Lok Sabha Question No. 5513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Bio-Decomposer Technology
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5513

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH APRIL 2022

## BIO-DECOMPOSER TECHNOLOGY

## 5513.  SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAOGAWALI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  incentivise  the  State  Governments  by compensating them for the cost incurred whilst procuring the same;
- (b)  whether the Government possesses the details of the States who have procured these equipments;
- (c)  if so, the number of these equipments procured over the last three years;
- (d)  whether  the  use  of  bio-decomposer  technology  and  CSM  machinery  as  part  of  in-site crop residue management has contributed to a reduction in the cases of stubble burning this year; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): To support the efforts of the Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and  NCT  of  Delhi  to  address  air  pollution  and  to  subsidize  machinery  required  for management  of  crop  residue,  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Promotion  of  Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' is implemented from 2018-19. Under this scheme financial assistance  @  50%  of  the  cost  of  machinery  is  provided  to  the  farmers  for  purchase  of identified  crop  residue  management  machinery  and  financial  assistance  @  80%  of  the project  cost  is  provided  to  the  Cooperative  Societies  of  Farmers,  Farmers  Producers Organization  (FPOs),  Registered  Farmers  Societies  and  Panchayats  for  establishment  of Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) of identified crop residue management machinery. During the period from 2018-19 to 2021-22, funds amounting to Rs. 2440.07 crores have been released to these States. More than 39000 Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) have been established and more than 2.10 lakh crop residue management machines have been supplied to these CHCs and individual farmers of these four States. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has developed Pusa Decomposer, a microbial consortium of fungal species (both in liquid and capsule forms) for rapid decomposition of paddy straw. Use of this consortium accelerates process  of  paddy  straw  decomposition  in  the  field  itself  and  in  the  year  2021,  the decomposer has been used by the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi  in  an  around  3.90  lakh  hectare  area.The  satellite-based  monitoring  indicated  that  a total  82533  paddy  residue  burning  events  were  detected  in  Punjab,  Haryana  and  Uttar Pradeshin 2021 season which are 7.71% less than in 2020.

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