Lok Sabha Question No. 494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centres Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha, Shri Devesh Shakya

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.494

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2026

## AGRI-CLINIC AND AGRI-BUSINESS CENTRES SCHEME

494.   SHRI BABU SINGH KUSHWAHA: SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is working on increasing agricultural production, promoting advanced farming techniques, and increasing farmers' income through the Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centres scheme;
- (b)  if so, the details of the quantitative impact of this scheme during last three years, Statewise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  details  of  the  average  number  of  farmers  covered  under  each  active  AgriClinic/Agri-Business Centre during the last three years, State-wise, especially in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d)  whether the Government has data regarding geographical distribution of these centres and the employment that has been generated through them particularly in rural areas such as Etah, Kasganj, Anola (Bareilly) and Jaunpur; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  district/parliamentary  constituency-wise  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a):  The  Government  is  implementing  the  programme,  Agri-Clinics  and  Agri-Business Centres (AC&ABC) under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE), across the country with the objective to promote entrepreneurship in agriculture among unemployed candidates  with  desirable  educational  qualifications  and  supplement  efforts  of  public extension to increase agricultural production, promote advanced farming techniques and increase  farmers  income.  These  Agri-Clinics  and  Agri-Business  Centres  are  providing advisories and input services to the farmers to promote production and productivity leading to increase in farmers' income.

(b): A total of 14,294 candidates have been trained during the last three years of which 6,933 have established their agriventures which include 3262 trained candidates and 1533 ventures established  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  details  of  programme  during  the  last  three years, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-1.

(c):  The  details  of  the  average  number  of  farmers  covered  under  each  active  AgriClinic/Agri-Business  Centre  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise,  especially  in  Uttar Pradesh are given at Annexure-2.

(d)  &  (e):  Geographical  distribution  of  Agri-Clinics  and  Agri-Business  Centres  and  the employment generated through them in rural areas such as Etah, Kasganj, Anola (Bareilly) and  Jaunpur  and  the  details  of  district  wise  agriventures  established  and  employment generated in Uttar Pradesh are given at Annexure-3.

## Annexure-1

State-wise quantitative impact of AC&ABC scheme during last three Financial Years ( 2022-23, 2023-24,2024-25).

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Number of Candidates Trained |   Number of Agri-ventures established |   Number of Farmers covered by the Agriventures |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                            328 |                                    65 |                                           37050 |
| 2.        | Assam               |                             32 |                                    29 |                                           16530 |
| 3.        | Bihar               |                            288 |                                   123 |                                           70110 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh        |                             71 |                                    39 |                                           26220 |
| 5.        | Delhi               |                              1 |                                     0 |                                               0 |
| 6.        | Goa                 |                              6 |                                     3 |                                            1710 |
| 7.        | Gujarat             |                            139 |                                    51 |                                           29070 |
| 8.        | Haryana             |                             22 |                                    11 |                                            6270 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh    |                              2 |                                     1 |                                             570 |
| 10.       | Jammu and Kashmir   |                             33 |                                     0 |                                               0 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand           |                             53 |                                    24 |                                           13680 |
| 12.       | Karnataka           |                            580 |                                   267 |                                          152190 |
| 13.       | Kerala              |                             50 |                                    35 |                                           19950 |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                           1182 |                                   551 |                                          314070 |
| 15.       | Maharashtra         |                           5197 |                                  2685 |                                         1530450 |
| 16.       | Manipur             |                             17 |                                     1 |                                             570 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya           |                              1 |                                     1 |                                             570 |
| 18.       | Mizoram             |                             17 |                                     0 |                                               0 |
| 19.       | Pondicherry         |                             16 |                                     8 |                                            4560 |
| 20.       | Punjab              |                              3 |                                     2 |                                            1140 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan           |                            865 |                                   390 |                                          222300 |
| 22.       | Telangana           |                            373 |                                    61 |                                           34770 |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu          |                           1594 |                                   969 |                                          552330 |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                           3262 |                                  1533 |                                          874380 |
| 25.       | Uttaranchal         |                             92 |                                    39 |                                           22230 |
| 26.       | West Bengal         |                             70 |                                    45 |                                           25650 |
| Total     | Total               |                          14294 |                                  6933 |                                         3956370 |

The details of the average number of farmers covered under the each active AgriClinic/ Agri- Business Centre during the last three years, State wise, especially in Uttar Pradesh.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Number of Agri-ventures established | Average Number of Farmers covered by the Agriventures   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                    65 | 333                                                     |
| 2.        | Assam               |                                    29 | 570                                                     |
| 3.        | Bihar               |                                   123 | 570                                                     |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh        |                                    39 | 672                                                     |
| 5.        | Goa                 |                                     3 | 570                                                     |
| 6.        | Gujarat             |                                    51 | 570                                                     |
| 7.        | Haryana             |                                    11 | 570                                                     |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                     1 | 570                                                     |
| 9.        | Jharkhand           |                                    24 | 185                                                     |
| 10.       | Karnataka           |                                   267 | 480                                                     |
| 11.       | Kerala              |                                    35 | 174                                                     |
| 12.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                   551 | 376                                                     |
| 13.       | Maharashtra         |                                  2685 | 442                                                     |
| 14.       | Manipur             |                                     1 | 570                                                     |
| 15.       | Meghalaya           |                                     1 | 570                                                     |
| 16.       | Pondicherry         |                                     8 | 428                                                     |
| 17.       | Punjab              |                                     2 | 570                                                     |
| 18.       | Rajasthan           |                                   390 | 570                                                     |
| 19.       | Telangana           |                                    61 | 570                                                     |
| 20.       | Tamil Nadu          |                                   969 | 570                                                     |
| 21.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                                  1533 | 570                                                     |
| 22.       | Uttaranchal         |                                    39 | 570                                                     |
| 23.       | West Bengal         |                                    45 | 570                                                     |
| Total     | Total               |                                  6933 |                                                         |

Geographical  distribution  of  Agri-Clinics  and  Agri-Business  Centres  and  the employment generated in district wise including rural areas such as Etah, Kasganj, Aonla (Bareilly) and Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the District   | No. of Ventures Established   | Average Employment generated                                                                           |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Barabanki              | 69                            | As per the latest impact evaluation study, each agriventure is providing employment to 6 persons on an |
|         2 | Bareilly               | 64                            |                                                                                                        |
|         3 | Pilibhit               | 54                            |                                                                                                        |
|         4 | Auraiya                | 42                            |                                                                                                        |
|         5 | Amroha                 | 41                            |                                                                                                        |
|         6 | Shamli                 | 47                            |                                                                                                        |
|         7 | Agra                   | 37                            |                                                                                                        |
|         8 | Moradabad              | 37                            |                                                                                                        |
|         9 | Jaunpur                | 36                            |                                                                                                        |
|        10 | Varanasi               | 36                            |                                                                                                        |
|        11 | Gorakhpur              | 35                            |                                                                                                        |
|        12 | Allahabad/ Prayagraj   | 34                            |                                                                                                        |
|        13 | Bulandshahr            | 34                            |                                                                                                        |
|        14 | Lakhimpur Kheri        | 34                            |                                                                                                        |
|        15 | Rampur                 | 32                            |                                                                                                        |
|        16 | Kannauj                | 30                            |                                                                                                        |
|        17 | Meerut                 | 30                            |                                                                                                        |
|        18 | Unnao                  | 29                            |                                                                                                        |
|        19 | Azamgarh               | 29                            |                                                                                                        |
|        20 | Sultanpur              | 28                            |                                                                                                        |
|        21 | Kushinagar             | 28                            |                                                                                                        |
|        22 | Mirzapur               | 27                            |                                                                                                        |
|        23 | Saharanpur             | 25                            |                                                                                                        |
|        24 | Sambhal                | 31                            |                                                                                                        |
|        25 | Etawah                 | 24                            |                                                                                                        |
|        26 | Sitapur                | 23                            |                                                                                                        |
|        27 | Lalitpur               | 22                            |                                                                                                        |
|        28 | Fatehpur               | 21                            | average.                                                                                               |
|        29 | Bijnor                 | 21                            |                                                                                                        |
|        30 | Aligarh                | 21                            |                                                                                                        |
|        31 | Muzaffarnagar          | 19                            |                                                                                                        |
|        32 | Gonda                  | 19                            |                                                                                                        |
|        33 | Lucknow                | 20                            |                                                                                                        |
|        34 | Basti                  | 19                            |                                                                                                        |
|        35 | Shahjahanpur           | 18                            |                                                                                                        |
|        36 | Deoria                 | 17                            |                                                                                                        |
|        37 | Hardoi                 | 17                            |                                                                                                        |
|        38 | Ambedkar Nagar         | 17                            |                                                                                                        |
|        39 | Jalaun                 | 16                            |                                                                                                        |
|        40 | Budaun                 | 15                            |                                                                                                        |
|        41 | Etah                   | 15                            |                                                                                                        |
|        42 | Mau                    | 14                            |                                                                                                        |
|        43 | Firozabad              | 14                            |                                                                                                        |
|        44 | Ghazipur               | 13                            |                                                                                                        |
|        45 | Bahraich               | 13                            |                                                                                                        |
|        46 | Hathras                | 12                            |                                                                                                        |
|        47 | Kaushambi Mainpuri     | 12 11                         |                                                                                                        |
|        48 |                        |                               |                                                                                                        |

| 49.   | Jhansi                    |   11 |
|-------|---------------------------|------|
| 50.   | Mathura                   |   11 |
| 51.   | Pratapgarh                |   10 |
| 52.   | Sidharthnagar             |   13 |
| 53.   | Banda                     |    9 |
| 54.   | Bhadohi                   |   11 |
| 55.   | Balrampur                 |    9 |
| 56.   | Kanpur Dehat              |    8 |
| 57.   | Farrukhabad               |    8 |
| 58.   | Bagpat                    |   14 |
| 59.   | Rae Bareli                |   15 |
| 60.   | Chitrakoot                |    8 |
| 61.   | Hamirpur                  |    8 |
| 62.   | Ballia                    |    8 |
| 63.   | Maharajganj               |    8 |
| 64.   | Ayodhya                   |   13 |
| 65.   | Sant Kabir Nagar          |    8 |
| 66.   | Ghaziabad                 |    7 |
| 67.   | Chandauli                 |    7 |
| 68.   | Hapur                     |    8 |
| 69.   | Sonbhadra                 |    5 |
| 70.   | Amethi                    |    8 |
| 71.   | Shravasti                 |    6 |
| 72.   | Kanpur Nagar              |    5 |
| 73.   | Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj) |    7 |
| 74.   | Mahoba                    |    3 |
| 75.   | Gautam Buddha Nagar       |    3 |
| Total | Total                     | 1533 |

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