Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Production of Oilseeds and Edible Oil
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 304

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY,2022

## PRODUCTION OF OILSEEDS AND EDIBLE OIL

304. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षएवंकसानकयाणमंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any concrete steps are being taken by the Government for increasing the production of oilseeds and edible oil to avoid the need for import of edible oil;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for promoting  farming/  cultivation  of  oilseeds  among  farmers  so  that  there  is  no  need  of importing edible oil;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  held  National  Seeds  Conferences  during  the last three years to help the farmers during their sowing season in view of the changing circumstances in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षएवंकसानकयाणमंी (SHRI NAREDNRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): The Government has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz., National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil palm (NFSM-OS&OP) from 2018-19 to augment the availability of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of nine oilseed crops and area expansion under Oil Palm & Tree Borne Oilseeds in the country.

Under  the  NFSM-  Oilseeds,  incentives/  subsidies  are  being  provided  to  the farmers through State Government for three broad interventions viz. (i) seed component covering purchase of breeder seeds , production of foundation seeds & certified seeds, distribution  of  certified  seeds,  distribution  of  seed  minikits  &  seed  hub  (ii)  production inputs component covering seed storage bins, Plant Protection (PP) equipments & seed treating  drum,  PP  chemicals,  distribution  of gypsum/  pyrites/  lime etc.,  Nuclear Polyhedrosis  Virus/  bio  agent,  supply  of  bio-fertilizers,  improved  farm  implements, sprinkler sets, water carrying pipes, and (iii) transfer of technology component covering cluster/ block demonstrations, Frontline Demonstrations, Cluster Frontline Demonstrations and training through National Agricultural Research System and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Integrated Pest Management through Farmer Field School (FFS) mode, training  of  farmers,  training  of  officers/  extension  workers,  need  based  R&D  project including seminar/ kisan mela and oil extraction unit under flexi funds.

Now, the Government has launched a separate mission i.e. National Mission on Edible Oils (Oil Palm)- NMEO (OP) in 2021-22 to promote oil palm cultivation for making the country Aatmanirbhar in edible oils with special focus on North Eastern States and Andaman & Nicobar by increasing area of Oil Palm from 3.70 lakh hectares to 10.00 lakh hectares in 2025-26.

Both NFSM- Oilseeds and NMEO (OP) are being implemented in the country with the  objective of  augmenting the availability  of  edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds & oil palm and reducing the import burden.

In addition to above,Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- RAFTAAR (RKVY-RAFTAAR) provides  provision  for  crop  production  related  activities  on  oilseeds.  Under  RKVYRAFTAAR, the states can also implement programme on oilseeds with the approval of State  Level  Sanctioning  Committee  (SLSC)  constituted  under  the  chairpersonship  of Chief Secretary of the state.

(c)& (d):The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India organizes National Conference s on Agriculture Campaign before sowing season of Zaid, Kharif & Rabi to discuss various issues related to upcoming sowing season. In these conference issues related to seedsare also discussed.

The details of National Conference s organized by Ministry in last three years are given below:

|   S. No. | National Conference for   | Date       |
|----------|---------------------------|------------|
|        1 | Kharif-2022               | 19.04.2022 |
|        2 | Zaid-2022                 | 27.01.2022 |
|        3 | Rabi-2021-22              | 21.09.2021 |
|        4 | Kharif-2021               | 30.04.2021 |
|        5 | Zaid-2021                 | 22.01.2021 |
|        6 | Rabi 2020-21              | 21.09.2020 |
|        7 | Kharif-2020               | 16.04.2020 |
|        8 | Zaid-2020                 | 17.01.2020 |
|        9 | Rabi 2019-20              | 20.09.2019 |

In these conferences, various issues related to agriculture at National and State levels  are  discussed.  The  outcomes  of  discussion  in  these  conferences  on  the  seed sector are as follows:

-  Review  of  seed  requirement  and  availability  is  done  in  every  conference.  An outcome  of  this  is  that  every  year  we  have  surplus  seed  in  comparison  to requirement. The requirement and availability of seed for the last three years is placed at annexure-I.
-  The seed of newly released high yielding varieties of different  crop  should  be made available to farmers on time.
-  Landmark  varieties  of  different  crops  should  be  identified  and  their  substitute may be developed to enhance productivity of different crops/varieties.
-  Promotion of stress tolerant, climate resilient varieties to meet the requirement of climate change. Inclusion of bio-fortified varieties in public distribution system should be encouraged to cope up nutrition deficiency in the areas of malnutrition.
-  Focus on preparation of dynamic seed rolling plan by States Government that include  newly  releases  short  &  medium  duration  high  yielding  varieties  of different crops.
-  Capacity  building  by  means  of  trainings  for  officials  of  seed  law  enforcement agencies, seed certification agencies, seed testing labs to be carried out.
-  To  popularize  newly  released  varieties,  farm  demonstration  &  awareness programs for farmers to be organized by the State Government.

## Annexure-I State-wise Requirement and Availability of Certified/Quality Seed from 2019-20 to Current Kharif-2022 ( Qty. in Lakh Qtls.)

| STATE             | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | Kharif -2022   | Kharif -2022   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
| STATE             | R         | A         | R         | A         | R         | A         | R              | A              |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 24.26     | 31.88     | 25.21     | 30.85     | 23.28     | 29.85     | 13.54          | 18.29          |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.21      | 0.21      | 0.21      | 0.21      | 0.13      | 0.19      | 0.15           | 0.15           |
| Assam             | 3.42      | 3.42      | 4.43      | 4.43      | 3.78      | 4.24      | 3.19           | 6.92           |
| Bihar             | 13.67     | 17.46     | 15.12     | 16.10     | 15.53     | 18.40     | 5.80           | 3.57           |
| Chhattisgarh      | 10.93     | 12.07     | 11.94     | 12.28     | 12.44     | 12.52     | 10.00          | 10.19          |
| Goa               | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.06      | 0.06      | 0.06      | 0.06      | 0.05           | 0.05           |
| Gujarat           | 53.11     | 55.90     | 53.35     | 57.24     | 64.14     | 66.30     | 13.64          | 13.84          |
| Haryana           | 17.31     | 27.15     | 18.86     | 34.80     | 18.93     | 24.87     | 1.23           | 2.84           |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 0.80      | 0.80      | 0.85      | 0.28      | 1.16      | 0.95      | 0.26           | 0.25           |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 1.72      | 1.73      | 1.27      | 1.27      | 1.09      | 1.10      | 0.36           | 0.36           |
| Jharkand          | 5.67      | 2.15      | 6.05      | 2.05      | 5.46      | 5.46      | 2.17           | 2.17           |
| Karnataka         | 15.25     | 20.29     | 15.49     | 19.18     | 14.43     | 16.98     | 13.74          | 15.20          |
| Kerala            | 1.07      | 1.07      | 0.97      | 0.97      | 1.14      | 1.14      | 0.37           | 0.37           |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 42.14     | 43.98     | 41.10     | 39.55     | 49.76     | 49.45     | 21.12          | 23.11          |
| Maharashtra       | 24.96     | 25.82     | 25.87     | 24.80     | 27.66     | 27.51     | 18.61          | 18.14          |
| Manipur           | 0.24      | 0.24      | 0.26      | 0.26      | 0.26      | 0.26      | 0.10           | 0.10           |
| Meghalaya         | 0.23      | 0.23      | 0.49      | 0.30      | 1.68      | 1.68      | 1.64           | 1.64           |
| Mizoram           | 0.05      | 0.04      | 0.05      | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0.04           | 0.04           |
| Nagaland          | 0.96      | 0.69      | 0.96      | 0.27      | 0.51      | 0.13      | 0.10           | 0.00           |
| Odisha            | 6.48      | 7.84      | 6.52      | 6.48      | 6.40      | 6.42      | 4.70           | 5.24           |
| Puducherry        | 0.07      | 0.07      | 0.07      | 0.08      | 0.08      | 0.08      | 0.01           | 0.01           |
| Punjab            | 13.33     | 18.45     | 43.07     | 50.93     | 47.15     | 50.48     | 0.73           | 0.96           |
| Rajasthan         | 23.66     | 27.47     | 24.23     | 29.36     | 24.22     | 28.18     | 9.00           | 9.65           |
| Sikkim            | 0.03      | 0.07      | 0.05      | 0.02      | 0.03      | 0.01      | 0.01           | 0.01           |
| Tamil Nadu        | 7.50      | 8.27      | 8.18      | 9.09      | 8.65      | 10.03     | 1.57           | 1.57           |
| Telangana         | 13.21     | 15.76     | 29.79     | 32.46     | 32.45     | 36.69     | 18.15          | 20.78          |
| Tripura           | 0.32      | 0.44      | 0.35      | 0.39      | 0.28      | 0.31      | 0.30           | 0.32           |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 61.05     | 61.23     | 60.76     | 60.94     | 60.86     | 61.14     | 11.42          | 11.61          |
| Uttarakhand       | 0.99      | 1.08      | 1.00      | 2.24      | 1.51      | 1.72      | 0.31           | 0.32           |
| West Bengal       | 44.61     | 45.15     | 46.61     | 46.78     | 42.31     | 42.65     | 8.15           | 10.29          |
| Total             | 387.31    | 431.01    | 443.16    | 483.66    | 465.36    | 498.83    | 160.45         | 177.97         |

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