Lok Sabha Question No. 1322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Kisan Rath Mobile App
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1322

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## KISAN RATH MOBILE APP

## 1322.     SHRI GANESH SINGH:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Kisan Rath Mobile App;
- (b) whether  the  Kisan Rath  Mobile  App  facilitates the  farmers,  FPOs  and  other stakeholders to post their load requests in the App, which are sent to transport aggregators and individual transporters who in turn respond to the load requests;
- (c) if so, the total number of beneficiaries across the country including District Satna;
- (d) the total number of beneficiaries across the country including District Satna as on date under  PMKISAN  Scheme,  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay  SanraksHan  Abhiyan  (PMAASHA),  comprising  of  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS),  Price  Deficiency  Payment  Scheme (PDPS) and Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme (PPSS); and
- (e) whether  the  Union  Government  is  implementing  a  Sub  Mission  on  Plant  Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ); if so, the details thereof along the number of beneficiaries of District Satna in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): Government of India has launched 'Kisan Rath' mobile application to facilitate the  Farmers,  Farmers  Produce  Organisations  (FPOs)  and  Traders  in  hiring  vehicles  for transportation of agri-produce. The mobile application enables the Farmers, FPOs and users including other stake holders to post their transportation requirements (load requests) which are  sent  to  transport  aggregators  and  individual  transport  service  providers.  The  service providers  can  then  revert  with  a  quote  against  the  posted  load  requests  and  contact  the requestor offline for negotiation and finalizing the service details.  The mobile application also facilitates  hiring  of  tractor  trolleys  by  sharing  the  load  requests  with  Custom  Hiring  Centre (CHC)  tractor  owners  etc.  The  mobile  application  is  integrated  with  National  Agriculture Market (eNAM) portal for facilitating load requests of traders registered in eNam portal. The mobile application is available  in  both  Android  and  iOS  versions  in  10  different  languages including Hindi and English. The total number of registrations across the country including District  Satna  are  5,83,945,  which  includes  farmers,  FPOs,  traders  and  service  providers registered on Kisan Rath mobile application, against which 1730 beneficiaries are for Satna District.

(d): The scheme wise details of total number of beneficiaries across the country including Satna District is as under :-

|           | Scheme    | Beneficiaries across the country including Satna District   | Beneficiaries in Satna District   |
|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| PM- KISAN | PM- KISAN | 10,74,90,432                                                | 2,25,417                          |
| PM-       | PSS       | 4,95,5978                                                   | 18481                             |
| AASHA     | PDPS      | 6,20,945                                                    | 846                               |

Under PPSS, no proposal has been received from States till date.

(e): Yes, Sir. Government of India is implementing a Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ) under Krishonnati Yojana. The primary aim of this Sub Mission is to  minimize loss to quality and yield of agricultural crops from the ravages of insect pests, diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodents etc. and to shield bio-security from the incursion and spread of alien  species.  The  scheme  also  provides  the  legal  framework  for  the  regulatory function of The Destructive Insect and Pests Act, 1914 and the Insecticides Act, 1968.

Under the Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach component  of  the  SMPPQ,  Integrated  Pest  Management  approach  is  being  promoted  to educate/orient  farmers  about  judicious  use  of  chemical  pesticides  to  promote  cultural, mechanical, biological methods of pest control and orient the farmers about proper use of pesticides, augmentation/release of bio-control agents in farmer fields for holistic management of pest & diseases.

During last 3 years, during 2018-19 to 2020-21(upto December 2020), 1526 farmers field school and 241 Human Resource Development (HRD) programs have been organized in the different states of India; wherein 62630 Farmers, Pesticides dealers and State Officials have  been  trained  on  latest  Integrated  Pest  Management    (IPM)    technologies  in  various crops. During this period, no training program has been conducted in Satna district.

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