Lok Sabha Question No. 1236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Funds released under RKVY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Dileshwar Kamait

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1236

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## FUNDS RELEASED UNDER RKVY

1236.   SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) the funds released under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to the State of Bihar during the last three years, year-wise;
- (b) the details of the facilities and benefits provided to the farmers in Supaul Parliamentary Constituency under the said scheme;
- (c) whether the Government contemplates to formulate any criterion beforehand to provide financial  assistance/compensation to the farmers for the crops destroyed due to heavy rain, flood and drought; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी ( SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a):  The year-wise fund released under RKVY to the State Government of Bihar for the last three year is given below:

(Rs in crore)

| Year     |   Release |
|----------|-----------|
| 2021-22* |     69.77 |
| 2022-23  |     43.83 |
| 2023-24  |     94.64 |

* RKVY was merged in 2022-23 as RKVY-Cafeteria scheme. Hence, data for the year 2021-22 pertains to RKVY-DPR component only.

O.I.H.

(b): The details of the facilities and benefits provided to the farmers in Supaul Parliamentary Constituency under RKVY are as under:

| Financial Year   | Name of Project                                                          |   Fund released in Lakhs) | (Rs   |
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------|
| 2021-22          | Construction of Godown (200 MT)                                          |                  30       |       |
| 2021-22          | Mulching                                                                 |                   2.304   |       |
| 2021-22          | Shed net                                                                 |                  17       |       |
| 2021-22          | Mushroom Production in Hut                                               |                   6.2825  |       |
|                  | Total                                                                    |                  55.5865  |       |
| 2023-24          | Sarzameen Seva & Input distribution scheme (related to Plant Protection) |                   5.56406 |       |
| 2023-24          | Mulching                                                                 |                   3.376   |       |
| 2023-24          | Mushroom Production in Hut                                               |                   7.18    |       |
| Total            | Total                                                                    |                  16.1201  |       |
| Grand Total      | Grand Total                                                              |                  71.7066  |       |

(c) & (d): A Central Sector yield index-based scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY),  along  with  weather  index-based  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS), have been implemented since Kharif 2016 by the Ministry of Agriculture and  Farmers  Welfare.  These  schemes  operate  on  an  area  approach  basis  for  widespread calamities which influence large areas.  These provide coverage for natural calamities as well as localized risks, including hailstorms, landslides, inundation, natural fires, cloud bursts, and post-harvest  losses  due  to  cyclonic  rains,  unseasonal  rains,  etc.,  for  insured  farmers  in  the notified areas and crops. Under these schemes, the maximum premium payable by farmers is 2% for all Kharif Food & Oilseeds crops, 1.5% for Rabi Food & Oilseeds crops, and 5% for Annual Commercial/ Horticultural Crops. The difference between the actuarial premium and the rate of insurance charges payable by farmers is shared equally, on 50:50 basis, by the Centre and  States/UTs  in  all  States/UTs,  except  in  the  North-Eastern  Region  (NER)  and  Hilly States/UTs. Since 2020 and 2023, respectively, the subsidy sharing pattern in these regions has been adjusted to a 90:10 ratio between the Centre and States.

However, PMFBY is voluntary in nature and State/ UTs are free to subscribe under the scheme keeping in view their risk perception and financial consideration etc. State Government of  Bihar  implemented  the  PMFBY  from  Kharif  2016-17  to  2017-18.  Thereafter,  State Government of Bihar withdrawn from the scheme.

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