Lok Sabha Question No. 469 (STARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Betel Leaves Cultivation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 469

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022

## BETEL LEAVES CULTIVATION

- † * 469.     SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a)        whether  the  Government  has  made  special  efforts  to  promote  cultivation  of  betel leaves on cooperative basis in Bundelkhand;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof;
- (c)       whether  the  Government  proposes  to  promote  high  labour-intensive  cooperativebased farming and agricultural industries; and
- (d)         if so, the details of the efforts being made in this regard in Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d):        A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

O.I.H.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.469 DUE FOR REPLY ON 05 TH  APRIL, 2022.

(a  &  b):          The  Central  Government  is  promoting  cultivation  of  betelvine  in  the  country under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)-Raftar Scheme.  Under the stated scheme, the Government is providing 50%  assistance (@ Rs.50453/for 1000 sqm) for establishment of Baroj (Pandal), in cluster, for betelvine cultivation through Government of Uttar  Pradesh  and  Madhya  Pradesh.  A  total  of  104  ha  has  been  covered  under  this programme during the period from 2018-19 to 2021-22 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. In Madhya  Pradesh,  44.4  ha  were  covered  under  this  scheme  in  2015-16.    The  details  of assistance given in the States of Madhya  Pradesh  and  Uttar Pradesh including Bundelkhand region under RKVY are enclosed at Annexure-I .

The  Directorate  of  Arecanut  and  Spices  Development  (DASD),  Calicut,  under Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare provides support through Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) to State Agricultural Universities and Indian Council of Agricultural  Research  Institutes  to  produce  good  quality  nucleus  planting  material  of betelvine. Two high-tech planting material production structures, one at Regional Research Station,  Belatal, Mahoba district  with  the  financial  assistance  of  11.2  lakhs  &  another  at Krishi  Vigyan  Kendra, Lalitpur district  with  the  financial  assistance  of  15.6  lakhs  (under Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh) have been established to cater the planting material needs of betelvine farmers.

(c  &  d):            The  Government  is  also  promoting  Cluster  approach  through  formation  of Farmer  Producer  Organisations  (FPOs)  under  Central  Sector  Scheme  'Formation  and Promotion of 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)', which can be registered under Companies Act or Cooperative Act, to promote farming and agricultural Industries in the  country  including  Bundelkhand  region.  So  far,  35  such  FPOs  have  been  formed  in Bundelkhand region for leveraging economies of scale  and improving  market  access for members. The special emphasis is also given under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture  (MIDH)  for  adoption  of  area  based  cluster  approach  towards  developing regionally  differentiated  crops,  which  are  agro-climatically  most  suitable  for  the  State/ region.

Annexure-l

| Betelvine Cultivation Projects   | Betelvine Cultivation Projects   | Betelvine Cultivation Projects         | Betelvine Cultivation Projects   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S.No.                            | Commencement Year                | Project Name                           | Total Cost (In Crore)            |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | Madhya Pradesh                   | Madhya Pradesh                         | Madhya Pradesh                   |
| 1                                | 2015-16                          | Betelvine Cultivation                  | 4.2                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | Uttar Pradesh                    | Uttar Pradesh                          | Uttar Pradesh                    |
| 1                                | 2018-19                          | Betelvine development in Uttar Pradesh | 1.9772                           |
| 2                                | 2019-20                          | Betelvine development in Uttar Pradesh | 2.0964                           |
| 3                                | 2020-21                          | Betelvine development in U.P.          | 2.5001                           |
| 4                                | 2021-22                          | Betelvine development in U.P.          | 2.6060                           |
| Total                            | Total                            | Total                                  | 13.3797                          |

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