Lok Sabha Question No. 1050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Promoting Agricultural Products
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1050

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

1050. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Union  Government  and  State  Governments  are  encouraging products  related  to  agriculture,  horticulture,  dairy,  poultry  farming  etc.  by  providing financial and technical assistance under any scheme;
- (b)    if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether the Government has selected products on the basis of crops, agriculture etc. in all the districts of Haryana including Karnal Parliamentary Constituency for the benefit of farmers and micro entrepreneurs and to promote agricultural export in the State; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)&(b):  Major schemes providing financial and technical assistance  for encouraging products related to agriculture, horticulture, dairy, poultry, farming etc are as follows;

- (i) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
- (ii) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
- (iii) National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
- (iv) National Bamboo Mission (NBM)
- (v) Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East (MOVCDNER)
- (vi) Rashtriya Gokul Mission(RGM)
- (vii) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- (viii) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund(DIDF)
- (ix) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities (SDC&FPO)
- (x) National Livestock Mission(NLM)
- (xi) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund(AHIDF)
- (xii) Livestock Health & Disease Control(LH&DC)
- (xiii) National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)
- (xiv) Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey (LC&ISS)
- (xv) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
- (xvi) Prime Minister - Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)

(c)&(d):  Government  of  India  has  approved  One  District  One  Product  (ODOP)  for identified  products  in  728  districts  of  the  country.  Department  of  Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare is implementing the programme as One District One Focus Produce (ODOFP) by converging resources from the schemes of the department to support identified  products  in  the  districts.  Further,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries through  the  Prime  Minister  -  Formalisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises (PM-FME) scheme, being implemented under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, aims at supporting 2 lakh micro food processing units with credit linked subsidy with a total outlay of Rs.10,000 crore over the period 2020-2025. 137 unique products have been identified and approved as One District One Product (ODOP) across 713 districts in the  country  including  districts  of  Haryana,  for  development  of  respective  value chains.   Milk  Based  Product  has  been  selected  as  ODOP  for  Karnal  District  of Haryana. Also, in the Agricultural Export Policy (AEP) of the Government of Haryana which  is  being  formulated,  Karnal  district  has  been  included  for  the  promotion  of value added products of Rice and Wheat.

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