Lok Sabha Question No. 2757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Vacancies in Krishi Vigyan Kendras
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2757

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  December, 2023

## VACANCIES IN KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS

## 2757. DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a)  the  list  of  number  of  districts  where  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  have  been established, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether it is true that several districts do not have KVK and if so, the details of the same, State/ UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government plans to establish KVKs in all the districts and if so, the details thereof and the proposed timeline for the same;

(d) the list of vacancies in KVKs, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the details of the major achievements of KVKs?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a) : The State/UT-wise list of number of districts where KVKs have been established are at Annexure - I.

(b) and (c): At present 638 districts in the country have KVKs.  National Commission on Agriculture (1976) in its report on 'Research, Education and Extension', recommended to have  one  KVK  in  each  district.    Opening  of  new  KVKs  in  newly  created  districts  is  a continuous process as per the prescribed procedure and guidelines.

(d): As per the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) scheme of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), KVKs are opened under the administrative control of the different Host Organizations viz. State Government, Central Agricultural Universities, State Agricultural Universities, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and ICAR. There are certain vacancies in KVKs. The State/UT-wise list of vacancies in KVKs is at Annexure-II .  Filling  up of the vacancies in KVKs is the responsibility of the concerned Host Organization and ICAR regularly follows up with them.

(e): The details of the major achievements of KVKs are at Annexure-III .

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## State/UT-wise list of number of Districts where KVKs have been established

| S. No.          | State/Union Territory   | No. of districts having KVKs   |
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.              | Punjab                  | 22                             |
| 2.              | Uttarakhand             | 13                             |
| 3.              | Himachal Pradesh        | 12                             |
| 4.              | Jammu and Kashmir       | 19                             |
| 5.              | Ladakh (UT)             | 02                             |
| 6.              | Rajasthan               | 33                             |
| 7.              | Delhi                   | 1                              |
| 8.              | Haryana                 | 18                             |
| 9.              | Uttar Pradesh           | 74                             |
| 10.             | Jharkhand               | 24                             |
| 11.             | Bihar                   | 38                             |
| 12.             | Andaman and Nicobar     | 3                              |
| 13.             | Islands West Bengal     | 18                             |
| 14.             | Odisha                  | 30                             |
| 15.             | Sikkim                  | 4                              |
| 16.             | Arunachal Pradesh       | 17                             |
| 17.             | Assam                   | 26                             |
| 18.             | Manipur                 | 9                              |
| 19.             | Meghalaya               | 7                              |
| 20.             | Mizoram                 | 8                              |
| 21.             | Nagaland                | 11                             |
| 22.             | Tripura                 | 8                              |
| 23.             | Goa                     | 2                              |
| 24.             | Gujarat                 | 27                             |
| 25.             | Maharashtra             | 33                             |
| 26.             | Madhya Pradesh          | 51                             |
| 27.             | Chhattisgarh            | 27                             |
| 28.             | Andhra Pradesh          | 13                             |
| 29.             | Puducherry              | 3                              |
| 30.             | Tamil Nadu              | 31                             |
| 31.             | Telangana               | 10                             |
| 32.             | Karnataka               | 29                             |
| 33.             | Kerala                  | 14                             |
| 34. Lakshadweep | 34. Lakshadweep         |                                |
| Total           | Total                   | 638                            |

## Annexure-II [To part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2757 dated 19.12.2023]

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT                  | Vacancies in   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|----------------|
| 1.        | Punjab                            | KVKs 74        |
| 2.        | Himachal Predesh                  | 26             |
| 3.        | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (UT) | 172            |
| 4.        | Uttrakhand                        | 49             |
| 5.        | Rajasthan                         | 351            |
| 6.        | Haryana                           | 91             |
| 7.        | Delhi                             | 1              |
| 8.        | Uttar Pradesh                     | 437            |
| 9.        | Bihar                             | 230            |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                         | 206            |
| 11.       | Odisha                            | 156            |
| 12.       | West Bengal                       | 96             |
| 13.       | A&N Islands                       | 34             |
| 14.       | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 66             |
| 15.       | Assam                             | 66             |
| 16.       | Sikkim                            | 5              |
| 17.       | Manipur                           | 26             |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                         | 13             |
| 19.       | Mizoram                           | 9              |
| 20.       | Nagaland                          | 61             |
| 21.       | Tripura                           | 48             |
| 22.       | Maharashtra                       | 164            |
| 23.       | Gujarat                           | 172            |
| 24.       | Goa                               | 11             |
| 25.       | Madhya Pradesh                    | 350            |
| 26.       | Chhattisgarh                      | 162            |
| 27.       | Andhra Pradesh                    | 94             |
| 28.       | Telangana                         | 42             |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu                        | 61             |
| 30.       | Karnataka                         | 153            |
| 31.       | Kerala                            | 48             |
| 32.       | Lakshadweep                       | 12             |
| 33.       | Puducherry                        | 13             |
|           | Total                             | 3499           |

## Details of the major achievements of KVKs Achievements of major Activities of KVKs during 2022-23 is as follows :

|   Sl. No. | Activities                                                   |   2022-23 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|         1 | On- farm trials conducted (Number)                           |  47088    |
|         2 | Total Frontline demonstrations conducted (Number)            | 298932    |
|         3 | Farmers trained (in lakh)                                    |     19.53 |
|         4 | Extension Personnel trained (in lakh)                        |      1.62 |
|         5 | Participants in extension activities (in lakh)               |    160.86 |
|         6 | Production of seed (in lakh q)                               |      1.76 |
|         7 | Planting material produced (in lakh)                         |    497.4  |
|         8 | Live-stock strains and finger lings produced (in lakh)       |    289.32 |
|         9 | Soil, water, plant, manures samples tested (in lakh)         |      3.1  |
|        10 | Mobile agro- advisory provided to farmers (Messages in lakh) |   1624    |

Besides above, seed-hubs, set-up at 95 KVKs for production of quality seeds of major pulse crops, produced 42835.07 q seeds of pigeon pea, black gram, green gram, lentil, chickpea, field pea and lathayrus during 2022-23.

Attracting  and  Retaining  Youth  in  Agriculture  (ARYA)  project,  which  aims  at attracting and empowering the youth in rural areas to take up various agriculture and allied sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment, is operational in 100 KVKs. During 2022-23, 4,340 entrepreneurial units related to mushroom production, fruits and vegetable processing units, horticulture nursery, protected cultivation, fish farming, poultry, goat farming, piggery, duck farming, bee keeping and vermicomposting units were established benefiting 6,610 rural youth. KVKs have organized 857 training programmes benefiting 19,213 youth.

Technology Demonstration Component (TDC) of National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) which aims at enhancing resilience of Indian agriculture and making Indian farmers more adaptive to climatic vulnerabilities has been implemented through 151 KVKs in climatically most vulnerable districts of the country as per the latest risk categorization. Climate smart technologies encompassing Natural Resource Management, Crops and Livestock modules have been demonstrated in adopted villages as a package to suit the resource and weather related constraints of different farming system typologies of the village.

During the year, 6477, 13931 and 7187   demonstrations were conducted covering 5695.81,  6807.6  and  265.65  ha  of  area  under  NRM,  Crop  and  Livestock  modules respectively. At the same time 2038 capacity building programmes and 2874 extension activities  were  taken  up  for  the  benefit  of  27816  and  244561  farmers  respectively  for brining awareness on climate resilient technologies and to enhance climate literacy.