Lok Sabha Question No. 1462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, D.K. Suresh, Sumalatha Ambareesh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1462

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

1462.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI D. K. SURESH: SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH

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

- (a) the details of total funds earmarked and spent so far from Agriculture Infrastructure Fund for farm gate-based infrastructure for farmers;
- (b) the  details  of  total  number  of  beneficiaries  including  farmers  and  entrepreneurs under the said scheme till date, State-wise;
- (c) the achievements made under the scheme till date; and
- (d) the details of the targets set to achieve and actual achievements?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) To (d): Agriculture  Infrastructure  Fund  aims  at  providing  a  medium-long  term  debt financing  facility  till  2025-2026.  Till  date,  a  total  of  8488  projects  have  been  sanctioned under the scheme with a loan amount of Rs. 6098 crores, out of which, Rs. 2071 crores have  been  disbursed  for  4003  projects.  The  details  of  total  number  of  beneficiaries including farmers and entrepreneurs under the said scheme till date, State-wise, have been placed at Annexure-1.

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1462 Annexure-1

| SN   | States            |   PACS |   Agri- Entrep reneur |   Farmer |   Farmer Producers Organization |   Start -up |   Others |   Total |
|------|-------------------|--------|-----------------------|----------|---------------------------------|-------------|----------|---------|
| 1    | MADHYA PRADESH    |    351 |                  1331 |      241 |                               3 |          12 |       16 |    1954 |
| 2    | RAJASTHAN         |    258 |                   329 |       61 |                               1 |           2 |        3 |     654 |
| 3    | MAHARASHTRA       |    309 |                   166 |       54 |                              12 |           6 |        8 |     555 |
| 4    | GUJARAT           |    151 |                   143 |       42 |                               2 |           5 |        3 |     346 |
| 5    | UTTAR PRADESH     |    549 |                    89 |       44 |                               1 |           1 |        0 |     684 |
| 6    | HARYANA           |     95 |                    86 |       30 |                              16 |           1 |        1 |     229 |
| 7    | TELANGANA         |    207 |                   112 |        8 |                               1 |           5 |        0 |     333 |
| 8    | ODISHA            |    103 |                    40 |       43 |                              11 |           4 |        2 |     203 |
| 9    | PUNJAB            |     60 |                    66 |       12 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |     138 |
| 10   | KARNATAKA         |    826 |                    39 |       28 |                               2 |           4 |        1 |     900 |
| 11   | ANDHRA PRADESH    |   1367 |                    45 |        5 |                               4 |           3 |        0 |    1424 |
| 12   | CHHATTISGARH      |    123 |                    35 |       19 |                               0 |           3 |        7 |     187 |
| 13   | WEST BENGAL       |    200 |                    16 |       27 |                               1 |           1 |        0 |     245 |
| 14   | TAMIL NADU        |    201 |                    21 |       18 |                               1 |           3 |        1 |     245 |
| 15   | BIHAR             |     40 |                    12 |       13 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |      65 |
| 16   | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |     20 |                     9 |       11 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |      40 |
| 17   | UTTARAKHAND       |    102 |                     9 |        8 |                               1 |           1 |        2 |     123 |
| 18   | JHARKHAND         |      1 |                     8 |        8 |                               3 |           0 |        0 |      20 |
| 19   | KERALA            |     70 |                    10 |        2 |                               2 |           2 |        1 |      87 |
| 20   | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |      0 |                     1 |       10 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |      11 |
| 21   | ASSAM             |      7 |                     6 |        1 |                               0 |           0 |        1 |      15 |
| 22   | DELHI             |      0 |                     2 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |       2 |
| 23   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |      0 |                     1 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |       1 |
| 24   | Nagaland          |     10 |                     0 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |      10 |
| 25   | Andaman & Nicobar |      3 |                     0 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |       3 |
| 26   | Mizoram           |      3 |                     0 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |       3 |
| 27   | Sikkim            |     11 |                     0 |        0 |                               0 |           0 |        0 |      11 |
|      | Grand Total       |   5067 |                  2576 |      685 |                              61 |          53 |       46 |    8488 |

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