Lok Sabha Question No. 349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Horticultural Training
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Kanakmal Katara

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2021

## HORTICULTURAL TRAINING

## 349. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  programmes  implemented  to  provide  training  for  plantation  of horticultural  crops  during  the  last  five  years,  State-wise  and  district-wise  including  Uttar Pradesh (Prayagraj district) and Rajasthan;

(b) the details of new orchards planted under Agriculture Development Project;

(c) the number of farmers given training in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for development of basic infrastructure by giving financial assistance;

(d)  the  percentage  of  farmers  working  on  the  basis  of  training  imparted  under  the  said scheme;

(e) whether the same has been reviewed; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) and (b): Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing a Scheme namely Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), a centrally sponsored scheme, for  the  holistic  development  of  horticulture  in  the  country.  All  States/UTs  including  Uttar Pradesh (Prayagraj district) and Rajasthan are covered under MIDH. Under MIDH, Human Resource  Development  (HRD)  is  one  of  the  component  under  which  assistance  is provided  for  awareness  programmes,  farmers  training,  exposure  visit,  etc.  Under  this component training is imparted by the States on the latest technologies on production and post-harvest management to women and youth.

State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  farmers  trained  under  MIDH  throughout  the country including Uttar Pradesh (Prayagraj district) and Rajasthan during the last five years is at Annexure.

There is no project called by the name of 'Agriculture Development Project' under Ministry of Agriculture. However, under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) an area of 9.76 lakhs hectare has been brought under different horticultural crops including  fruits  orchards,  vegetables,  flowers,  spices  and  aromatic  plants  since  its inception in 2014-15.

(c) A total number of 200 farmers of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh have been given training under MIDH during last five years.

(d)  to  (f):    MIDH  being  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  implemented  by the  States/UTs, and  therefore, the farmers level data is not centrally maintained.

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 349 due for reply on 20.7.2021

State-wise details of the number of farmers trained under MIDH throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh (Prayagraj district) and Rajasthan during the last five year

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar      |         0 |         0 |        19 |         0 |         0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh         |     22314 |     17477 |     16607 |     15020 |      6306 |
| 3        | Bihar                  |         0 |      1500 |      4600 |         0 |      6900 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh           |      3120 |       600 |      2028 |      5167 |       252 |
| 5        | Delhi                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 6        | Goa                    |         0 |       307 |         0 |       430 |         0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                |      4305 |      7722 |        70 |       148 |        10 |
| 8        | Haryana                |      1782 |      2580 |      4376 |      2953 |        32 |
| 9        | Jharkhand              |      1030 |      1100 |     35000 |         0 |         0 |
| 10       | Karnataka              |      6699 |      2154 |      9593 |      5787 |      2585 |
| 11       | Kerala                 |      1236 |         0 |       142 |         0 |       401 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh         |      3039 |         0 |     20000 |      2500 |         0 |
| 13       | Maharashtra            |      2889 |      1016 |     30379 |     15122 |      2688 |
| 14       | Odisha                 |     11614 |      8000 |     17300 |     12200 |         0 |
| 15       | Puducherry             |      1020 |       200 |         0 |       789 |       125 |
| 16       | Punjab                 |       625 |       500 |      1300 |         0 |      1000 |
| 17       | Rajasthan              |       284 |         0 |         0 |      1191 |       539 |
| 18       | Tamilnadu              |       700 |      4875 |      5300 |      8640 |      1350 |
| 19       | Telangana              |      2100 |         0 |     16299 |      2004 |      2000 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh          |      1919 |       100 |      7500 |      5900 |      2851 |
| 21       | West Bengal            |       255 |         0 |         0 |         2 |         0 |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh      |         0 |      1536 |      3360 |      6501 |         0 |
| 23       | Assam                  |         0 |      2325 |      4800 |      3900 |       166 |
| 24       | Manipur                |         0 |         0 |         0 |       450 |         0 |
| 25       | Meghalaya              |      6480 |      6980 |      3200 |      6451 |      4400 |
| 26       | Mizoram                |      4027 |      3766 |     14000 |         0 |      4002 |
| 27       | Nagaland               |      1493 |       400 |       350 |       120 |      2200 |
| 28       | Sikkim                 |     13159 |      5107 |      8080 |      8105 |      4876 |
| 29       | Tripura                |      1109 |         0 |         0 |      1465 |      4000 |
| 30       | Himachal Pradesh       |       709 |       485 |       876 |       576 |         0 |
| 31       | Jammu and Kashmir      |      5505 |      2941 |      1108 |         0 |         0 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand            |      1000 |      2820 |      3050 |         0 |         0 |
| 33       | Ladakh                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       500 |
|          | Total                  |     98413 |     74491 |    209337 |    105421 |     47183 |

Source:-As reported by the States on the MIDH portal.

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