Lok Sabha Question No. 2533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Har Ghar Rashan
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2533

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## HAR GHAR RASHAN

## 2533. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

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

(a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  ensure  'Har  Ghar  Rashan'  like  the successful initiative from Jal Shakti Ministry's 'Har Ghar Jal';

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Ministry to achieve this mission;

- (c) if not, whether the Government has any plan to ensure food to every citizen of the country;
- (d) whether the demand of organic agro product from our country is increasing over the globe;

(e) whether the Government is focusing on increasing production by encouraging and providing assistance to farmers; and

- (f) if  so,  the  quantity  of  agriculture  products  which  our  country  has  exported  in  last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Under  the  One  Nation  One  Ration  Card  (ONORC),  beneficiaries  covered under  the  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013  (NFSA) can  get  their  quota    of  subsidized food-grains from any electronic point of  sale  device (ePoS)- enabled fair price shops of their  choice  by  using  their  existing  ration  card  with  biometric  authentication.  ONORC  is implemented  in  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories  making  food  security  portable throughout the country. Under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), about 79.7 crore beneficiaries in the country have been covered by States/UTs through NFSA ration cards.  The  Department  regularly  pursue  with  concerned  States/UTs  to  cover  maximum eligible persons/households up to their respective NFSA ceiling limits.

(d): The  demand  of  organic  agro-product  from  India  is  consistently  increasing  in  the global market. As such, the quantity of Indian organic products exported during 2020-21 was  8.88  lakh  MT  as  against  6.38  lakh  MT  during  2019-20  which  amounts  to  39.18% increase  in  export  from  India  indicating  considerable  increase  in  demand  of  Indian agricultural products.

(e):      National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is being implemented with the objective of increasing food grain production through area expansion and productivity enhancement in the  identified  districts  of  the  country.  Under  NFSM,  assistance  is  given  through  state governments to farmers for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of  practices,  demonstrations  on  cropping  system,  distribution  of  seeds  of  High  Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system  based  trainings etc including plant protection measures,  nutrient management/soil ameliorants  for improving soil productivity and control of pest incidence. The  mission  also  provides  support  to  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  & State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology back stopping  and  transfer  of  technology  to  the  farmers  under  supervision  of  Subject  Matter Specialists/Scientists. KVKs are also assisted for production of Certified Seeds of Pulses & Nutri-Cereals in the project Supported under NFSM.

(f):      The quantity of agriculture products exported from India during last three years is given in Annexure-I.

Annexure-I The quantity of agriculture products exported from India during last three years

## In MT

| Products                    | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Products                    | QTY       | QTY       | QTY       |
| AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS   | 92241     | 120558    | 126112    |
| CASHEW                      | 84373     | 70110     | 75450     |
| CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID     | 4605      | 3735      | 4943      |
| CASTOR OIL                  | 593907    | 734336    | 715209    |
| CEREAL PREPARATIONS         | 342648    | 403985    | 415533    |
| COCOA PRODUCTS              | 27432     | 25776     | 27323     |
| COFFEE                      | 257032    | 245209    | 333098    |
| COTTON RAWINCLD. WASTE      | 657808    | 1213980   | 1258626   |
| DAIRY PRODUCTS              | 111171    | 118334    | 191954    |
| FLORICLTR PRODUCTS          | 16949     | 15695     | 23695     |
| FRESH FRUITS                | 834835    | 973177    | 1166440   |
| FRESH VEGETABLES            | 1930511   | 2339675   | 2468404   |
| FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS    | 19221     | 32285     | 20989     |
| GROUNDNUT                   | 664436    | 638319    | 514123    |
| GUERGAM MEAL                | 381878    | 234878    | 322329    |
| MILLED PRODUCTS             | 286450    | 397056    | 699565    |
| MOLLASES                    | 593616    | 1317679   | 1404983   |
| NATURAL RUBBER              | 12872     | 11344     | 3560      |
| NIGER SEEDS                 | 13831     | 19591     | 6030      |
| OIL MEALS                   | 2655789   | 4366554   | 2925702   |
| OTHER CEREALS               | 501118    | 3075661   | 3859358   |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS             | 89641     | 84574     | 60243     |
| PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES | 568883    | 532870    | 629704    |
| PROCESSED VEGETABLES        | 223308    | 367098    | 308275    |
| PULSES                      | 232081    | 276927    | 387208    |
| RICE -BASMOTI               | 4454771   | 4630209   | 3943717   |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI)    | 5056278   | 13149206  | 17288961  |
| SESAME SEEDS                | 282257    | 273260    | 242145    |
| SHELLAC                     | 7173      | 7876      | 8485      |
| SPICES                      | 1193440   | 1607058   | 1427718   |
| SUGAR                       | 5798534   | 7517923   | 10457080  |
| TEA                         | 254800    | 212687    | 208614    |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED      | 181841    | 178296    | 196261    |
| VEGETABLE OILS              | 85237     | 302221    | 98365     |
| WHEAT                       | 219690    | 2154973   | 7244842   |

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