Lok Sabha Question No. 347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Release of Pending Liabilities of TRFA
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 347

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH   DECEMBER, 2023

## RELEASE OF PENDING LIABILITIES OF TRFA

347. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  release  pending  liabilities  of  Targeting  Rice Fallow Area (TRFA) under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) oilseeds and if so, the details thereof, State-wise, particularly of Odisha;

(b) the names of the State Governments who have got the approval of Annual Action Plan for 2023-24;

(c) whether the Government proposes to approve the reduction of demonstration patch size from 50 hectare to 20 hectare at the earliest and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government will ensure timely supply of groundnut minikits to enable the districts to plan crop calendar accordingly and if so, the facts and details in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NAREDNRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)  &  (b):  The  Government  is  implementing  a  component of Targeting  Rice Fallow Area (TRFA)  for  oilseed  crops  under  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM)  -  Oilseeds  for cultivation in rice fallows area in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. State- wise details of the Annual Action Plan (AAP) of TRFA including pending liabilities approved by the State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) and sanctioned by Government of India for the year 2023-24 are as under:

| S. No .   | Name of the     | Allocation**      | Allocation**     | Total Allocatio n (CS+SS)**   | Pending Liabilities (as on 1 st April 2023)   |
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S. No .   | State           | Centre Share (CS) | State Share (SS) | Total Allocatio n (CS+SS)**   | Pending Liabilities (as on 1 st April 2023)   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh* | -                 | -                | -                             | -                                             |
| 2         | Assam           | 2434.11           | 270.46           | 2704.56                       | 267.50                                        |
| 3         | Bihar           | 175.00            | 116.67           | 291.67                        | 0.0                                           |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    | 760.07            | 506.71           | 1266.79                       | 1266.79                                       |
| 5         | Jharkhand       | 125.00            | 83.34            | 208.34                        | 0.00                                          |
| 6         | Karnataka       | 193.00            | 129.00           | 322.00                        | 123.00                                        |
| 7         | Maharashtra     | 100.00            | 66.67            | 166.67                        | 5.38                                          |
| 8         | Odisha          | 864.00            | 576.00           | 1440.00                       | 206.50                                        |
| 9         | Tamil Nadu      | 52.20             | 34.80            | 87.00                         | 37.00                                         |
| 10        | West Bengal     | 1998.95           | 1332.63          | 3331.58                       | 1136.00                                       |
|           | Total           | 6702.33           | 3116.27          | 9818.61                       | 3042.17                                       |

* Andhra Pradesh is not implementing the TRFA programme during 2023-24, however, State has requested for release of pending liabilities of Rs. 164.86 lakhs without approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee on6.11.2023.

** Total allocation includes pending liabilities of TRFA.

In  addition  to  the  above,  Government  also  approved  anAnnual  Action  Plan  of  Rs. 2,99,01,894/-  including  pending  liabilities  of  Rs.  1,21,81,894/-  for  the  year  2022-23  for conducting Frontline  Demonstrations  of sunflower  in  Rice  Fallows  for  area  expansion  & other extension activities to the Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR) in collaboration with  International  Crops  Research  Institute  for  the  Semi-Arid  Tropics  (ICRISAT)  during 2023-24' under NFSM-Oilseeds.

(c): There is a provision for demonstrations in cluster mode with a contiguous area of 50 ha in a village / villages / block except hilly regions/terrains, where the size of the cluster should not be less than ten hectare under NFSM- Oilseeds. One demonstration will be allowed to one farmer with a ceiling of one ha under each crop. The assistance will be on pro-rata basis with the reduction in area as per availability of land with individual farmer.

(d): The Government distributes Groundnut Minikits during kharif and rabi seasons through the concerned State's Department of Agriculture in a time bound manner. The Seed Minikits consignments  are  delivered  by  central  Agencies  at  District  Head  Quarters  of  State Department of Agriculture, beyond which the distribution of seed Minikits are taken care by the  State's  Department  of  Agriculture  within  stipulated  cutoff  date  proposed.  Details  of Groundnut Seed Minikit supplied to the States during 2019-20 to 2022-23 are as under:

| Crops     | Year    |   Supplied (in Nos.) |
|-----------|---------|----------------------|
| Groundnut | 2019-20 |                90753 |
| Groundnut | 2020-21 |                 1625 |
| Groundnut | 2021-22 |                42661 |
| Groundnut | 2022-23 |                57418 |