Lok Sabha Question No. 2225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Data of Registered FPOs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF IDNIA MINISTRY O1F AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2225

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 th  MARCH, 2022

## DATA OF REGISTERED FPOs

2225.  SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  total  number  of  Farmer  Producer Organizations (FPOs) registered and operating in the country and separately, those registered after the launch of the central sector scheme of 'Formation and Promotion of FPOs' in 2020 and if so, details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  number  of  FPOs  registered  and operating  in  aspirational  districts  under  the  central  sector  scheme  and  if  so,  the details thereof, aspirational district-wise;
- (c) the amount of funds transferred to FPOs out of Rs. 6865 crores estimated under the central sector scheme, State-wise details thereof;
- (d) whether some measures have been taken to promote women only FPOs, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): The State  wise  details  of  Farmer  Producer  Organizations(FPOs)  registered through  various  agencies  including  those  under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme(CSS)  for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs are at Annexure - I. Further under the new FPO scheme,  421  FPOs  have  been  registered  by  different  Implementing  Agencies(IAs)  in Aspirational Districts as on 09.03.2022. The details are at Annexure-II.

- (c): Under the said Central Sector Scheme (CSS), an amount of Rs. 14.05 Crores has been  transferred  to  352  FPOs  towards  matching  equity  grant.  The  state-wise  details  are enclosed at Annexure - III. Furthermore, the FPO Management Cost is also disbursed by the Department  to  the  concerned  Implementing  Agencies  for  onward  transferring  to  the respective  FPOs.  So  far,  a  total  of  Rs.  108.82  Crores  has  been  released  as  FPO Management Cost under 10,000 FPOs scheme.
- (d): As  per  operational  guidelines  of  the  aforesaid  Central  Sector  Schemes  (CSS), women  farmers'  participation  as  shareholders  of  FPOs  is  preferred  and  in  the  Board  of Directors  (BoD)  and Governing Body (GB), as the case may be, there shall be adequate representation  of  women  farmer  member(s)  and  there  should  be  minimum  one  woman member.

So far, 225 women FPOs have been promoted by different Implementing Agencies as on 09.03.2022.

## Statewise number of FPOs registered through respective agencies

|      |                   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies                          | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   |
|------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No | State/UTs         | Small Farmers' Agri- Business Consortium (SFAC)    | NABARD                                             | FPOs registered by IAs under CSS for formation & Promotion of 10,000 FPOs | Total                                              |
| 1    | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                                                  | 3                                                  | 0                                                                         | 3                                                  |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    | 16                                                 | 295                                                | 88                                                                        | 399                                                |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh | 6                                                  | 10                                                 | 12                                                                        | 28                                                 |
| 4    | Assam             | 18                                                 | 72                                                 | 95                                                                        | 185                                                |
| 5    | Bihar             | 38                                                 | 217                                                | 101                                                                       | 356                                                |
| 6    | Chhattisgarh      | 26                                                 | 57                                                 | 61                                                                        | 144                                                |
| 7    | Delhi             | 4                                                  | 1                                                  | 0                                                                         | 5                                                  |
| 8    | Goa               | 2                                                  | 2                                                  | 1                                                                         | 5                                                  |
| 9    | Gujarat           | 25                                                 | 190                                                | 140                                                                       | 355                                                |
| 10   | Haryana           | 23                                                 | 85                                                 | 93                                                                        | 201                                                |
| 11   | Himachal Pradesh  | 8                                                  | 99                                                 | 67                                                                        | 174                                                |
| 12   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2                                                  | 23                                                 | 64                                                                        | 89                                                 |
| 13   | Jharkhand         | 10                                                 | 150                                                | 96                                                                        | 256                                                |
| 14   | Karnataka         | 125                                                | 287                                                | 166                                                                       | 578                                                |
| 15   | Kerala            | 0                                                  | 134                                                | 36                                                                        | 170                                                |
| 16   | Ladakh            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 3                                                                         | 3                                                  |
| 17   | Madhya Pradesh    | 149                                                | 254                                                | 147                                                                       | 550                                                |
| 18   | Maharashtra       | 105                                                | 291                                                | 173                                                                       | 569                                                |
| 19   | Manipur           | 8                                                  | 12                                                 | 16                                                                        | 36                                                 |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 3                                                  | 12                                                 | 10                                                                        | 25                                                 |
| 21   | Mizoram           | 1                                                  | 19                                                 | 14                                                                        | 34                                                 |

| 22    | Nagaland      |   2 |    5 |   16 |   23 |
|-------|---------------|-----|------|------|------|
| 23    | Odisha        |  41 |  241 |  165 |  447 |
| 24    | Punjab        |   7 |   93 |   22 |  122 |
| 25    | Puducherry    |   0 |    0 |    2 |    2 |
| 26    | Rajasthan     |  50 |  166 |  135 |  351 |
| 27    | Sikkim        |  30 |    8 |    2 |   40 |
| 28    | Tamil Nadu    |  13 |  264 |  133 |  410 |
| 29    | Telangana     |  26 |  335 |   99 |  460 |
| 30    | Tripura       |   7 |    1 |   23 |   31 |
| 31    | Uttarakhand   |   7 |   90 |   57 |  154 |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh |  57 |  183 |  210 |  450 |
| 33    | West Bengal   |  89 |  305 |   10 |  404 |
| Total | Total         | 898 | 3904 | 2257 | 7059 |

## FPOs registered under CSS for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs in Aspirational Districts

|   Sl. No. | State           | Name of Aspirational District   |   No. of FPOs registered |
|-----------|-----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Jharkhand       | West Singhbhum                  |                        7 |
|         2 |                 | Gumla                           |                        7 |
|         3 |                 | Ramgarh                         |                        6 |
|         4 |                 | Lohardaga                       |                        6 |
|         5 |                 | Godda                           |                        5 |
|         6 |                 | Khunti                          |                        5 |
|         7 |                 | Ranchi                          |                        4 |
|         8 |                 | Palamau                         |                        4 |
|         9 |                 | Simdega                         |                        4 |
|        10 |                 | Dumka                           |                        4 |
|        11 |                 | Garhwa                          |                        4 |
|        12 |                 | Hazaribag                       |                        4 |
|        13 |                 | Sahibganj                       |                        4 |
|        14 |                 | Chatra                          |                        2 |
|        15 |                 | Bokaro                          |                        2 |
|        16 |                 | Latehar                         |                        2 |
|        17 |                 | Giridih                         |                        2 |
|        18 |                 | East Singhbhum                  |                        2 |
|        19 |                 | Pakur                           |                        2 |
|        20 | Jharkhand Total |                                 |                       76 |
|        21 | Odisha          | Koraput                         |                        9 |
|        22 |                 | Kandhamal                       |                        8 |
|        23 |                 | Rayagada                        |                        8 |
|        24 |                 | Dhenkanal                       |                        8 |
|        25 |                 | Nabarangpur                     |                        5 |
|        26 |                 | Nuapada                         |                        3 |
|        27 |                 | Kalahandi                       |                        3 |
|        28 |                 | Malkangiri                      |                        2 |
|        29 |                 | Balangir                        |                        2 |
|        30 | Odisha Total    |                                 |                       48 |
|        31 | Bihar           | Muzaffarpur                     |                       10 |
|        32 |                 | Begusarai                       |                        6 |
|        33 |                 | Jamui                           |                        5 |
|        34 |                 | Gaya                            |                        5 |
|        35 |                 | Nawada                          |                        4 |
|        36 |                 | Banka                           |                        4 |
|        37 |                 | Aurangabad                      |                        3 |
|        38 |                 | Sheikhpura                      |                        3 |
|        39 |                 | Sitamarhi                       |                        2 |
|        40 |                 | Araria                          |                        2 |
|        41 |                 | Katihar                         |                        2 |
|        42 |                 | Purnea                          |                        1 |
|        43 |                 | Khagaria                        |                        1 |
|        44 | Bihar Total     |                                 |                       48 |
|        45 | Maharashtra     | Washim                          |                        9 |

| 46.   |                      | Jalgaon        | 9   |
|-------|----------------------|----------------|-----|
| 47.   |                      | Gadchiroli     | 6   |
| 48.   |                      | Nanded         | 5   |
| 49.   |                      | Nandurbar      | 4   |
| 50.   |                      | Osmanabad      | 4   |
| 51.   | Maharashtra Total    |                | 37  |
| 52.   | Assam                | Barpeta        | 9   |
| 53.   |                      | Goalpara       | 5   |
| 54.   |                      | Udalguri       | 4   |
| 55.   |                      | Baksa          | 3   |
| 56.   |                      | Darrang        | 3   |
| 57.   |                      | Hailakandi     | 2   |
| 58.   | Assam Total          |                | 26  |
| 59.   | Rajasthan            | Barmer         | 8   |
| 60.   |                      | Baran          | 6   |
| 61.   |                      | Dholpur        | 4   |
| 62.   |                      | Jaisalmer      | 3   |
| 63.   |                      | Sirohi         | 2   |
| 64.   |                      | Karauli        | 2   |
| 65.   | Rajasthan Total      |                | 25  |
| 66.   | Uttar Pradesh        | Chitrakoot     | 8   |
| 67.   |                      | Fatehpur       | 4   |
| 68.   |                      | Chandauli      | 3   |
| 69.   |                      | Shravasti      | 2   |
| 70.   |                      | Siddharthnagar | 2   |
| 71.   |                      | Balrampur      | 2   |
| 72.   |                      | Bahraich       | 2   |
| 73.   | Uttar Pradesh Total  |                | 23  |
| 74.   | Madhya Pradesh       | Barwani        | 6   |
| 75.   |                      | Vidisha        | 4   |
| 76.   |                      | Guna           | 4   |
| 77.   |                      | Chhatarpur     | 3   |
| 78.   |                      | Damoh          | 3   |
| 79.   |                      | Rajgarh        | 2   |
| 80.   |                      | Singrauli      | 1   |
| 81.   | Madhya Pradesh Total |                | 23  |
| 82.   | Karnataka            | Raichur        | 10  |
| 83.   |                      | Gadag          | 6   |
| 84.   |                      | Yadgir         | 4   |
| 85.   | Karnataka Total      |                | 20  |
| 86.   | Chhattisgarh         |                | 5   |
|       |                      | Rajnandgaon    |     |
| 87.   |                      | Mahasamund     | 2   |
| 88.   |                      | Korba          | 2   |
| 89.   |                      | Bastar         | 2   |
| 90.   |                      | Narayanpur     | 2   |
| 91.   |                      | Bijapur        | 2   |
| 92.   |                      | Kanker         | 2   |
| 93.   |                      | Sukma          | 1   |
| 94.   |                      | Kondagaon      | 1   |
| 95.   | Chhattisgarh Total   |                | 19  |
| 96.   |                      | Adilabad       | 6   |
| 97.   | Telangana            | Khammam        | 5   |

| 98.                          |                              | Warangal Rural         |   3 |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|-----|
| 99.                          |                              | KUMURAM BHEEM ASIFABAD |   1 |
| 100. Telangana Total         | 100. Telangana Total         |                        |  15 |
| 101.                         | Uttarakhand                  | Haridwar               |   7 |
| 102.                         |                              | Udham Singh Nagar      |   4 |
| 103. Uttarakhand Total       | 103. Uttarakhand Total       |                        |  11 |
| 104.                         | Andhra Pradesh               | Kadapa                 |   5 |
| 105.                         |                              | Vizianagaram           |   3 |
| 106.                         |                              | Visakhapatnam          |   3 |
| 107. Andhra Pradesh Total    | 107. Andhra Pradesh Total    |                        |  11 |
| 108.                         | Tamil Nadu                   | Virudhunagar           |   4 |
| 109.                         |                              | Ramanathapuram         |   4 |
| 110. Tamil Nadu Total        | 110. Tamil Nadu Total        |                        |   8 |
| 111.                         | JAMMU AND KASHMIR            | Kupwara                |   4 |
| 112.                         |                              | Baramulla              |   3 |
| 113. JAMMU AND KASHMIR Total | 113. JAMMU AND KASHMIR Total |                        |   7 |
| 114.                         | Kerala                       | Wayanad                |   4 |
| 115. Kerala Total            | 115. Kerala Total            |                        |   4 |
| 116. Nagaland                |                              | Kiphire                |   3 |
| 117. Nagaland Total          | 117. Nagaland Total          |                        |   3 |
| 118.                         | Mizoram                      | Mamit                  |   3 |
| 119. Mizoram Total           | 119. Mizoram Total           |                        |   3 |
| 120. Himachal                | Pradesh                      | Chamba                 |   3 |
| 121. Himachal Pradesh Total  | 121. Himachal Pradesh Total  |                        |   3 |
| 122.                         | Meghalaya                    | Ri-Bhoi                |   3 |
| 123. Meghalaya Total         | 123. Meghalaya Total         |                        |   3 |
| 124.                         | Gujarat                      | Narmada                |   1 |
| 125.                         | 125.                         | Morbi                  |   1 |
| 126. Gujarat Total           | 126. Gujarat Total           |                        |   2 |
| 127. Manipur                 | 127. Manipur                 | Chandel                |   2 |
| 128. Manipur Total           | 128. Manipur Total           |                        |   2 |
| 129. Arunachal               | Pradesh                      | Namsai                 |   2 |
| 130. Arunachal Pradesh Total | 130. Arunachal Pradesh Total |                        |   2 |
| 131.                         | Sikkim                       | East Sikkim            |   1 |
| 132. Sikkim Total            | 132. Sikkim Total            |                        |   1 |
| 133.                         | Tripura                      | Dhalai                 |   1 |
| 134. Tripura Total           | 134. Tripura Total           |                        |   1 |
| 135.                         | Grand Total                  |                        | 421 |

## State Wise details of release of Equity Grant under CSS for formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs

| Sr. No.   | State Name       |   No. of FPOs | Amount of Equity Grant released (in Rs.)   |
|-----------|------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |            15 | 4,998,000                                  |
| 2         | Assam            |             6 | 1,990,000                                  |
| 3         | Bihar            |            10 | 2,765,500                                  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |             5 | 1,820,000                                  |
| 5         | Gujarat          |             6 | 1,609,900                                  |
| 6         | Haryana          |            12 | 6,365,000                                  |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh |            13 | 2,834,000                                  |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir  |             9 | 988,500                                    |
| 9         | Jharkhand        |            15 | 4,387,500                                  |
| 10        | Karnataka        |            31 | 13,051,000                                 |
| 11        | Kerala           |            12 | 8,974,000                                  |
| 12        | Kerela           |             1 | 700,000                                    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh   |            21 | 7,567,000                                  |
| 14        | Maharashtra      |            38 | 23,051,000                                 |
| 15        | Odisha           |            39 | 11,146,100                                 |
| 16        | Punjab           |             3 | 1,080,000                                  |
| 17        | Rajasthan        |            17 | 7,907,000                                  |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu       |             7 | 5,358,000                                  |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu       |            18 | 7,668,000                                  |
| 20        | Telangana        |            36 | 12,058,800                                 |
| 21        | Tripura          |             1 | 120,000                                    |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh    |            31 | 13,124,500                                 |
| 23        | Uttarakhand      |             6 | 988,000                                    |
|           | Grand Total      |           352 | 14,05,51,800                               |

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