Lok Sabha Question No. 359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Assistance to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 359

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS

359. SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

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

(a)  whether  Union  Government  is  not  providing  any  assistance  to  farmers  of  Karnataka  and Maharashtra to cultivate, develop, and market agricultural produce;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(c)  whether the Government is considering to provide special financial assistance to farmers of Karnataka and Maharashtra for the development of clusters of farmers and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Agriculture being a State subject, the State Governments take appropriate measures for development of agriculture in the State. However, Government of India supplements the efforts of States  through  appropriate  policy  measures  and  budgetary  support  and  various  schemes/ programmes.  The  Government  has  initiated  various  interventions/  projects/  schemes  for  the welfare of farmers in the country including Karnataka and Maharashtra to cultivate, develop and market agricultural produce is at Annexure.

(c): With a view to promote exports and reduce imports of high value horticulture crops, the Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare  launched  the  Horticulture  Cluster  Development Programme (CDP) in May 2021. In the pilot phase, 12 horticulture clusters were selected namely Shopian (J&K) and Kinnaur (H.P.) for Apple, Lucknow (U.P.), Kutch (Gujarat) and Mahbubnagar (Telangana) for Mango, Anantpur (A.P.) and Theni (T.N.) for Banana, Nasik (Maharashtra) for Grapes, Siphahijala (Tripura) for Pineapple, Solapur (Maharashtra) and Chitradurga (Karnataka) for Pomegranate and West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) for Turmeric.

The programme envisages leveraging the state's expertise through Cluster Development Agencies  (CDAs)  which  are  appointed  on  the  recommendations  of  the  respective  State/UT Government to assistthe implementation of the programme.The programme aims at growing and developing horticulture clusters to make them globally competitive, hence promoting exports.

Various interventions/ projects/ schemes for the welfare of farmers in the country including Karnataka and Maharashtra to cultivate, develop and market agricultural produce

1) National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM): National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM)  is  a virtual  platform  integrating  physical  wholesale  mandis/  markets  of  different  States/  Union Territories  (UTs)  to  facilitate  online  trading  of  agricultural  commodities  through  transparent price  discovery  method  to  enable  farmers  to  realize  better  remunerative  prices  for  their produce.

As  on  30 th   November,  2023,  1389  mandis  of  23  States  &  04  Union  Territories  have  been integrated  with  e-NAM  platform  including  133  mandis  of  Maharashtra  &  05  mandis  of Karnataka. Agri-preneurs, Registered Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Cooperatives, and state agencies etc.

- 2) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) : Government is implementing PMFBY which provides comprehensive risk insurance against crop damage from pre-sowing to postharvest  for  food  crops  (cereals,  millets  and  pulses),  oilseeds  and  commercial  horticultural crops  notified  by  the  concerned  State  Government.      The  scheme  not  only  safeguards against  wide  spread  yield  loss  due  to  non-preventable  natural  risks  viz.    flood,  inundation, landslide, drought, dry spells, hailstorm, cyclone, pests/diseases, natural fire and lightening, storm, typhoon, tempest, hurricane, tornado etc.  but also against farm level yield loss due to localized risks (hailstorm, landslide, inundation, cloud burst and natural fire) and post-harvest losses due to cyclone, cyclonic/unseasonal rain and hailstorm and prevented sowing.   State Government of Karnataka and Maharashtra are implementing the scheme since its inception and the details of coverage in Maharashtra & Karnataka are as follows: -
2. (a) Details of Coverage in Maharashtra (as on 30.10.2023)

| Year         | Season       |   Farmer Applications Insured (lakh) | Farmers Premium   | Gross Premium   | Paid Claims   |   Farmer Applications Paid Claims (lakh) |
|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17      | Kharif 2016  |                               110.06 | 589.53            | 3,980.52        | 2,081.63      |                                    28.17 |
|              | Rabi 2016-17 |                                 8.78 | 93.07             | 615.93          | 236.23        |                                     1.09 |
|              | Total        |                               118.84 | 682.59            | 4,596.45        | 2,317.85      |                                    29.26 |
| 2017-18      | Kharif 2017  |                                88.47 | 404.56            | 3,466.14        | 2,884.54      |                                    50.3  |
|              | Rabi 2017-18 |                                14.29 | 99.39             | 670.13          | 431.15        |                                     3.78 |
|              | Total        |                               102.76 | 503.95            | 4,136.27        | 3,315.69      |                                    54.08 |
| 2018-19      | Kharif 2018  |                                96.9  | 547.18            | 4,635.16        | 4,135.40      |                                    51.27 |
|              | Rabi 2018-19 |                                51.8  | 244.54            | 1,483.63        | 2,008.72      |                                    34.13 |
|              | Total        |                               148.7  | 791.72            | 6,118.79        | 6,144.12      |                                    85.41 |
| 2019-20      | Kharif 2019  |                               128.61 | 678.92            | 4,789.51        | 5,829.23      |                                    86.12 |
|              | Rabi 2019-20 |                                17.05 | 189.49            | 1,565.00        | 929.00        |                                     2.17 |
|              | Total        |                               145.66 | 868.41            | 6,354.51        | 6,758.23      |                                    88.29 |
| Upto 2019-20 | Upto 2019-20 |                               515.96 | 2,846.66          | 21,206.02       | 18,535.89     |                                   257.04 |
| 2020-21      | Kharif 2020  |                               109.83 | 610.82            | 5,426.42        | 1,153.33      |                                    18.42 |
|              | Rabi 2020-21 |                                14.23 | 151.18            | 1,068.58        | 298.62        |                                     1.95 |
|              | Total        |                               124.06 | 762.00            | 6,495.01        | 1,451.95      |                                    20.37 |
| 2021-22      | Kharif 2021  |                                85.07 | 495.57            | 4,642.18        | 3,565.00      |                                    63.79 |

|             | Rabi 2021-22   |   13.96 | 168.21   | 1,261.84   | 819.93    | 2.41   |
|-------------|----------------|---------|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|             | Total          |   99.03 | 663.78   | 5,904.02   | 4,384.93  | 66.20  |
| 2022-23     | Kharif 2022    |   97.66 | 699.39   | 4,524.64   | 3,060.28  | 57.84  |
|             | Rabi 2022-23   |    9.77 | 204.11   | 1,165.72   | 12.22     | 0.40   |
|             | Total          |  107.43 | 903.50   | 5,690.37   | 3,072.50  | 58.24  |
| 2023-24     | Kharif 2023    |  123.55 | 11.76    | 6,123.45   | -         | -      |
|             | Rabi 2023-24   |    0.19 | -        | 36.41      | -         | -      |
|             | Total          |  123.74 | 11.76    | 6,159.86   | -         | -      |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    |  970.22 | 5,187.71 | 45,455.27  | 27,445.26 | 401.85 |

## (b) Details of coverage in Karnataka (as on 30.10.2023)

| Year         | Season        | Farmer Applicatio ns Enrolled (lakhs)   | Farmers Share in Premium   | Gross Premium   | Reported Claims   | Paid Claims   | Farmer Applications Paid Claims (lakh)   |
|--------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------|
| Year         | Season        | Farmer Applicatio ns Enrolled (lakhs)   |                            |                 | Rs. Crore         |               | Farmer Applications Paid Claims (lakh)   |
|              | Kharif 2016   | 15.64                                   | 184.42                     | 837.89          | 1,227.72          | 1,227.72      | 8.23                                     |
|              | Rabi 2016- 17 | 13.83                                   | 50.77                      | 494.84          | 866.12            | 866.12        | 10.79                                    |
|              | Total         | 29.46                                   | 235.19                     | 1,332.73        | 2,093.84          | 2,093.84      | 19.01                                    |
|              | Kharif 2017   | 20.58                                   | 229.56                     | 1,748.02        | 817.42            | 817.42        | 6.09                                     |
|              | Rabi 2017- 18 | 0.27                                    | 4.95                       | 51.05           | 39.37             | 39.37         | 0.10                                     |
|              | Total         | 20.85                                   | 234.52                     | 1,799.07        | 856.79            | 856.79        | 6.19                                     |
|              | Kharif 2018   | 14.69                                   | 188.67                     | 1,389.84        | 1,934.00          | 1,933.68      | 9.60                                     |
|              | Rabi 2018- 19 | 5.01                                    | 41.08                      | 416.15          | 1,053.18          | 1,053.10      | 4.46                                     |
|              | Total         | 19.70                                   | 229.75                     | 1,805.99        | 2,987.18          | 2,986.78      | 14.06                                    |
|              | Kharif 2019   | 13.36                                   | 192.34                     | 1,678.74        | 1,155.55          | 1,111.75      | 7.12                                     |
|              | Rabi 2019- 20 | 6.48                                    | 59.53                      | 578.59          | 442.75            | 401.32        | 1.78                                     |
|              | Total         | 19.84                                   | 251.87                     | 2,257.34        | 1,598.30          | 1,513.08      | 8.90                                     |
| Upto 2019-20 | Upto 2019-20  | 89.86                                   | 951.32                     | 7,195.13        | 7,536.11          | 7,450.49      | 48.17                                    |
|              | Kharif 2020   | 14.39                                   | 202.98                     | 1,882.42        | 916.71            | 915.52        | 6.34                                     |
|              | Rabi 2020- 21 | 1.68                                    | 14.64                      | 191.37          | 112.91            | 111.93        | 0.72                                     |
|              | Total         | 16.07                                   | 217.62                     | 2,073.79        | 1,029.61          | 1,027.45      | 7.05                                     |
|              | Kharif 2021   | 16.14                                   | 225.96                     | 1,990.04        | 1,409.03          | 1,371.68      | 10.43                                    |
|              | Rabi 2021- 22 | 3.20                                    | 24.54                      | 304.61          | 121.86            | 118.47        | 0.97                                     |
|              | Total         | 19.34                                   | 250.50                     | 2,294.66        | 1,530.88          | 1,490.15      | 11.40                                    |
|              | Kharif 2022   | 23.19                                   | 286.93                     | 2,553.18        | 1,160.17          | 1,159.00      | 13.12                                    |
|              | Rabi 2022- 23 | 3.26                                    | 27.88                      | 303.92          | 167.32            | 166.07        | 0.84                                     |

|             | Total         | 26.45   | 314.81   | 2,857.10   | 1,327.49   | 1,325.07   | 13.97   |
|-------------|---------------|---------|----------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| 2023 -24    | Kharif 2023   | 23.56   | 313.31   | 2,371.40   | 49.91      | 12.78      | 0.22    |
| 2023 -24    | Rabi 2023- 24 | -       | -        | -          | -          | -          | -       |
| 2023 -24    | Total         | 23.56   | 313.31   | 2,371.40   | 49.91      | 12.78      | 0.22    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 175.28  | 2,047.56 | 16,792.07  | 11,474.01  | 11,305.93  | 80.82   |

- 3) National Bamboo Mission (NBM): The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) is operational from the year 2018-19 focuses on the development of complete value chain of bamboo sector to link growers (farmers), primary processors, artisans with industry starting from planting material, plantation, creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, micro, small & medium enterprises, skill development and brand building initiative in a cluster approach  mode.  The  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  non-forest  Government  land  and private farmers field to supplement farm income in the States where it has social, commercial and economical advantage, including the bamboo rich States of North Eastern region and in Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Telangana,  Gujarat,  Tamil  Nadu,  Kerala,  Uttar  Pradesh  & Himachal Pradesh and Jammu &Kashmir. The Details of fund released under NBM to states of Maharashtra and Karnataka during 2018-19 to 2023-24 is as under:

## Amount Released Rs. In lakh

|   S.No. | State       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|---------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Maharashtra |   1192.59 |      1084 |       400 |         0 |      0    |     300   |
|       2 | Karnataka   |   1000    |       775 |       600 |         0 |    225.98 |     162.5 |

- 4) PRADHAN MANTRI  KISAN  SAMMAN  NIDHI  (PM-KISAN)  Scheme: The  Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN)  is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme,  being  implemented w.e.f.  1st  December,  2018.   The  Scheme  aims  at  providing  financial  assistance  to  all landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria, to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs.  Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs.6000/- per year is transferred in three 4-monthly installments  of  Rs.2000/-  directly  into  the  bank  accounts  of  the  farmers  of  all  States/UTs including  Karnataka  and  Maharashtra.  As  on  date,  under  the  Scheme,  the  benefits  of  the scheme  worth  ₹  2.81  Lakh  Crore  had  been  provided  to  more  than  11  crore  beneficiary farmers' families of the nation.
- 5) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY): RKVY is Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the funds  are  released  to  the  State  Governments  as  Grant-in-Aid  on  the  basis  of  projects  in Agriculture & allied sectors. States have been provided flexibility and autonomy for selection, planning  approval  and  execution  of  projects/  programmes  under  the  scheme  as  per  their need, priorities and agro-climate requirements.

Allocation & release under RKVY (DPR components) during 2020-21 to 2023-24 (as on 30 th  November, 2023) in the State of Karnataka & Maharashtra:

( Rs In crore )

| State       | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   | 2022-23    | 2022-23   | 2023-24 (as on 30.11.2023)   | 2023-24 (as on 30.11.2023)   |
|-------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|             | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation                   | Release                      |
| Maharashtra | 290.88     | 199.62    | 249.23     | 120.55    | 229.77     | 57.45     | 129.48                       | 32.37                        |
| Karnataka   | 249.72     | 200.66    | 218.84     | 113.08    | 206.09     | 51.52     | 82.89                        | 61.26                        |

6) National  Food  Security  Mission-  Oilseeds  &  Oil  palm  (NFSM-  OS&OP): The Government  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  National  Food  Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil palm (NFSM- OS&OP) from 2018-19 to augment the availability of vegetable  oils  and  to  reduce  the  import  of  edible  oils  by  increasing  the  production  and productivity of oilseeds and area expansion of Oil Palm & Tree Borne Oilseeds in the country. The NFSM-Oilseeds is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture/Horticulture in  28  States/UTs  including  Maharashtra  and  Karnataka  State  in  the  country.Under  NFSMOS, assistance is  being  provided  to  the  farmers  for  cultivation  of  Oilseeds  for  three  broad interventions  viz.,  (i)  seed  component  covering  purchase  of  breeder  seeds  ,  production  of foundation seeds, production of certified seeds, distribution of certified seeds, supply of seed minikits, seed hub (ii) production inputs component  covering Plant Protection (PP) equipments,  PP  chemicals,  NPV/  bio  agent,  gypsum/  pyrites/  lime  etc.,  bio-fertilizers, improved  farm  implements,  sprinkler  sets,  water  carrying  pipes,  seed  storage  bins,  seed treating drum and (iii) transfer of technology component covering cluster/ block demonstration, Field Level Demonstrations and training through National Agricultural Research System (NARS) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Integrated Pest Management on Farmer Field School (FFS) mode, training of farmers, training of officers/ extension workers, need based R&D project including seminar/ kisan mela. Besides, oil extraction unit  will  be covered under flexi funds.

Details of financial assistance released to the Maharashtra and Karnataka state under NFSM-OS&OP and NMEO- OP during last three years and current year are as under:

( Rs in crore )

|                   | Maharashtra   | Maharashtra       | Karnataka   | Karnataka        |
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------|
| Year              | Allocation    | Release           | Allocation  | Release          |
| 2020-21           | 39.38         | 19.59             | 11.80       | 8.13             |
| 2021-22           | 43.27         | 5.70              | 13.98       | 4.17             |
| 2022-23 (NFSM-OS) | 37.82         | 22.20             | 12.50       | 4.19             |
| 2022-23 (NMEO-OP) | -             | -                 | 9.89        | 5.52             |
| 2023-24 (NFSM-OS) | 52.02         | 12.90 (Till date) | 15.17       | 0.00             |
| 2023-24 (NMEO-OP) | -             | -                 | 7.54        | 1.89 (Till date) |

7) Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY) :  For  promotion  of  organic  farming, Government  is  implementing  schemes  of  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  and Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER) since 2015-16. PKVY is being implemented in all the States across the country other-than North Eastern  (NE)  States.  MOVCDNER  scheme  is  being  implemented  exclusively  in  the  NE

States. Under these schemes, farmers are encouraged to adopt organic cultivation and are provided end to end support from production to value addition, certification and marketing of organic produce.

Under PKVY, farmers of various states of the country are provided financial L.S Q. Dy No. 1017 for 05.12.23.pdf assistance of Rs.50000/ha for 3 years out of which, Rs.31000/ha/ 3 years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs. Financial  assistance  of  Rs.20  lakh/cluster  of  1000  ha  for  3  years  are  provided  for  value addition and infrastructure creation. Under the scheme assistance is provided @ Rs.7500/ha for 3 years for training and capacity building whereas, Apart from this, Rs.2700/ha for 3 years is provided for certification and residual analysis.

8 States namely Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Tripura have developed their own brands for organic products.

Karnataka: Since 2015-16 and as on 30.11.2023, Rs.49.99 crores has been released to Government of Karnataka, towards development of 1045 clusters covering 20900 ha area and benefitting 52250 Farmers.

Maharashtra :  Since  2015-16  and  as  on  30.11.2023,  Rs.113.10  crores  has  been released  to  Government  of  Maharashtra  towards  development  of  1608  Clusters  covering 32160 ha area and benefitting 80400 Farmers

8) Formation  &  Promotion  of  10,000  FPOs  scheme:  The  Government  of  India  is implementing  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  (CSS)  for  'Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)' to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs. Under the said  scheme,  FPOs  being  provided  financial  assistance  uptoRs  18.00  lakh  per  FPO  for  a period of 03 years as FPO management cost. In addition to this, provision has been made for matching equity grant uptoRs. 2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs. 15.00 lakh per FPO and a credit guarantee facility uptoRs. 2 crore of project loan per FPO from eligible lending institution to ensure institutional credit accessibility to FPOs.

As on 31.10.2023, under the said scheme  so far, 7476 FPOs have been registered including 270 FPOs in Karnataka and 516 FPOs in Maharashtra.

9) Modified Interest Subvention  Scheme (MISS): MISS is a  Central  Sector  Scheme, 100%  funded  by  Government  of  India,  was  launched  in  the  year  2006-07  with  a  view  to provide  short  term  Agri-loans  availed  by  farmers  through  KCC  for  their  working  capital requirements  at  concessional  rate  of  interest.  Under  this  scheme,  farmers  are  given  KCC loan at subvented interest rate of 7%. For this, at present, interest subvention of @1.5% is being  given  to  financial  institutions.  Therefore,  short  term  loans  for  Agriculture  and  other allied activities including animal husbandry, dairy, fisheries etc. uptoRs. 3.00 lakh is available to  farmers at an interest rate of 7% per annum. Additional 3% prompt repayment incentive (PRI) is also given to the farmers for prompt and timely repayment of loans; thus reducing the effective  rate  of  interest  to  4%  per  annum.  In  case  of  short  term  loan  availed  for  allied activities only (other than crop husbandry), the loan amount uptoRs. 2.00 lakh is available at the rate of 7%. Additional 3% PRI is also available on it. Detail of funds released under MISS for the last three years and the current year is as under:

(In Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | Year    | BE        | RE/Final Grant   | Release                     |
|----------|---------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | 2020-21 | 21,175.00 | 19831.75         | 17,789.72                   |
|        2 | 2021-22 | 19,468.31 | 21,476.933       | 21,476.933                  |
|        3 | 2022-23 | 19,500.00 | 19,700.00        | 17,997.886                  |
|        4 | 2023-24 | 23,000.00 | 18,500.00        | 7,707.45* *As on 30.11.2023 |

10) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Saturation Drive: To bring the maximum number of farmers under KCC so that they can get loan  at  a  cheaper  rate  from  institutional  banking  system, Department of Agriculture  &Farmers' Welfare in collaboration  with Department  of Financial Services  (DFS)  has  been  running  a  campaign  for  Saturation  of  KCC  to  farmers  since February, 2020 to cover all left over farmers with special focus on PM KISAN beneficiaries.

Special  drive  was  undertaken  to  provide  Kisan  Credit  Cards  to  eligible  and  willing farmers with special focus  on  PM KISAN beneficiaries.  This  enabled such farmers to gain access to institutional credit at concessional interest rate. Target to cover 2.5 crore farmers was  achieved  on  15.10.2021  and  as  on  03.11.2023,  451.98  lakh  new  KCC  applications (22,27,939 KCCs in Karnataka and 63,22,475 KCCs in Maharashtra) have been sanctioned with a sanctioned credit limit of Rs. 5,51,101 crore as part of the drive.

11) Soil Health Card (SHC): Under SHC, assistance of Rs 300 is provided through States for  soil  sample  collection,  testing,  generation  of  soil  health  card  and  awareness  of  the farmers.  Since  2014-15,  under  the  scheme  Rs  23.59  crore  soil  health  cards  have  been issued across the country. SHC provides information to farmers on soil nutrient status of their soil and recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.

12) Per Drop More Crop (PDMC): The Government is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) in the country from 2015-16. From the year 2015-16 to 2021-22, the PDMC was implemented a component of Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana  (PMKSY).  During  the  year  2022-23,  the  PDMC  is  being implemented  under  the  RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana  (RKVY).  PDMC  focuses  on  enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation namely Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems.

13) Rainfed Area Development (RAD) Programme under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): RAD is being implemented as a component under National Mission for Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA) from  2014-15  in  the  country.  During  the  current  year  (FY: 2022-23),  RAD  become  a  component  of  RKVY      Scheme.  RAD  focuses  on  Integrated Farming  System  (IFS)  for  enhancing  productivity  and  minimizing  risks  associated  with climatic variability. Under this system, crops/cropping system is integrated with activities like horticulture,  livestock,  fishery,  agro-forestry,  apiculture  etc.  to  enable  farmers  not  only  in maximizing farm returns for sustaining livelihood, but also to mitigate the impacts of drought, flood or other extreme weather events.

14) Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  under  the  umbrella  scheme  of  PM-AASHA:    The Government  is  implementing  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  under  the  umbrella  scheme  of PM-AASHA  for  procurement  of  notified  oil  seeds,  pulses  and  copra  directly  from preregistered farmers conforming  to  the  prescribed  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  norms  by Central Nodal Agencies through the State level agencies at Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced by the Govt. as and when prices fall below the MSP during the harvesting period. This  scheme  is  implemented  at  the  request  of  the  concerned  State  Government  /  Union Territories  which  agrees  to  exempt  the  procured  commodities  from  levy  of  mandi  tax  and assist Central Nodal Agencies in logistic arrangements, including gunny bags, working capital for state agencies, creation of revolving fund for PSS operations, etc. as required under the scheme guidelines. The procurement details of pulses, oilseeds & copra under PSS during the last 3 years and current year in the State of Karnataka & Maharashtra are as follows:-

| Procurement details of pulses, oilseeds & copra under PSS from 2020-21 to 2023-24 (as on 27.11.2023)   | Procurement details of pulses, oilseeds & copra under PSS from 2020-21 to 2023-24 (as on 27.11.2023)   | Procurement details of pulses, oilseeds & copra under PSS from 2020-21 to 2023-24 (as on 27.11.2023)   | Procurement details of pulses, oilseeds & copra under PSS from 2020-21 to 2023-24 (as on 27.11.2023)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year/States/ Commodity                                                                                 | Quantity Procured (in MTs)                                                                             | MSP Value (in lakh Rs.)                                                                                | Number of farmers benefitted                                                                           |
| 2020-21                                                                                                | 2,63,464.81                                                                                            | 1,38,038.54                                                                                            | 1,61,234                                                                                               |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                              | 36,155.96                                                                                              | 21,869.61                                                                                              | 28,172                                                                                                 |
| COPRA                                                                                                  | 5,040.04                                                                                               | 5,191.24                                                                                               | 3,905                                                                                                  |
| GRAM                                                                                                   | 22,030.77                                                                                              | 11,235.69                                                                                              | 18,265                                                                                                 |
| GROUNDNUT                                                                                              | 116.10                                                                                                 | 61.24                                                                                                  | 116                                                                                                    |
| TOOR                                                                                                   | 8,969.05                                                                                               | 5,381.43                                                                                               | 5,886                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                            | 2,27,308.85                                                                                            | 1,16,168.94                                                                                            | 1,33,062                                                                                               |
| GRAM                                                                                                   | 2,25,361.50                                                                                            | 1,14,934.37                                                                                            | 1,30,760                                                                                               |
| MOONG                                                                                                  | 559.74                                                                                                 | 402.79                                                                                                 | 972                                                                                                    |
| SOYABEAN                                                                                               | 3.69                                                                                                   | 1.43                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                      |
| TOOR                                                                                                   | 1,246.76                                                                                               | 748.06                                                                                                 | 1,154                                                                                                  |
| URAD                                                                                                   | 137.16                                                                                                 | 82.30                                                                                                  | 173                                                                                                    |
| 2021-22                                                                                                | 8,66,686.00                                                                                            | 4,58,140.02                                                                                            | 4,68,840                                                                                               |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                              | 99,666.05                                                                                              | 56,242.87                                                                                              | 93,916                                                                                                 |
| GRAM                                                                                                   | 73,816.85                                                                                              | 38,606.21                                                                                              | 60,470                                                                                                 |
| MOONG                                                                                                  | 13,863.15                                                                                              | 10,085.44                                                                                              | 24,945                                                                                                 |
| TOOR                                                                                                   | 11,986.05                                                                                              | 7,551.21                                                                                               | 8,501                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                            | 7,67,019.95                                                                                            | 4,01,897.15                                                                                            | 3,74,924                                                                                               |
| GRAM                                                                                                   | 7,61,541.55                                                                                            | 3,98,286.23                                                                                            | 3,66,824                                                                                               |
| MOONG                                                                                                  | 1,636.21                                                                                               | 1,190.34                                                                                               | 3,271                                                                                                  |
| TOOR                                                                                                   | 2,360.82                                                                                               | 1,487.32                                                                                               | 2,809                                                                                                  |
| URAD                                                                                                   | 1,481.37                                                                                               | 933.26                                                                                                 | 2,020                                                                                                  |
| 2022-23                                                                                                | 8,79,552.69                                                                                            | 4,75,466.43                                                                                            | 4,82,504                                                                                               |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                              | 1,06,475.03                                                                                            | 62,980.47                                                                                              | 89,516                                                                                                 |
| GRAM                                                                                                   | 79,536.65                                                                                              | 42,432.80                                                                                              | 66,043                                                                                                 |
| MOONG                                                                                                  | 25,308.70                                                                                              | 19,626.90                                                                                              | 22,181                                                                                                 |
| SAFFLOWER SEED                                                                                         | 1,629.68                                                                                               | 920.77                                                                                                 | 1,292                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                            | 7,73,077.66                                                                                            | 4,12,485.96                                                                                            | 3,92,988                                                                                               |

| GRAM           | 7,72,857.96   | 4,12,319.72   | 3,92,768   |
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
| MOONG          | 183.90        | 142.61        | 194        |
| URAD           | 35.80         | 23.63         | 26         |
| 2023-24        | 51,804.17     | 60,061.47     | 37,027     |
| KARNATAKA      | 51,804.17     | 60,061.47     | 37,027     |
| COPRA          | 50,184.08     | 58,966.29     | 35,235     |
| SUNFLOWER SEED | 1,620.09      | 1,095.18      | 1,792      |

- 15) Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM ): The Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI),  a  sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural  Marketing (ISAM) under  which  assistance  is  provided  for  construction  of  godowns/  warehouses  in  the  rural areas  in  the  States  to  enhance  the  storage  capacity  for  agriculture  produce.  Under  the scheme, Government provides subsidy at the rate of 25% and 33.33% on capital cost of the project based on the category of eligible beneficiary. Assistance is available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Agri-preneurs, Registered Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Cooperatives, and state agencies etc. The scheme is demand driven.

| Progress of Storage Infrastructure in Karnataka & Maharashtra as on 30.09.2023   | Progress of Storage Infrastructure in Karnataka & Maharashtra as on 30.09.2023   | Progress of Storage Infrastructure in Karnataka & Maharashtra as on 30.09.2023   | Progress of Storage Infrastructure in Karnataka & Maharashtra as on 30.09.2023   | Progress of Storage Infrastructure in Karnataka & Maharashtra as on 30.09.2023   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                           | State                                                                            | No. of Projects Sanctioned                                                       | Capacity Sanctioned (MT)                                                         | Subsidy Released (in Lakhs)                                                      |
| 1                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                        | 4952                                                                             | 4275168                                                                          | 20576.58                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                      | 3921                                                                             | 7642895                                                                          | 32493.96                                                                         |

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