Lok Sabha Question No. 4484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Kisan Samridhi Kendra
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4484

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## KISAN SAMRIDHI KENDRA

4484.  SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE: SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed and opened Kisan Samridhi Kendras (KSKs) as helping centers for farmers to modernise agriculture;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof and the list of the Kisan Samridhi Kendras opened/authorised, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes promotion of start-ups in agriculture sector through KSKs in developing cultivation under modern techniques; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?.

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The Government of India  vide notification dated 24 th  August, 2022,  has decided to convert the existing village, block/sub district/ taluk and district level fertilizer retail shops into Model Fertilizer Retail Shops, namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendra ( PMKSK). These PMKSK act as a one-stop -shop for farmers for multiple products such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc and also avail multiple services related to agriculture sector like fertilizer/seed/soil testing, drones & other farm equipments under one single roof
- (b): As per i-FMS, 17747 district level fertilizer shops have been converted (or in process) into PMKSKs, the details of which are at Annexure-I.

(c)  &  (d):  There  is  no  proposal  to  promote  start  -ups  in  agriculture  sector  through  KSKs. However,  a progamme  called  'Innovation  and  Agri-Entrepreneurship  Development'  has been  in  operation  under  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  since  2018-19  with  the objective  to  promote  innovation  and  agripreneurship  by  providing  financial  support  and nurturing the incubation ecosystem. Start-ups pertaining to agriculture and allied sectors are being encouraged in order to contribute directly and indirectly to enhancing the income of farmers  by  providing  opportunities  to  them  and  to  provide  employment  to  youth.  In  this connection, five (5) Knowledge Partners (KPs) and twenty four (24) Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs)  have  been  appointed  by  this  Department  to  advise  on  smooth  and  efficient execution of this programme in various States across the country ( Annexure-II).

Start-ups  under  the  programme  are  taking  up  projects  in  various  fields  of  agriculture  and allied sectors.

## ANNEXURE-I

| S.No   | State Name             |   Number of PMKSK Setup |
|--------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh         |                     284 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh      |                       3 |
| 3      | Assam                  |                     213 |
| 4      | Bihar                  |                    1394 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh           |                     247 |
| 6      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                       1 |
| 7      | Delhi                  |                      40 |
| 8      | Goa                    |                       2 |
| 9      | Gujarat                |                     902 |
| 10     | Haryana                |                    1651 |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh       |                      17 |
| 12     | Jammu and kashmir      |                     165 |
| 13     | Jharkhand              |                     350 |
| 14     | Karnataka              |                     646 |
| 15     | Kerala                 |                     132 |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh         |                    1722 |
| 17     | Maharashtra            |                    1559 |
| 18     | Manipur                |                      15 |
| 19     | Mizoram                |                      12 |
| 20     | Nagaland               |                       2 |
| 21     | Odisha                 |                     318 |
| 22     | Puducherry             |                       7 |
| 23     | Punjab                 |                    1120 |
| 24     | Rajasthan              |                    2015 |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu             |                    1023 |
| 26     | Telangana              |                     522 |
| 27     | Tripura                |                      39 |
| 28     | Uttarakhand            |                      36 |
| 29     | Uttar Pradesh          |                    3037 |
| 30     | West Bengal            |                     273 |
| Total  |                        |                   17747 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## List of 5 Knowledge Partners (KPs) and 24 R-ABIs under RKVY Startup programme

## I. Knowledge Partners (KPs):

- (1) National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad,
- (2) National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Jaipur,
- (3) Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Pusa, New Delhi,
- (4) University of Agriculture Science , Dharwad, Karnataka and
- (5) Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam

## II. RKVY Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs):

- 1) Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Hisar, Haryana
- 2) CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
- 3) IIT-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- 4) Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- 5) ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
- 6) Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab
- 7) Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
- 8) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, J & K
- 9) IIM, Kashipur, Uttarakhand
- 10) Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala
- 11) ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana
- 12) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- 13) Agri innovation and entrepreneurship cell, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh
- 14) National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha
- 15) S K N Agriculture University, Jobner, Rajasthan
- 16) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal
- 17) Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, Bihar
- 18) Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat
- 19) ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- 20) Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra
- 21) ICAR-NIVEDI, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 22) College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura
- 23) Dept.  of  Veterinary  Medicine  College  of  Veterinary  Sciences  &Animal  Husbandry, Mizoram
- 24) College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.

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