Lok Sabha Question No. 3552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Schemes for Farmer Welfare
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3552

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## SCHEMES FOR FARMER WELFARE

3552.  SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI:

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

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to address the concerns of Farmers in Vijayapura Constituency regarding irrigation facilities, Crop Insurance, and Minimum Support Prices;
- (b) the  number  of  farmers  in  Vijayapura  Constituency  who  have  benefited  from  the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the total amount of claims paid to them;
- (c) whether the Government plan to expand irrigation facilities under the PMKSY scheme in Vijayapura, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  plan  to  address  the  issue  of  delayed  payment  to  farmers under the MSP scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a) :  To  address the concerns of farmers regarding irrigation facilities, crop insurance, and Minimum  Support  Prices  in  the  Country  including  Vijayapura  (Bijapur)  Constituency,  the Government has taken following initiatives :
-  To  enhance  physical  access  of  water  and  expand  cultivable  area  under  assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices etc., Government  is implementing Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme.
-  To  provide  better  insurance  coverage  to  crops  for  risk  mitigation,  Government  is implementing  yield  based  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  along  with weather index based Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS).
-  Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural crops and Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of the recommendations  of  the  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  &  Prices  (CACP),  after considering  the  views  of  State  Governments  and  Central  Ministries/Departments concerned. The objective of fixing MSP is to ensure  that farmers receive remunerative

prices for their produce, thereby encouraging greater investment and production. It also aims to protect consumer interests by ensuring the availability of supplies at reasonable prices.

(b):          As  reported  by  Government  of  Karnataka,  5,52,527  farmers  of Vijayapura  (Bijapur) Constituency have benefited  under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and total amount of claims settled during 2016-17 to 2023-24 is Rs.1,00,961.91 Lakhs.

(c): The details of PMKSY being implemented in Vijayapura District are as under :-

- (i) Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) being implemented by Department of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation  (DoWR,RD&GR)  : Narayanpur  Left  Bank  Canal  (NLBC)  Extension,  Renovation  and  Modernization  is reported  to  have  been  completed  with  creation  of  irrigation  potential  of  1.04  lakh hectares as on March,2024.
- (ii)  Watershed  Development  Component  (WDC)  being  implemented  by  Department  of Land Resources (DoLR): Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, DoLR has sanctioned two projects covering an area of 10,000 ha in Vijayapura district.

Besides,  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  PDMC  and area of 1.37 lakh ha has been covered under micro irrigation through PDMC in Vijayapura District from 2015-16 till date.

(d) & (e): Government extends price support for paddy and wheat through Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State Agencies.   Different types of nutri-cereals (Millets) and coarse grains are  procured  by  various  State  Governments  to  the  extent  that  the  concerned  State Government may utilize them for the distribution under Targeted Public Distribution System as  well  as  under  Other  Welfare  Schemes.  Notified  Pulses,  Oilseeds  and  Copra  of  Fair Average  Quality  are  procured  at  MSP  from  the  registered  farmers  under  Price  Support Scheme  (PSS),  a  component  of  integrated  Scheme  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA),  in  association  with  the  concerned  State  Government. Further, Cotton and Jute are procured by Government at MSP through Cotton Corporation of India and Jute Corporation of India respectively.    Procurement of food grains under MSP operations is carried out through online portals which has brought substantial transparency in the  process  with  introduction  of  registration  of  farmers  for  sale  of  their  produce  at  Govt. procuring Centres/Mandis, online land/crop verification and online payment of MSP directly into the farmers bank account to the value of produce by primary agency within 3 days from receipt  of  produce  from  the  farmers.  With  the  implementation  of  'One  Nation,  One  MSP' through  DBT  implemented  across  the  country  from  Rabi  Marketing  Season  2021-22 onwards,  payment  of  MSP  has  been  ensured  directly  into  farmers'  account  which  has brought  in  responsibility,  transparency  and  real  time  monitoring  in  the  system.    The  State Procurement  Portals  have  been  integrated  with  Central  Food  Grains  Procurement  Portal (CFPP)  to  have  repository  of  information  on  almost  real-time  basis  for  better  monitoring, review and decision making.

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