Lok Sabha Question No. 2575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Meeting of State Agriculture Ministers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2575

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## MEETING OF STATE AGRICULTURE MINISTERS

2575.    SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU :

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  hosted  a  meeting  of  all  State  Agriculture  Ministers  in Bengaluru in the recent past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the issues discussed in the aforesaid meeting;
- (c) whether the States have agreed to share best practices among regions;
- (d) if so, the details in this regard;
- (e) the suggestions made by various States to double farmers' income; and
- (f) the response of the Government to these suggestions?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (f): A National Conference of State Agriculture & Horticulture Ministers was hosted by the Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  on  14-15  July,  2022  in  Bengaluru.  The  following issues were discussed during the Conference:

- i.  Awareness  programme  on  fund  release  through  Public  Finance  Management System (PFMS)
- ii.  Digital Agriculture
- iii.  Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- iv.  Natural Farming
- v.  Marketing [Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) and E-National Agri Marketing (eNAM) ]
- vi.  Horticulture
- vii.  Innovations in the New Age Fertilizers
- viii.  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Samman Yojna (PM-KISAN) Saturation
- ix.  International Year of Millets
- x.  Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- xi.  New Technologies by ICAR

The best  practices  adopted  by  some  of  the  States  were  shared  in  the  meeting,  the details of which are given below:

|   S.No. | Name of the State             | Topic                                         |
|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh                 | New Age Fertilizer                            |
|       2 | Maharashtra                   | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna(PMFBY)        |
|       3 | Nagaland                      | Natural Farming                               |
|       4 | Tamil Nadu                    | Farmer Producer Organisation(FPO)             |
|       5 | Haryana                       | Horticulture                                  |
|       6 | Karnataka                     | Digital Agriculture                           |
|       7 | Telengana                     | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Samman Yojna (PM-KISAN) |
|       8 | Odisha                        | Millets                                       |
|       9 | Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Agriculture Infra Fund (AIF)                  |

Further, States were informed that the Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies for achieving higher incomes for the farmers, which are implemented in close coordination with the State Governments. These include:

- (i) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture),
- (ii) Special attention for creation of infrastructure through Agriculture Infrastructure Fund(AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore
- (iii) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN,
- (iv) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY),
- (v) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY),
- (vi) Increase  in  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSPs)  for  all  Kharif  &  Rabi  crops  ensuring  a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production,
- (vii) Kisan  Credit  Cards  (KCC)  offering  production  loan  to  even  dairy  &  fishery  farmers besides agricultural crops,
- (viii) National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  which  aims  to  evolve  and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate.
- (ix) Focus on application of digital technology at all stages of agricultural value chain.
- (x) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture.
- (xi) Benefits  accruing  under  Bee-Keeping,  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission,  Blue  Revolution, Interest Subvention Scheme, agro-forestry, restructured bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc

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