Lok Sabha Question No. 371 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Agricultural Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 371

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

## 371.  SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA

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

(a) the details of the schemes launched by the Government to increase agricultural production in the country during the last five years;

(b) whether the Government has recently approved any such scheme for implementation in the country including Odisha;

( c) if so, the details thereof;

( d) the details of potential benefits to farmers due to the implementation of the above schemes in Odisha, district-wise; and

(e) the  details  of funds transferred  to  the  farmers  through  DBT under  various  schemes in Odisha, district-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d): Government of India is implementing a comprehensive range of schemes and programmes for the welfare of farmers in the country. These schemes and programmes are applicable to all states/UTs including Odisha and encompass entire spectrum of agriculture including credit, insurance, income support, infrastructure, crops including horticulture, seeds, mechanization,  marketing, organic and  natural farming, farmer  collectives, irrigation, extension, procurement of crops from farmers at minimum support prices, digital agriculture etc.  A  brief  of  major  schemes/initiatives  launched  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare in recent years is given in the Annexure-I.

(e): Major central sector schemes like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) are entitlement based and in respect of centrally sponsored  schemes,  beneficiaries  are  selected  by  state  governments  and  district  wise beneficiary  details  are  not  available.  However,  income  support  under  PM-KISAN  is transferred  into  the  bank  accounts  of  farmers'  families  across  the  country,  through  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode, the district-wise details for Odisha are given in Annexure-II. Year wise details of allocation and release under centrally sponsored schemes for Odisha are given in Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

## Details of schemes/initiatives launched by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the welfare of farmers in recent years.

|   Sl No. | Scheme/ Initiatives                             | Brief description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|        1 | Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM- KISAN)   | PM-KISAN is a central sector scheme launched on 24th February 2019 to supplement financial needs of land holding farmers, subject to exclusions. Under the scheme, financial benefit of Rs. 6000/- per year is transferred in three equal four-monthly installments into the bank accounts of farmers' families across the country, through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. Till now, Rs. 2.81 lakh crores have been transferred through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to more than 11 crores beneficiaries (Farmers) through various instalments. In Odisha, as on 29.11.2023, an amount of Rs 9168.69 crore have been released to 42,02,180 farmers. |
|        2 | Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM- KMY) | In order to provide financial support and security to the most vulnerable farmer families, Government launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana w.e.f. 12.09.2019 to provide pension benefits to small and marginal farmers. PM KMY is meant for Small and Marginal Farmers falling in the entry age between 18 to 40 years having cultivable land up to 2 hectares The scheme seeks to provide Rs 3,000/- monthly pension to the Small and Marginal Farmers once they attain 60 years of age. As of now total number of farmers enrolled under the scheme is 23.38 Lakhs. In Odisha, 157670 farmers have enrolled so far.                             |

|   3. | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)                                     | PMFBY was launched in 2016 in order to provide a simple and affordable crop insurance product to ensure comprehensive risk cover for crops to farmers against all non-preventable natural risks from pre-sowing to post-harvest and to provide adequate claim amount. The scheme is demand driven and available for all farmersA total of 5549.40 lakh farmer applications were insured under the scheme since 2016-17. Total Rs 150589.10 crore has been paid as claim. In Odisha, as on 31.10.2023, 366.3 lakh farmer applications insured and Rs 6,686.4 crore paid as claims under this scheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|    4 | Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) & Kisan Credit Credit Card Saturation Drive | The Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) provides concessional short term agri-loans to the farmers practicing crop husbandry and other allied activities like animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries. ISS is available to farmers availing short term crop loans upto Rs.3.00 lakh at an interest rate of 7% per annum for one year. Additional 3% subvention is also given to the farmers for prompt and timely repayment of loans thus reducing the effective rate of interest to 4% per annum. The benefit of ISS is also available for post-harvest loans against Negotiable Warehouse Receipts (NWRs) on crop loans for a further period of six months post-harvest to small and marginal farmers having Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs), on occurrence of natural calamities and severe natural calamities. Under KCC saturation drive announced in 2020. As on 03-11-2023, 1126037 KCC applications sanctioned in Odisha. |

|   5. | Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)   | The Government of India has launched the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)' in the year 2020. Formation & promotion of FPOs are to be done through Implementing Agencies (IAs), which further engage Cluster Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) to form & provide professional handholding support to FPOs for a period of 05 years including preparation and execution of business plan for the concerned FPOs for ensuring better marketing opportunities & market linkages on sustainable basis. As on 31.10.2023, total 7476 FPOs were registered under the scheme in the country.                                                                               |
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|    6 | Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)                                    | In order to address the existing infrastructure gaps and mobilize investment in agriculture infrastructure, Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infra Fund was launched under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in 2020. The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund is a medium - long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and credit guarantee support. As on 17-11-2023, Rs.32,042 Crores have been sanctioned for 42,447 projects under AIF, out of this total sanctioned amount, Rs 25,504 Crores is covered under scheme benefits. These sanctioned projects have mobilized an investment of Rs 54,487 Crores in agriculture sector. |
|    7 | National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)                        | A new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, National Mission on Edible Oil (NMEO)-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) has been launched by Government of India to promote oil palm cultivation for making the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

|    |                                            | country Aatmanirbhar in edible oils with special focus on North-Eastern States and A&N Islands. The Mission will bring additional area of 6.5 lakh ha under Oil Palm plantation with 3.28 lakh ha in north-eastern states and 3.22 in rest of India in next 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|  8 | National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) | Keeping in view the importance of beekeeping, a new Central Sector Scheme entitled National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) was launched in 2020 under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan for its implementation in the field for overall promotion and development of scientific beekeeping &to achieve the goal of 'Sweet Revolution'.                                                                                                                                                                             |
|  9 | National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) | Government is promoting Natural Farming since 2019-20 through a sub-scheme 'Bhartiya Prakratik Krishi Paddhati - (BPKP)' under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY). Under BPKP, 4.09 lakh ha area has been covered in 8 states.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 10 | Minimum Support Price (MSP)                | The Govt. adopted the new MSPpolicy in 2018 based on recommendation of MS Swaminathan Commission. Government has increased the MSP for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of at least 50 per cent over all India weighted average cost of production from 2018-19. MSP for Paddy (common) has increased to Rs. 2183 per quintal in 2023-24 from Rs. 1310 per quintal in 2013-14. MSPforWheat increased from Rs. 1400 per quintal in 2013-14 to Rs. 2125 per quintal in 2022-23. |

|   11. | International Year of Millets                | Since the declaration of the International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 by theUNGAin 2021, Government has taken a proactive multi stakeholder engagement approach to achieve the aim of IYM 2023 and taking Indian millets globally. In order to investigate the gaps and challenges across the millets value chain and implementation of suitable solutions, 6 task forces were constituted. Also, 25 seed-hubs have been established to ensure availability of quality seed of latest improved varieties of Nutri cereals in the country. Millet missions have been launched across 13 states including Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. More than 500 start-ups and 350 FPOs have been established and are operational in the millet   |
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|    12 | Promotion of Drone Technology in Agriculture | Looking into the unique advantages of drone technologies in agriculture, a Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) has been released. In order to make this technology affordable to the farmers and other stakeholders of this sector, financial assistance @ 100 % cost of drone together with the contingent expenditure is provided for its demonstration on the farmers' fields. So far an amount of Rs. 138.82 crores have been released towards Kisan drone promotion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    13 | Agri Startups                                | Under RKVY Agri-startup Programme, since 2019- 20, 1259 Start-ups have been selected and Rs. 83.67 crore released as grants-in-aid for funding these Start-ups.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

| 14.   | Agristack   | It is a federated architecture for better planning, monitoring, policy making, strategy formulation and smooth implementation of schemes. AgriStack architecture has the following foundational layers: -  Core registries  Base databases  Farmers Database: Farmers ID linked with land records  Geo-referencing of plots  Crop Survey, Crop planning and  Soil Mapping, Soil Fertility  Unified Farmers Service Interface for state.  Data Exchange   |
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## Annexure-II

| District-wise details of funds transferred under PM-KISAN to Odisha as on 29/11/2023   | District-wise details of funds transferred under PM-KISAN to Odisha as on 29/11/2023   | District-wise details of funds transferred under PM-KISAN to Odisha as on 29/11/2023   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                               | Total No. of Beneficiaries                                                             | Total Amount (in Cr. Rs.)                                                              |
| ANUGUL                                                                                 | 1,59,555                                                                               | 342.84                                                                                 |
| BALANGIR                                                                               | 2,24,325                                                                               | 500.64                                                                                 |
| BALESHWAR                                                                              | 2,75,183                                                                               | 586.38                                                                                 |
| BARGARH                                                                                | 1,68,326                                                                               | 369.09                                                                                 |
| BHADRAK                                                                                | 1,76,507                                                                               | 365.10                                                                                 |
| BOUDH                                                                                  | 61,224                                                                                 | 137.82                                                                                 |
| CUTTACK                                                                                | 2,07,111                                                                               | 438.01                                                                                 |
| DEOGARH                                                                                | 43,222                                                                                 | 103.35                                                                                 |
| DHENKANAL                                                                              | 1,26,884                                                                               | 268.18                                                                                 |
| GAJAPATI                                                                               | 58,053                                                                                 | 134.28                                                                                 |
| GANJAM                                                                                 | 2,38,145                                                                               | 518.43                                                                                 |
| JAGATSINGHAPUR                                                                         | 1,35,543                                                                               | 285.41                                                                                 |
| JAJAPUR                                                                                | 1,74,810                                                                               | 351.12                                                                                 |
| JHARSUGUDA                                                                             | 37,521                                                                                 | 87.52                                                                                  |
| KALAHANDI                                                                              | 1,62,408                                                                               | 364.64                                                                                 |
| KANDHAMAL                                                                              | 88,487                                                                                 | 204.53                                                                                 |
| KENDRAPARA                                                                             | 1,61,727                                                                               | 334.34                                                                                 |
| KENDUJHAR                                                                              | 2,24,934                                                                               | 519.70                                                                                 |
| KHORDHA                                                                                | 98,748                                                                                 | 204.15                                                                                 |
| KORAPUT                                                                                | 1,02,488                                                                               | 230.68                                                                                 |
| MALKANGIRI                                                                             | 61,723                                                                                 | 131.48                                                                                 |
| MAYURBHANJ                                                                             | 3,03,124                                                                               | 689.00                                                                                 |
| NABARANGPUR                                                                            | 1,25,338                                                                               | 276.64                                                                                 |
| NAYAGARH                                                                               | 1,01,078                                                                               | 206.92                                                                                 |
| NUAPADA                                                                                | 93,980                                                                                 | 213.51                                                                                 |
| PURI                                                                                   | 1,91,514                                                                               | 394.22                                                                                 |
| RAYAGADA                                                                               | 73,925                                                                                 | 163.87                                                                                 |
| SAMBALPUR                                                                              | 81,214                                                                                 | 184.48                                                                                 |
| SONEPUR                                                                                | 71,304                                                                                 | 158.38                                                                                 |
| SUNDARGARH                                                                             | 1,73,779                                                                               | 403.96                                                                                 |
| Grand Total                                                                            | 42,02,180                                                                              | 9,168.69                                                                               |

## Annexure-III Year  wise  details  of  allocation  and  release  under  central  sponsored  schemes  of DA&FW for Odisha

(Rs in Crore)

| S. No.                      | Schemes                                                             | 2019-20                     | 2019-20                     | 2020-21                     | 2020-21                     | 2021-22                     | 2021-22                     | 2022-23                     | 2022-23                     | 2023-24                     | 2023-24                     |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S. No.                      | Schemes                                                             | Alloc                       | Rel                         | Alloc                       | Rel                         | Alloc                       | Rel                         | Alloc                       | Rel                         | Alloc                       | Rel                         |
| Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes                                         | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes |
| 1                           | Rainfed Area Development (RAD)                                      | 17.00                       | 17.00                       | 15.00                       | 12.00                       | 13.65                       | 6.82                        | 15.00                       | 3.75                        | 15.41                       | 3.85                        |
| 2                           | National Project on Management of Soil Health & Fertility (SHC/SHM) | 6.38                        | 7.11                        | 16.04                       | 13.09                       | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 8.26                        | 0.00                        | 6.68                        | 1.66                        |
| 3                           | Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)                    | 64.45                       | 50.00                       | 64.45                       | 41.18                       | 64.45                       | 10.29                       | 60.00                       | 0.00                        | 33.00                       | 8.25                        |
| 4                           | Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (ATMA)                         | 33.32                       | 33.32                       | 45.26                       | 45.26                       | 48.00                       | 36.00                       | 43.00                       | 43.00                       | 38.15                       | 28.61                       |
| 5                           | Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)                                           | 50.00                       | 30.00                       | 45.00                       | 27.00                       | 65.00                       | 0.00                        | 175.00                      | 16.25                       | 70.00                       | 17.51                       |
| 6                           | Oil Seed & Oil Palm(OS&OP)                                          | 14.53                       | 11.53                       | 16.10                       | 13.10                       | 16.34                       | 5.30                        | 21.74                       | 6.36                        | 9.62                        | 2.23                        |
| 7                           | National Food Security Mission (NFSM)                               | 88.12                       | 75.51                       | 72.85                       | 72.84                       | 62.15                       | 30.37                       | 52.95                       | 13.24                       | 57.57                       | 14.39                       |
| 8                           | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                             | 14.98                       | 22.25                       | 23.19                       | 18.86                       | 6.18                        | 0.00                        | 7.41                        | 3.71                        | 10.00                       | 2.51                        |
| 9                           | Sub-Mission On Seed & Planting Materials (SMSP)                     | 8.90                        | 1.25                        | 12.50                       | 1.05                        | 15.00                       | 1.61                        | 7.00                        | 0.00                        | -                           | -                           |
| 10                          | Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY)                                  | 207.84                      | 244.30                      | 190.60                      | 100.08                      | 107.26                      | 49.58                       | 90.06                       | 0.00                        | 55.91                       | 13.98                       |
| 11                          | Mission of Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)            | 89.00                       | 49.00                       | 67.00                       | 11.00                       | 46.90                       | 11.00                       | 41.00                       | 20.50                       | 38.76                       | 19.68                       |

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