Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1095

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## NATIONAL MISSION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

1095. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the details of farmers in the country who are practicing sustainable agriculture and to whom Central Financial Assistance has been provided annually for last five financial years under the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture;
- (b) the percentage of these resources compared to the overall budget for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare which have been allocated for the respective years; and
- (c) the plans and financial resources that the Union Government intends to deploy for the next three financial years to promote natural farming?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a & b)   National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) is one of the Missions within the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) under Hon'ble Prime Minister's Council for Climate  Change.  The  mission  aims  to  evolve  and  implement  strategies  to  make  Indian agriculture  more  resilient  to  the  changing  climate.   NMSA  was  approved  for  three  major components i.e.  Rainfed  Area  Development  (RAD);  On  Farm Water  Management  (OFWM); and Soil Health Management (SHM).

Subsequently,  four  new  programmes  were  introduced  namely  Soil  Health  Card  (SHC), Paramparagat  Krishi  VikasYojana  (PKVY), Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  in North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) and Sub Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF). During 201516,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  was  operationalised  wherein  the OFWM component of NMSA was subsumed under Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component of  PMKSY.  In  addition  to  aforementioned  programmes  under  NMSA,  Restructured  National Bamboo  Mission  (NBM)  was  launched  in  April  2018.  Beneficiaries  of  these  schemes  are decided/selected by the respective State Governments and therefore details are available with them.

The central sector and centrally sponsored scheme-wise financial assistance under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) for last five years is given below.

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sr. No.   | Scheme                                                           | Fund allocated   | Fund allocated   | Fund allocated   | Fund allocated   | Fund allocated   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|           |                                                                  | 2017-18          | 2018-19          | 2019-20          | 2020-21          | 2021-22          |
| 1         | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana                           | 3400.00          | 4000.00          | 3500.00          | 4000.00          | 4000.00          |
| 2         | Nationl Project on Soil Health Soil Health Fertility             | 452.00           | 400.00           | 324 .00          | 324.43           | 315.00           |
| 3         | Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region | 100.00           | 160.00           | 160 .00          | 175.00           | 200.00           |
| 4         | Sub-Mission on Agroforestry                                      | 100.00           | 75.00            | 50.00            | 36.00            | 34.00            |
| 5         | Rainfed Area Development                                         | 233.00           | 234.00           | 250.00           | 202.50           | 180.00           |
| 6         | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana                                 | 350.00           | 360.00           | 325.00           | 500.00           | 450.00           |
| 7         | National Bamboo Mission                                          | 0.00             | 300.00           | 150.00           | 75.21            | 100.00           |
| Total     | Total                                                            | 4635             | 5529             | 4759             | 4988.71          | 5313.14          |

(c)    Government  is  promoting  Natural  Farming  through  the  Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati (BPKP) as a sub scheme of the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21 by supporting traditional indigenous practices. The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic  chemical  inputs  and  promotes  on-farm  biomass  recycling  with  major  stress  on biomass  mulching,  use of cow  dung-urine formulations and  plant-based preparations. Budgetary allocation for schemes is made on an annual basis.

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