Lok Sabha Question No. 2019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Krishi Vigyan Kendras
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2019

TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  AUGUST, 2023

## KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS

## 2019.  SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) being operated across the country at present, State and region-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of the works executed in KVKs along with the number of new KVKs opened during each of the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposals to open new KVKs from other States including Rajasthan; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) A  total  of  731  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  are  operational  across  the Country.  The State/UT wise list of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) is at Annexure I .
- (b) During the last 3  years i.e. 2020-2021 to 2022-23 civil works executed at KVKs include:

Administrative Building (142)

Farmers Hostel (66)

Staff Quarters (11)

Boundary Wall (64)

Demonstration Unit (85)

Farm Development Works (155)

Repair and Maintenance (135)

External energisation (11)

The number of KVKs opened during the last 3 years i.e. during 2020-21 to 202223 are 11.

- (c)  and (d): Rajasthan at present has 47 KVKs and there is no proposal as of now to  set  up  any  new  KVK  in  Rajasthan.  However,  in  the  last  year  request  for establishment of additional new KVKs for two districts of Rajasthan was received form members of Parliament.

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## Annexure-I

[Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 2019 dated 1 st  August, 2023]

## State/UT wise List of KVKs

| States/ UTs                 |   Total |
|-----------------------------|---------|
| Himachal Pradesh            |      13 |
| Punjab                      |      22 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |      20 |
| Ladakh                      |      04 |
| Uttarakhand                 |      13 |
| Haryana                     |      18 |
| Delhi                       |      01 |
| Rajasthan                   |      47 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |      89 |
| Bihar                       |      44 |
| Jharkhand                   |      24 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |      03 |
| Odisha                      |      33 |
| West Bengal                 |      23 |
| Assam                       |      26 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |      17 |
| Sikkim                      |      04 |
| Manipur                     |      09 |
| Meghalaya                   |      07 |
| Mizoram                     |      08 |
| Nagaland                    |      11 |
| Tripura                     |      08 |
| Maharashtra                 |      50 |
| Gujarat                     |      30 |
| Goa                         |      02 |
| Chhattisgarh                |      28 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |      54 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |      24 |
| Puducherry                  |      03 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |      32 |
| Telangana                   |      16 |
| Karnataka                   |      33 |
| Kerala                      |      14 |
| Lakshadweep                 |      01 |
| Total                       |     731 |

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