Lok Sabha Question No. 590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Training to Farmers for Scientific Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 590

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## TRAINING TO FARMERS FOR SCIENTIFIC FARMING

## 590. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has provided training to the farmers for scientific farming;
- (b) if so, whether any information has been provided to the farmers in this regard;
- (c) if so, the names of the districts where the said programme has been organized along with the details thereof, State/UT-wise especially of Supaul Parliamentary Constituency in Bihar; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote agriculture in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष और ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a) & (b): Yes.    The  Government  has  provision  for  training  of  farmers  under  the  various schemes  of  Department  of  Agriculture,  &  Farmers'  Welfare  (DA&FW),  and  Department  of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the major ones being as follows: -

A  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  'Support  to  State  Extension  Programs  for  Extension Reforms' popularly known as ATMA Scheme is under implementation since 2005. Presently, Scheme is being implemented in 739 districts of 28 states & 5 UTs in the country [Including all the 38 districts of Bihar - (Including Supaul Parliamentary Constituency)] .  The scheme promotes decentralized and farmer-friendly extension system in the country. Under the scheme Grants-in-Aid  is  released  to  the  State  Governments  with  an  objective  to  support  State Government's efforts to make available the latest agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in different thematic areas of agriculture and allied sectors to farmers through different extension  activities  viz;  Farmers  Training,  Demonstrations,  Exposure  Visits,  Kisan  Mela, Mobilization of Farmers Groups and organizing Farm Schools etc. Over 14.28 lakh farmers have been benefitted through Farmers Training activity under the ATMA Scheme during 2022-23.

The  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  is  implementing  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras (KVKs) scheme in 638 districts of the Country through 731 KVKs with mandate of technology assessment  and  demonstration  for  its  application  and  capacity  development.  As  part  of  its mandated activities, the KVKs provide training to farmers on various aspects of scientific farming in agriculture and allied sectors. The KVKs provided training to 19.53 lakh farmers during 202223.

Four  Farm  Machinery  Training  &  Testing  Institutes  (FMTTIs)  located  at  Budni  (Madhya Pradesh), Hissar (Haryana), Ananthapur (Andhra Pradesh) and Biswanath Chariali (Assam) are engaged in imparting training to various categories of trainees including farmers, in the field of Farm Mechanization. During the year 2022-23, these institutes have trained 15,440 candidates. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme is being implemented for holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo. All States and UTs are covered under MIDH.

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is being implemented in identified districts of 28 States and 2 UTs viz. Ladakh and J&K of the country to increase the production and productivity of Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Coarse, Cereals and Nutri Cereals (Millets) through area expansion and productivity enhancement.

In addition to the above, training of farmers in an inbuilt component of Sub-Mission of Plant  Protection  and  Plant  Quarantine,  Farmer  Field  Schools  are  conducted  for  promoting Integrated Pest Management among farmers.

(c): Name of the districts, where ATMA and KVKs have organized Farmers Training may be seen at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.

During the year 2022-23, 5545 farmers have been benefitted through Farmers Training and  Exposure  extension  activities  in  Supaul  Parliamentary  constituency  of  Bihar  under  the ATMA Scheme.

(d): Yes. The Government has taken many steps to promote agriculture in the country through various  Schemes/Programs  like  Krishonnati  Yojana,  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY), Natural Farming and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) etc.

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| DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMASCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23 | DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMASCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23 | DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMASCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23 | DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMASCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | DETAILS OF DISTRICTS, NAME OF DISTRICTS & FARMERS BENEFITTED THROUGH TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER ATMASCHEME DURING THE YEAR 2022-23 |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                          | States/UTs                                                                                                                       | Number of Districts                                                                                                              | Name of Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Number of Farmers Trained                                                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                   | 26                                                                                                                               | Srikakulam, P. Manyam, Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, Anakapali, A. Sitaramaraju, Kakinada, E. Godavari, Konaseema, Eluru, W. Godavari, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Prakasam, SPSR Nellore, Tirupati, YSR Kadapa, Nandyal, Annamayya, Chittoor, Kurnool, Ananthapur & Sri Satya Sai                                                                                   | 23138                                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                                | Bihar                                                                                                                            | 38                                                                                                                               | Araia, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, East Chamaparan, Gaya, Gopalganj, Jamui, Jehnabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kisahnganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Purnea, Rohatas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Sheikhpura, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali, West Champaran | 100039                                                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                     | 28                                                                                                                               | Raipur, Baloda Bazar, Gariyaband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Bilaspur, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (GPM) Mungeli, Janjgir, Korba, Raigarh, Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur, Korea, Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur                                                                               | 39661                                                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                                                | Goa                                                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                                                | North-Goa, South-Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 3534                                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                                                          | 33                                                                                                                               | Ahmedabad, Amreli,Anand, Arvalli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Dang, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhi Nagar, Sir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda,Kutchh, Mahesana, Mahisagar, Morbi, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Vadodara, Valsad.                                              | 162919                                                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                                                          | 22                                                                                                                               | Ambala, Bhiwani, Charkhi-Dadri, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mewat, Narnaul, Panipat, Panchkula , Palwal, Rohtak, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna-Nagar                                                                                                                                                                   | 12301                                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 12                                                                                                                               | Bilaspur, Chamba,Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, L&S, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmour, Solan, Una.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3557                                                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                               | Jammu, Samba , Kathua, Reasi, Udhampur, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri, Poonch (Jammu Division), Srinagar,Anantnag, Pilwama, Kupwara, Shopian, Baramulla, Gandarbal, Bandipora, Kulgam & Budgam (Kashmir Division)                                                                                                                                                             | 16805                                                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                                                        | 24                                                                                                                               | Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamau, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Saraikella, Simdega, West Singhbhum.                                                                                                                                              | 4360                                                                                                                             |

|   10 | Karnataka      |   30 | Bagalkote, Bengaluru, Belagavi, Ballary, Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharawada, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppala, Mandya, Mysore, Ramanagara, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttarakannada, Vijayanagara, Vijayapura, Yadgiri                                                                                                                                                                                      |   90127 |
|------|----------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   11 | Kerala         |   14 | Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thirusur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur, Kasargod.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   64983 |
|   12 | Maharashtra    |   33 | Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudug, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Ahmad Nagar, Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Jalana, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Washim, Akola, Amaravati, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  105510 |
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh |   52 | Agar,,Alirajpur, Anooppur,,Ashoknagar,,Badwani,,Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hosh'bad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsore, Morena, Narsingpur, Neemach, Newadi, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singroli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha                                                        |   18030 |
|   14 | Odisha         |   30 | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhdrak, Bolangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsingpur, Jaipur, Jarsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   51480 |
|   15 | Punjab         |   22 | Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda , Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, S.A.S Nagar, Sangrur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Tarn Taran                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   28074 |
|   16 | Rajasthan      |   50 | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagour, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar, Tonk, Udaipur, Anupgarh, Balotra, Beawar, Deeg, Didwana-Kuchaman, Dudu, Gangapurcity, Jaipur Rural, Jodhpur Rural, Kekri, Khairthal-Tijara, Kotputali-Behror, Neem ka Thana, Falodi, Salumber, Sanchor, Shahpura. |   42029 |
|   17 | Telangana      |   32 | Adilabad, Kumarambheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Peddapally, Jagityal. Rajanna Siricilla, Medak, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Warangal, Honumakonda, Mahabubabad, Mulugu, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Jangoan, Khammam, Badradri Kothagudem, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Medchal Malkajgiri, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri                                                                                     |    1750 |

|   18 | Tamil Nadu        |   37 | Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipettai, Tiruvannamalai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Trichy, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramnad, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, The Nilgiris                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   303800 |
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|   19 | Uttar Pradesh     |   75 | Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Mathura, Aligarh, Etah, Hathras, Kansganj, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Azamgarh, Ballia, Mau, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharth nagar, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Bahraich, Balarampur, Gonda, Shravasti, Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Amethi, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Auraiya, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Raebareli, Sitapur, Unnao, Bagpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Hapur, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Sonbhadra, Sambhal, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi |   110088 |
|   20 | Uttarakhand       |   13 | Almora, Champawat, Nainital, U.S. Nagar, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Dehradun, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Haridwar, Rudraprayag, Tehri.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |    15606 |
|   21 | West Bengal       |   23 | Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Uttar Dinajpur, Birbhum Paschim Bardhaman, Malda, Purba Bardhaman, Bankura, Jhargram, Nadia, Purulia, Dakshim Dinajpur, Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Coochbehar, Alipurduar, Kalimpong, Howrah, North- 24 PGS, Darjeeling, South-24 Parganas, Hooghly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   173416 |
|   22 | Assam             |   33 | Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dimahasao, East Karbi Anglong, Goalpara, Goalaghar, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup (M), Kamrup (R), Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara Mancachar, Tinsukia, West Karbi Anglong, Udalaguri.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     5460 |
|   23 | Arunachal Pradesh |   25 | Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Papumpare, Pake Kessang, Upper Subansiri, Kamle, Shi Yomi, West Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, Siang, Lower Siang, Lepa Rada, Dibang Valley (Anini), Lower Dibang Velley, Anjaw, Lohit, Namsai, Changlang, Tirap, Longding                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |    16000 |
|   24 | Manipur           |    9 | Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubai, Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Senapati,Tamenglong, Ukhrul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     8400 |
|   25 | Meghalaya         |   11 | East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, Ri Bhoi, East Jaintia Hills West Jaintia Hills, East Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, South-West Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, South Garo Hills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     6061 |
|   26 | Mizoram           |    8 | Aizwal, Champhai, Mamit, Kolasib, Serchhip, Lunglei, Lawngtlai, Saiha                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |     3020 |
|   27 | Nagaland          |   15 | Chumoukedima, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mon, Mokokchung, Niuland, Noklak, Peren, Phek, Shamator, Tseminyu, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |     8345 |

| 28       | Tripura    |   8 | North, Unakoti, Dhalai, Khowai, West Sepahijala, Gomati, South   |    5182 |
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| 29       | Sikkim     |   6 | North, Unakoti, Dhalai, Khowai, West, Sepahijala, Gomamti, South |     183 |
| 30       | Delhi      |   1 | South-West Delhi                                                 |       0 |
| 31       | Puducherry |   2 | Puducherry, Karaikal                                             |    3821 |
| 32       | A&N        |   3 | South Andaman, Nicobar, North & Middle Andaman                   |     767 |
| 33       | Laddakh    |   2 | Leh, Kargil                                                      |       0 |
| TOTAL: - | TOTAL: -   | 739 |                                                                  | 1428446 |

## State-wise and District-wise details of the KVKs

|   S. No. | State/Union Territory   |   No. of districts having KVKs | Name of districts having KVKs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Punjab                  |                             22 | Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Ferosepur, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Kapurthala, Sangrur, Nawanshahar, Roopnagar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Muktsar, Fatehgargh Sahib, Moga, Jalandhar, Mansa, Tarantaran, Barnala, Sahaibjada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Fazilka,Pathankot,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        2 | Uttarakhand             |                             13 | Champavat, TehriGarhwal, Nainital, Chamoli, Haridwar, Almora, Pauri Garhwal, Rudra Prayag, UdhamsinghNagar, Pithoragarh, Dehradun, Uttarakanshi, Bageshwar,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        3 | Himachal Pradesh        |                             12 | Kullu, Una, Mandi, Sirmaur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Kinnaur, Chamba, Shimla, Solanand Lahaul & Spiti(2 KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        4 | Jammu & Kashmir         |                             19 | Jammu, Rajouri, Doda, Udhampur, Poonch, Pulwama, Srinagar, Gandarabal, Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Anantnag, Kathua, Kulgam, Shopian, Samba, Kishtwar, Rambanand Bandipora(2KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        5 | Ladakh(UT)              |                             02 | Leh (2KVKs), Kargil(2KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        6 | Rajasthan               |                             33 | Dausa, Jhunjhunu, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Dhoulpur, Bharatpur, Sriganganagar, Karauli, Dungarpur, Banswara, Baran, Sirohi, Chittorgarh, Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, Rajsamand, Tonk, Pratapgarh, Alwar, Churu, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Hanumangarh Barmer, Nagaur, Bhilwara, Jalore, Pali, Sikar(2KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        7 | Delhi                   |                              1 | Ujwa(NewDelhi)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        8 | Haryana                 |                             18 | Panipat, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Yamunanagar, Sonipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Mahendergarh, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Karnal, Gurgaon, Ambala, Rewari,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        9 | Uttar Prades h          |                             74 | Sahajahanpur, Bijnor, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Rampur, Meerut, Pilibhit, Baghpat, Gautam Budha Nagar, Ballia, Mau, Varanasi, Basti, Faizabad, Maharajganj, Sonbhadra, Siddharth Nagar, Barabanki, Chandauli, Balrampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mathura, Jhansi, Fatehpur, Aligarh, Kanpur (Dehat), Mainpuri, Mahoba, Etawah, Kannauj, Firozabad, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Farrukhabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, Kushinagar, Etah, Agra, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Mirzapur, Bulandshahar, Chitrakoot, Unnao, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Auraiya, Deoria, Mahamaya Nagar, Banda, Ambedkar Nagar, Kasganj, Amethi, Sambhal, Shamli, Amroha, Hapur, Shrasvasti, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Badaun, Bahraich, Gonda, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Hardoi, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Azamgarh, Raebareli (2KVKseach) |
|       10 | Jharkhand               |                             24 | West Singhbhum, Dumka, Palamau, Pakur, Lohardanga, Giridih, Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Sahibganj, Chatra, Garwah, Dhanbad, Simdega, Latehar, Jamtara, Koderma, Deoghar, Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Gumla, Godda, Seraikela, Khunti, Ramgarh,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|   11. | Bihar             |   38 | Munger, Darbhanga, Vaishali, Begusarai, Saharsa, Nalanda, Banka, Patna, Sheikhpura, Madhepura, Bhagalpur, Rohtas, Araria, Purnea, Katihar, Siwan, Jahanabad, Saran, Supaul, Sheohar, Aurangabad, Lakhisarai, Kishanganj, Gopalganj, Buxar, Bhojpur, Nawadah, Kaimur, Jamui, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Arwal, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Madhubani, East Champaran, West Champaran, Gaya (2 KVKseach)   |
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|    12 | A&N Islands       |    3 | Port Blair, Nicobar, North & Middle Andaman (Mayabunder)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    13 | West Bengal       |   18 | Darjeeling, Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Howrah, Hoogly, Jalpaiguri, West Midnapur, Purulia, Burdhman, Birbhum, Bankura, East Midnapore South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Malda, Nadia, Murshidabad(2KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                             |
|    14 | Odisha            |   30 | Koraput, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bargarh, Kandhamal (Phulbani), Kalahandi, Jaipur, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Deoghar, Angul, Bhadrak, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Sambalpur, Jagatsinghpur, Gajapati, Rayagada, Nuapada, Boudh, Sonepur, Malkangiri, Jharsuguda, Puri, Khurda, Bolangir Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Sundergarh (2KVKseach)                                                                 |
|    15 | Sikkim            |    4 | East Sikkim, North Sikkim, West Sikkim, South Sikkim,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|    16 | Arunachal Pradesh |   17 | West Siang, West Kameng, Tirap, Lower Dibang Valley, Lower Subansiri, Papumpare, Upper Siang, East Kameng, Tawang, Lohit, Upper Subansiri, East Siang, Changlang, Anjaw, Longding, Kurung Kumey and Dibang Valley                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    17 | Assam             |   26 | Sonitpur, Cachar, Golaghat, Kokrajhar, Sibsagar, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Karbi Anglong, Kamrup, North Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Tinsukia, Karimganj, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Darrang, Jorhat, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Udalguri, Baska, Moringaon, Bongaigaon, Dima Hasao.                                                                                                                         |
|    18 | Manipur           |    9 | Imphal West, Churachandpur, Tamenglong, Chandel, Senapati, Bishnupur, Imphal East, Thoubal, Ukhrul,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    19 | Meghalaya         |    7 | West Garo Hills, Ri-bhoi, Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, South Garo Hills, East Garo Hills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    20 | Mizoram           |    8 | Lunglei, Kolasib, Chimtuipui, Lawngtlai, Mammit, Champhai, Serchhip, Aizwal,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    21 | Nagaland          |   11 | Dimapur, Medziphema, Wokha, Mokokchung, Kohima, Tuensang, Mon, Zunheboto, Laongleng, Peren, Kiphire                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    22 | Tripura           |    8 | Khowai (West Tripura), South Tripura, Dhalai, North Tripura, West Tripura, Gomati, Unakoti, Sepahijala,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    23 | Goa               |    2 | North Goa, South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    24 | Gujarat           |   27 | Sabarkantha, Dahod, Anand, Ahemedabad, Dang, Surat, Navsari, Narmada, Amreli, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Surendranagar, Gandhinagar, Valsad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Mehsana, Bharuch, Vadodara, Patan, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Tapi, Morbi, Banaskantha, Kuchchh, Rajkot (2KVKseach)                                                                                                                         |

| 25.     | Maharashtra     |   33 | Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gondia, Godchiroli, Osmanabad, Ratnagiri, Raigarh, Dhule, Parbhani, Washim, Sindhudurg, Hingoli, Nandurbar, Latur, Akola, Ahmednagar, Amaravathi, Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Buldana, Jalgaon, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Yavatmal, Satara, Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Nagpur, Thane (2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                                   |
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| 26.     | Madhya Prades h |   51 | Jhabua, Sidhi, Shahdol, Khandwa, Tikamgarh,Seoni, Bhind, Rajgarh, Guna, Balaghat, Betul,Panna, Dindori, Gwalior, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Morena, Khargone, Shajapur, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Jabalpur, Harda, Damoh, Narsinghpur, Dewas, Padaria, Chatarpur, Shivpuri, Neemuch, Mandla, Badwani, Umaria, Sheopur, Datia, Bhopal, Ratlam, Vidisha, Satna, Indore, Sehore, Raisen, Burhanpur, Ashoknagar, Anuppur, Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, Singrauli, Dhar, Chhindwara, Sagar (2KVKseach) |
| 27.     | Chhattisgarh    |   27 | Bilaspur, Baloda Bazaar, Surajpur, Bastar, Janjgir- Champa, Raigarh, Dhamtari, Raipur, Mahasamund, Dantewada, Korba Jashpur, Kanker, Kavardha, Korea, Rajnandgaon, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Sarguja, Gariyaband, Bemetara, Mungeli, Balarampur, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon Durg (2 KVKs)                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 28.     | Andhra Prades h |   13 | Shrikakulam, Vizianagaram, Ananthpur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasham, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari, Kadapa (having2 KVKseach)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 29.     | Puducherry      |    3 | Karaikal, Pudducherry, Yanam,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 30.     | TamilNadu       |   31 | Salem, Cuddalore, Trichirappali, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Vellore, Thiruvallur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Virudhunagar, Dharmapuri, Kancheepuram, Shivagangai, Namakkal, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Theni, Nilgiris, Tiruvannamalai, Tirunelveli, Krishnagiri, Thanjavur, Tuticorin, Karur, Ariyalur, Erode, Tiruppur, Villupuram(2KVKs)                                                                                                     |
| 31.     | Telangana       |   10 | Adilabad, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Khammam, Medak, Mahaboobnagar, Warangal (having 2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 32.     | Karnataka       |   29 | Raichur, Haveri, Bidar, Dharwad, Koppal, Uttara Kannada, Bagalkot, Hassan, Mandya, Shimoga, Udupi, Chitradurga, Chikkamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Chamrajanagar, Kolar, Bangalore Rural, Kodagu, Mysore, Gadag, Davanagere, Ramanagram, Bellary, Chikkaballapur, Yadgir Belgaum, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Tumkur (having 2 KVKs each)                                                                                                                                              |
| 33.     | Kerala          |   14 | Palghat, Kollam, Wynad, Kottayam, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kasaragode, Alleppey, Ernakulam, Kozhikode (Calicut), Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Pathanamthitta,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 34.     | Lakshadweep     |    1 | Kiltan Island Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Total:- |                 |  638 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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