Lok Sabha Question No. 1403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Promotion of FPOs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad, Jagdambika Pal, Satyadev Pachauri, Ramesh Bidhuri, Rekha Arun Verma, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1403

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## PROMOTION OF FPOS

1403.  SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Farmer  Producers  Organisation  (FPOs)  perform  better under women;
- (b) if  so,  the  steps  taken  to  promote  theparticipation  of  women  in  Farmer  producer's Organisation;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to promoteFarmer Producer Organisations; and
- (d) the list of the number of Farmer ProducerOrganisations set up in the country, Statewise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी

(SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a) & (b): Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare,  Department  of  Agriculture  & Farmers  Welfare,  has  not  conducted  study  on  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs) performing  better  under  women.  However,  under  Central  Sector  Scheme  (CSS)  for 'Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)',  women FPOs are also being formed & promoted.

As per the Operational Guidelines of the said scheme, FPO provide special focus to include  small,  marginal  and  women  farmers/women  SHGs,  SC/ST  farmers  and  other economically  weaker  categories  etc.  as  members  to  make  FPOs  more  effective  and inclusive.  Further,  for  availing  equity  grant  under  the  10,000  FPOs  scheme,  Women farmers' participation as its shareholdersis preferred.In the Board of Directors (BoD) and Governing  Body  (GB),  as  the  case  maybe,  there  shall  be  adequate  representation  of women farmer member(s) andthere should be minimum one-woman member.

(c) & (d): The  Government  of  India  has  launched  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)' in the year 2020 with a total budgetary outlay of Rs.6865 Crores which will enable farmers to enhance their bargaining power, leverage economies of scale, reduction in cost of production and enhancing farmers' incomes through aggregation of their agricultural produce, thus playing a major role towards sustainable incomes. Under the said scheme, FPOs being provided financial assistance  upto Rs.18.00 lakh per FPO for a period of 03 years. In addition to this, provision has been made for matching equity grant uptoRs.2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs.15.00 lakh per FPO and a credit guarantee facility upto Rs.2 crore of  project  loan  per  FPO  from  eligible  lending  institution  to  ensure  institutional  credit accessibility  to  FPOs.  Further,  Rs.25  Lakhs  are  given  to  CBBOs  for  hand  holding  each FPO over a period of five years.

As on 30.11.2023, under the said scheme so far, 7597 FPOs have been registered. The State-wise number of FPOs registered is at Annexure.

## State-wise number of FPOs registered

| Sr. No.   | States and Union Territories   | Number of FPOs Registered   |
|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar              | 7                           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                 | 355                         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh              | 118                         |
| 4         | Assam                          | 299                         |
| 5         | Bihar                          | 474                         |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                   | 159                         |
| 7         | Goa                            | 08                          |
| 8         | Gujarat                        | 388                         |
| 9         | Haryana                        | 148                         |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh               | 116                         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir                | 200                         |
| 12        | Jharkhand                      | 276                         |
| 13        | Karnataka                      | 270                         |
| 14        | Kerala                         | 122                         |
| 15        | Ladakh                         | 03                          |
| 16        | Lakshadweep                    | 01                          |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                 | 566                         |
| 18        | Maharashtra                    | 521                         |
| 19        | Manipur                        | 75                          |
| 20        | Meghalaya                      | 52                          |
| 21        | Mizoram                        | 48                          |
| 22        | Nagaland                       | 81                          |
| 23        | Odisha                         | 409                         |
| 24        | Puducherry                     | 05                          |
| 25        | Punjab                         | 118                         |
| 26        | Rajasthan                      | 475                         |
| 27        | Sikkim                         | 13                          |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                     | 391                         |
| 29        | Telangana                      | 269                         |
| 30        | Tripura                        | 52                          |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                  | 1,150                       |
| 32        | Uttarakhand                    | 134                         |
| 33        | West Bengal                    | 294                         |
|           | Grand Total                    | 7,597                       |

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