Lok Sabha Question No. 3592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Schemes for Quality Agricultural Inputs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3592 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH AUGUST, 2021

## SCHEMES FOR QUALITY AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

†3592. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

- (a) the details of the schemes being run by the Government for the upgradation of farmers by providing them good quality seeds and better agricultural equipments;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- a) Government of India through its various schemes viz. Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting  Materials  (SMSP),  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  Bringing  Green Revolution to Eastern India(BGREI), Rashtriya Krishi VikasYojana(RKVY) and SubMission  on  Agricultural  Mechanization  (SMAM),  provides  financial  assistance  to farmers  on  seed  distribution,  seed  production,  farmers  training,  seed  treating  drums, seed  storage  bins  and  farm  mechanization  by  promoting  Custom  Hiring  Centersfor distribution of various agricultural equipments to farmers.
- b) The  pattern  of  assistance  under  above-mentioned  schemes  is  available  at Annexure-I.
- c)       Question does not arise.

## DETAILS OF ASSISTANCE/SUBSIDY AVAILABLE FOR SEED PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION & AGRICULTURE MECHANIZATION UNDER SCHEMES/PROGRAMMES OF DAC&FW, MOA&FW, GOI

|   S. No. | Scheme/ Component                               | Crop                                                                         | Scale of Assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|        1 | Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP) | Seed Village Programme (60% GOI and 40% State Share)                         | a) Distribution of Seeds: To upgrade the quality of farmer saved seed financial assistance for distribution of foundation / certified seeds @ 50% cost of the seeds for Cereals crops and 60% for oilseeds, pulses, green manure and fodder crops is provided for 1 acre of area per farmer for production of quality seeds. b) Farmers Training : Assistance to train the farmers on seed production and seed technology@ Rs.15000/- for a group of 50-150 farmers. c) Seed Treating/Dressing Drums: Financial assistance for treating seeds @ Rs.3500 per seed treating drum of 20Kg capacity and Rs. 5000 per drum of 40Kg capacity. d) Storage Bins: To encourage farmers to develop storage capacity of appropriate quality, financial assistance is provided to farmers for purchasing Seed Storage bins. The rate of assistance is as under.  @33% for SC/ST farmers for 10 qtls. capacity Rs.1500  @33% for SC/ST farmers for 20 qtls. capacity Rs.3000  @25% for General farmers for 10 qtls. capacity Rs.1000  @25% for General farmers for 20 qtls. capacity Rs.2000 |
|        1 | Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP) | Certified Seed Production through Seed Village (60% GOI and 40% State Share) | a) Distribution of Seeds: Financial assistance for distribution of foundation seeds @75% cost of the seeds of oilseeds, pulses, green manure and fodder crops is provided to the farmers. b) Farmers Training: Assistance to train the farmers on seed production and seed technology@ Rs.15000/- for a group of 50-150                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|    |                                      |                                                                  | farmers. c) Certification Charge: 50% Seed Certification charges maximum of Rs.600/ha or actual whichever is less for certification of seeds produced under the programme. d) Seed Processing and Seed Storage Godowns: Assistance is provided to establish seed processing and prefabricated or other type of seed storage godowns 150 sqm. @Rs.10000 per sqm. to process and store 200 MT capacity for each seed village. e) Financial assistance of Rs.7.56 lakh is available for seed processing machinery and supporting equipment etc.   |
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|  2 | National Food Security Mission(NFSM) | Rice                                                             | a) Rs.10000/- per quintal or 50% of seeds cost whichever is less for certified hybrid rice seed distribution. b) Rs.20/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for high yielding varieties certified seed distribution for less than 10 years old varieties. c) Rs.10/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for high yielding varieties certified seed distribution for more than 10 years old varieties limited to 20% of portal seed distribution target.                                                                  |
|  2 | National Food Security Mission(NFSM) | Wheat                                                            | a) Rs.20/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for certified seed distribution for less than 10 years old varieties. b) Rs.10/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for high yielding varieties certified seed distribution for more than 10 years old varieties limited to 20% of portal seed distribution target.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|  2 | National Food Security Mission(NFSM) | Pulses (Assistance for Production & Distribution of Pulses Seed) | a) Rs.5000/- per quintal or 50% of cost whichever is less for seeds distribution for less than 10 years old varieties. b) Rs.2500/- per quintal or 50% of cost whichever is less for certified seeds distribution for more than 10 years old varieties limited to 20% total seed distribution target. c) Rs.5000/- per quintal of certified seed production of pulses within 10                                                                                                                                                                |

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|    |                                                    | Coarse Cereals (HYVs seed)                                                                                 | a) HYVs Rs.3000/- per quintal or 50% of cost whichever is less for HYVs certified seeds distribution for less than 10 years old varieties b) HYVs Rs.1500/- per quintal or 50% of cost whichever is less for HYVs certified seeds distribution for more than 10 years old varieties.                                                                                 |
|    |                                                    | Seed Production of Nutri- Cereals (Jowar, Bajra, Ragi and other Small Millets).                            | a) Rs 3000/- per quintal for certified seed production of HYVs of nutri- cereals within 10 years old varieties. b) Rs 10,000/- per quintal for hybrid seed production of nutri-cereals within 10 years old varieties.                                                                                                                                                |
|    |                                                    | Hybrid Seed (Maize, Jowar&Bajra)                                                                           | a) Rs. 10,000/- per quintal or 50% of cost of seeds whichever is less for hybrid coarse cereal-Jowar&Bajra certified seeds distribution for less than 10 years old varieties.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    |                                                    | Commercial Crops (Jute based cropping system) Seed Village Programme and Production of seed in Govt. Farms | Seed production a) Production of breeder seed @Rs.20000/qtl. b) Production of certified Seeds 50% of the cost limited to Rs.120/- per kg for foundation seed production. c) Rs.50/- per kg for certified seed production. d) Rs.5500/qtl. for certified seed produced by State Department of Agriculture, State Agricultural Universities, KVKs, SSCs, NSC and SSCA. |
|    |                                                    | Commercial Crop (Sugarcane)                                                                                | a) Assistance for breeder seed production @ Rs.40000/ha. (Rs.34000 for inputs and Rs.6000 for contingency) to SAUs, ICAR and Sugarcane Research Institute (SRI) for production of tissue culture raised plantlets/seedlings @Rs.3.5 per seedling.                                                                                                                    |
| 3. | Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India (BGREI) | Rice and Wheat                                                                                             | For distribution of seeds: a) Rs.10000/- per quintal or 50% of seeds cost whichever is less for certified hybrid rice seed distribution.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|    |                                                  |                                                                                | b) Rs.20/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for certified high yielding varieties certified seed distribution for less than 10 years old varieties. c) Rs.10/- per kg. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for high yielding varieties certified seed distribution for more than 10 years old varieties limited to 20% of total seed distribution target.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|    |                                                  | Rice and Wheat                                                                 | For production of seeds a) The assistance for production of seeds @ Rs. 2,000 per qtl. for HYVs of paddy and wheat for less than 10 years old varieties. b) Rs. 10,000 per qtl. for paddy hybrid for less than 10 years old varieties.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. | Rashtriya Krishi VikasYojna (RKVY)               | All Crops                                                                      | All activities including Seed Infrastructure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 5. | Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) | Central Sector Components (100% Grants are provided by the Central Government) | a) Training: Lodging is provided free of cost in the trainee's hostels at the institutes. A stipend of Rs. 200 per day per farmer is provided to meet boarding expenses. To and travel expenses for coming to the training institute is provided on actual basis limited to a total of Rs. 500/-. The migrant labourers are provided additional Rs. 200 per day. The training institutes are also funded @ Rs. 46.70 per hour per trainee to cover the training expenses. b) Testing: Testing and evaluation of machines is conducted through the 4 Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institutes (FMTTIs) located at Budni (MP), Hisar (Haryana), Anantapur (AP) &BiswanathChariali (Assam) for their quality assessment. c) Demonstration: The institutes conducting the demonstrations of new technology machines at the farmers' fields are provided 100 percent grants for purchase of machines/technologies to be demonstrated and also Rs. 2000 per hectare as contingent expenditure to conduct demonstrations. |

| Components (Implemented on 60:40 funds sharing basis between Centre & State for normal States, 90:10 for North Eastern and Himalayan States and 100:0 for Union Territories)   | a) Financial assistance for purchase of machines and equipments on individual ownership basis is provided @50% of the cost of the machines/equipment with applicable ceiling limits for small and marginal, SC/ST, women and North Eastern Region Farmers. For other farmers the rate of financial assistance is @40% of the cost of machine/equipment with applicable ceiling limits. b) Financial assistance @40% of the project cost of appropriate machinery is available to Rural Entrepreneurs (Rural youth and farmer as an entrepreneur), Cooperative Societies of farmers Registered Farmers Societies, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Panchayats. The project cost of Custom Hiring Centres can be upto Rs. 60 lakhs and that of Hi-tech hubs can be upto Rs. 250 lakhs. c) Financial assistance @80% to promote appropriate technologies and to set up Farm Machinery Banks of project cost upto Rs. 10 lakhs in identified villages in low mechanized states. Cooperative Societies, Registered Farmer Societies FPOs and Panchayats are eligible for financial assistance. d) Financial assistance for purchase of machinery @ 100% of cost of equipment costing upto Rs. 1.25 lakhs to beneficiaries in high- potential but low mechanized states of North-East. For establishment of Farm Machinery Banks, the financial assistance @95% of the cost of project costing upto Rs. 10 lakhs, is provided to the Cooperative Societies, Registered Farmer Societies, FPOs.   |
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