Lok Sabha Question No. 5039 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Non-implementation of Schemes for Farmers in Delhi
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Yogender Chandolia

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5039

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST   APRIL, 2025

## NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEMES FOR FARMERS IN DELHI

## 5039. Shri Yogender Chandolia:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware about the farmers in Delhi are not receiving the status of farmers and are being deprived of the benefits of Union Government schemes and if so, the reasons therefor;

(b) the number of farmers in Delhi who have been affected by the non-implementation of Central Government schemes in NCT of Delhi and the steps being taken by Government to address the issues;

(c) the measures being taken by the Government to ensure that farmers in Delhi receive the benefits of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the PM Fasal Bima Yojana and to prevent the sale of crops outside of Delhi; and

(d) the timeline for the implementation of the Union Government schemes in Delhi and the penalties  that  will  be  imposed  on  the  Delhi  Government,  if  they  fail  to  implement  these schemes?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) & (b): Agriculture is a state subject. Government of India facilitates all the States / UTs through many Centrally sponsored and Central Sector Schemes implemented in the country. Government of India's schemes, such as, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY)  are being implemented in NCT of Delhi.

Information on the number of farmers in Delhi who are not receiving the status of farmers and affected by the non-implementation of Central Government schemes are not centrally maintained.

(c) &  (d):  The  Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  22  mandated agricultural crops for the country as a whole including Delhi, based on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned. Government's price policy is to  ensure  remunerative  prices  to  farmers  by  offering  to  procure  their  produce  at  MSP. However, farmers are free to sell their produce to the Government procurement agencies at MSP or in the open market, whichever is advantageous to them.

Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  which  is  a  component  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) for procurement of notified oil seeds, pulses and copra directly from pre-registered 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 Government 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. However, no proposal has been received from Government of Delhi under PSS.

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop  Insurance  Scheme  (RWBCIS)  a  flagship  scheme  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare, launched in 2016 with the objective to protect farmers from crop loss due to unforeseen natural calamities from pre-sowing to post harvest and to provide adequate financial support to farmers in the event of loss of crops. The Pradhan Matnri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) is voluntary for the States as well as for farmers.

The  Government  NCT  Delhi  is  in  process  of  the  extending  the  PM  Fasal  Bima Yojana in respect of farmers of NCT Delhi

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