Lok Sabha Question No. 2171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: National Conference of State Agricultural Ministers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2171

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS

2171.    SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  convened  a  National  Conference  of  State  Agriculture  and Horticulture Ministers few months ago and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  issues  like  digital  agriculture,  PM  Fasal  Bima  Yojana,  FPOs,  National  Food Security Mission, e-NAM, etc.  have also come up for discussion;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government for effective creation and implementation of 'One Nation, One Market eco-System' and also to address the genuine problems being faced by the farmers in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Yes, Sir.  A National Conference of State Agriculture & Horticulture Ministers was hosted  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  on  14-15  July,  2022  in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The following issues were discussed during the Conference:
- i.  Awareness programme on fund release through Public Finance Management System (PFMS)
- ii.  Digital Agriculture
- iii.  Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- iv.  Natural Farming
- v.  Marketing [Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and E-National Agri Marketing (eNAM) ]
- vi.  Horticulture

- vii.  Innovations in the New Age Fertilizers
- viii.  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Samman Yojna (PM-KISAN) Saturation
- ix.  International Year of Millets
- x.  Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- xi.  New Technologies by ICAR
2. The  best  practices  adopted  by  some  of  the  States  were  shared  in  the  meeting,  the details of which are given below:-

|   S.No. | Name of the State             | Topic                                          |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh                 | New Age Fertilizer                             |
|       2 | Maharashtra                   | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna(PMFBY)         |
|       3 | Nagaland                      | Natural Farming                                |
|       4 | Tamil Nadu                    | Farmer Producer Organisation(FPO)              |
|       5 | Haryana                       | Horticulture                                   |
|       6 | Karnataka                     | Digital Agriculture                            |
|       7 | Telengana                     | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Samman Yojna (PM- KISAN) |
|       8 | Odisha                        | Millets                                        |
|       9 | Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Agriculture Infra Fund (AIF)                   |

(d): National Agriculture Market(e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks  the  existing  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC)  mandis  to  create  a unified  national  market  for  agricultural  commodities.    Digital  services  are  provided  to  traders, farmers, Farmers Producer Organizations(FPOs), Mandis through various modules of e-NAM platform  such  as  FPO  trading  module,  warehouse  based  trading  module.    As  on  30 th November,  2022,  1260  mandis  of  22  States  and  03  Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  been integrated with e-NAM platform.  More than 1.74 crore farmers and 2.3 lakh traders have been registered on e-NAM platform.  The agricultural produce trade with a value of Rs.2.34 lakh crore have been recorded on e-NAM platform.  To promote market reforms Government of India had formulated  and  released  a  progressive  &  holistic  model  Act  'The  Agricultural  Produce  and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2017' for adoption by States/UTs.

The  Government has  adopted  several  developmental  programmes,  schemes,  reforms and policies for achieving higher income and addressing genuine problems. These include:

- (i) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture), release of equity grant of more than Rs.38  crore  to  about  eligible  1018  Farmers  Producers  Organization  (FPOs) covering more than 3.21 lakh farmers.
- (ii) Special  attention  for  creation  of  infrastructure  through  Agriculture Infrastructure Fund(AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore
- (iii) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN,

- (iv) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY),
- (v) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY),
- (vi) Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production,
- (vii) Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) offering production loan to even dairy & fishery farmers besides agricultural crops,
- (viii) National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  which  aims  to  evolve and implement  strategies  to  make  Indian  agriculture  more  resilient  to  the  changing climate.
- (ix) Focus on application of digital technology at all stages of agricultural value chain.
- (x) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture.
- (xi) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution, Interest Subvention Scheme, agro-forestry, restructured bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc
- (xii) Pension for small and marginal farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PMKMY), assurance of quality seeds at affordable rates, ensuring greater promotion  and  increase  profitability  under  Organic  Farming,  extensive  use  of technology to ensure better knowledge of the market prices for the benefit of the farmers,

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