Lok Sabha Question No. 1076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Availability of Quality Seeds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1076

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY SEEDS

1076. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  steps  taken  to  make  available  quality  seeds  to  farmers  under  various schemes like National Food Security Mission etc.; (b)  whether  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  seed  related  activities  for  the  welfare  of farmers; and (c)  if  so,  the  amount  disbursed  under various  seeds related schemes during the last five
- years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Yes,  Sir.  Government  provides  financial  assistance  to  different  States  and Government  Seed  Producing  Agencies  for  production  and  distribution  of  seeds  and  for other  interventions  related  to  seed  sector  viz.  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM), Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Sub-Mission  on  Seeds  and  Planting  Materials (SMSP) etc. so as to make quality seed available to the farmers in timely manner.

Furthermore, the following steps are being taken up by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to ensure availability of quality seed to the farmers:-

- 1). Under  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  financial  assistance  is  being provided for various seed related activities viz. seed distribution of HYVs/ hybrids of rice, wheat, pulses, nutri-cereals, coarse cereals & jute and seed production of HYVs/ hybrids of pulses, nutri-cereals, jute & sugarcane in Annual Action Plan of States/ UTs.

In addition to that financial assistance is also provided to Central Seed Agencies for production of certified seed of pulses and nutri-cereals to promote newly released varieties of pulses and seed minikits are provided free of cost to the farmers.

The present pattern of assistance under NFSM is 60:40 between Centre & General States and 90:10 between Centre & North Eastern States.

- 2). As  a  routine  process  Seed  Division,  DA&FW  requests  State  Governments  to prepare a Seed Rolling Plan three years in advance to estimate the requirement of seed in their state and distribute seed production targets accordingly to different seed production agencies. This system ensures timely availability of required quantity of seed to the farmers in different states.
- 3). Seed Division, DA&FW also ensures that the State Governments place their Breeder Seed  indent  of  Agriculture  and  Horticulture  crops  one  year  in  advance  for  systematic breeder  seed  production  of  indented  quantities.  After  production  the  Breeder  Seed  is allotted to State Governments and other agencies for further multiplication into foundation and then certified seed and its distribution to the farmers.
- 4). Under Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials (SMSP), to upgrade the quality of the farmers saved seeds, financial assistance @ 50% for providing certified/ foundation seeds  of  cereal  crops  and  assistance  @  60%  for  oilseeds,  pulses,  fodder  and  green manure  crops  to  the  farmers  is  now  available  in  the  sub  component  Seed  Village Programme (SVP).  Similarly, to enhance the certified seed production of Pulses, Oilseeds, Fodder  &  Green  Manure  crops  in  the  country,  financial  assistance  @  75%  for  the distribution of foundation seeds of these crops is available to the farmers under component Certified  Seed  Production  (CSP)  of  Pulses,  Oilseeds,  Fodder  and  Green  Manure  crops. The above schemes are demand driven and implemented by concerned State/ Implementing Agencies for the welfare of farmers in the country.
- 5). Under  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  (RKVY),  funds  are released to States Governments  as  grant-in-Aid  on  the  basis  of  projects  in  Agriculture  &  Allied  Sector approved in the State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) headed by Chief Secretary of the concerned State. It is for the State Government to further implement the scheme as per its  requirement  in  areas  which  require  focused  attention  for  increasing  production  and productivity.
- (c): The amount disbursed under various seeds related schemes i.e. NFSM, SMSP & RKVY during the last five years, State-wise details may be seen at Annexure - I, II & III respectively.

## Annexure-I

## Details of Amount released to the States/UTs under National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

| S. No.      | State/UT          | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.      | State/UT          | 2018-19                        | 2019-20                        | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23*                       |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 62.54                          | 44.12                          | 38.75                          | 10.08                          | 0                              |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | 7.2                            | 5.81                           | 8.56                           | 1.73                           | 1.38                           |
| 3           | Assam             | 105.58                         | 115.01                         | 156.14                         | 15.83                          | 0                              |
| 4           | Bihar             | 46.63                          | 42.61                          | 14.06                          | 6.29                           | 8.62                           |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 78.58                          | 85.32                          | 53.4                           | 2.54                           | 9.61                           |
| 7           | Gujarat           | 17.21                          | 16.08                          | 16.96                          | 4.75                           | 6.4                            |
| 8           | Haryana           | 11.42                          | 3.55                           | 3.4                            | 3.37                           | 0                              |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  | 12.11                          | 11.44                          | 11.2                           | 5.81                           | 1.42                           |
| 10          | UT of J & K       | 6.21                           | 7.07                           | 3.78                           | 1.9                            | 0                              |
| 11          | Jharkhand         | 44.9                           | 22.15                          | 12.64                          | 3.14                           | 0                              |
| 12          | Karnataka         | 131.91                         | 120.89                         | 93.12                          | 82.34                          | 28.91                          |
| 13          | Kerala            | 0                              | 0.63                           | 0                              | 0.16                           | 0                              |
| 14          | UT of Ladakh      | 0                              | 0                              | 0.2                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh    | 104.4                          | 187.98                         | 14.14                          | 169.56                         | 45.71                          |
| 16          | Maharashtra       | 112.56                         | 107.94                         | 128.56                         | 44.68                          | 70.69                          |
| 17          | Manipur           | 7.44                           | 11.76                          | 6.54                           | 2.19                           | 0                              |
| 18          | Meghalaya         | 4.94                           | 2.82                           | 4.74                           | 0.25                           | 0.93                           |
| 19          | Mizoram           | 2.28                           | 2.39                           | 1.44                           | 0.61                           | 0                              |
| 20          | Nagaland          | 18.73                          | 16.81                          | 17                             | 3.39                           | 2.51                           |
| 21          | Odisha            | 84.91                          | 75.51                          | 72.84                          | 30.37                          | 13.24                          |
| 22          | Punjab            | 0.15                           | 0.06                           | 0.28                           | 0                              | 0                              |
| 23          | Rajasthan         | 9.39                           | 5.96                           | 140.25                         | 89.5                           | 45.96                          |
| 24          | Sikkim            | 116.27                         | 138.99                         | 5.71                           | 1.24                           | 1.07                           |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu        | 55.2                           | 48.11                          | 34.1                           | 26.5                           | 16.23                          |
| 26          | Telangana         | 9.61                           | 15.05                          | 7.1                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| 27          | Tripura           | 17.84                          | 4.25                           | 6.02                           | 3.2                            | 1.49                           |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh     | 131.24                         | 79.46                          | 100.13                         | 52.73                          | 0                              |
| 29          | Uttarakhand       | 17.83                          | 7.82                           | 10.36                          | 4.98                           | 2.91                           |
| 30          | West Bengal       | 92.51                          | 89.93                          | 63.87                          | 42.83                          | 13.36                          |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 1309.59                        | 1269.49                        | 1025.27                        | 609.95                         | 270.43                         |

## Annexure-II

## Details of Amount released to the States/UTs under Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Materials (SMSP)

| S.No.       | Name of State    | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   | Amount Released (₹ in crore)   |
|-------------|------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S.No.       | Name of State    | 2018-19                        | 2019-20                        | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23*                       |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh   | 9.25                           | 13.86                          | 9.69                           | 7.77                           | -                              |
| 2           | Arunchal Pradesh | -                              | -                              | 1.13                           | -                              | 0.77                           |
| 3           | Assam            | 30.55                          | -                              | 14.87                          | -                              | -                              |
| 4           | Bihar            | 3.00                           | -                              | 5.41                           | -                              | -                              |
| 5           | Central Agency   | -                              | 13.22                          | 5.11                           | 0.38                           | 5.80                           |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh     | 5.86                           | 5.17                           | 3.40                           | 3.88                           | -                              |
| 7           | Gujarat          | 0.67                           | -                              | 1.56                           | -                              | -                              |
| 8           | Haryana          | 0.85                           | 2.18                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh | 5.16                           | 5.41                           | 6.46                           | 3.79                           | 4.88                           |
| 10          | Jammu & Kashmir  | 5.57                           | 9.75                           | 8.42                           | -                              | -                              |
| 11          | Karnataka        | 0.63                           | -                              | 0.79                           | -                              | -                              |
| 12          | Madhya Pradesh   | 15.00                          | 8.80                           | 19.34                          | 6.58                           | 12.57                          |
| 13          | Maharashtra      | 33.37                          | 16.96                          | 11.26                          | -                              | 6.88                           |
| 14          | Manipur          | 0.10                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 15          | Meghalaya        | 0.55                           | -                              | 0.44                           | -                              | -                              |
| 16          | Mizoram          | -                              | 0.25                           | 0.04                           | -                              | -                              |
| 17          | Nagaland         | 1.30                           | 0.79                           | 1.31                           | -                              | -                              |
| 18          | Orissa           | 0.99                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 19          | Puducherry       | 0.01                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 20          | Rajasthan        | -                              | 6.53                           | 2.56                           | 1.32                           | 3.88                           |
| 21          | Sikkim           | 0.47                           | -                              | 0.04                           | -                              | -                              |
| 22          | Tamilnadu        | 14.76                          | 11.10                          | 17.77                          | 13.03                          | 13.44                          |
| 23          | Telangana        | 4.00                           | -                              | 4.28                           | -                              | -                              |
| 24          | Uttar Pradesh    | 7.45                           | 0.66                           | 15.87                          | 0.15                           | -                              |
| 25          | Uttarakhand      | 6.59                           | 5.46                           | 5.56                           | 1.58                           | -                              |
| 26          | West Bengal      | 0.97                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      | 147.11                         | 100.15                         | 135.32                         | 38.48                          | 48.22                          |

Annexure-III Details of Amount released to the States/UTs under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

## (RKVY)

| Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   | Approved cost of Seed Projects under RKVY (₹ in crore)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                    | State                                                    | 2018-19                                                  | 2019-20                                                  | 2020-21                                                  | 2021-22                                                  | 2022-23*                                                 |
| 1                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                           | 17.97                                                    | 32.36                                                    | 22.15                                                    | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 2                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 3                                                        | Assam                                                    | 19.37                                                    | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 4                                                        | Bihar                                                    | 19.04                                                    | 14.68                                                    | -                                                        | 4.31                                                     | -                                                        |
| 5                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                             | 15.35                                                    | 11.65                                                    | 8.73                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 6                                                        | Goa                                                      | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 7                                                        | Gujarat                                                  | 107.45                                                   | 114.60                                                   | 81.48                                                    | 40.60                                                    | -                                                        |
| 8                                                        | Haryana                                                  | 13.30                                                    | 30.56                                                    | 54.70                                                    | 30.00                                                    | -                                                        |
| 9                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                         | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 10                                                       | Jharkhand                                                | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 11                                                       | Karnataka                                                | 9.22                                                     | 23.97                                                    | 15.84                                                    | 4.19                                                     | -                                                        |
| 12                                                       | Kerala                                                   | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | 1.55                                                     | -                                                        |
| 13                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                           | 94.38                                                    | 71.17                                                    | 35.40                                                    | 52.87                                                    | 23.63                                                    |
| 14                                                       | Maharashtra                                              | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | 1.81                                                     | -                                                        |
| 15                                                       | Manipur                                                  | 1.36                                                     | 2.10                                                     | 0.08                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 16                                                       | Meghalaya                                                | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 17                                                       | Mizoram                                                  | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 18                                                       | Nagaland                                                 | 1.65                                                     | 3.00                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 19                                                       | Orissa                                                   | -                                                        | -                                                        | 12.26                                                    | -                                                        | 3.82                                                     |
| 20                                                       | Punjab                                                   | -                                                        | 28.00                                                    | 18.55                                                    | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 21                                                       | Rajasthan                                                | 0.12                                                     | -                                                        | 1.00                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 22                                                       | Tamilnadu                                                | 1.00                                                     | 0.38                                                     | 3.06                                                     | 0.30                                                     | -                                                        |
| 23                                                       | Telangana                                                | 57.36                                                    | 36.84                                                    | 31.85                                                    | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 24                                                       | Tripura                                                  | 0.19                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 25                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                            | 72.92                                                    | 9.42                                                     | 33.99                                                    | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 26                                                       | Uttarakhand                                              | 6.41                                                     | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        | -                                                        |
| 27                                                       | West Bengal                                              | 4.74                                                     | 17.82                                                    | 23.77                                                    | 50.43                                                    | 29.57                                                    |
| Grand Total                                              | Grand Total                                              | 441.83                                                   | 396.55                                                   | 342.86                                                   | 186.06                                                   | 57.02                                                    |

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