Lok Sabha Question No. 3124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Promoting Innovation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3124

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd   MARCH, 2022

## PROMOTING INNOVATION

3124.    SHRI  RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  schemes  for  promoting  innovation  and entrepreneurship  ventures  in  the  field  of  agriculture  and  allied  activities  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- b)  whether  the  Government  has  studied  the  market  size  and  growth  potential  for agriculture startups in India and if so, the details thereof;
- c)  the details of agricultural startups in the country, State/UT-wise including in Bihar; and
- d)  the details of the number of patents, Geographic Indicators and copyrights filed in our agricultural sector, State/UT-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) This Ministry has been implementing a programme called 'Innovation and AgriEntrepreneurship  Development'    under  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVYRAFTAAR)  since  2018-19  with  an  objective  to  promote  innovation  and  agrientrepreneurship by providing financial support and nurturing the incubation ecosystem.  Under  this  programme,  start-ups  are  encouraged  to  use  innovative technologies to resolve challenges faced in the agriculture and allied sectors.  Five Knowledge  Partners  (KPs)  as  Centres  of  Excellence  and  twenty  four  RKVYRAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) have been appointed from across the country for implementation this programme. List of KPs and R-ABIs is enclosed at Annexure-I.

Besides,  the  Indian  Council  of  Agriculture  Research  (ICAR)  has  been  supporting Agri-based startups under the project called National Agriculture Innovation Fund (NAIF)  initiated in  year  2016-2017.  It  has  two  components  viz.  I.  Innovation Fund; II. Incubation Fund and National Coordinating Unit (NCU).

- (b) This Ministry has not conducted any study on market size and growth potential for agriculture startups in India.
- (c) Under 'Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship' programme, funds are released to KPs and R-ABIs and not state-wise. KP and RABI wise number of selected start-ups funded under this programme including Bihar Agriculture University , Sabour (R-ABI) is enclosed at Annexure-II.
- (d)  Total  1377  patents  and  273  copyrights  are  filed  by  ICAR  institutes  in  the agriculture sector pan India including Bihar. State wise patents and copyrights filed by  ICAR  are  enclosed  at  Annexure-  III  and  IV  respectively.  120  Geographic Indicators  (GIs)  in  agriculture  items  have  been  registered  with  the  Office  of  the Controller  General  of  Patents,  Designs  &  Trade  Marks  (CGPDTM)  under  the Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade.  A  list  of  registered  GIs agriculture items is enclosed at Annexure-V.

## List  of  Knowledge  Partners  (KPs)  and  RKVY-RAFTAAR  Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs)

## 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.
- 5)  Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam.

## RKVY-RAFTAAR 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
- 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)  National  Institute  of  Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease  Informatics (NIVEDI), Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 22)  College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura
- 23)  Department of Veterinary Medicine  College of Veterinary  Sciences &Animal Husbandry, Aizawl, Mizoram
- 24)  College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

## Annexure-II

Number of startups funding  under Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship programme of RKVY-RAFTAAR

| S.N.   | Knowledge Partners (KPs)                                                                             |   no. of startups |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1      | Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Pusa, New Delhi                                        |                50 |
| 2      | National Institute of Agricultural Marketing(NIAM) Jaipur,                                           |                39 |
| 3      | National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad (Cohort-I)               |                59 |
| 4      | Assam Agriculture University (AAU) , Assam                                                           |                29 |
| 5      | University of Agriculture Science , Dharwad (Cohort-I) RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) |                49 |
| 1      | Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Hisar, Haryana                                                    |                27 |
| 2      | CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Himachal Pradesh                                        |                18 |
| 3      | Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                           |                44 |
| 4      | IIM, Kashipur, Uttarakhand                                                                           |                37 |
| 5      | IIT-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh                                                                     |                35 |
| 6      | ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh                                   |                25 |
| 7      | Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh                                   |                23 |
| 8      | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab                                                     |                30 |
| 9      | Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu & Kashmir                   |                14 |
| 10     | College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura                                                           |                 6 |
| 11     | College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Mizoram                                           |                 9 |
| 12     | College of horticulture and forestry, Arunachal Pradesh                                              |                 8 |
| 13     | S K N Agriculture University, Jobner, Rajasthan                                                      |                22 |
| 14     | ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana (Cohort-I)                           |                66 |
| 15     | Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala                                                     |                29 |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu                                    |                28 |
| 17     | Agri innovation and entrepreneurship cell, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh                                    |                25 |
| 18     | ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai                                     |                26 |
| 19     | Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat                                                        |                12 |
| 20     | Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra                                         |                19 |
| 21     | National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI), Bengaluru            |                16 |
| 22     | National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha                                                    |                32 |
| 23     | Indian Institute of Management (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal                                         |                 4 |
| 24     | Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, Bihar                                                      |                18 |
|        | TOTAL ( for all KPs and RABIs)                                                                       |               799 |

## State wise distribution of Patents filed by ICAR Institutes

| S No   | Name of State     |   Patent Filed |
|--------|-------------------|----------------|
| 1      | A&N Islands       |              7 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |              9 |
| 3      | Bihar             |              2 |
| 4      | Delhi             |            254 |
| 5      | Goa               |              5 |
| 6      | Gujarat           |             12 |
| 7      | Haryana           |            170 |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  |             27 |
| 9      | Jammu and Kashmir |              1 |
| 10     | Jharkhand         |             13 |
| 11     | Karnataka         |             84 |
| 12     | Kerala            |            140 |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    |             45 |
| 14     | Maharashtra       |            121 |
| 15     | NEH Region        |             28 |
| 16     | Odisha            |             27 |
| 17     | Punjab            |             76 |
| 18     | Rajasthan         |             34 |
| 19     | Tamil Nadu        |             35 |
| 20     | Telangana         |             24 |
| 21     | Uttar Pradesh     |            179 |
| 22     | Uttarakhand       |              9 |
| 23     | West Bengal       |             75 |
| Total  | Total             |           1377 |

## State wise distribution of Copyrights filed by ICAR Institutes

| S No   | State Wise        |   Copyrights Filed |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                  8 |
| 2      | Assam             |                  7 |
| 3      | Delhi             |                 88 |
| 4      | Goa               |                  2 |
| 5      | Haryana           |                 11 |
| 6      | Himachal Pradesh  |                  4 |
| 7      | Jammu and Kashmir |                  1 |
| 8      | Jharkhand         |                  2 |
| 9      | Kerala            |                  9 |
| 10     | Madhya Pradesh    |                 16 |
| 11     | Maharashtra       |                 20 |
| 12     | Nagaland          |                  3 |
| 13     | Orissa            |                  3 |
| 14     | Rajasthan         |                  4 |
| 15     | Sikkim            |                  5 |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu        |                  1 |
| 17     | Telangana         |                 29 |
| 18     | Uttarakhand       |                 11 |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh     |                 48 |
| 20     | West Bengal       |                  1 |
| Total  | Total             |                273 |

## Annexure-V

## Registration details of Geographical Indications ( agriculture item)

|   S. No | Geographical Indications          | Goods (As per Sec 2 (f) of GI Act 1999 )   | State                           |
|---------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Coorg Orange                      | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       2 | Mysore Betel leaf                 | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       3 | Nanjanagud Banana                 | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       4 | Mysore Malligae                   | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       5 | Udupi Malligae                    | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       6 | Hadagali Malligae                 | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|       7 | Navara Rice                       | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|       8 | Palakkadan Matta Rice             | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|       9 | Malabar Pepper                    | Agricultural                               | (Kerala, Karnataka & Tamilnadu) |
|      10 | Allahabad Surkha Guava            | Agricultural                               | Uttar Pradesh                   |
|      11 | Alleppey Green Cardamom           | Agricultural                               | Kerala & Tamilnadu              |
|      12 | Coorg Green Cardamom              | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      13 | Eathomozhy Tall Coconut           | Agricultural                               | Tamil Nadu                      |
|      14 | Pokkali Rice                      | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|      15 | Malda Laxman Bhog Mango           | Agricultural                               | West Bengal                     |
|      16 | Malda Khirsapati (Himsagar) Mango | Agricultural                               | West Bengal                     |
|      17 | Malda Fazli Mango                 | Agricultural                               | West Bengal                     |
|      18 | Naga Mircha                       | Agricultural                               | Nagaland                        |
|      19 | Nilgiri (Orthodox)                | Agricultural                               | Tamil Nadu                      |
|      20 | Assam (Orthodox)                  | Agricultural                               | Assam                           |
|      21 | Virupakshi Hill Banana            | Agricultural                               | Tamil Nadu                      |
|      22 | Sirumalai Hill Banana             | Agricultural                               | Tamil Nadu                      |
|      23 | Mango Malihabadi Dusseheri        | Agricultural                               | Uttar Pradesh                   |
|      24 | Vazhakulam Pineapple              | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|      25 | Devanahalli Pomello               | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      26 | Appemidi Mango                    | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      27 | Kamalapur Red Banana              | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      28 | Guntur Sannam Chilli              | Agricultural                               | Andhra Pradesh                  |
|      29 | Mahabaleshwar Strawberry          | Agricultural                               | Maharashtra                     |
|      30 | Central Travancore Jaggery        | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|      31 | Wayanad Jeerakasala Rice          | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|      32 | Wayanad Gandhakasala Rice         | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |
|      33 | Nashik Grapes                     | Agricultural                               | Maharashtra                     |
|      34 | Byadagi Chilli                    | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      35 | Gir Kesar Mango                   | Agricultural                               | Gujarat                         |
|      36 | Bhalia Wheat                      | Agricultural                               | Gujarat                         |
|      37 | Udupi Mattu Gulla Brinjal         | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      38 | Ganjam Kewda Flower               | Agricultural                               | Odisha                          |
|      39 | Madurai Malli                     | Agricultural                               | Tamil Nadu                      |
|      40 | Bangalore Blue Grapes             | Agricultural                               | Karnataka                       |
|      41 | Kalanamak Rice                    | Agricultural                               | Uttar Pradesh                   |
|      42 | Kaipad Rice                       | Agricultural                               | Kerala                          |

|   43 | Kolhapur Jaggery             | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|------|------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   44 | Nagpur Orange                | Agricultural   | (Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh)                                                               |
|   45 | Bangalore Rose Onion         | Agricultural   | Karnataka                                                                                    |
|   46 | Naga Tree Tomato             | Agricultural   | Nagaland                                                                                     |
|   47 | Arunachal Orange             | Agricultural   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                            |
|   48 | Sikkim Large Cardamom        | Agricultural   | Sikkim                                                                                       |
|   49 | Mizo Chilli                  | Agricultural   | Mizoram                                                                                      |
|   50 | Assam Karbi Anglong Ginger   | Agricultural   | Assam                                                                                        |
|   51 | Tripura Queen Pineapple      | Agricultural   | Tripura                                                                                      |
|   52 | Chengalikodan Nendran Banana | Agricultural   | Kerala                                                                                       |
|   53 | Tezpur Litchi                | Agricultural   | Assam                                                                                        |
|   54 | Khasi Mandarin               | Agricultural   | Meghalaya                                                                                    |
|   55 | Kachai Lemon                 | Agricultural   | Manipur                                                                                      |
|   56 | Memong Narang                | Agricultural   | Meghalaya                                                                                    |
|   57 | Basmati                      | Agricultural   | (Punjab / Haryana / Himachal Pradesh / Delhi / Uttarkhand / Uttar Pradesh / Jammu & Kashmir) |
|   58 | Ajara Ghansal Rice           | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   59 | Mangalwedha Jowar            | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   60 | Sindhudurg & Ratnagiri Kokum | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   61 | Waghya Ghevada               | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   62 | Navapur Tur Dal              | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   63 | Vengurla Cashew              | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   64 | Lasalgaon Onion              | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   65 | Sangli Raisins               | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   66 | Beed Custard Apple           | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   67 | Jalna Sweet Orange           | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   68 | Uttarakhand Tejpat           | Agricultural   | Uttarakhand                                                                                  |
|   69 | Waigaon Turmeric             | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   70 | Purandar Fig                 | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   71 | Jalgaon Bharit Brinjal       | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   72 | Solapur Pomegranate          | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   73 | Bhiwapur Chilli              | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   74 | Ambemohar Rice               | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   75 | Dahanu Gholvad Chikoo        | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   76 | Jalgaon Banana               | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   77 | Marathwada Kesar Mango       | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                                                                                  |
|   78 | Joha Rice of Assam           | Agricultural   | Assam                                                                                        |
|   79 | Banaganapalle Mangoes        | Agricultural   | (Telangana & Andhra Pradesh                                                                  |
|   80 | Gobindobhog Rice             | Agricultural   | West Bengal                                                                                  |
|   81 | Tulapanji Rice               | Agricultural   | West Bengal                                                                                  |
|   82 | Nilambur Teak                | Agricultural   | Kerala                                                                                       |
|   83 | Bhagalpuri Zardalu           | Agricultural   | Bihar                                                                                        |
|   84 | Katarni Rice                 | Agricultural   | Bihar                                                                                        |
|   85 | Magahi Paan Boka Chaul       | Agricultural   | Bihar                                                                                        |
|   86 |                              | Agricultural   | Assam                                                                                        |

|   87 | Alphonso                              | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                        |
|------|---------------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------|
|   88 | Shahi Litchi of Bihar                 | Agricultural   | Bihar                              |
|   89 | Sangli Turmeric                       | Agricultural   | Maharashtra                        |
|   90 | Himachali Kala Zeera                  | Agricultural   | Himachal Pradesh                   |
|   91 | Sirsi Supari                          | Agricultural   | Karnataka                          |
|   92 | Erode Manjal (Erode Turmeric)         | Agricultural   | Tamil Nadu                         |
|   93 | Marayoor Jaggery (Marayoor Sharkara)  | Agricultural   | Kerala                             |
|   94 | Jeeraphool                            | Agricultural   | Chhattisgarh                       |
|   95 | Kandhamal Haladi                      | Agricultural   | Odisha                             |
|   96 | Kodaikanal Malai Poondu               | Agricultural   | Tamil Nadu                         |
|   97 | Gulbarga Tur Dal                      | Agricultural   | Karnataka                          |
|   98 | Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila)      | Agricultural   | Kerala                             |
|   99 | Khola Chilli                          | Agricultural   | Goa                                |
|  100 | Kaji Nemu                             | Agricultural   | Assam                              |
|  101 | Chokuwa Rice of Assam                 | Agricultural   | Assam                              |
|  102 | Chak - Hao                            | Agricultural   | Manipur , Nagaland                 |
|  103 | Kashmir Saffron                       | Agricultural   | Jammu & Kashmir                    |
|  104 | Sojat Mehndi                          | Agricultural   | Rajasthan                          |
|  105 | Judima                                | Agricultural   | Assam                              |
|  106 | Balaghat Chinnor                      | Agricultural   | Madhya Pradesh                     |
|  107 | Kuttiattoor Mango (Kuttiattoor Manga) | Agricultural   | Kerala                             |
|  108 | Harmal Chilli                         | Agricultural   | Goa                                |
|  109 | Edayur Chilli                         | Agricultural   | Kerala                             |
|  110 | Munsyari Razma                        | Agricultural   | Uttarakhand                        |
|  111 | Myndoli Banana                        | Agricultural   | Goa                                |
|  112 | Kumaon Chyura Oil                     | Agricultural   | Uttarakhand                        |
|  113 | Rataul Mango                          | Agricultural   | Uttar Pradesh                      |
|  114 | Tamenglong Orange                     | Agricultural   | Manipur                            |
|  115 | Kanniyakumari Clove                   | Agricultural   | Tamil Nadu                         |
|  116 | Hathei Chilli                         | Agricultural   | Manipur                            |
|  117 | Naga Cucumber                         | Agricultural   | Nagaland                           |
|  118 | Mahoba Desawari Pan                   | Agricultural   | (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) |
|  119 | Mizo Ginger                           | Agricultural   | Mizoram                            |
|  120 | Dalle Khursani                        | Agricultural   | (Sikkim and West Bengal)           |

Source: Office of Controller General of Patents , Design & Trade Marks , DPIIT

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