Lok Sabha Question No. 214 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Promotion of Skill Building among Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION

**LOK  SABHA**

**STARRED QUESTION NO. 214**

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH AUGUST, 2015

**PROMOTION OF SKILL BUILDING AMONG FARMERS**

*214.      SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE 	  ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

(a)	 the details of the schemes under implementation to promote skill-building among farmers in agriculture and allied sectors;

(b) 	the funds earmarked and expenditure incurred under these schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, scheme-wise; and

(c) 	the new initiatives being planned to enhance the capacity-building of farmers?

### ANSWER

####### MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE

###### ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè		 				             (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

(a) to (c):	A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

**STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  214  DUE FOR REPLY ON 4** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015.**

(a) to (c) :	  A number of ongoing schemes and programmes of Government of India such as National Food Security Mission, National Mission on Oilseed and Oil Palm; National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture; National Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology; Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture; Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing; Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), Farmers’ FIRST and Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) under ICAR, National Livestock Mission with ‘Sub-Mission on Skill Development Technology Transfer & Extension’ in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries(DAHD&F) have an in-built component of skill building and training of farmers in the field of agriculture and allied sectors. Brief of schemes and their components    under implementation to promote skill-building among farmers in agriculture & allied sectors is enclosed as **Annexure-I** .

Details about the Funds Earmarked and Expenditure incurred scheme-wise and year-wise for the last three years and the current year is enclosed at **Annexure II** .

**ANNEXURE -I**

**Brief of Schemes under Implementation to Promote Skill Building among Farmers in Agriculture & Allied Sectors.**

**1. 	Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC)**

**(A) KRISHONNATI YOJANA**

**(i) National Food Security Mission (NFSM)**

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Coarse Cereal and Commercial Crops (Cotton, Jute and Sugarcane), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) and Crop Diversification Programme (Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh) is being implemented to increase production and productivity.

**(ii) National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)**

NMOOP is being implemented from 2014-15 with the aim of increasing production and productivity of oilseeds including Oil Palm and Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs). The three Mini Missions under NMOOP are as under:

- **Mini-Mission-I on Oilseeds** include production and distribution of foundation and certified seeds, variety specific targeted seed production, distribution of minikits, plant protection equipments/chemicals, supply of improved farm implements, distribution of sprinkler sets, block demonstrations, training of farmers etc.

- **Mini-Mission-II on Oil Palm** include Supply of oil palm planting material, maintenance cost of plantations during gestation period, installation of drip irrigation, diesel/electric pump sets, bore-well/water harvesting structure/ ponds at oil palm farm, supply of inputs for inter-cropping in oil palm, construction of vermi-compost units and purchase of machinery & tools etc.
- **Mini-Mission-III on TBOs** include Integrated development of nurseries & plantation on new wasteland as well as existing wasteland/ degraded forest land, maintenance of TBOs plantation till gestation period, support for inter cropping, R&D, distribution of pre-processing, processing and oil extraction equipments, support to Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India(TRIFED) for promotion of seed collections, training etc.

**(iii) National Mission on Agril. Extension & Technology (NMAET)**

**(a) Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)**

**Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA)** promotes decentralized farmer-driven and farmer-accountable extension system through an institutional arrangement for technology dissemination in the form of an ‘Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)’ established at district level.

**(b) National e-Governance Plan-Agriculture (NeGP-A)**

This scheme aims to achieve rapid development of agriculture in India through the use of ICT for ensuring timely access to agriculture related information for the farmers of the country.

**(c) Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)**

Promotion and strengthening of agricultural mechanization is taken up through farmers training and demonstrations to ensure performance of agricultural machinery and equipment.

(c) Sub-Mission on Plant Protection & Plant Quarantine (SMPP)

The skill development and training programmes are being conducted in agriculture & allied sectors through Farmers’ Field Schools(FFSs) and short-duration programmes on IPM in various states of country.

**(d) Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material(SMSP)**

The main objective of the Sub-Mission is to develop/ strengthen seed sector and to enhance production and multiplication of high yielding certified/ quality seeds of all agricultural crops and making it available to the farmers at affordable prices.

**(iv) Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)**

ISAM aims to promote agri-marketing through creation of marketing and agribusiness infrastructure including storage, incentivize agri-market reforms, provide market linkages to farmers, provide access to agri-market information and support quality certification of agriculture commodities.

**(v) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)**

The main objectives are to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including bamboo and coconut through area based regionally differentiated strategies which include research, technology promotion, extension, post harvest management, processing and marketing, aggregation of farmers into Farmers’ Interest Groups/Farmers’ Producers Organisation and Farmers’ Producers Cooperatives.

**2. 	Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)**

**(i) Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)**

ICAR has established a network of 642 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in the country aiming at assessment and demonstration of technologies, products and its dissemination through training of farmers, creating awareness among farmers  through various extension programmes like farmers fair, krishi mahotsav, exhibitions, exposure visits, animal camps and diagnostic and advisory services for soil, water and infected plant samples, print and mass-media to promote improved farm-production technologies.

**(ii) Farmer FIRST**

The Farmers FIRST Project has been launched on 25th July 2015 for implementation by selected 100 ICAR Institutes and Agricultural Universities in the country. The 'Farmer FIRST' is an ICAR initiative to move beyond the production and productivity through enhanced farmers-scientists interaction.

**(iii) Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)**

This has been launched on 25 th July, 2015 in selected districts through 25 Krishi Vigyan Kendras with an objective for entrepreneurial development of 200 Youths in rural areas to take-up various agriculture, allied and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment. The identified youth are trained on entrepreneurship development skills by providing a basket of options to start agriculture ventures.

**3.   Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F)**

National Livestock Mission is implemented since 21.05.2014 with ‘Sub-mission on ‘Skill Development, Technology Transfer & Extension’, which envisages training & capacity-building, livestock-farmers group, livestock mela, regional livestock fair, farmer’s field school, exposure visit of livestock extension facilitator and exposure visit of farmer.

**ANNEXURE-II**

**Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 214 to be answered on August 04, 2015 regarding**

**‘Promotion of Skill Building among Farmers’**

**Statement Showing Scheme-wise/Year-wise details of funds earmarked & expenditure incurred**

***(Rs. in Lakh )***

| **S. No.**   | **Scheme**                                         | **2012-13**         |          |                  | **2013-14**         |                  | **2014-15**         |                  | **2015-16 (Till date)**   |                  |
|--------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|              |                                                    | **Funds Earmarked** |          | **Expendi-ture** | **Funds Earmarked** | **Expendi-ture** | **Funds Earmarked** | **Expendi-ture** | **Funds Earmarked**       | **Expendi-ture** |
| **1**        | **NFSM**                                           | 1561                | 1561     | 1138.11          | 2349.76             | 1994.58          | 1087.7              | 750.34           | 2050.26                   | 0                |
| **2**        | **NMOOP**                                          | 595.6               | 595.6    | 418.59           | 520.95              | 376.18           | 861                 | 490.84           | 876.46                    | 0                |
| **3**        | **NMAET**                                          |                     |          |                  |                     |                  |                     |                  |                           |                  |
| **(i)**      | **Extension Reforms (ATMA)**                       | 4595.92             | 2445.63  | 2445.63          | 3917.12             | 2134.91          | 4491.92             | 1333.08          | 1828.91                   | 37.26            |
| **(ii)**     | **SMSP**                                           | 18448               | 3308.06  | 3308.06          | 22593               | 5971.06          | 18574               | 2123.32          | 3140                      | 255.83           |
| **(iii)**    | **SMAM**                                           | 87.03               | 87.03    | 87.03            | 32.57               | 32.57            | 110.12              | 0                | 25                        | 0                |
| **(iv)**     | **Integrated Scheme for Agril. Marketing (ISAM)*** | 68.60               | 68.60    | 68.60            | 78.70               | 78.70            | 39.50               | 39.50            | 40.00                     | 4.00             |
| **4**        | **MIDH**                                           |                     |          |                  |                     |                  |                     |                  |                           |                  |
|              | **(i) NHM**                                        | 972.22              | 1050.01  | 1050.01          | 1355.18             | 1187.13          | 865.91              | 1371.24          | 219.59                    | 16.66            |
|              | **(ii) HMNEH**                                     | 511.47              | 457.74   | 457.74           | 911.75              | 1116.76          | 463.8               | 88.27            | 73.34                     | 0                |
| **5**        | **ICAR**                                           |                     |          |                  |                     |                  |                     |                  |                           |                  |
|              | **(i) KVKs**                                       | 15666.09            | 15656.52 | 15656.52         | 20249.72            | 19663.85         | 19758.28            | 19183.64         | 19565.27                  | 9847.76          |
|              | **(ii) Farmers’ FIRST****                          | -                   | -        | -                | -                   | -                | -                   | -                | 0                         | 0                |
|              | **(iii) ARYA****                                   | -                   | -        | -                | -                   | -                | -                   | -                | 0                         | 0                |

* Earlier two schemes under implementation, namely Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) and Strengthening/Development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading & Standardisation (AMIGS) have now been subsumed into AMI Sub-scheme of ISAM w.e.f. 1.4.2014

** As these are new schemes recently launched on 25 th July, 2015, the budget provision is being finalised.

**ABBREVIATIONS**

AMI – Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure

ARYA – Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture

ATMA – Agriculture Technology Management Agency

DAC – Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

DAHD&F - Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries

ER - Extension Reforms

HMNEH - Horticulture Mission for North Eastern States & Himalayan States

INM – Integrated Nutrient Management

ICAR – Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ISAM - Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing

KVK – Krishi Vigyan Kendra

M&T – Mechanization and Technology

NeGP-A  - National e-Governance Plan- Agriculture

MIDH – Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

NMAET - National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology

NHB-National Horticulture Board

NFSM - National Food Security Mission

NHM - National Horticulture Mission

NMOOP - National Mission on Oilseed & Oil Palm

OFWM – On-Farm Water Management

PKVY – Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

RAD - Rainfed Area development

SHC - Soil Health Card

SHM – Soil Health Management

SMAE - Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension

SMSP - Sub -Mission on Seed and Planting Material

SMAM - Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization

SMPP - Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine

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