Lok Sabha Question No. 307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Agriculture Markets
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Utkarsh Verma Madhur

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 307

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## AGRICULTURE MARKETS

307. SHRI UTKARSH VERMA MADHUR:

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

- (a) the details of agriculture markets which are equipped with accommodation facility for the farmers as well as having proper arrangements for the parking of their carrier vehicles, State and district-wise; and
- (b) the details of the centrally sponsored schemes for the graduates in agriculture along with the number of beneficiaries thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Agricultural Marketing is a State subject and Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) are regulated under respective State Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act of  the  State.  The  data  in  reference  to  accommodation  facility  for the  farmers  as  well  as parking of their carrier vehicles is not maintained centrally.
- (b): Student  READY  programme  is  an  integral  part  of  the  undergraduate  degree programme in the disciplines of Agriculture, and allied areas. The five components of the Student READY programme are:
- i. Experiential Learning - Business Mode
- ii. Experiential Learning - Hands on Training (Skill Development)
- iii. Rural Awareness Work Experience (RAWE)
- iv. In Plant Training/ Industrial attachment/ Internship
- v. Students Projects

Further, the  details  of  the  Scholarships/Fellowships awarded  by Indian  Council  of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is at Annexure-I.

## Scholarships/Fellowships awarded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

| S.    | Schemes/Fellowships                                          | Number of Beneficiaries   | Number of Beneficiaries   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| No.   |                                                              | 2022-23                   | 2023-24                   |
| 1     | National Talent Scholarship for Under Graduate (UG) Students | 6734                      | 10034                     |
| 2     | National Talent Scholarship for Post Graduate (PG) Students  | 3542                      | 3428                      |
| 3     | PG Scholarship                                               | 1693                      | 1613                      |
| 4     | Junior/Senior Research Fellowship for Ph. D Students         | 1130                      | 1157                      |
| 5     | Internship for B.V.Sc. Students                              | 4652                      | 4996                      |
| 6     | Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship for Undergraduate studies  | 417                       | 439                       |
| 7     | Netaji Subhas-ICAR International Fellowship for Ph. D        | 39                        | 32                        |
| Total | Total                                                        | 18207                     | 21699                     |

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