Lok Sabha Question No. 1472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Production of Sunflower
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1472

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## PRODUCTION OF SUNFLOWER

1472.  SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  for  promoting  the  area  and production of sunflower, an important oilseed crop;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise especially in Karnataka; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to have separate mini mission, seed availability, disease pest control, market support and insurance support for sunflower?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Government has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz., National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil palm (NFSM-OS&OP) from 2018-19 to augment the availability of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of nine oilseed crops including sunflower and to reducing the import burden in the country. The NFSM-OS is being implemented in the 28 States/ UTs namely, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Puducherry during 2022-23.

Under  the  NFSM-  Oilseeds,  incentives/  subsidies  are  being  provided  to  the farmers through State Government for three broad interventions viz. (i) seed component covering purchase of breeder seeds , production of foundation seeds & certified seeds, distribution  of  certified  seeds,  distribution  of  seed  minikits  &  seed  hub  (ii)  production inputs component covering seed storage bins, Plant Protection (PP) equipments & seed treating  drum, PP  chemicals, distribution of gypsum/  pyrites/ lime etc., Nuclear Polyhedrosis  Virus/  bio  agent,  supply  of  bio-fertilizers,  improved  farm  implements, sprinkler sets, water carrying pipes, and (iii) transfer of technology component covering cluster/ block demonstrations, Frontline Demonstrations, Cluster Frontline Demonstrations and training through National Agricultural Research System and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Integrated Pest Management through Farmer Field School (FFS) mode, training  of  farmers,  training  of  officers/  extension  workers,  need  based  R&D  project including seminar/ kisan mela and oil extraction unit under flexi funds.

Government has allocated targets to the State Government of Karnataka to carry out sunflower cluster demonstration in 3168 hectare and sunflower cluster demonstration on bee keeping in 50 hectare under NFSM- Oilseeds during 2022-23.

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  following  steps  have  also  been  taken  for  separate mini-mission,  seed  availability,  disease/pest  control,  market  support  and  insurance support for sunflower:

- (i)  The Government has approved a special project of Rs. 43.53 crore to the ICARIndian Institute of Oilseeds  Research, Hyderabad  to increase area and production of sunflower cultivation in the country through hybrid seed production and demonstration for three years from 2022-23 - 2024-25.
- (ii)  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay  Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA)  comprises Price Support Scheme (PSS), Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme (PPSS). Under this, States/ UTs are offered to choose either PSS or PDPS in a given procurement season with respect to particular oilseeds crop for the entire State.
- (iii)  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY) provides  for comprehensive risk insurance against crop damage from pre-sowing to post- harvest for food crops, oilseeds  and  commercial  horticultural  crops  notified  by  the  concerned  State Government. Many State Governments are notifying sunflower under PMFBY.

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