Lok Sabha Question No. 3503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Challenges in Doubling Farmers Income
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3503

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## CHALLENGES IN DOUBLING FARMERS INCOME

3503.  SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH:

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

(a) the challenges involved or experienced while achieving the objective of doubling of farmers' income by the year 2022;

(b)  the  role  of  Pradhan  Mantri Fasal Bima  Yojana (PMFBY) in realizing the above objective of the Union Government; and

(c) the status of the implementation of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture to enhance agricultural productivity across the nation, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a):     The Government constituted an Inter-ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating to 'Doubling of Farmers Income' and recommend strategies to achieve the same, The Committee submitted its final Report to the Government in September, 2018 containing the strategy for doubling of farmers' income by the year 2022.  After  acceptance  of  the  DFI  Committee  recommendations,  the  Government has constituted an 'Empowered Body' to review and monitor the progress.    The DFI strategy  as  recommended  by  the  Committee  include  seven  sources  of  income growth  viz.,  (I)  improvement  in  crop  productivity;  (II)  improvement  in  livestock productivity;  (III)  resource  use  efficiency  or  savings  in  the  cost  of  production;  (IV) increase  in  the  cropping  intensity;(V)  diversification  towards  high  value  crops;  (VI)

improvement in real prices received by farmers; and (VII) shift from farm to non-farm occupations.

The Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher incomes for the farmers. All these policies & programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocations, non-budgetary financial  resources by way  of creating Corpus Funds like Micro Irrigation Fund, as also  in  the  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  to  promote  dairy and fishery sectors. There have been several reforms to unleash the potential and these  include  Market  Reforms  like  Model  APLMC  (Promotion  &  Facilitation)  Act, 2017;  Establishment  of  Gramin  Agriculture  Markets  (GrAMs);  Agri-Export  Policy, 2018;  The  Farmers  Produce  Trade  and  Commerce  (Promotion  &  Facilitation)  Act, 2020;  The  Farmers  (Empowerment  &  Protection)  Agreement  on  Price  Assurance and Farm  Services Act.   2020;  Amendments  to  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955; Promotion of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM); Promotion of 10,000 FPOs with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture)and Supplementary  Income  transfers  under  PM-KISAN;  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima Yojna  (PMFBY);  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana  (PMKSY);  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; Har Med Par Ped; Bee-Keeping; Rashtriya Gokul Mission; Blue Revolution; Interest Subvention Scheme; Kisan Credit Card (KCC) that now offers production loan to even dairy & fishery farmers besides agricultural  crops  etc.  In  the  Budget  Announcement  2021-22,  allocation  to  Micro Irrigation  Fund  has  been  doubled  to  Rs  10,000  crore  and  Institutional  Credit  has been increased to Rs 16.50 lakh crore.

(b):     To provide better insurance coverage to crops for risk mitigation, Government has  introduced  yield  based Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY) and weather index based Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) from  Kharif  2016  to  realize  the  above  objective.  The  scheme  aims  at supporting  the  sustainable  production  in  agriculture  sector  by  way  of providing financial  support  to  farmers  suffering  crop  loss/damage  arising  out  of  unforeseen natural calamities, adverse weather incidence and to help in stabilize the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming. The scheme also encourage farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices and ensuring credit worthiness of  farmers,  crop  diversification  and  enhancing  growth  and  competitiveness  of agriculture sector besides protecting farmers from production risk.   Comprehensive risk insurance to farmers is provided against non-preventable natural calamities such as drought, dry-spells, flood, hailstorm, inundation etc. under the scheme from presowing to post-harvest losses.      Financial liability on premium subsidy to farmers is shared  by  the  Central  and  State  Government  on  50:  50  basis  except  in  North Eastern  States,  where  it  is  90:  10  with  effect  from  Kharif  2020  season.     The scheme is voluntary for the States since inception and for all farmers w.e.f. Kharif 2020. (c):        National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  one  of  the  Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was approved by Hon'ble Prime Minister's Council for Climate Change (PMCCC) in the year 2010. The  Mission  aims  to  evolve  and  implement  strategies  to  make  Indian  agriculture more resilient to Climate Change. NMSA  was  approved for three major components i.e. Rainfed Area Development  (RAD);  On  Farm  Water  Management  (OFWM);  and  Soil  Health Management (SHM). Subsequently,  four  new  programmes  were  introduced  namely  Soil  Health Card  (SHC),  Paramparagat  Krishi  VikasYojana  (PKVY),  Mission  Organic  Value Chain  Development  in  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  and  Sub  Mission  on Agroforestry  (SMAF).  During  2015-16,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY)  was  operationalised  wherein  the  OFWM  component  of  NMSA  was subsumed under Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component of PMKSY. In addition to the  aforementioned  programmes  under  NMSA,  Restructured  National  Bamboo

Mission (NBM) was launched in April 2018.

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