (PM-KISAN): With  a  view  to  provide income support to all farmers' families across the country, to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic  needs,  the  Central  Government  started  a  new  Central  Sector Scheme, namely, the Pradhan MantriKisanSammanNidhi (PM-KISAN).  The scheme aims to provide a payment of Rs. 6000/- per year, in three 4-monthly instalments of Rs. 2000/- to the farmer families, subject to certain exclusions relating to higher income groups.
- (ii) Pradhan MantriKisanMaanDhanYojana (PM-KMY): Pradhan MantriKisanMaandhanYojana (PMKMY) is a Central Sector Scheme which was  launched  with  a  view  to  provide  social  security  net  for  Small  and Marginal  Farmers  (SMF)  by  providing  old  age  pension  to  these  farmers. PMKMY  is  a  voluntary  and  contributory  pension  Scheme.  Under  this Scheme,  a  minimum  fixed  pension  of  Rs.  3000/-  will  be  provided  to  the eligible small and marginal farmers. subject to certain exclusion clauses on attaining the age of 60 years.
- (iii) Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) : Presently, ATMA is  being  implemented  in  704  districts  of  28  states  &  5  UTs  in  the  country [Including all the 33 districts of Gujarat] . The scheme  promotes decentralized farmer-friendly extension system in the country . The objectives of  the  Scheme  is  to  support  State  Government's  efforts  and  to  make available  latest  agricultural  technologies  and  good  agricultural  practices  in different  thematic  areas  of  agriculture  and  allied  areas  to  farmers  through different extension activities viz; Farmers Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, KisanMela, Mobilization of Farmers Groups and organizing Farm Schools etc.

Under  this  Scheme,  it  has  been  provisioned  that  at  least  50% beneficiaries must be selected from Small & Marginal farmer category.

During  the  year  2021-22,  3,00,183  farmers  have  been  benefited through different extension and an amount of Rs.3285.35 lakh was released to the State Government of Gujarat to carry out extension activities under the Scheme.

- (iv) National  bamboo  Mission:  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  'Restructured National  Bamboo  Mission  (NBM)  is  being  implemented  in  the  State  of Gujarat  from  2018-19  onwards.  Under  this  scheme  there  is  a  provision  of subsidy  of  Rs.  50,000/  ha  over  three  years  in  the  ratio  50:30:20  for undertaking bamboo plantation up to 2 Ha for small and marginal farmers.
- (v) Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana (PMFBY): With a view to provide better insurance  coverage  to  crops  for  risk  mitigation,  a  crop  insurance  scheme namely  Pradhan  MantriFasalBimaYojana  (PMFBY)  was  launched  from Kharif 2016 season.  This scheme provides insurance cover for all stages of the  crop  cycle  including  post-harvest  risks  in  specified  instances,  with  low premium contribution by farmers.
- (vi) Soil Health Cards: Implementation of flagship scheme of distribution of Soil Health Cards to farmers so that the use of fertilizers can be rationalized. Soil health cards are issued free of cost to farmers under a nationwide program.
- (vii) 'Per drop more crop ' initiative under which drip/sprinkler irrigation is being encouraged  for  optimal  utilization  of  water,  reducing  cost  of  inputs  and increasing productivity. Per Drop More Crop component of Pradhan mantra KrishiSinchaiYojana (PMKSY\_PDMC) aims to increase water use efficiency at the farm level through Micro Irrigation technologies, i.e., drip and sprinkler irrigation systems.
- (viii) 'ParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana (PKVY)' -ParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana (PKVY) was initiated in 2015-16 to promote organic farming in the country.
- (ix) National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme: Launch of e-NAM initiative to provide farmers with transparent and competitive online trading platform.
- (x) Pradhan MantriAnnadataAaySanrakshanAbhiyan (PMAASHA) :  Giving  a major  boost  to  the  pro-farmer  initiatives,  the  Government  has  approved  a new  Umbrella  Scheme  'Pradhan  MantriAnnadataAaySanrakshanAbhiyan (PMAASHA)'. The Scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for the produce as announced in the Union Budget for 2018.  This is an unprecedented step taken by Govt. of India to protect the farmers' income which is expected to go a long way towards the welfare of farmers.
- (xi) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): Bee keeping has been promoted under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) to increase the productivity of crops through pollination and increase the honey production as an additional source of income of farmers.
- (xii) Institutional  Credit  for  Agriculture :  To  ensure  flow  of  adequate  credit, Government sets annual target for the flow of credit to the agriculture sector, Banks have been consistently surpassing the annual target.
- (xiii) Interest Subvention Scheme: Extending the reach of institutional credit to more and more farmers is priority area  of the  Government and  to achieve this goal, the Government provides interest subvention of 2% on short-term crop loans up to Rs. 3.00 lakh.
- (xiv) Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC): The  Government  has  extended  the  facility  of Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  to  the  farmers  practicing  animal  husbandry  and fisheries related activities. All processing fee, inspection, leger folio charges and  all  other  services  charges  have  been  waived  off  for  fresh  renewal  of KCC. Collateral fee loan limit for short term agri-credit has been raised from Rs. 1.00 lakh to Rs. 1.60 lakh.
- (xv) Several market reforms related programmes and policies have been rolled out  to  facilitate  farmers  and  producers  with  remunerative  price  for  their produce.
- (xvi) Creating of Corpus Fund
- a.  Micro Irrigation Fund - Rs. 10,000 crore

b.  Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs. One Lakh Crore.

- (xvii) Farmers'  Producer  Companies  (FPOs): Formation  and  Promotion  of Farmers' Producer Companies (FPOs) to form and promote 10,000 FPOs.
- (xviii)  To  Support  Small  and  Marginal  Farmers,  so  far,  SFAC  has  registered  25 FPOs in Gujarat state with around 25,462 small and Marginal farmers under various Schemes and programmes.

Further, 198 FPOs have been registered in Gujarat state by various implementing  agencies  under  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  formation  and promotion of 10,000 FPOs. Out of the total no. of FPOs registered in Gujarat State, SFAC has registered 39 FPOs with 9,036 small and marginal farmers.

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