Lok Sabha Question No. 329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Setting up of Krishi Vigyan Kendras
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 329 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26/04/2016

## SETTING UP OF KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS

## 329. SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  got  any  proposal  to  start  new  Krishi  Vigyan Kendras (KVKs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  the  State Government of Kerala to start KVKs in Kannur district; and
- (d) if so, the present status of the proposal?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. There are 67 proposals received from different states to start  new  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  The  State/  district-wise  details  of proposals received to start the new KVKs is given in Annexure.
- (c) & (d): No, Madam. There is already one KVK functioning in Kannur district under  the administrative control of Kerala Agriculture University located at Panniyur,  Post  Office-Kanhirangad,  Taliparamba,  Pin  Code-  670142.  As  per  the EFC for the 12 th Plan there is no provision for establishment of additional KVK in Kannur district.

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## State/ district-wise details of proposals received to start the new KVKs

| Name of Zone              |   S.No. | State            | Name of the KVK District       |
|---------------------------|---------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| Zone-I, Ludhiana          |       1 | Punjab           | Fazilka                        |
|                           |       2 |                  | Pathankot                      |
|                           |       3 | Haryana          | Mewat                          |
|                           |       4 |                  | Panchkula                      |
|                           |       5 | Jammu &          | Ramban                         |
|                           |       6 | Kashmir          | Samba                          |
|                           |       7 |                  | Udhampur                       |
|                           |       8 |                  | Kishtwar                       |
|                           |       9 |                  | Kargil                         |
|                           |      10 | Himachal Pradesh | Lahul &Spiti                   |
| Zone-II, Kolkata          |      11 | West Bengal      | Murshidabad                    |
| Zone-III, Umiam, Barapani |      12 | Nagaland         | Paren                          |
|                           |      13 |                  | Kiphire                        |
|                           |      14 | Assam            | Dima Hasao                     |
|                           |      15 | Meghalaya        | South Garo Hills               |
|                           |      16 |                  | East Garo Hills                |
|                           |      17 | Tripura          | West Tripura                   |
|                           |      18 |                  | Gomati                         |
|                           |      19 |                  | Unakoti                        |
|                           |      20 |                  | Sepahijala                     |
|                           |      21 | Arunachal        | Dibang valley                  |
|                           |      22 | Pradesh          | Kurung kumey                   |
|                           |      23 |                  | Longding                       |
| Zone-IV, Kanpur           |      24 | Uttar Pradesh    | Gorakhpur                      |
| Zone- V,Hyderabad         |      25 | Andhra Pradesh   | YSR Kadapa                     |
|                           |      26 |                  | Sri Potti Sriramullu- Nellore, |
|                           |      27 |                  | Visakhapatnam                  |
|                           |      28 | Telangana        | Adilabad                       |
|                           |      29 |                  | Khammam                        |
|                           |      30 |                  | Medak                          |
|                           |      31 | Maharashtra      | Sangli                         |
|                           |      32 |                  | Kolhapur                       |
|                           |      33 |                  | Nagpur                         |
|                           |      34 |                  | Thane                          |
|                           |      35 |                  | Jalna                          |
| Zone-VI,Jodhpur           |      36 | Rajasthan        | Sriganganagar                  |
|                           |      37 |                  | Udaipur                        |
|                           |      38 |                  | Jalore                         |
|                           |      39 |                  | Pali                           |
|                           |      40 |                  | Bhilwara                       |
|                           |      41 |                  | Sikar                          |

|                      |   42 | Gujarat        | Vadodara                      |
|----------------------|------|----------------|-------------------------------|
|                      |   43 | Gujarat        | Bhavnagar                     |
|                      |   44 | Gujarat        | GandhiNagar                   |
|                      |   45 | Gujarat        | Jamnagar                      |
|                      |   46 | Gujarat        | Junagadh                      |
|                      |   47 | Gujarat        | Surendranagar                 |
|                      |   48 | Gujarat        | Morbi                         |
|                      |   49 | Gujarat        | Aravali                       |
|                      |   50 | Gujarat        | Chote Udeypur                 |
| Zone-VII, Jabalpur   |   51 | Chhatisgarh    | Mungeli                       |
|                      |   52 | Chhatisgarh    | Balod                         |
|                      |   53 | Chhatisgarh    | Surajpur                      |
|                      |   54 | Chhatisgarh    | Kondagaon                     |
|                      |   55 | Chhatisgarh    | Bemetara                      |
|                      |   56 | Chhatisgarh    | Sukma                         |
|                      |   57 | Chhatisgarh    | Raipur                        |
|                      |   58 | Chhatisgarh    | Durg                          |
|                      |   59 | Madhya Pradesh | Agar Malwa                    |
|                      |   60 | Madhya Pradesh | Alirajpur                     |
|                      |   61 | Madhya Pradesh | Singrauli                     |
|                      |   62 | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar                         |
|                      |   63 | Madhya Pradesh | Dhar                          |
| Zone- VIII,Bangalore |   64 | Karnataka      | Yadagir                       |
|                      |   65 | Karnataka      | Vijayapur (erstwhile Bijapur) |
|                      |   66 | Tamil Nadu     | Thiruppur                     |
|                      |   67 | Tamil Nadu     | Villluppuram                  |

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