Lok Sabha Question No. 282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Difficulties faced by Farmers for Transportation of their Produce
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Mani A

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 282

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  JULY, 2025

## DIFFICULTIES FACED BY FARMERS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THEIR PRODUCE

## 282. SHRI MANI A:

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

- (a) whether farmers face lot of difficulties to carry their produce to markets;
- (b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to tackle the issue of transportation in rural areas of Tamil Nadu for the farmers to carry their produce to the main markets to get the best price for their output;
- (c) the details of alternatives the Government is looking forward to so that the farmers can carry their produce easily to the main markets for higher profits; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to take any steps for doubling the income of the farmers across the country including Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a)  to  (c):    Agriculture  and  agricultural  marketing is a state subject. However, in order to address  transportation  issue  of  farmers  to  transport  their  produce  to  main  market, government is working with the states including Tamil Nadu  to provide market closer to their farm-gate/villages  through  development  of  alternative  marketing  channel  like  farmerconsumer market, direct  purchase by  processors/exporters/other  bulk  buyers, promoting Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)  for  aggregation  &  collective  marketing,  selling through National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) via Farm-gate App, etc.
- (d): Government is working on 6-point strategy to improve the farmers' socio-economic status  i.e.  to  increase  production,  reduce  cost  of  production,  compensating  crop  losses, ensuring fair prices, promoting crop diversification and advancing natural/organic farming. Major schemes/programmes initiated by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to enhance overall income of farmers and remunerative returns in the agriculture sector are as under:
- i. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
- ii. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
- iii. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)/ Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
- iv. Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS)
- v. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)

vi. Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs) vii. National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) viii. Namo Drone Didi ix. National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) x. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) xi. Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises' (AgriSURE) xii. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) xiii. Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM) xiv. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) xv. Soil Health & Fertility (SH&F) xvi. Rainfed Area Development (RAD) xvii. Agroforestry xviii. Crop Diversification Programme (CDP) xix. Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SAME) xx. Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) xxi. National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM) xxii. Integrated Scheme for Agriculture Marketing (ISAM) xxiii. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) xxiv. National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oil Palm xxv. National Mission on Edible Oils (NMEO)-Oilseeds xxvi. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region xxvii. Digital Agriculture Mission xxviii. National Bamboo Mission

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