Lok Sabha Question No. 549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Incentivise Agri Start-Ups
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 549

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  FEBRUARY, 2024

## INCENTIVISE AGRI START-UPS

549. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  any  funds  have  been  released  under  any  scheme  to  incentivise  agri start-ups in rural areas of Pali Constituency of Rajasthan;
- (b)

if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (c) the details of other operational schemes to fund agri start-up in the area and its benefit to beneficiaries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA )

- (a) to (c): The Government of India is committed to promote Agri-startups by providing financial  and  technical  support  to  agri-startups  in  agriculture  and  allied  sectors. Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing 'Innovation  and  Agri-Entrepreneurship  Development'  programme  under  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) from 2018-19 with an objective to promote innovation and agri-entrepreneurship by providing financial and technical support for nurturing startups  ecosystem  in  the  country.  Under  the  programme,  5  Knowledge  Partners (KPs)  and  24  RKVY  Agribusiness  Incubators  (R-ABIs)  have  been  appointed  for training & incubation of agri-startups and implementation of this programme across the country. In the State of Rajasthan,  2 incubation centers are located namely Ch. Charan  Singh National  Institute  of  Agricultural  Marketing  (CCS-NIAM)  Jaipur  and

Sri Karan Narendra  (S K N) Agriculture University, Jobner to cater the need of agri- startups in the State. Under  the  programme,  no  disqualification  is  made  in  selection  of  startups  with respect to specific constituency. The startup is selected based on the recommendation given by the Committee constituted for this  purpose.  So far,  no startup  has  taken  support  from  the  rural  areas  of  Pali  Constituency  of  Rajasthan under the  programme.  However,  the  startup  from Pali  Constituency  of  Rajasthan may take technical and financial support through 5 KPs and 24 R-ABIs appointed by this Department under the programme as per the list at Annexure. Under  the  programme,  the  financial  assistance  of  Rs.  111.57  crores  have  been released  in  installments  to  a  total  of  1554  agri  startups  in  the  country  including Rajasthan State through various KPs and R-ABIs from 2019-20 to 2023-24. *****

## List  of  Knowledge  Partners  (KPs)  and  RKVY-  Agribusiness  Incubators  (RABIs)

## Knowledge Partners (KPs):

- 1) National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad.
- 2) National Institute of Agricultural Marketing(NIAM) Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- 3) Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Pusa, New Delhi.
- 4) University of Agriculture Science , Dharwad, Karnataka.
- 5) Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam.

## RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs):

- 1) Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Hisar, Haryana
- 2) CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
- 3) IIT-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- 4) Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- 5) ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
- 6) Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab
- 7) Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
- 8) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu & Kashmir
- 9) IIM, Kashipur, Uttarakhand
- 10) Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala
- 11) ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana
- 12) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- 13) Agri innovation and entrepreneurship cell, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh
- 14) National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha
- 15) S K N Agriculture University, Jobner, Rajasthan
- 16) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal
- 17) Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, Bihar
- 18) Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat
- 19) ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- 20) Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra
- 21) National Institute of Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease  Informatics (NIVEDI), Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 22) College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura
- 23) Department of Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Sciences &Animal Husbandry, Aizawl, Mizoram
- 24) College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

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