Lok Sabha Question No. 3587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3587

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  AUGUST 2021

## NATIONAL MISSION ON OILSEEDS AND OIL PALM

3587 DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

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

- a)  whether the Government is implementing the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm to increase the production of oilseeds in the country;
- b)  If so, the details thereof and whether the Government has been able to achieve the target of increasing the production of oilseeds since inception of the mission and if not reasons therefor;
- c)  The  projected  requirement  of  oilseeds  in  the  country  at  present  and  the  total sowing area of oilseeds;
- d)  Whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  step  to  increase  the  sowing  area  of oilseeds and if so, details thereof; and
- e)  The  challenges  faced  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  production  target  of oilseeds to curtail its import?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b):    Yes, Sir.  The National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) was launched in 2014-15 and subsumed with National Food Security Mission (NFSM) as NFSM(OS&OP)  from  2018-19  and  continuing  during  2021-22  as  a  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  with  sharing  pattern  of  60:40  for  General  States,  90:10  for North-Eastern and Hill States and 100% for Union Territories.

The production of oilseeds which was 275 lakh tons in 2014-15 increased to 365.7 lakh  tons  in  2020-21  as  per  3 rd Advance  Estimates.  Similarly,  the  area  under oilseeds  cultivation  increased  from  256  lakh  hectares  in  2014-15  to  288  lakh hectares in 2020-21 as per 3 rd Advance Estimate.

- (c):     The target of production for oilseeds for 2021-22 has been fixed for 384 lakh tonnes.  During  2020-21,  the  area  sown  under  oilseeds  is  288  lakh  hectares  (3 rd

Advance Estimate) and during the current year (2021-22), an area of 173.50 lakh hectares has been covered under oilseeds during Kharif 2021 (as on 6.8.2021).

(d) & (e):  For  NFSM  (oilseeds),  interventions  such  as  purchase  of  breeder  seeds, production  of  foundation  and  certified  seeds,  distribution  of  certified  seeds,  plant protection equipments  and  chemicals,  distribution of Gypsum/pyrite/lime/single super phosphate, Nuclear Poly Hydrosis Virus, Supply of improved farm implements, sprinkler  sets,  pipes  for  carrying  water  from  source  to  the  field,  integrated  pest management,  farmers,  officer's  and  extension  worker's  training  are  undertaken. Newly released high yielding  varieties  of  oilseeds  are  also  distributed  through  the oilseeds minikit programmes to the farmers. Further transfer of technology through Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) and Cluster Front Line Demonstrations (CFLDs) are  done  at  farmer's  field  through  the  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research (ICAR)/ Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs).

During Rabi 2020-21, a special programme  on Rapeseed  &  Mustard was implemented as a result of which the production has reached to 99.80 lakh tons in 2020-21 (3rd advance estimate) from 91.23 lakh tons of 2019-20. For Kharif 2021, a total  of  922935  number  of  oilseed  minikits  of  high  yielding  varieties  of  soybean, groundnut and sesame have been allocated for distribution in all the major oilseed growing states. The details are as under;

| S. No.   | Oilseeds Crop   | States and Districts    |   No of Minikits |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | Groundnut       | 7 States & 53 districts |            74000 |
| 2        | Soybean         | 9 states & 90 districts |           816435 |
| 3        | Sesame          | 9 states & 50 districts |            32500 |
|          | Total           | -                       |           922935 |

Due to the above initiatives, the production of oilseeds has increased from 314.59 lakh tons (2017-18) to 365.65 lakh tons (2020-21) respectively, where-as the import of edible oils has decreased from 154.00 lakh tons in 2017-18 to 133.70 lakh tons in 2020-21.

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