Lok Sabha Question No. 1776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Package to Maize Growers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SANTOSH KUMAR

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1776

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   MARCH, 2016

## PACKAGE TO MAIZE GROWERS

1776.      SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  any  special  package  has  been  provided  to  maize  growers  in  the  country including Bihar during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide a new package to maize growers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI  MOHANBHAI  KUNDARIYA)

(a) to (c): Government  is  implementing  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM)    for promoting  cultivation  of  coarse  cereals  including    maize  in    28  states  including  Bihar.  Under NFSM-coarse cereals, financial assistance is provided to farmers for demonstration of improved package  of  practices  and    seeds  of  high  yielding  varieties    and  hybrids  of  coarse  cereals including maize. The details of allocation and release of coarse cereals component of NFSM is annexed.

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Annexure-I

| State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   | State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   | State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   | State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   | State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   | State wise allocation and release of funds under NFSM-Coarse Cereals (including Maize) during 2014-15 and 2015-16   |
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| S. No.                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                                             | 2014-15                                                                                                             | 2015-16*                                                                                                            | 2015-16*                                                                                                            |
| S. No.                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                     | Alloc.                                                                                                              | Rel.                                                                                                                | Alloc.                                                                                                              | Rel.                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                      | 6.42                                                                                                                | 4.81                                                                                                                | 3.74                                                                                                                | 3.74                                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 4.57                                                                                                                | 1.03                                                                                                                | 6.53                                                                                                                | 6.53                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                                               | 2.27                                                                                                                | 2.00                                                                                                                | 1.83                                                                                                                | 0.92                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                                               | 5.51                                                                                                                | 5.51                                                                                                                | 5.01                                                                                                                | 2.51                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                        | 1.86                                                                                                                | 0.93                                                                                                                | 0.97                                                                                                                | 0.48                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                             | 9.26                                                                                                                | 4.63                                                                                                                | 1.70                                                                                                                | 0.85                                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                                             | 5.40                                                                                                                | 4.05                                                                                                                | 2.78                                                                                                                | 1.39                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                    | 3.77                                                                                                                | 3.77                                                                                                                | 1.99                                                                                                                | 0.99                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                   | J & K                                                                                                               | 7.22                                                                                                                | 5.42                                                                                                                | 2.38                                                                                                                | 1.19                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                                           | 1.75                                                                                                                | 1.32                                                                                                                | 1.09                                                                                                                | 0.55                                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                                           | 28.76                                                                                                               | 28.76                                                                                                               | 14.38                                                                                                               | 7.19                                                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                   | 0.02                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                      | 15.36                                                                                                               | 11.52                                                                                                               | 6.84                                                                                                                | 3.42                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                                         | 52.67                                                                                                               | 39.51                                                                                                               | 12.58                                                                                                               | 6.29                                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                                                             | 0.44                                                                                                                | 0.44                                                                                                                | 1.69                                                                                                                | 1.69                                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                                           | 0.97                                                                                                                | 0.97                                                                                                                | 1.92                                                                                                                | 1.92                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                             | 1.64                                                                                                                | 1.64                                                                                                                | 0.80                                                                                                                | 0.40                                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                            | 6.00                                                                                                                | 6.00                                                                                                                | 6.91                                                                                                                | 3.85                                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                                              | 3.43                                                                                                                | 2.57                                                                                                                | 1.88                                                                                                                | 1.44                                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                              | 1.17                                                                                                                | 1.17                                                                                                                | 0.61                                                                                                                | 0.31                                                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                                              | 0.81                                                                                                                | 0.81                                                                                                                | 2.80                                                                                                                | 1.40                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                           | 56.13                                                                                                               | 42.10                                                                                                               | 29.32                                                                                                               | 14.66                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                          | 8.58                                                                                                                | 8.58                                                                                                                | 2.52                                                                                                                | 2.52                                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                                           | 7.17                                                                                                                | 7.17                                                                                                                | 3.73                                                                                                                | 1.86                                                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                                             | 0.93                                                                                                                | 0.93                                                                                                                | 0.29                                                                                                                | 0.29                                                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                       | 14.75                                                                                                               | 14.75                                                                                                               | 7.94                                                                                                                | 3.97                                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                         | 1.39                                                                                                                | 0.69                                                                                                                | 0.59                                                                                                                | 0.29                                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                         | 0.72                                                                                                                | 0.72                                                                                                                | 0.41                                                                                                                | 0.36                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                               | 248.95                                                                                                              | 201.80                                                                                                              | 123.25                                                                                                              | 71.01                                                                                                               |

* as on 24.02.2016