Lok Sabha Question No. 2637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Training to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2637 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## TRAINING TO FARMERS

## 2637 SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided training to the farmers for scientific farming;
- (b) if so, whether the information has been provided to the farmers in this regard;
- (c) if so, the names of the districts where the said programme has been organized along with the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote agriculture in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a) to  (b): Yes.    The  Government  has  provision  for  training  of  farmers  under  the  various schemes of Department of Agriculture, & Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW), and Department of Agricultural  Research  &  Education  (DARE)  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare, the major ones being as follows: -

A Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Support to State Extension Programs for Extension Reforms' popularly known as ATMA Scheme is under implementation since 2005. Presently, Scheme is being implemented in 739 districts of 28 states & 5 UTs in the country. The scheme promotes decentralized and farmer-friendly extension system in the country. Under the scheme Grantsin-Aid is released to the State Governments with an objective to support State Government's efforts to make available the latest agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in different thematic areas of agriculture and allied sectors to farmers through different extension activities viz; Farmers Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, Kisan Mela, Mobilization of  Farmers  Groups  and  organizing  Farm  Schools  etc.  Over  14.28  lakh  farmers  have  been benefitted through Farmers Training activity under the ATMA Scheme during 2022-23.

The  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  is  implementing  KrishiVigyanKendras  (KVKs) scheme  in  638  districts  of  the  Country  through  731  KVKs  with  mandate  of  technology assessment  and  demonstration  for  its  application  and  capacity  development.  As  part  of  its mandated  activities,  the  KVKs  provide  training  to  farmers  on  various  aspects  of  scientific farming  in  agriculture  and  allied  sectors.  The  KVKs  provided  training  to  19.53  lakh  farmers during 2022-23.

Four  Farm  Machinery  Training  &  Testing  Institutes  (FMTTIs)  located  at  Budni  (Madhya Pradesh), Hissar (Haryana), Ananthapur (Andhra Pradesh) and Biswanath Chariali (Assam) are engaged in imparting training to various categories of trainees including farmers, in the field of Farm Mechanization. During the year 2022-23, these institutes have trained 15,440 candidates.

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme is being implemented for holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root and  tuber  crops,  mushrooms,  spices,  flowers,  aromatic  plants,  coconut,  cashew,  cocoa  and bamboo. All States and UTs are covered under MIDH.

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is being implemented in identified districts of 28 States and 2 UTs viz. Ladakh and J&K of the country to increase the production and productivity of Rice,  Wheat,  Pulses,  Coarse,  Cereals  and  Nutri  Cereals  (Millets)  through  area  expansion  and productivity enhancement.

In  addition  to  the  above,  training  of  farmers  in  an  inbuilt  component  of  Sub-Mission  of  Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine, Farmer Field Schools are conducted for promoting Integrated Pest Management among farmers.

- (c)  Name  of  the  districts,  where  ATMA  and  KVKs  have  organized  Farmers  Training  may  be seen at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.
- (d)  Yes. The Government has taken many steps to promote agriculture in the country through various Schemes/Programs like Krishonnati Yojana, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Natural Farming and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) etc.

## ANNEXURE-I

## DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMA SCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs       |   Number of Districts | Name of Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   Number of Farmers Trained |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                    26 | Srikakulam, P. Manyam, Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, Anakapali, A. Sitaramaraju, Kakinada, E. Godavari, Konaseema, Eluru, W. Godavari, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Prakasam, SPSR Nellore, Tirupati, YSR Kadapa, Nandyal, Annamayya, Chittoor, Kurnool, Ananthapur &Sri Satya Sai                                                                                    |                       23138 |
|         2 | Bihar            |                    38 | Araia, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, East Chamaparan, Gaya, Gopalganj, Jamui, Jehnabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kisahnganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Purnea, Rohatas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Sheikhpura, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali, West Champaran |                      100039 |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh     |                    28 | Raipur, Baloda Bazar, Gariyaband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Bilaspur, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (GPM) Mungeli, Janjgir, Korba, Raigarh, Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur, Korea, Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur                                                                               |                       39661 |
|         4 | Goa              |                     2 | North-Goa, South-Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                        3534 |
|         5 | Gujarat          |                    33 | Ahmedabad, Amreli,Anand, Arvalli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Dang, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhi Nagar, Sir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda,Kutchh, Mahesana, Mahisagar, Morbi, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Vadodara, Valsad.                                              |                      162919 |
|         6 | Haryana          |                    22 | Ambala, Bhiwani, Charkhi-Dadri, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mewat, Narnaul, Panipat, Panchkula , Palwal, Rohtak, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna-Nagar                                                                                                                                                                   |                       12301 |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh |                    12 | Bilaspur, Chamba,Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, L&S, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmour, Solan, Una.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                        3557 |
|         8 | Jammu &Kashmir   |                    20 | Jammu, Samba , Kathua, Reasi, Udhampur, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri, Poonch (Jammu Division), Srinagar,Anantnag, Pilwama, Kupwara, Shopian, Baramulla, Gandarbal, Bandipora, Kulgam &Budgam (Kashmir Division)                                                                                                                                                              |                       16805 |
|         9 | Jharkhand        |                    24 | Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamau, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Saraikella, Simdega, West Singhbhum.                                                                                                                                              |                        4360 |

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|   10 | Karnataka      |   30 | Bagalkote, Bengaluru, Belagavi, Ballary, Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharawada, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppala, Mandya, Mysore, Ramanagara, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttarakannada, Vijayanagara, Vijayapura, Yadgiri                                                                                                                                                                                      |   90127 |
|------|----------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   11 | Kerala         |   14 | Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thirusur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur, Kasargod.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   64983 |
|   12 | Maharashtra    |   33 | Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudug, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Ahmad Nagar, Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Jalana, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Washim, Akola, Amaravati, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  105510 |
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh |   52 | Agar,,Alirajpur, Anooppur,,Ashoknagar,,Badwani,,Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hosh'bad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsore, Morena, Narsingpur, Neemach, Newadi, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singroli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha                                                        |   18030 |
|   14 | Odisha         |   30 | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhdrak, Bolangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsingpur, Jaipur, Jarsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   51480 |
|   15 | Punjab         |   22 | Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda , Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, S.A.S Nagar, Sangrur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Tarn Taran                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   28074 |
|   16 | Rajasthan      |   50 | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagour, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar, Tonk, Udaipur, Anupgarh, Balotra, Beawar, Deeg, Didwana-Kuchaman, Dudu, Gangapurcity, Jaipur Rural, Jodhpur Rural, Kekri, Khairthal-Tijara, Kotputali-Behror, Neem ka Thana, Falodi, Salumber, Sanchor, Shahpura. |   42029 |
|   17 | Telangana      |   32 | Adilabad, Kumarambheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Peddapally, Jagityal. Rajanna Siricilla, Medak, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Warangal, Honumakonda, Mahabubabad, Mulugu, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Jangoan, Khammam, Badradri Kothagudem, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Medchal Malkajgiri, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri                                                                                     |    1750 |

|   18 | Tamil Nadu        |   37 | Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipettai, Tiruvannamalai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Trichy, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramnad, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, The Nilgiris Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Mathura, Aligarh, Etah,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   303800 |
|------|-------------------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|   19 | Uttar Pradesh     |   75 | Hathras, Kansganj, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Azamgarh, Ballia, Mau, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharth nagar, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Bahraich, Balarampur, Gonda, Shravasti, Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Amethi, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Raebareli, Sitapur, Unnao, Bagpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Hapur, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Sonbhadra, Sambhal, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi |   110088 |
|   20 | Uttarakhand       |   13 | Almora, Champawat, Nainital, U.S. Nagar, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Dehradun, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Haridwar, Rudraprayag, Tehri.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |    15606 |
|   21 | West Bengal       |   23 | Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Uttar Dinajpur, Birbhum Paschim Bardhaman, Malda, Purba Bardhaman, Bankura, Jhargram, Nadia, Purulia, Dakshim Dinajpur, Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Coochbehar, Alipurduar, Kalimpong, Howrah, North-24 PGS, Darjeeling, South-24 Parganas, Hooghly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   173416 |
|   22 | Assam             |   33 | Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dimahasao, East Karbi Anglong, Goalpara, Goalaghar, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup (M), Kamrup (R), Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara Mancachar, Tinsukia, West Karbi Anglong, Udalaguri.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |     5460 |
|   23 | Arunachal Pradesh |   25 | Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Papumpare, Pake Kessang, Upper Subansiri, Kamle, Shi Yomi, West Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, Siang, Lower Siang, Lepa Rada, Dibang Valley (Anini), Lower Dibang Velley, Anjaw, Lohit, Namsai, Changlang, Tirap, Longding                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |    16000 |
|   24 | Manipur           |    9 | Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubai, Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Senapati,Tamenglong, Ukhrul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     8400 |
|   25 | Meghalaya         |   11 | East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Ri Bhoi, East Jaintia Hills West Jaintia Hills, East Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, South-West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, South Garo Hills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     6061 |

| 26       | Mizoram    |   8 | Aizwal, Champhai, Mamit, Kolasib, Serchhip, Lunglei, Lawngtlai, Saiha                                                                  |    3020 |
|----------|------------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 27       | Nagaland   |  15 | Chumoukedima, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mon, Mokokchung, Niuland, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Shamator, Tseminyu, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto |    8345 |
| 28       | Tripura    |   8 | North, Unakoti, Dhalai, Khowai, West Sepahijala, Gomati, South                                                                         |    5182 |
| 29       | Sikkim     |   6 | North, Unakoti, Dhalai, Khowai, West, Sepahijala, Gomamti, South                                                                       |     183 |
| 30       | Delhi      |   1 | South-West Delhi                                                                                                                       |       0 |
| 31       | Puducherry |   2 | Puducherry, Karaikal                                                                                                                   |    3821 |
| 32       | A&N        |   3 | South Andaman, Nicobar, North &Middle Andaman                                                                                          |     767 |
| 33       | Laddakh    |   2 | Leh, Kargil                                                                                                                            |       0 |
| TOTAL: - | TOTAL: -   | 739 |                                                                                                                                        | 1428446 |

ANNEXURE-II State-wise and District-wise details of the KVKs

|   S. No. | State/Union Territory   |   No. of districts having KVKs | Name of districts having KVKs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Punjab                  |                             22 | Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Ferosepur, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Kapurthala, Sangrur, Nawanshahar, Roopnagar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Muktsar, Fatehgargh Sahib, Moga, Jalandhar, Mansa, Tarantaran, Barnala, Sahaibjada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Fazilka,Pathankot,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        2 | Uttarakhand             |                             13 | Champavat, TehriGarhwal, Nainital, Chamoli, Haridwar, Almora, Pauri Garhwal, Rudra Prayag, UdhamsinghNagar, Pithoragarh, Dehradun, Uttarakanshi, Bageshwar,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        3 | Himachal Pradesh        |                             12 | Kullu, Una, Mandi, Sirmaur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Kinnaur, Chamba, Shimla, Solanand Lahaul &Spiti(2 KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        4 | Jammu& Kashmir          |                             19 | Jammu, Rajouri, Doda, Udhampur, Poonch, Pulwama, Srinagar, Gandarabal, Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Anantnag, Kathua, Kulgam, Shopian, Samba, Kishtwar, Rambanand Bandipora(2KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        5 | Ladakh(UT)              |                             02 | Leh (2KVKs), Kargil(2KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        6 | Rajasthan               |                             33 | Dausa, Jhunjhunu, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Dhoulpur, Bharatpur, Sriganganagar, Karauli, Dungarpur, Banswara, Baran, Sirohi, Chittorgarh, Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, Rajsamand, Tonk, Pratapgarh, Alwar, Churu, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Hanumangarh Barmer, Nagaur, Bhilwara, Jalore, Pali, Sikar(2KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        7 | Delhi                   |                              1 | Ujwa(NewDelhi)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        8 | Haryana                 |                             18 | Panipat, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Yamunanagar, Sonipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Mahendergarh, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Karnal, Gurgaon, Ambala, Rewari,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh           |                             74 | Sahajahanpur, Bijnor, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Rampur, Meerut, Pilibhit, Baghpat, Gautam Budha Nagar, Ballia, Mau, Varanasi, Basti, Faizabad, Maharajganj, Sonbhadra, Siddharth Nagar, Barabanki, Chandauli, Balrampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mathura, Jhansi, Fatehpur, Aligarh, Kanpur (Dehat), Mainpuri, Mahoba, Etawah, Kannauj, Firozabad, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Farrukhabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, Kushinagar, Etah, Agra, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Mirzapur, Bulandshahar, Chitrakoot, Unnao, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Auraiya, Deoria, Mahamaya Nagar, Banda, Ambedkar Nagar, Kasganj, Amethi, Sambhal, Shamli, Amroha, Hapur, Shrasvasti, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Badaun, Bahraich, Gonda, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Hardoi, |
|       10 | Jharkhand               |                             24 | West Singhbhum, Dumka, Palamau, Pakur, Lohardanga, Giridih, Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Sahibganj, Chatra, Garwah, Dhanbad, Simdega, Latehar, Jamtara, Koderma, Deoghar, Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Gumla, Godda, Seraikela, Khunti, Ramgarh,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

|   11. | Bihar             |   38 | Munger, Darbhanga, Vaishali, Begusarai, Saharsa, Nalanda, Banka, Patna, Sheikhpura, Madhepura, Bhagalpur, Rohtas, Araria, Purnea, Katihar, Siwan, Jahanabad, Saran, Supaul, Sheohar, Aurangabad, Lakhisarai, Kishanganj, Gopalganj, Buxar, Bhojpur, Nawadah, Kaimur, Jamui, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Arwal, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Madhubani, East Champaran, West Champaran, Gaya (2 KVKseach)   |
|-------|-------------------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    12 | A&NIslands        |    3 | Port Blair, Nicobar, North &Middle Andaman (Mayabunder)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    13 | West Bengal       |   18 | Darjeeling, Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Howrah, Hoogly, Jalpaiguri, West Midnapur, Purulia, Burdhman, Birbhum, Bankura, East Midnapore South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Malda, Nadia, Murshidabad(2KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                             |
|    14 | Odisha            |   30 | Koraput, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bargarh, Kandhamal (Phulbani), Kalahandi, Jaipur, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Deoghar, Angul, Bhadrak, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Sambalpur, Jagatsinghpur, Gajapati, Rayagada, Nuapada, Boudh, Sonepur, Malkangiri, Jharsuguda, Puri, Khurda, Bolangir Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Sundergarh (2KVKseach)                                                                 |
|    15 | Sikkim            |    4 | East Sikkim, North Sikkim, West Sikkim, South Sikkim,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|    16 | Arunachal Pradesh |   17 | West Siang, West Kameng, Tirap, Lower Dibang Valley, Lower Subansiri, Papumpare, Upper Siang, East Kameng, Tawang, Lohit, Upper Subansiri, East Siang, Changlang, Anjaw, Longding, Kurung Kumey and Dibang Valley                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    17 | Assam             |   26 | Sonitpur, Cachar, Golaghat, Kokrajhar, Sibsagar, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Karbi Anglong, Kamrup, North Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Tinsukia, Karimganj, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Darrang, Jorhat, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Udalguri, Baska, Moringaon, Bongaigaon, Dima Hasao.                                                                                                                         |
|    18 | Manipur           |    9 | Imphal West, Churachandpur, Tamenglong, Chandel, Senapati, Bishnupur, Imphal East, Thoubal, Ukhrul,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    19 | Meghalaya         |    7 | West Garo Hills, Ri-bhoi, Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, South Garo Hills, East Garo Hills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    20 | Mizoram           |    8 | Lunglei, Kolasib, Chimtuipui, Lawngtlai, Mammit, Champhai, Serchhip, Aizwal,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    21 | Nagaland          |   11 | Dimapur, Medziphema, Wokha, Mokokchung, Kohima, Tuensang, Mon, Zunheboto, Laongleng, Peren, Kiphire                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    22 | Tripura           |    8 | Khowai (West Tripura), South Tripura, Dhalai, North Tripura, West Tripura, Gomati, Unakoti, Sepahijala,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    23 | Goa               |    2 | North Goa, South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    24 | Gujarat           |   27 | Sabarkantha, Dahod, Anand, Ahemedabad, Dang, Surat, Navsari, Narmada, Amreli, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Surendranagar, Gandhinagar, Valsad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Mehsana, Bharuch, Vadodara, Patan, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Tapi, Morbi, Banaskantha, Kuchchh, Rajkot (2KVKseach)                                                                                                                         |

| 25.     | Maharashtra    |   33 | Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gondia, Godchiroli, Osmanabad, Ratnagiri, Raigarh, Dhule, Parbhani, Washim, Sindhudurg, Hingoli, Nandurbar, Latur, Akola, Ahmednagar, Amaravathi, Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Buldana, Jalgaon, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Yavatmal, Satara, Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Nagpur, Thane (2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                                   |
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| 26.     | Madhya Pradesh |   51 | Jhabua, Sidhi, Shahdol, Khandwa, Tikamgarh,Seoni, Bhind, Rajgarh, Guna, Balaghat, Betul,Panna, Dindori, Gwalior, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Morena, Khargone, Shajapur, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Jabalpur, Harda, Damoh, Narsinghpur, Dewas, Padaria, Chatarpur, Shivpuri, Neemuch, Mandla, Badwani, Umaria, Sheopur, Datia, Bhopal, Ratlam, Vidisha, Satna, Indore, Sehore, Raisen, Burhanpur, Ashoknagar, Anuppur, Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, Singrauli, Dhar, Chhindwara, Sagar (2KVKseach) |
| 27.     | Chhattisgarh   |   27 | Bilaspur, Baloda Bazaar, Surajpur, Bastar, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh, Dhamtari, Raipur, Mahasamund, Dantewada, Korba Jashpur, Kanker, Kavardha, Korea, Rajnandgaon, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Sarguja, Gariyaband, Bemetara, Mungeli, Balarampur, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon Durg (2 KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 28.     | Andhra Pradesh |   13 | Shrikakulam, Vizianagaram, Ananthpur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasham, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari, Kadapa (having2 KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 29.     | Puducherry     |    3 | Karaikal, Pudducherry, Yanam,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 30.     | TamilNadu      |   31 | Salem, Cuddalore, Trichirappali, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Vellore, Thiruvallur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Virudhunagar, Dharmapuri, Kancheepuram, Shivagangai, Namakkal, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Theni, Nilgiris, Tiruvannamalai, Tirunelveli, Krishnagiri, Thanjavur, Tuticorin, Karur, Ariyalur, Erode, Tiruppur, Villupuram(2KVKs)                                                                                                     |
| 31.     | Telangana      |   10 | Adilabad, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Khammam, Medak, Mahaboobnagar, Warangal (having 2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 32.     | Karnataka      |   29 | Raichur, Haveri, Bidar, Dharwad, Koppal, Uttara Kannada, Bagalkot, Hassan, Mandya, Shimoga, Udupi, Chitradurga, Chikkamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Chamrajanagar, Kolar, Bangalore Rural, Kodagu, Mysore, Gadag, Davanagere, Ramanagram, Bellary, Chikkaballapur, Yadgir Belgaum, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Tumkur (having 2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                              |
| 33.     | Kerala         |   14 | Palghat, Kollam, Wynad, Kottayam, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kasaragode, Alleppey, Ernakulam, Kozhikode (Calicut), Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Pathanamthitta,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 34.     | Lakshadweep    |    1 | Kiltan Island Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Total:- |                |  638 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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