Lok Sabha Question No. 137 (STARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Farmer Producer Organization
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Shri Kesineni Sivanath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 137

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025

## FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATION

- *137.  SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH: SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

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

- (a)   the total number of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) registered in the country, State and district-wise for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)   the details of the total number of beneficiary farmers under the FPOs since inception of the scheme, State and year-wise till date;
- (c)   the details of the total number of women led/women centric FPO's in the country, Statewise along with the number of women farmers engaged through FPOs;
- (d)      whether  the  Government  has mapped  the  primary  products/commodities  and value chains promoted under the FPO's in the State of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof including major crops, livestock, fisheries or other allied sectors;
- (e)   the details of the matching equity grants, sanctioned and released to the framers/FPOs, State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh; and
- (f)        whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  regarding,  training,  capacity building and marketing support offered to the FPO by Cluster Based Business Organizations (CBBOs), if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (f):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  137  FOR  29TH  JULY,  2025  REGARDING  FARMER  PRODUCER ORGANIZATION.

(a):    Under the Central Sector Scheme for 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)',  10,000  FPOs  have  been  registered.  The  State-wise number  of  registered  FPOs  is  at Annexure-I ,  and  the  District-wise  number  of  FPOs registered in the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-II .

(b): State-wise number  of  beneficiary  farmers under  the scheme  is  placed  at Annexure-III .  MIS  portal  for  the  scheme  became  operational  from  2023.    Year-wise number of beneficiary farmers are as follows:-

| Year                    | No. of beneficiary farmers   |
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
| From inception to 2023  | 10,52,441                    |
| 2024                    | 17,16,689                    |
| 2025 (as on 30.06.2025) | 9,02,226                     |
| Total                   | 36,71,356                    |

(c):   The Board of Directors (BoD) of each FPO has at least one-woman member. As on 30.06.2025, 1663 FPOs are registered as 100% women members. Additionally, 949 FPOs have more than 50% women members. The State-wise list of women-centric FPOs is at Annexure-IV .

(d):    In the State of Andhra Pradesh, the major primary commodities promoted under FPOs include: Paddy, pulses, coconut, turmeric, tomato, mango, chilly, cashew, etc.

(e):    As on date, 5,694 FPOs have availed equity grant assistance under the scheme. The State-wise details are placed at Annexure-V . In Andhra Pradesh, 227 FPOs have availed equity grant support. The District-wise details for Andhra Pradesh are placed at Annexure-VI .

(f): Cluster  Based  Business Organizations (CBBOs)  are  mandated  to provide continuous support to FPOs,  which includes conducting  training  and  capacity  building programs  for  FPO  directors,  CEO  and  members,  facilitating  market  linkages.  This  is monitored by the Implementing Agencies (IAs) against defined milestones for payment to CBBOs. The State-wise details of training and exposure visits conducted for FPOs are at Annexure-VII .

Annexure- I

| State wise FPOs registered under 10,000 FPOs scheme   | State wise FPOs registered under 10,000 FPOs scheme   | State wise FPOs registered under 10,000 FPOs scheme   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                | State                                                 | No. of FPOs registered                                |
| 1                                                     | Andaman & Nicobar                                     | 7                                                     |
| 2                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 714                                                   |
| 3                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 171                                                   |
| 4                                                     | Assam                                                 | 429                                                   |
| 5                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 696                                                   |
| 6                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 232                                                   |
| 7                                                     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                  | 2                                                     |
| 8                                                     | Goa                                                   | 8                                                     |
| 9                                                     | Gujarat                                               | 426                                                   |
| 10                                                    | Haryana                                               | 179                                                   |
| 11                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 180                                                   |
| 12                                                    | Jammu and Kashmir                                     | 330                                                   |
| 13                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 367                                                   |
| 14                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 351                                                   |
| 15                                                    | Kerala                                                | 176                                                   |
| 16                                                    | Ladakh                                                | 23                                                    |
| 17                                                    | Lakshadweep                                           | 2                                                     |
| 18                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 642                                                   |
| 19                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 589                                                   |
| 20                                                    | Manipur                                               | 78                                                    |
| 21                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 67                                                    |
| 22                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 49                                                    |
| 23                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 88                                                    |
| 24                                                    | Odisha                                                | 471                                                   |
| 25                                                    | Puducherry                                            | 6                                                     |
| 26                                                    | Punjab                                                | 152                                                   |
| 27                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 589                                                   |
| 28                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 15                                                    |
| 29                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 465                                                   |
| 30                                                    | Telangana                                             | 617                                                   |
| 31                                                    | Tripura                                               | 59                                                    |
| 32                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 1275                                                  |
| 33                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 162                                                   |
| 34                                                    | West Bengal                                           | 383                                                   |
| Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                           | 10000                                                 |

Annexure-II

District-wise number of FPOs registered in Andhra Pradesh

| S. No.      | District Name               |   No. of FPOs registered |
|-------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1           | Alluri Sitharama Raju       |                       31 |
| 2           | Anakapalli                  |                       26 |
| 3           | Ananthapuramu               |                       38 |
| 4           | Annamayya                   |                       30 |
| 5           | Bapatla                     |                       28 |
| 6           | Chittoor                    |                       32 |
| 7           | East Godavari               |                       19 |
| 8           | Eluru                       |                       35 |
| 9           | Guntur                      |                       20 |
| 10          | Kakinada                    |                       20 |
| 11          | Konaseema                   |                       23 |
| 12          | Krishna                     |                       25 |
| 13          | Kurnool                     |                       28 |
| 14          | Nandyal                     |                       32 |
| 15          | NTR                         |                       20 |
| 16          | Palnadu                     |                       39 |
| 17          | Parvathipuram Manyam        |                       15 |
| 18          | Prakasam                    |                       39 |
| 19          | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |                       35 |
| 20          | Sri Sathya Sai              |                       23 |
| 21          | Srikakulam                  |                       30 |
| 22          | Tirupati                    |                       36 |
| 23          | Visakhapatnam               |                        4 |
| 24          | Vizianagaram                |                       28 |
| 25          | West Godavari               |                       20 |
| 26          | YSR Kadapa                  |                       38 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 |                      714 |

Annexure-III State-wise number of beneficiary farmers of FPO under 10,000 FPOs scheme

| S. No.      | State             | No. of Farmers   |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar | 1196             |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh    | 170647           |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh | 24659            |
| 4           | Assam             | 144312           |
| 5           | Bihar             | 245920           |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh      | 93760            |
| 7           | Goa               | 2275             |
| 8           | Gujarat           | 162116           |
| 9           | Haryana           | 51941            |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh  | 51803            |
| 11          | Jammu and Kashmir | 58828            |
| 12          | Jharkhand         | 147514           |
| 13          | Karnataka         | 239421           |
| 14          | Kerala            | 51332            |
| 15          | Ladakh            | 1313             |
| 16          | Lakshadweep       | 119              |
| 17          | Madhya Pradesh    | 299618           |
| 18          | Maharashtra       | 281954           |
| 19          | Manipur           | 22654            |
| 20          | Meghalaya         | 7324             |
| 21          | Mizoram           | 10730            |
| 22          | Nagaland          | 21515            |
| 23          | Odisha            | 200292           |
| 24          | Puducherry        | 2452             |
| 25          | Punjab            | 44613            |
| 26          | Rajasthan         | 250513           |
| 27          | Sikkim            | 2132             |
| 28          | Tamil Nadu        | 190136           |
| 29          | Telangana         | 148323           |
| 30          | Tripura           | 13669            |
| 31          | Uttar Pradesh     | 535725           |
| 32          | Uttarakhand       | 50962            |
| 33          | West Bengal       | 141588           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 36,71,356        |

## State-wise list of women-centric FPOs

| S. No.   | STATE NAME        |   FPOs with 100% Women Shareholders |   FPOs more than 50% Women members |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                   3 |                                  2 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 228 |                                 45 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  23 |                                 58 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                  78 |                                 70 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                  84 |                                 77 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                  35 |                                 20 |
| 9        | Goa               |                                   0 |                                  1 |
| 10       | Gujarat           |                                  30 |                                  5 |
| 11       | Haryana           |                                  24 |                                  2 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  47 |                                 21 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir |                                  34 |                                 22 |
| 14       | Jharkhand         |                                 117 |                                 60 |
| 15       | Karnataka         |                                  61 |                                 12 |
| 16       | Kerala            |                                   2 |                                  1 |
| 17       | Ladakh            |                                   4 |                                  5 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  69 |                                 43 |
| 20       | Maharashtra       |                                  92 |                                 16 |
| 21       | Manipur           |                                   4 |                                 31 |
| 22       | Meghalaya         |                                  11 |                                 35 |
| 23       | Mizoram           |                                   0 |                                  8 |
| 24       | Nagaland          |                                   8 |                                 30 |
| 25       | Odisha            |                                 102 |                                 89 |
| 26       | Puducherry        |                                   1 |                                  1 |
| 27       | Punjab            |                                  11 |                                  6 |
| 28       | Rajasthan         |                                  76 |                                  9 |
| 29       | Sikkim            |                                   0 |                                  2 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu        |                                  60 |                                111 |
| 31       | Telangana         |                                 359 |                                 20 |
| 32       | Tripura           |                                   6 |                                  8 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  48 |                                 63 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand       |                                  19 |                                 56 |
| 35       | West Bengal       |                                  27 |                                 20 |
|          | Total             |                                1663 |                                949 |

## Annexure-V

## State-wise no. of FPOs availed equity grant under 10,000 FPOs scheme

| S. No.   | States            |   No. of FPOs availed Equity Grant |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                  3 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                227 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 72 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                270 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                312 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                128 |
| 8        | Goa               |                                  4 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |                                297 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                                115 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                113 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                131 |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |                                153 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                                250 |
| 15       | Kerala            |                                104 |
| 16       | Ladakh            |                                  2 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep       |                                  1 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                462 |
| 19       | Maharashtra       |                                414 |
| 20       | Manipur           |                                 54 |
| 21       | Meghalaya         |                                 42 |
| 22       | Mizoram           |                                 35 |
| 23       | Nagaland          |                                 77 |
| 24       | Odisha            |                                294 |
| 25       | Puducherry        |                                  1 |
| 26       | Punjab            |                                 50 |
| 27       | Rajasthan         |                                414 |
| 28       | Sikkim            |                                  8 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu        |                                337 |
| 30       | Telangana         |                                212 |
| 31       | Tripura           |                                 45 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                775 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand       |                                115 |
| 34       | West Bengal       |                                177 |
| Grand    | Total             |                               5694 |

## Annexure-VI

Andhra Pradesh: District-wise no. of FPOs availed Equity Grant(EG) under 10,000 FPOs scheme

| S. No.      | District Name               |   No. of FPOs registered | No. of FPOs have availed EG   |
|-------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1           | Alluri Sitharama Raju       |                       31 | 17                            |
| 2           | Anakapalli                  |                       26 | 3                             |
| 3           | Ananthapuramu               |                       38 | 15                            |
| 4           | Annamayya                   |                       30 | 9                             |
| 5           | Bapatla                     |                       28 | 5                             |
| 6           | Chittoor                    |                       32 | 15                            |
| 7           | East Godavari               |                       19 | 9                             |
| 8           | Eluru                       |                       35 | 20                            |
| 9           | Guntur                      |                       20 | 4                             |
| 10          | Kakinada                    |                       20 | 7                             |
| 11          | Konaseema                   |                       23 | 6                             |
| 12          | Krishna                     |                       25 | 7                             |
| 13          | Kurnool                     |                       28 | 14                            |
| 14          | Nandyal                     |                       32 | 4                             |
| 15          | NTR                         |                       20 | 5                             |
| 16          | Palnadu                     |                       39 | 10                            |
| 17          | Parvathipuram Manyam        |                       15 | 3                             |
| 18          | Prakasam                    |                       39 | 4                             |
| 19          | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |                       35 | 9                             |
| 20          | Sri Sathya Sai              |                       23 | 6                             |
| 21          | Srikakulam                  |                       30 | 7                             |
| 22          | Tirupati                    |                       36 | 12                            |
| 23          | Visakhapatnam               |                        4 | -                             |
| 24          | Vizianagaram                |                       28 | 8                             |
| 25          | West Godavari               |                       20 | 5                             |
| 26          | YSR Kadapa                  |                       38 | 23                            |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 |                      714 | 227                           |

## State wise training & exposure visit conducted for the FPOs

| S. No.      | State                |   No. of FPOs registered |   Total no. of trainings |   Total no. of Exposure visits |
|-------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar    |                        7 |                       26 |                             16 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh       |                      714 |                     3111 |                            809 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh    |                      171 |                      347 |                            149 |
| 4           | Assam                |                      429 |                     1424 |                            446 |
| 5           | Bihar                |                      696 |                     2705 |                            881 |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh         |                      232 |                     1015 |                            275 |
| 7           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                        2 |                        0 |                              0 |
| 8           | Goa                  |                        8 |                      129 |                             14 |
| 9           | Gujarat              |                      426 |                     4223 |                           1021 |
| 10          | Haryana              |                      179 |                      715 |                            243 |
| 11          | Himachal Pradesh     |                      180 |                     4064 |                            407 |
| 12          | Jammu and Kashmir    |                      330 |                      629 |                            311 |
| 13          | Jharkhand            |                      367 |                     1231 |                            425 |
| 14          | Karnataka            |                      351 |                     2713 |                            805 |
| 15          | Kerala               |                      176 |                     1107 |                            287 |
| 16          | Ladakh               |                       23 |                       22 |                              6 |
| 17          | Lakshadweep          |                        2 |                        6 |                              1 |
| 18          | Madhya Pradesh       |                      642 |                     2178 |                            826 |
| 19          | Maharashtra          |                      589 |                     4279 |                           1459 |
| 20          | Manipur              |                       78 |                      281 |                             90 |
| 21          | Meghalaya            |                       67 |                      183 |                             66 |
| 22          | Mizoram              |                       49 |                      159 |                             67 |
| 23          | Nagaland             |                       88 |                      390 |                             96 |
| 24          | Odisha               |                      471 |                     1994 |                            596 |
| 25          | Puducherry           |                        6 |                       43 |                             13 |
| 26          | Punjab               |                      152 |                      480 |                            137 |
| 27          | Rajasthan            |                      589 |                     2669 |                            768 |
| 28          | Sikkim               |                       15 |                       29 |                              8 |
| 29          | Tamil Nadu           |                      465 |                     2893 |                           1052 |
| 30          | Telangana            |                      617 |                     1744 |                            814 |
| 31          | Tripura              |                       59 |                      176 |                             65 |
| 32          | Uttar Pradesh        |                     1275 |                     4946 |                           1656 |
| 33          | Uttarakhand          |                      162 |                      978 |                            224 |
| 34          | West Bengal          |                      383 |                     2664 |                            531 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          |                    10000 |                    49553 |                          14564 |

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