Lok Sabha Question No. 3364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Arun Sao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3364

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## SUB-MISSION ON SEEDS AND PLANTING MATERIAL

3364.  SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI: SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a)  the details of the work done under Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material during the last five years;
- (b)  whether the Government has any plan to help farmers in providing pure organic seeds with the latest scientific methods and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)    the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  adequate  availability  of  high yield quality seeds to farmers across the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of work done for the funds released under SMSP during last 5 years are as under:
1.  A  total  number  of  4.60  lakh  Seed  Villages  have  been  organized/created  from  which 1024.38 lakh quintals of quality seed was produced benefitting 1.61 crore farmers.
2.  A total of Seed Processing Capacity of 32.56 Lakh Quintals & Seed Storage Capacity of 36.71 Lakh Quintals had been sanctioned.
3.  A total of 9.70 lakh quintals seed has been moved out of which 1.74 lakh quintals seed has been moved specifically in North-Eastern States.
4.  Strengthening of 36 Seed Testing Laboratories (STLs), Renovation of 17 STLs, 10 DNA Finger Printing Facilities, 4 Seed Health Labs and 24 Grow Out Test farms.
- (b): Government  of  India  is  implementing  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY) under  the  National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA)  which  aims  at  supporting and  promoting  organic  farming.  Under  its  component  of  adoption  of  organic  village  for manure  management  and  biological  nitrogen  harvesting  through  cluster  approach,  an assistance at the rate of 50% is available for organic seed procurement or raising organic nursery for Rs. 500/acre per year for 50 acres.
- (c): The details of steps being taken up by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  to  ensure  availability  of  quality  seed  to  the farmers:-
- 1). As a routine process Seed Division, DA&FW requests State Governments to prepare a  Seed  Rolling  Plan  three  years  in  advance  to  estimate  the  requirement  of  seed  in  their state  and  distribute  seed  production  targets  accordingly  to  different  seed  production agencies. This system ensures timely availability of required quantity of seed to the farmers in different states.
- 2). Seed Division, DA&FW also ensures that the State Governments place their Breeder Seed  indent  of  Agriculture  and  Horticulture  crops  one  year  in  advance  for  systematic breeder  seed  production  of  indented  quantities.  After  production  the  Breeder  Seed  is allotted to State Governments and other agencies for further multiplication into foundation and then certified seed and its distribution to the farmers.
- 3). Government provides financial assistance to different States and Government Seed Producing  Agencies  for  production  and  distribution  of  seeds  and  for  other  interventions related to seed sector viz. National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials (SMSP) etc. so as to make quality seed available to the farmers in timely manner.

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