Lok Sabha Question No. 820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Krishi Mela
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.820 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  MARCH, 2016

## KRISHI MELA

820.      SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) whether  recently  Krishi/Kisan    Mela  has  been  organised  by  the  Central  Institute  for Medical and Aromatic plants of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the farmers fairs conducted in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  Government  to  organize  such  events  periodically  to  provide information to the farmers?

## 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): Yes,  Madam. Recently  CSIR-Central  Institute  of  Medicinal  and  Aromatic  Plants (CIMAP)    has  organized    two  Kisan    Melas  one  at  CIMAP  head  quarter  Lucknow  on  31 st January  -  2016.    The  another  kisan  mela  was  organized  at  CIMAP  research  Center  at Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand on 6 th February - 2016.
- (b) & (c): The details of fairs organized by CSIR are placed at Annexure-I. The details of the Farmers Fairs conducted during the last 03 years & current year under ATMA/ICAR is given at Annexure-II.

In  addition to  this  Government of India sponsored Regional Agricultural Fairs/ National fair were organized in Haryana, Jharkhand & M.P. during 2012-13, Odisha, Rajasthan, Kerala, Manipur  &  Maharashtra  during  2013-14,  U.P.,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Andhra Pradesh,  Tamil  Nadu,  &  Meghalaya  during  2014-15  and  Andhra  Pradesh  &  Mizoram  during 2015-16.

- (d): Various  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  for organising   farmers fairs across the country under different schemes being implemented  by the ministry. Ministry  of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare provides financial as well as technical support to the state government /State Agriculture Universities/ ICAR institutes including other organisations    working   in    agriculture  and    allied   sectors    for   organizing   such   events.

Under  the    National  Mission  on  Agricultural  Extension  and  Technology  (NAMET)  various schemes like Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA) through State Government, National/ Regional fairs are being  provided financial support to organize the such  events.  Besides,  various  farmers'  fairs  are  also  being  organized  by  ICAR  institutes  to disseminate information and technologies. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare supporting State Government under ATMA Scheme to organize farmer fairs at district level with financial support  of  Rs.  4.00  lakh  and  Rs.6.00  lakh  at  State  level.  Regional  Agricultural  Fairs  are financially supported with a maximum of Rs. 15.00 lakh by the ministry. Besides, ministry also participates in the India International Trade Fair (IITF), New Delhi and 6-8 Adhoc fairs related to agriculture  and  allied  sectors  across  the  country  organized  by  various  agencies.  ICAR  also organize Kisan Melas/ Farmers Fairs through ICAR institutes/ KVKs across the country. Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP) has organized 4 kisan melas during last three years including current year as detailed at Annuxre-I.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Details of Krishi/Kisan Melas organized by Central Institute of Medicinal Plant and Aromatic Plant (CSIR) during last 03 years including current year.

Recently  CSIR-Central  Institute  of  Medicinal  and  Aromatic  Plants  (CIMAP)  has been organized two Kisan Melas one at CIMAP head quarter Lucknow on 31 st  January -  2016.  The  another  kisan  mela  was  organized  at  CIMAP  research  Center  at Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand on 6 th  February - 2016.

CSIR-CIMAP organized its annual Kisan Mela on 31 st  Jauary, 2016 in its campus located near Kukrail Picnic Spot at Lucknow. Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan was the Chief Guest and Deputy Chairman, State  Planning  Commission  Shri  Naveen  Chandra  Bajpei  and  Shri  Praveer  Kumar Agriculture  Production  Commissioner,  Uttar  Pradesh  were  the  Guests  of  Honor.  Dr Harsh  Vardhan  in  his  inaugural  address  urged  the  farmers  and  entrepreneurs engaged  in  cultivation,  processing  and  value  addition  in  the  area  of  medicinal  and aromatic  plants  to  adopt  improved  technologies  and  improved  varieties  for  raising their  income  besides  producing  quality  raw  material  demanded  by  user  industries. The  major events organized on the occasion of CIMAP Kisan Mela included interactive meet  with farmers and entrepreneurs on the production and marketing of medicinal and aromatic plants,  sale of high quality planting material of mint, aromatic grasses and other medicinal plant varieties developed by CIMAP and publications, demonstration  of  improved  plant  varieties  and  herbal  products,  live demonstration of distillation/ processing using CIMAP's improved units,  training on rose water and flower-based agarbatti making,   demonstration of 'Early Mint Technology', integration of Medicinal  and  Aromatic  Plants  (MAPs)  in  traditional cropping system. Representatives from various industries such as IPCA Laboratories, Jindal  Drugs,  Herbochem  Industries,  AIMIL  Pharma,  PIRINIC  Pharma,  AMORE Herbals, Ajmal Group, Essential Oil Association of India (EOAI), ICEOFF, and Spices Board, SIDBI, etc. and several buyers of medicinal and aromatic plants attended  the Kisan  Mela.  Different  laboratories  of  CSIR  such  as  NBRI,  CDRI,  IITR  and  IICT demonstrated their technologies relevant to rural areas. Beneficiaries of CSIR-CIMAP technologies and services together with other companies also exhibited their products by  putting  up  stalls  in  the  Kisan  Mela  and  interacted  with  the  Minister  and  other dignitaries present on the occasion. About 5000 farmers and entrepreneurs from UP, Bihar,  Punjab,  Haryana,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Gujarat,  Rajasthan,  Jharkhand,  Odisha, Tamilnadu  and others states of the country participated  in the Kisan Mela.

The  another  Kisan  Mela  was  organized  at  on  6 th   February  -  2016  at  Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dr. Mangla Rai, Vice Chancellor, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar was chief guest. The major events organized at kisan mela were an interactive session on medicinal and aromatic plants suitable for Uttarakhand and interaction with the buyer of essential oil and medicinal plants. This kisan mela were attended by 800 farmers hailing from different part of Uttarkhand and western Uttar Pradesh.

In last three years, four kisan mela were oragnised by CSIR-CIMAP three at CIMAP head quarter at Lucknow on 31 st  January - 2015, 31 st  January - 2014 , 31 st  January - 2013 and one at CIMAP research centre at Purara, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand on  14-  November.  -  2014.    The  above  kisan  mela  were  attended  by  8000  farmers hailing from different part of the country. The  major events organized on the occasion of the above Kisan Melas included interactive  meet  with farmers and entrepreneurs on  the  production  and  marketing  of  medicinal  and  aromatic  plants,  sale  of  high quality planting material of mint, aromatic grasses and other medicinal plant varieties developed by CIMAP  and publications, demonstration of improved plant varieties and herbal products,  live demonstration of distillation/ processing using CIMAP's improved units,  training on rose water and flower-based agarbatti making.

- A.  Details of number of Farmers Fair supported under ATMA Scheme being organized through the State Governments.

| S.N.   | States/UTs        | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.N.   | States/UTs        | 2012-13                  | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16*                 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 44                       | 48                       | 21                       | 32                       |
| 2      | Bihar             | 58                       | 55                       | 54                       | 12                       |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      | 20                       | 14                       | 15                       | 16                       |
| 4      | Goa               | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 49                       | 40                       | 98                       | 21                       |
| 6      | Haryana           | 13                       | 10                       | 6                        | 5                        |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 9                        | 14                       | 12                       | 1                        |
| 8      | J&K               | 62                       | 49                       | 14                       | -                        |
| 9      | Jharkhand         | 24                       | 24                       | 20                       | 8                        |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 60                       | 58                       | 15                       | 3                        |
| 11     | Kerala            | 28                       | 33                       | 14                       | 10                       |
| 12     | Maharashtra       | 33                       | 28                       | 66                       | 3                        |
| 13     | M.P.              | 51                       | 49                       | 40                       | 51                       |
| 14     | Orissa            | 42                       | 15                       | 31                       | -                        |
| 15     | Punjab            | 45                       | 42                       | 45                       | 21                       |
| 16     | Rajasthan         | 29                       | 29                       | 6                        | 1                        |
| 17     | Telangana         | -                        | -                        | 27                       | 6                        |
| 18     | Tamil Nadu        | 23                       | 40                       | 7                        | 28                       |
| 19     | U.P.              | 145                      | 140                      | 141                      | 43                       |
| 20     | Uttarakhand       | 21                       | 24                       | 16                       | 8                        |
| 21     | West Bengal       | 5                        | 5                        | 1                        | -                        |
| 22     | Assam             | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 23     | Arunachal Pradesh | 17                       | 16                       | 17                       | 16                       |
| 24     | Manipur           | -                        | 7                        | 3                        | -                        |
| 25     | Meghalaya         | 3                        | 1                        | -                        | -                        |
| 26     | Mizoram           | 33                       | 5                        | -                        | -                        |
| 27     | Nagaland          | 23                       | 15                       | 11                       | -                        |
| 28     | Tripura           | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 29     | Sikkim            | 1                        | 4                        | 4                        | -                        |
| 30     | Puducherry        | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 31     | Delhi             | -                        | -                        | 2                        | 1                        |
| 32     | A&N               | 9                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
|        | Total             | 847                      | 765                      | 686                      | 286                      |

B. Details of number of Farmers Fair conducted in the country by ICAR institutes/KVKs

| S. N.   | State/UT          | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   | No. of fairs organized   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S. N.   | State/UT          | 2012-13                  | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16*                 |
| 1.      | A&N               | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 33                       | 33                       | 19                       | 13                       |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 8                        | 2                        | -                        | 3                        |
| 4.      | Assam             | 18                       | 11                       | 4                        | 9                        |
| 5.      | Bihar             | -                        | 33                       | 38                       | 27                       |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      | 65                       | 25                       | 12                       | 48                       |
| 7.      | Delhi             | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 8.      | Goa               | 1                        | 3                        | 2                        | 1                        |
| 9.      | Gujarat           | 27                       | 36                       | 28                       | 35                       |
| 10.     | Haryana           | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 11.     | Himachal Pradesh  | -                        | -                        | 4                        | -                        |
| 12.     | Jammu and Kashmir | 6                        | 7                        | 10                       | 5                        |
| 13.     | Jharkhand         | -                        | 17                       | 22                       | 15                       |
| 14.     | Karnataka         | 42                       | 69                       | 61                       | 35                       |
| 15.     | Kerala            | 6                        | 15                       | 20                       | 2                        |
| 16.     | Lakshadweep       | -                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 17.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 75                       | 72                       | 70                       | 107                      |
| 18.     | Maharashtra       | 148                      | 124                      | 180                      | 26                       |
| 19.     | Manipur           | 5                        | 3                        | 1                        | 3                        |
| 20.     | Meghalaya         | 2                        | 1                        | 1                        | 1                        |
| 21.     | Mizoram           | 6                        | 2                        | -                        | 2                        |
| 22.     | Nagaland          | 5                        | 3                        | -                        | 2                        |
| 23.     | Odisha            | 44                       | 40                       | 32                       | 29                       |
| 24.     | Pudducherry       | -                        | -                        | 1                        | -                        |
| 25.     | Punjab            | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 1                        |
| 26.     | Rajasthan         | 85                       | 42                       | 28                       | 18                       |
| 27.     | Sikkim            | 2                        | -                        | -                        | 1                        |
| 28.     | Tamil Nadu        | 120                      | 69                       | 20                       | 20                       |
| 29.     | Telangana         | -                        | -                        | 32                       | 8                        |
| 30.     | Tripura           | 3                        | 2                        | 1                        | 2                        |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand       | 32                       | 13                       | 18                       | 14                       |
| 32.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 231                      | 771                      | 233                      | 176                      |
| 33.     | West Bengal       | -                        | 18                       | 21                       | 17                       |
| Total   | Total             | 966                      | 1413                     | 860                      | 620                      |

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