Lok Sabha Question No. 4325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: National Food Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4325

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH MARCH, 2022

## NATIONAL FOOD MISSION

## 4325.SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षएवंकसानकल् याणमंी be pleased to state:

- a)  whether  a  large  number  of  farmers  are  being  benefitted  by  the  National  Food Mission;
- b)  if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- c)  if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षएवंकसानकल् याणमंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to  (c)  Yes  Sir.  The  Government  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme (CSS) of National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM)  benefiting  farmers  in  28  States and  2  Union  Territories  viz;  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh.  Under  the  scheme, assistance  is  provided  to  farmers  for  interventions  like  cluster  demonstrations  on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, seeds of High Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs)/hybrids,  improved  farm  machineries/tools,  water  saving devices,  micro  nutrients  &  plant  protection  chemicals,  processing  &  post-harvest equipments,  trainings  to  the  farmers  etc.  The  expenditure  on  subsidy  is  shared between  centre  &  state  government  on  60:40  for  general  states,  90:10  for  North Eastern states & Hilly states and 100% Central share in case of Union Territories. The state-wise release of funds for under various components of NFSM during last 3 years are at Annexure.

## Annexure referred in the Lok Sabha USQ No.4325 due for 29.03.2022:

State-wise release of fund under NFSM during last 3 years (2018-19 to 2020-21) is as under;

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 62.54     | 44.12     |     38.75 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 7.20      | 5.81      |      8.56 |
| 3         | Assam               | 105.58    | 115.01    |    156.14 |
| 4         | Bihar               | 46.63     | 42.61     |     14.06 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 78.58     | 85.32     |     53.4  |
| 6         | Goa                 | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 17.21     | 16.08     |     16.96 |
| 8         | Haryana             | 11.42     | 3.55      |      3.4  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 12.11     | 11.44     |     11.2  |
| 10        | UT Jammu & Kashmir  | 6.21      | 7.07      |      3.78 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 44.90     | 22.15     |     12.64 |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 131.91    | 120.89    |     93.12 |
| 13        | Kerala              | 0.00      | 0.63      |      0    |
| 14        | UT of Ladakh        | -         | -         |      0.2  |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      | 104.40    | 187.98    |     14.14 |
| 16        | Maharashtra         | 112.56    | 107.94    |    128.56 |
| 17        | Manipur             | 7.44      | 11.76     |      6.54 |
| 18        | Meghalaya           | 4.94      | 2.82      |      4.74 |
| 19        | Mizoram             | 2.28      | 2.39      |      1.44 |
| 20        | Nagaland            | 18.73     | 16.81     |     17    |
| 21        | Odisha              | 84.91     | 75.51     |     72.84 |
| 22        | Punjab              | 0.15      | 0.06      |      0.28 |
| 23        | Rajasthan           | 116.27    | 138.99    |    140.25 |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 9.39      | 5.96      |      5.71 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          | 55.20     | 48.11     |     34.1  |
| 26        | Telangana           | 9.61      | 15.05     |      7.1  |
| 27        | Tripura             | 17.84     | 4.25      |      6.02 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       | 131.24    | 79.46     |    100.13 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 17.83     | 7.82      |     10.36 |
| 30        | West Bengal         | 92.51     | 89.93     |     63.87 |
|           | Total               | 1309.59   | 1269.49   |   1025.27 |

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