Lok Sabha Question No. 425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Funds for Farm Mechanization
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Midhun Reddy, Chinta Anuradha, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Chandra Sekhar Bellana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH JULY 2021

## FUNDS FOR FARM MECHANIZATION

425. SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI: SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA: SHRI N. REDDEPPA: SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  recently  released  funds  for various activities  of  Farm Mechanization  like  establishment  of  Custom  Hiring  Centres,  Farm  Machinery  Bank,  High-tech Hubs and distribution of various agricultural machinery etc. to different States;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c)      the  funds  transferred  to  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  in  the  last  two  years  for  the  above mission  and  a  breakup  of  the  same  of  the  different  heads  under  which  the  funds  were sanctioned?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): The Department of Agriculture Farmers Welfare is implementing Sub- Mission on Agricultural  Mechanization  (SMAM)  under  which  funds  have  been  released  to  the  States  for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres, Farm Machinery Banks, Hi-tech Hubs and distribution of various agricultural machinery etc. The statement of State-wise release of funds during 2021-22 (as on 15.07.2021) is enclosed as Annexure-I
- (c): During 2019-20 and 2020-21 an amount of Rs. 271.51 Crore as a Central Share has been released to the Government of Andhra Pradesh under SMAM.

ANNEXURE-I Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 425 due for reply on

20 th  July 2021 on the subject 'FUNDS FOR FARM MECHANIZATION'

| STATE-WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER SMAM DURING 2021-22   | STATE-WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER SMAM DURING 2021-22   | STATE-WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER SMAM DURING 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                | State                                                | Funds Released as on 15.07.2021 (Rs. in Crore)       |
| 1.                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                       | 32.93                                                |
| 2.                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                    | 3.66                                                 |
| 3.                                                   | Assam                                                | 0.00                                                 |
| 4.                                                   | Bihar                                                | 0.00                                                 |
| 5.                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                         | 23.01                                                |
| 6.                                                   | Gujarat                                              | 3.00                                                 |
| 7.                                                   | Haryana                                              | 0.00                                                 |
| 8.                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                     | 0.00                                                 |
| 9.                                                   | J&K                                                  | 14.00                                                |
| 10.                                                  | Jharkhand                                            | 0.00                                                 |
| 11.                                                  | Karnataka                                            | 35.54                                                |
| 12.                                                  | Kerala                                               | 12.35                                                |
| 13.                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                       | 16.20                                                |
| 14.                                                  | Maharashtra                                          | 0.00                                                 |
| 15.                                                  | Manipur                                              | 2.27                                                 |
| 16.                                                  | Meghalaya                                            | 0.5                                                  |
| 17.                                                  | Mizoram                                              | 3.07                                                 |
| 18.                                                  | Nagaland                                             | 7.57                                                 |
| 19.                                                  | Orissa                                               | 10.29                                                |
| 20.                                                  | Punjab                                               | 0.00                                                 |
| 21.                                                  | Rajasthan                                            | 4.47                                                 |
| 22.                                                  | Sikkim                                               | 0.00                                                 |
| 23.                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                           | 21.74                                                |
| 24.                                                  | Telangana                                            | 0.00                                                 |
| 25.                                                  | Tripura                                              | 6.12                                                 |
| 26.                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                        | 22.12                                                |
| 27.                                                  | Uttarakhand                                          | 10.53                                                |
| 28.                                                  | West Bengal                                          | 2.60                                                 |
| 29.                                                  | D&D Nagar Haveli                                     | 0.00                                                 |
| 30.                                                  | Puducherry                                           | 0.00                                                 |
| 31.                                                  | Ladakh                                               | 0.00                                                 |
|                                                      | Total                                                | 231.97                                               |

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