Lok Sabha Question No. 154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Sustainable Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.154

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

154. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has drafted plan of action for sustainable agriculture, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has set any target to achieve sustainable agriculture in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is facing any challenges for the same and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a):            National  Mission for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA), one of the Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was approved by Hon'ble Prime Minister's  Council  for  Climate  Change  (PMCCC)  in  the  year  2010.  The  Mission  aims  to evolve  and  implement  strategies  to  make  Indian  agriculture  more  resilient  to    Climate Change.

NMSA was approved for three  major  components  i.e.  Rainfed  Area  Development (RAD); On Farm Water Management (OFWM); and Soil Health Management (SHM).

Subsequently,  four  new  programmes  were  introduced  namely  Soil  Health  Card (SHC), Paramparagat Krishi VikasYojana (PKVY), Mission Organic Value Chain Development  in  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  and  Sub  Mission  on  Agroforestry (SMAF). During 2015-16, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was operationalised  wherein  the  OFWM  component  of  NMSA  was  subsumed  under  Per  Drop More Crop (PDMC) component of PMKSY. In addition to the aforementioned programmes under NMSA, Restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was launched in April 2018.

- (b) & (c): Under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) progress of ten deliverables  is    monitored  and  reported  to  MoEF&CC,  the  nodal  for  NAPCC.  Details  are placed at Annexure.
- (d):    The question does not arise.

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Annexure

National Mission Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) Deliverables (DAC&FW, DARE & DAH&DF):  Progress

|   Sl.No. | Deliverables                         |   Cumulative Achievement (2012 -2020) |   Target 2020-21 | Implementing Department                  |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Area under organic farming (lakh ha) |                                 25.68 |             4.88 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & |

|       |                                                                                                                        |        |              | Farmers Welfare                                  |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2     | Production of Biofertilizers (Soild-lakh MT)*(Liquid-Kilo litre)                                                       |   6.5  | Demand Based | DAC&FW                                           |
| 3     | Precision Irrigation (Lakh ha)                                                                                         |  62.2  | 20.00        | DAC&FW                                           |
| 4     | SRI/Direct Seeded Rice from Transplantation (lakh ha)                                                                  |  10.63 | 0.596        | DAC&FW                                           |
| 5     | Crop diversification (lakh ha)                                                                                         |   3.45 | 1.32         | DAC&FW                                           |
| 6     | Additional Area under plantation in Arable land (lakh ha)                                                              |  10.23 | -            | DAC&FW                                           |
| 7     | Climate Resilient Varieties (CRV) Identified/ Released (No.)                                                           | 466    | 4            | Department of Agriculture Research and Education |
| 8 (a) | Identification of genotypes of crops with enhanced CO2 fixation potential and less water consumption & Nutrients (No.) | 123    | 20           | DARE                                             |
| 8 (b) | Climate Resilient genotypes with greater adaptation to drought, flood, salinity and high temperature (No.)             | 136    | 30           | DARE                                             |
| 9     | Coverage of milch animals under ration balancing programme (lakh No.)                                                  |  29.38 | -            | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying        |
| 10    | Establishment of bypass protein feed making unit (Capacity of 50 MT per day) (No.)                                     |   7    | 3            | DAH&D                                            |

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