Lok Sabha Question No. 240 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Second Green Revolution
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY, MAHEISH GIRRI

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15/12/2015

## SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION

## *240. PROF. SAUGATA ROY: SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj d`'kd dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to popularize adoption of latest technology  developed  by  agricultural  scientists  to  being  about  second  green revolution in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the latest developments made by agricultural Universities/Institutions in this area;
- (c) the funds allocated by the Government for this purpose and success achieved so far in transfer of technology to the farmers; and
- (d) the details of external assistance sought from other advanced countries and actually provided so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj d`'kd dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

(a) to (d)

: A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15/12/2015 REGARDING 'SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION'

(a) & (b): In order to meet the food grain requirement of the growing population of the country, the Government of India is laying emphasis on development of resource rich eastern region of the country for enhancing agricultural production. This would also help in  reducing  the  over  exploitation  of  natural  resources  in  north  western  region,  the traditional food bowl of the country. Accordingly, the Government of India launched in a programme  in  the  year  2011-12  of    'Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India (BGREI)' -a sub scheme  of Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  in  seven  eastern States of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (East) and West Bengal.  The  objective  of  the  programme  is  to  increase  the  productivity  of  rice  based cropping system by promotion of recommended agricultural technologies by addressing the  underlying  key  constraints  of  different  agro  climatic  sub  regions.  Central  Rice Research  Institute  (CRRI),  Cuttack  has  been  assigned  the  responsibility  of  providing technical  backstopping  to  the  programme.  A  three  tier  monitoring  structure  has  been created at National, State and District levels with the active involvement of agricultural scientists of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), State agricultural Universities (SAUs) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs).

(c) & (d): An amount of Rs. 400 crores was allocated for the programme for the years 2010-11  &  2011-12.  Looking  to  the  significant  impact  of  the  programme  during  the course of its implementation in last two years, the budget allocation was enhanced to Rs. 1000 crores during 2012-13. The same amount was allocated for the years 2013-14 and 2014-15.  During  2015-16  an  amount  of  Rs.  512.50  crore  as  central  share  has  been earmarked for implementation of the programme.

During  the  last  five  years(2010-2014)  and  the  current  year  601  improved varieties/hybrids  have  been  developed  for  different  crops  with  regard  to  Cereals(340), Oilseeds(97),  Pulses(88),  Fibre  Crops(32),  Forage  Crops(23),  Sugar  Crops(21).  During the last  year 2014-15 eighty one high yielding field crop varieties/hybrids having good tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses were released for cultivation in different agro-ecosystems  of  the  country.  These  includes  19  of  rice,12  wheat,6  barley,  11 maize(hybrids), 9 millets,7 oilseeds,11 pulses (including 2 of greengram,2each of pigeon pea and field pea and 1 each of black gram, chickpea, lentil; horse gram and cowpea),2 sugarcane and 4 varieties/hybrids of forage crops.

Various technologies developed include integrated pest management, plant disease management  systems,  biological  control,  seed  production,  protection,  enhancement, certification  and  processing  techniques,  use  of  plant  growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), plant quarantine and biosafety, induced mutation technologies, use of biotechnological tools and techniques, use of pre-breeding technologies, crop improvement through germplasm exploitation and use including wild species, production and  protection  technologies  for  rice  fallows,  CMS  based  technologies  for hybrid production, augmented pollination for improved productivity, pre-harvest   crop  health monitoring, bio-acoustics techniques in management of crop loss etc.

A chromosome-based draft sequence of genome of bread wheat, one of the hardest crop-plants  to  decode  due  to  its  huge  genome  size  and  three  sets  of  highly  similar chromosomes  in  the  genome  was  published  by  the  scientists  of  the  ICAR's  National Research  Centre  on  Plant  Biotechnology,  Punjab  Agricultural  University  and  Delhi University, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium. A new rice blast resistance gene was cloned, which confers high degree of resistance against blast. A megaspore mother cell-specific promoter FM-1 was isolated from Arabidopsis, confirmed by sequencing and cloned into pCAMBIA 1305.2. A novel adult  plant  resistance  (Apr)  gene  for  leaf  rust  resistance  was  transferred  from  wild relative of wheat, which helped in achieving high degree of resistance to both leaf and strip rust at adult plant stage.

Two divergent lines of sheep were developed through selection. I diagnostics, a new real-time PCR assay for porcine circovirus-2 detection and loop mediated isothermal applications  for  detection  of  Babesia  gibsoni  infection  in  dogs,  were  developed.  A methodology  was  developed  for  assaying  the  risk  of  introduction  of  modifiable  avian influenza  in  India.  Improved  machines  like  sugarcane  bud  chip  planting  equipment  to replace the manual method of sugarcane planting, rotary assisted raised bed former-cumseeder,  and  hydraulically  operated  cone  penetrometer  for  measuring  soil  cone  indices. Novel product and technologies were developed for the reduction of post-harvest losses, utilization of by products and creation/ generation of employment opportunities etc.

Thus,  major success has been achieved on adoption of new seed varieties, farm machines  &  implements,  nutrients,  pesticides  and  knowledge  based  intervention  as developed for different agro-climatic zones. Essentially, the objective is to increase the crop productivity by intensive cultivation through promotion of recommended agriculture technologies and package of practices. International institutes like   International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) are also working in the eastern region.

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