Lok Sabha Question No. 3505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Setting up of Farmer Producer Organization
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3505

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## SETTING UP OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATION

3505.  SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) for the benefit of farmers across the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat;
- (b) if  so, the number of FPOs set up/proposed to be set up in the country along with  the  manner  in  which  the  Government  is  working  through  FPOs for  the benefit of farmers, State/UT wise;
- (c) the  details  of  initiatives  taken  for  promoting  FPOs  in  the  country,  State/UTwise;
- (d) the funds allocated for the same along with type of assistance being provided to FPOs in the country; and
- (e) the number of farmers benefited under the said scheme, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)to(e): Farmer Producer Organisations(FPOs) were being set up and promoted  by  Small  Farmers'  Agribusiness  Consortium  (SFAC),  National  Bank  for Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  YojanaNational  Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NRLM).  Govt.  of  Maharashtra  through Maharashtra  Agricultural  Competitiveness  Project  (MACP)  had  been  promoting Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)  for    the  benefit  of  farmers.  A  State/Union Territory (UT)- wise no. of FPOs promoted respectively by each of the agency is at Annexure - I.

Further, the Government of India has launched the Central Sector Scheme for 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations(FPOs)' in the year 2020 with the main focus on leveraging economies of scale in production and marketing  with  a  view  to  enhance  productivity  through  efficient,  cost  effective  and sustainable  resource  use  for  ensuring  sustainable  income  oriented  farming,  thus helping in reduction of cost of farm production and increase in farmers' income.

Under  the  said  Central  Sector  Scheme,  provision  has  been  made  to  form 10,000  new  FPOs. Implementing Agencies (IAs) have  been  finalized for formation and  promotion  of  FPOs  viz.  Small  Farmers  Agri-Business  Consortium  (SFAC), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), National Bank for Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  National  Agricultural  Cooperative Marketing Federation of India  (NAFED), North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited  (NERAMAC),  Tamil  Nadu-Small  Farmers  AgriBusiness Consortium (TN-SFAC), Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium Haryana (SFACH), Watershed Development Department (WDD)-Karnataka & Foundation for Development  of  Rural  Value  Chains  (FDRVC)-Ministry  of  Rural  Development (MoRD).

The  scheme  has  a  total  budgetary  outlay  of  Rs.6865  Crores.  Under  this scheme, provision is made for professional handholding support for a period of five years to each of new FPOs formed. Provision of financial assistance to the tune of Rs.18 lakhs to each FPOs under the scheme towards management cost for 3 years has been made.

In addition to this, provision has been made for matching equity grant upto Rs. 2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs. 15.00 lakh per FPO and a credit guarantee  facility  upto  Rs.  2  crore  of  project  loan  per  FPO  from  eligible  lending institutions to ensure institutional credit accessibility to FPOs. So far, a total of 4465 FPO produce clusters have been allocated to Implementing Agencies for formation of  FPOs,  out  of  which  2345  FPOs  have  been  allotted  blocks  in  the  States  in  the country. The details of FPO allocated by various Implementing Agencies along with number of farmers mobilized State/Union Territories (UTs) wise is at Annexure - II. So  far,  under  the  aforesaid  new  Central  Sector  Scheme,  713  FPOs  have  been registered.

Annexure-I

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF FPOs PROMOTED BY RESPECTIVE AGENCIES

| S.No   | State/UTs         | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State/UTs         | SFAC                                               | DAY- NRLM                                          | NABARD                                             | MACP                                               | Total                                              |
| 1      | Andaman& Nicobar  | -                                                  | -                                                  | 3                                                  | -                                                  | 3                                                  |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    | 16                                                 | 21                                                 | 274                                                | -                                                  | 311                                                |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh | 6                                                  | -                                                  | 7                                                  | -                                                  | 13                                                 |
| 4      | Assam             | 18                                                 | 1                                                  | 54                                                 | -                                                  | 73                                                 |
| 5      | Bihar             | 38                                                 | 7                                                  | 257                                                | -                                                  | 302                                                |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 26                                                 | 8                                                  | 57                                                 | -                                                  | 91                                                 |
| 7      | Delhi             | 4                                                  | -                                                  | 1                                                  | -                                                  | 5                                                  |
| 8      | Goa               | 2                                                  | -                                                  | 2                                                  | -                                                  | 4                                                  |
| 9      | Gujarat           | 25                                                 | 2                                                  | 176                                                | -                                                  | 203                                                |
| 10     | Haryana           | 23                                                 | -                                                  | 84                                                 | -                                                  | 107                                                |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh  | 8                                                  | -                                                  | 95                                                 | -                                                  | 103                                                |
| 12     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2                                                  | -                                                  | 17                                                 | -                                                  | 19                                                 |
| 13     | Jharkhand         | 10                                                 | 17                                                 | 149                                                | -                                                  | 176                                                |
| 14     | Karnataka         | 125                                                | 3                                                  | 262                                                | -                                                  | 390                                                |
| 15     | Kerala            | -                                                  | 5                                                  | 131                                                | -                                                  | 136                                                |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    | 149                                                | 39                                                 | 252                                                | -                                                  | 440                                                |
| 17     | Maharashtra       | 105                                                | 14                                                 | 278                                                | 406                                                | 803                                                |
| 18     | Manipur           | 8                                                  | -                                                  | 11                                                 | -                                                  | 19                                                 |
| 19     | Meghalaya         | 3                                                  | -                                                  | 12                                                 | -                                                  | 15                                                 |
| 20     | Mizoram           | 1                                                  | -                                                  | 19                                                 | -                                                  | 20                                                 |
| 21     | Nagaland          | 2                                                  | -                                                  | 5                                                  | -                                                  | 7                                                  |
| 22     | Odisha            | 41                                                 | 20                                                 | 236                                                | -                                                  | 297                                                |
| 23     | Punjab            | 7                                                  | -                                                  | 91                                                 | -                                                  | 98                                                 |
| 24     | Rajasthan         | 50                                                 | 14                                                 | 162                                                | -                                                  | 226                                                |
| 25     | Sikkim            | 30                                                 | -                                                  | 4                                                  | -                                                  | 34                                                 |

| 26    | Tamil Nadu    |   13 | 1   |   219 | -   |   233 |
|-------|---------------|------|-----|-------|-----|-------|
| 27    | Telangana     |   25 | 17  |   345 | -   |   387 |
| 28    | Tripura       |    7 | -   |     1 | -   |     8 |
| 29    | Uttarakhand   |    7 | -   |    90 | -   |    97 |
| 30    | Uttar Pradesh |   57 | 2   |   276 | -   |   335 |
| 31    | West Bengal   |   89 | 9   |   294 | -   |   392 |
| Total | Total         |  897 | 180 |  3864 | 406 |  5347 |

## Annexure-II

## Details of FPO allocated and registered under new Central Sector Scheme for Formation  and  Promotion  of  FPOs  along  with  number  of  farmers  mobilized State/Union Territories (UTs) wise

| Sr. No.   | State                       | FPO Allocated&   | FPO Allocated&   | Total No. of Farmers Mobilized   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State                       | Blocks Allocated | FPOs Registered  | Total No. of Farmers Mobilized   |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1                | -                | -                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 94               | 23               | 2704                             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 9                | 2                | 413                              |
| 4         | Assam                       | 103              | 24               | 3383                             |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 146              | 32               | 6999                             |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                | 66               | 11               | 1201                             |
| 7         | Gujarat                     | 86               | 20               | 2180                             |
| 8         | Haryana                     | 108              | 8                | 425                              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            | 59               | 14               | 1190                             |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir           | 63               | 26               | 1541                             |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   | 83               | 45               | 4110                             |
| 12        | Karnataka                   | 183              | 60               | 12126                            |
| 13        | Kerala                      | 42               | 13               | 2696                             |
| 14        | Ladakh                      | 3                | 1                | 35                               |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh              | 143              | 58               | 14158                            |
| 16        | Maharashtra                 | 150              | 76               | 17380                            |
| 17        | Manipur                     | 20               | -                | -                                |
| 18        | Meghalaya                   | 16               | -                | -                                |
| 19        | Mizoram                     | 12               | -                | -                                |
| 20        | Nagaland                    | 23               | 3                | 320                              |
| 21        | Odisha                      | 146              | 72               | 17919                            |
| 22        | Puducherry                  | 2                | -                | -                                |
| 23        | Punjab                      | 39               | 10               | 1257                             |
| 24        | Rajasthan                   | 125              | 38               | 3476                             |
| 25        | Sikkim                      | 10               | -                | -                                |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu                  | 155              | 37               | 5691                             |
| 27        | Telangana                   | 103              | 43               | 19781                            |
| 28        | Tripura                     | 29               | 1                | 305                              |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh               | 215              | 78               | 7574                             |
| 30        | Uttarakhand                 | 71               | 9                | 796                              |
| 31        | West Bengal                 | 40               | 9                | 1297                             |
|           | Grand Total                 | 2345             | 713              | 1,28,957                         |

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