Lok Sabha Question No. 2322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Farmer Producer Organisations
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel, Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2322

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS

- 2322 .  SHRI MITESH PATEL BAKABHAI: SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote Farmer Producer Organisations; and
- (b) the  list  of  the  number  of  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  set  up  in  the  country, State -wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) & (b): Collectivization  of  small  &  marginal  farmers  to  form  their  organizations  as Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) is critical to reduce cost of production & facilitate better market linkages so as to enhance their net income. Hence, Government of India had launched  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  'Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000  Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)' scheme to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs. As on 30.06.2024, 8875 FPOs have been registered under the said scheme across the country. The list of the number of FPOs registered in the country, state-wise is annexed.

State-wise number of FPOs registered

| S. No.   | States/ Union Territories   | No. of FPOs registered   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar           | 7                        |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh              | 449                      |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 150                      |
| 4.       | Assam                       | 427                      |
| 5.       | Bihar                       | 580                      |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                | 213                      |
| 7.       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        | 2                        |
| 8.       | Goa                         | 8                        |
| 9.       | Gujarat                     | 419                      |
| 10.      | Haryana                     | 172                      |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh            | 168                      |
| 12.      | Jammu & Kashmir             | 318                      |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                   | 355                      |
| 14.      | Karnataka                   | 336                      |
| 15.      | Kerala                      | 137                      |
| 16.      | Ladakh                      | 3                        |
| 17.      | Lakshadweep                 | 1                        |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh              | 622                      |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                 | 579                      |
| 20.      | Manipur                     | 76                       |
| 21.      | Meghalaya                   | 57                       |
| 22.      | Mizoram                     | 49                       |
| 23.      | Nagaland                    | 87                       |
| 24.      | Odisha                      | 448                      |
| 25.      | Puducherry                  | 6                        |
| 26.      | Punjab                      | 136                      |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                   | 533                      |
| 28.      | Sikkim                      | 13                       |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                  | 414                      |
| 30.      | Telangana                   | 302                      |
| 31.      | Tripura                     | 59                       |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh               | 1,246                    |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                 | 150                      |
| 34.      | West Bengal                 | 353                      |
|          | Grand Total                 | 8,875                    |

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