Lok Sabha Question No. 1467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Farmer Manure Seed Centres
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1467 TO BE ANSWERED ON : 28.07.2023

## Farmer Manure Seed Centres

## 1467  SHRI   DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to open Farmer Manure Seed centers in collaboration with NAFED and IFFCO through co-operative societies to provide certified manure and seeds easily to the Farmer of each district in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (c) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government to provide manure seeds easily to the farmers for the production of foxnut and other crops selected under 'One District, One Product' scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH   KHUBA)

(a)  &  (b):    Government  of  India  is  implementing  Sub-Mission  on  Seeds  &  Planting Materials (SMSP) under which financial assistance is available for distribution of seed and  other  seed  related  interventions.  The  above  schemes  are  demand  driven  and implemented by concerned State/Implementing Agencies for the welfare of small and marginal farmers in the country.

The detail of the sub-component is as under:

Seed Village  Programme: Government  of  India is implementing Seed  Village Programme  to  upgrade  the  quality  of  farmer's  saved  seeds.  Under  the  Seed  Village component of Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP) scheme, the financial assistance  for  distribution  of  foundation/certified  seeds  @  50%  of  the  seed  cost  for cereal crops and @ 60% of the seed cost for pulses, oilseeds, fodder and green manure crops for production of quality seeds is available for one acre per farmer. The objective of this scheme is to make available improved and high yielding varieties of seeds to the farmers in time to achieve self-sufficiency in respect of seeds availability at village level itself.

| S. No.      | Financial Year   |   Fund Released (in Lakhs) |   Seed Village Achievement (in No's) |   Seed Produced (in Quintals) |   Total Farmers (F+M) |
|-------------|------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1           | 2014-15          |                   10850    |                                51345 |                   1.98201e+07 |               3560252 |
| 2           | 2015-16          |                    6938.87 |                                30793 |                   9.34006e+06 |               2129109 |
| 3           | 2016-17          |                    7700.5  |                                25962 |                   7.77607e+06 |               1813465 |
| 4           | 2017-18          |                   14070    |                               132010 |                   1.1714e+07  |               2685886 |
| 5           | 2018-19          |                   14011.8  |                               104629 |                   2.19923e+07 |               3416624 |
| 6           | 2019-20          |                    8893.33 |                                77580 |                   1.87562e+07 |               3196628 |
| 7           | 2020-21          |                   12830.4  |                                65939 |                   2.44545e+07 |               3649041 |
| 8           | 2021-22          |                    3071.56 |                                79731 |                   2.56522e+07 |               3165025 |
| 9           | 2022-23          |                   11306.5  |                                53022 |                   1.31612e+07 |               2328514 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      |                   89673    |                               621011 |                   1.52667e+08 |              25944544 |

Certified Seed Production through Seed Village : This component has been initiated in the year 2014-15 to encourage the farmers for taking up certified seed production of Pulses,  Oilseeds,  Fodder  and  Green  Manure  crops  for  making  available  required certified seeds at village itself. Under this component, financial assistance @ 75% cost of  foundation/certified  seed  cost  is  provided  to  the  farmers  for  production  of  certified seeds in these crops.

| S. No.      | Financial Year   | Fund Released (in Lakhs)   | Seed Produced (in Quintals)   | Total Farmers (in No.)   |
|-------------|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1           | 2014-15          | 1166.68                    | 680198.00                     | 57471                    |
| 2           | 2015-16          | 132.66                     | 26722.00                      | 6440                     |
| 3           | 2016-17          | 1407.75                    | 229982.00                     | 82211                    |
| 4           | 2017-18          | 1381.74                    | 272287.50                     | 53693                    |
| 5           | 2018-19          | 698.71                     | 220733.00                     | 53612                    |
| 6           | 2019-20          | 1121.64                    | 116637.00                     | 25450                    |
| 7           | 2020-21          | 701.81                     | 221138.00                     | 30725                    |
| 8           | 2021-22          | 776.81                     | 126712.00                     | 22900                    |
| 9           | 2022-23          | -                          | -                             | -                        |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      | 7387.80                    | 1894409.5                     | 332502                   |

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