Lok Sabha Question No. 1595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Registered FPOs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha, Chandra Prakash Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1595 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## REGISTERED FPOs

1595.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the number and details of Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) constituted/registered till date, State-wise especially in Jharkhand so far;
- (b) the number of FPOs which have been provided benefits/facilities in Jharkhand along with the details of benefits/facilities/financial assistance provided, FPOwise;
- (c) the details of steps being taken for development of these FPOs and creation of new FPOs, FPO-wise;
- (d) the number of new FPOs targeted to be constituted in the Jharkhand; and
- (e) whether the Government has achieved its targets, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The  State  wise  details  of  Farmer  Producer  Organizations(FPOs)  registered  through various Implementing Agencies(IAs) are at Annexure - I.
- (b): National  Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD)  has  provided  a cumulative grant assistance of Rs. 2749.49 lakh to 179 FPOs in Jharkhand.

Since 2013-14 till  date  under  Equity  Grant  Scheme  implemented  by  SFAC,  5  FPOs have  availed  Equity  Grant,  2722  farmers  have  been  benefitted.  Under  Credit  Guarantee Scheme implemented by SFAC, since 2011-12 till date, 1 FPO has availed Credit Guarantee and 573 farmers have been benefitted.

The FPO management cost has been provided to 2 FPOs @ Rs. 5.53 under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme and FPO Management Cost to 5 FPOs @ Rs. 3.95 Lakh under Central Sector Scheme(CSS) has been provided.

(c) to (e): The  Government  of  India  has  launched  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations(FPOs)' in the year 2020 with the main focus on leveraging economies of scale in production and marketing with a view to  enhance  productivity  through  efficient,  cost  effective  and  sustainable  resource  use  for ensuring  sustainable  income  oriented  farming,  thus  helping  in  reduction  of  cost  of  farm production and increase in farmers' income.

The scheme has a total budgetary outlay of Rs.6865 Crores. Under this scheme, provision is made for professional handholding support for a period of five years to each  of new FPOs formed. Provision of financial assistance to the tune of Rs.18 lakhs to each FPOs under the scheme towards management cost for 3 years has been made.

In addition to this, provision has been made for matching equity grant upto Rs. 2,000 per  farmer  member of  FPO  with  a  limit  of  Rs.  15.00  lakh  per  FPO  and  a  credit  guarantee facility  upto  Rs.  2  crore  of  project  loan  per  FPO  from  eligible  lending  institutions  to  ensure institutional  credit  accessibility  to  FPOs.  Training  &  skill  development  modules  have  been developed to further strengthen the FPOs. So far a total of 4965 FPOs have been allocated to implementing  agencies  under  new  FPO  scheme  including  128  FPOs  in  Jharkhand  out  of which 1667 FPOs have been registered in the country including 70 in the State of Jharkhand.

## Annexure - I

|      |                   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies                        | Number of FPOs registered by respective agencies   |
|------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No | State/UTs         | Small Farmers' Agri- Business Consortium (SFAC)    | NABARD                                             | FPOs promoted by IAs under CSS for formation & Promotion of 10,000 FPOs | Total                                              |
| 1    | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                                                  | 3                                                  | 0                                                                       | 3                                                  |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    | 16                                                 | 291                                                | 57                                                                      | 364                                                |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh | 6                                                  | 10                                                 | 2                                                                       | 18                                                 |
| 4    | Assam             | 18                                                 | 58                                                 | 72                                                                      | 148                                                |
| 5    | Bihar             | 38                                                 | 213                                                | 84                                                                      | 335                                                |
| 6    | Chhattisgarh      | 26                                                 | 57                                                 | 44                                                                      | 127                                                |
| 7    | Delhi             | 4                                                  | 1                                                  | 0                                                                       | 5                                                  |
| 8    | Goa               | 2                                                  | 2                                                  | 0                                                                       | 4                                                  |
| 9    | Gujarat           | 25                                                 | 186                                                | 48                                                                      | 259                                                |
| 10   | Haryana           | 23                                                 | 85                                                 | 67                                                                      | 175                                                |
| 11   | Himachal Pradesh  | 8                                                  | 99                                                 | 43                                                                      | 150                                                |
| 12   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 2                                                  | 23                                                 | 39                                                                      | 64                                                 |
| 13   | Jharkhand         | 10                                                 | 147                                                | 70                                                                      | 227                                                |
| 14   | Karnataka         | 125                                                | 287                                                | 139                                                                     | 551                                                |
| 15   | Kerala            | 0                                                  | 132                                                | 31                                                                      | 163                                                |
| 16   | Ladakh            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 2                                                                       | 2                                                  |
| 17   | Madhya Pradesh    | 149                                                | 254                                                | 131                                                                     | 534                                                |
| 18   | Maharashtra       | 105                                                | 288                                                | 131                                                                     | 524                                                |
| 19   | Manipur           | 8                                                  | 12                                                 | 5                                                                       | 25                                                 |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 3                                                  | 12                                                 | 3                                                                       | 18                                                 |
| 21   | Mizoram           | 1                                                  | 20                                                 | 7                                                                       | 28                                                 |
| 22   | Nagaland          | 2                                                  | 5                                                  | 7                                                                       | 14                                                 |
| 23   | Odisha            | 41                                                 | 241                                                | 112                                                                     | 394                                                |
| 24   | Punjab            | 7                                                  | 91                                                 | 17                                                                      | 115                                                |
| 25   | Puducherry        | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 1                                                                       | 1                                                  |
| 26   | Rajasthan         | 50                                                 | 166                                                | 107                                                                     | 323                                                |
| 27   | Sikkim            | 30                                                 | 7                                                  | 1                                                                       | 38                                                 |
| 28   | Tamil Nadu        | 13                                                 | 258                                                | 124                                                                     | 395                                                |
| 29   | Telangana Tripura | 26 7                                               | 335 1                                              | 75 11                                                                   | 436 19                                             |
| 30   |                   |                                                    |                                                    |                                                                         |                                                    |
| 31   | Uttarakhand       | 7                                                  | 90                                                 | 45                                                                      | 142                                                |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh     | 57                                                 | 176                                                | 183                                                                     | 416                                                |
| 33   | West Bengal       | 89                                                 | 304                                                | 9                                                                       | 402                                                |
|      | Total             | 898                                                | 3854                                               | 1667                                                                    | 6419                                               |

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