Lok Sabha Question No. 891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Production of Coarse Grains
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 891

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PRODUCTION OF COARSE GRAINS

891. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) whether efforts are being made by the Government to promote the production of coarse grains in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  on  a  special  policy  to  produce products from millets in Bundelkhand and Uttarakhand;  and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b): Yes, Sir. In order to promote production of coarse cereals, Government of India is implementing Coarse Cereals development programme under National Food Security  Mission-Coarse  Cereals  to  accelerate  the  production  and  productivity  of coarse  cereals  like  maize  &  barley.  Maize  development  programme  is  being implemented in 237 districts of 26 states, 2 Union territories and barley in 39 districts of  4  states  including  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Uttarakhand.  The production of coarse cereals (maize & barley) during last 4 years is as under:

O.I.H.

## Production in Million Tonnes

|   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22* |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|     29.35 |     30.49 |     33.31 |      34.98 |

(c)  to  (d): In  order  to  promote  millet  and  millet  products,  the  Department  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) has been implementing a Sub-Mission on Nutri-Cereals (Millets) under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in 212 Districts of 14 States including Bundelkhand (Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh and Banda, Chitrakoot,  Jalaun  and  Hamirpur  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh)  and  9  districts  of Uttarakhand since 2018-19. Under NFSM-Nutri Cereals, incentives are provided to the farmers, through the states/UTs, on crop production and protection technologies, cropping system based demonstrations, production & distribution of certified seeds of  newly  released  varieties/hybrids,  Integrated  Nutrient  and  Pest  Management techniques,  improved  farm  implements/tools/resource  conservation  machineries, water saving devices, capacity building of farmers through trainings during cropping season, organizing events/workshops, distribution of seed minikits, publicity through print  and  electronic  media  etc.  The  interventions  such  as  formation  of  Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) for Nutri Cereals, setting up Centers of Excellence (CoE) and seed hubs for Nutri Cereals have also been supported under NFSM.

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