Lok Sabha Question No. 1357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Schemes for Training
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Bhagirath Chaudhary, Balak Nath, Pradeep Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1357

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2021

## SCHEME FOR TRAINING

1357 . SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will  the  MINISTER  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष और कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a)  Whether the Government has prepared any scheme for imparting knowledge/giving training to farmers regarding the latest machinery and technology to increase production and improving the quality of their crops across the country including Gujarat;
- (b)  If so, the details thereof;
- (c) Whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  help  increasing  the  income  of farmers  by selecting the most adaptable and high yielding verities of seeds along with encouraging farmers to adopt latest techniques for agriculture; and
- (d)  If so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष और कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b):      Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare,  has established four  Regional  Farm  Machinery training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs) in the country, located at Budni (Madhya Pradesh), Hisar (Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh) and Biswanath Chariali (Assam). These institutes are organizing  in campus & off  campus    Training  programmes  on    different  aspects  of  Agricultural  Machinery  & Technology  viz;  operational  techniques,  Maintenance,  repair  and  management  of agricultural machinery for different categories of beneficiaries viz; farmers, rural youth,

O.I.H.

Migrant labourers,  technicians and rural artisans, under graduate engineers, nominees from  government  &NGO,  etc  on  pan  India  level,  including  Gujarat.  These  Farm Machinery  Training  and  Testing  Institutes  also  undertake  demonstrations  of  newly developed agricultural /horticultural equipments and post-harvest technology, at farmers' fields.

(c)  &  (d):      For  the  giving  knowledge  on  package  of  practices,  production  technology aspects  etc.  training  is  provided  to  the  farmers  under  the  component  Seed  Village Programme of Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Materials (SMSP) to grow high yielding varieties of different crops for enhancing agricultural production and productivity which also  help  increasing  the  income  of  farmers  in  the  country.  The  details  of  amount released, seed distributed, quantity of quality seeds produced and number of farmers trained under Seed Village Programme is as under:

| S. No.   | Year    |   Amount released | Quantity of Seeds Distributed (in qtls.)   |   Quantity of quality Seeds produced (in qtls.) | No. of Seed Villages   |   No. of farmers trained |
|----------|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | 2018-19 |          14011.8  | 887279.03                                  |                                        21989373 | 104600                 |                  1475580 |
| 2        | 2019-20 |           8893.11 | 696327                                     |                                        18734295 | 77181                  |                   689238 |
| 3        | 2020-21 |          12830.4  | 363,649.53                                 |                                        28160580 | 58,875                 |                   168178 |
| Total    | Total   |          35735.3  | 1947255.56                                 |                                        68884248 | 240656                 |                  2332996 |

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