Lok Sabha Question No. 3713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Krishi Vigyan Kendras
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Arun Govil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3713

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS

3713. SHRI ARUN GOVIL:

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

- (a) whether Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are working in all 780 districts of the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there is any plan to establish a KVK in every block in the country; and
- (c) if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण राज्य मंत्री (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

- (a): At present there are total 731 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in the country.  Number of KVKs state-wise is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c): At present there is no proposal to establish a KVK in every block.

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O.I.H.

## Annexure

## [Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 3713 dated 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025]

## STATE-WISE LIST OF KVKS

|   S. No. | State/Union Territory       |   No. of KVKs |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Punjab                      |            22 |
|        2 | Uttarakhand                 |            13 |
|        3 | Himachal Pradesh            |            13 |
|        4 | Jammu and Kashmir           |            20 |
|        5 | Ladakh (UT)                 |            04 |
|        6 | Rajasthan                   |            47 |
|        7 | Delhi                       |             1 |
|        8 | Haryana                     |            18 |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh               |            89 |
|       10 | Jharkhand                   |            24 |
|       11 | Bihar                       |            44 |
|       12 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |             3 |
|       13 | West Bengal                 |            23 |
|       14 | Odisha                      |            33 |
|       15 | Sikkim                      |             4 |
|       16 | Arunachal Pradesh           |            17 |
|       17 | Assam                       |            26 |
|       18 | Manipur                     |             9 |

| S. No.     | State/Union Territory   |   No. of KVKs |
|------------|-------------------------|---------------|
| 19.        | Meghalaya               |             7 |
| 20.        | Mizoram                 |             8 |
| 21.        | Nagaland                |            11 |
| 22.        | Tripura                 |             8 |
| 23.        | Goa                     |             2 |
| 24.        | Gujarat                 |            30 |
| 25.        | Maharashtra             |            50 |
| 26.        | Madhya Pradesh          |            54 |
| 27.        | Chhattisgarh            |            28 |
| 28.        | Andhra Pradesh          |            24 |
| 29.        | Puducherry              |             3 |
| 30.        | Tamil Nadu              |            32 |
| 31.        | Telangana               |            16 |
| 32.        | Karnataka               |            33 |
| 33.        | Kerala                  |            14 |
| 34.        | Lakshadweep             |             1 |
| Total KVKs | Total KVKs              |           731 |

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