Lok Sabha Question No. 3626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Agreement with States/UT for Cooperation in Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3626 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## AGREEMENT WITH STATES/UT FOR COOPERATION IN AGRICULTURE

3626 .: SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL

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

- (a) whether the Government has signed any agreement with States and Union Territory of Ladakh for cooperation in agriculture and its allied sectors;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the investment in agriculture sector is likely to increase in the Union Territory of Ladakh due to the said agreements: and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a)  to (d): No  Sir.  However, Government  is supporting the States and Union Territories  including  Ladakh  through  various  Central  Sector  and  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes.  List  of  some  of  the  Schemes  implemented  in  Ladakh  is  attached  as Annexure.

## Annexure

| Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   | Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   | Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   | Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   | Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   | Details of funds allocated and released for schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare in Ladakh   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               | Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               | Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               | Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               | Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               | Rs. Crore                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                         | Schemes                                                                                                                                 | 2020-21                                                                                                                                 | 2020-21                                                                                                                                 | 2021-22                                                                                                                                 | 2021-22                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                         | Allocation                                                                                                                              | Release                                                                                                                                 | Allocation                                                                                                                              | Release                                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                                       | PM -KISAN                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                         | 6.56                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         | 3.52                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                       | National Food Security Mission                                                                                                          | 0.39                                                                                                                                    | 0.20                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                                                       | National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds and Oil Palm                                                                                   | 0.60                                                                                                                                    | 0.17                                                                                                                                    | 2.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                       | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna                                                                                                         | 8.87                                                                                                                                    | 2.22                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                       | Soil Health management                                                                                                                  | 1.28                                                                                                                                    | 0.64                                                                                                                                    | 3.01                                                                                                                                    | 0.64                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                       | Soil Health Card                                                                                                                        | 0.29                                                                                                                                    | 0.15                                                                                                                                    | 0.29                                                                                                                                    | 0.15                                                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                                                       | Rained Area Development                                                                                                                 | 0.50                                                                                                                                    | 0.17                                                                                                                                    | 0.75                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                       | Sub Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)                                                                                                      | 1.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.50                                                                                                                                    | 0.50                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                       | Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (ATMA)                                                                                             | 2.70                                                                                                                                    | 1.35                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                    |

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