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MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL RABI CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE - 2019

The National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign, 2019 was held on

20th September, 2019 at NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of

Hon’ble Minister of State of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Parshottam Rupala.

The Conference started with the National Anthem followed by lightening of the lamp by

the dignitaries. Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare,

Secretary, Department of Fertilizers and Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research

and Education & DG-ICAR participated in the Conference alongwith Agriculture

Production Commissioners and Principal Secretaries/Secretaries/Directors of

Agriculture, senior scientists from ICAR and officers & officials from Ministries and

agencies. List of participants is at Annexure-I.

1. Additional Secretary, Smt. Vasudha Mishra welcomed the participants and briefly

outlined regarding the purpose of the Conference. She informed that DAC&FW and

DARE have been working in association in 150 districts across the country on exploring

various options on strengthening and promoting the concept of sustainable

development of agriculture for which support of the State/UT Governments is needed.

2. Secretary, DAC&FW in his address stated that henceforth four conferences

namely Rabi, Kharif, Zaid and Horticulture will be organized by DAC& FW every year

given the importance of agriculture sector. He lauded the efforts of the States in area

coverage of the crops. He highlighted the importance of the seed and its availability /

requirement and requested states to look into seed hub programmes organized for

pulses, millets, oilseeds etc. He requested states for active involvement for distribution

of seed varieties developed by ICAR. He informed that from Rabi 2019 distribution of

seed varieties of more than ten years old shall not be allowed through minikits and

State/UT Governments are required to actively participate in making available the

newly developed seed varieties.

He informed regarding waiving of initial charges, enhancement in limit and fixing

timeline for delivery of KCC and requested State/UT Government to actively monitor

the issue of new KCCs through Saturation device in their respective States and send

quarterly /fortnightly report to this Department. He requested State Governments to

ensure that short term crop loan is disbursed through KCC, and ensure conversion of

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agri. gold loan accounts to KCC accounts for which campaign should be taken up by

them. He urged the States which are yet to furnish their comments on proposed changes

in PMFBY urgently. He informed that an app would be developed shortly for custom

hiring and states should take proactive steps to facilitate it. He informed that for

purchase of kharif crops at MSP necessary permission for procurement would be

granted within 72 hours. He intimated that for smooth enrolment under PM-KISAN and

PM-KMY necessary facility for registration of farmers at nearest CSC would be provided

and the facility for bulk enrolment of farmers by States as well as online facility for

registration by farmers would be provided shortly. He clarified that PM-KMY is a subset

of PM-KISAN and requested states to ensure that every eligible farmers of PM-KISAN

should be covered in PM-KMY. He informed that release of their installment under PM-

KISAN will be made after aadhar seeding of the data hence states should need concerted

efforts in this regard. Secretary further intimated that the data of eight crore farmers

covered under PM-KISAN shall be shared with commercial banks who agreed to look

into their coverage under KCC.

Secretary, AC&FW lauded the efforts of Government of Tamil Nadu in respect of

contract farming and informed that Department of Consumer Affairs has already issued

a notification through which contract farming has been kept outside the EC act.

Implementation of APMC and warehousing has been declared in Andhra

Pradesh/Telangana and requested other states to emulate it. Secretary further informed

that under micro irrigation funds of Rs. 5000 crores available with NABARD may be

used by State/UT Governments.

3. Secretary, DARE in his address reiterated the goal set for enhancing / doubling

the income of farmers by the year 2022 and informed that for achieving the same ICAR

is developing technologies and passing it to states the scheme of DAC and other

Departments. He informed that more than 5000 varieties have been developed by ICAR

so far and out of this more than 1100 varieties have been developed in past 5 years.

More than 50% of the varieties developed in the past three years are climate resilient

and have been documented and already sent to States. 45 varieties developed are bio

fortified genetically with anti-nutritional elements. He gave some examples of mustard

and wheat varieties developed recently, which should be promoted by states. He

informed regarding seed hubs established where pure high quality seeds are available

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and requested for support of DAC&FW and states for making available it to farmers. He

highlighted that Fall Army Worm is a serious threat and the IPM practices

recommended by ICAR may be adopted in toto. He urged that State Governments should

take effective steps for flow of information to farmers so that vision of the Government

from lab to land initiated for enhancing the income of farmers by ICAR should reach

them. Secretary, DARE informed that KVKs have identified 2 villages in each district for

doubling the income of farmers and requested for support of states in their emulation.

4. Secretary, Department of Fertilizer in his address informed that a dashboard has

been developed and requested states to ascertain their utility for supply position to

farmers. Requirement at district level has been created and requested that State

Department of Agriculture may oversee, modify and send it to DAC&FW / Department

of Fertilizers. He highlighted the initiatives of Department of Fertilizer for balanced use

of fertilizers and requested that new and innovative fertilizer is testified and the

knowledge may go to farmers. He further impressed that there is need for awareness

among the farmers regarding bio-fertilizer, vermi compost and other traditional

fertilizers. He informed the House that Department of Fertilizer is deliberating the issue

of passing of subsidy on fertilizer directly to famers as well as working on concept paper

on buffer stocks of urea. He requested the States to give their feedback on the proposed

initiatives in due course.

5. On this occasion, Hon’ble MOS (PR) unveiled a publication of ICAR called Field

Crop Varieties 2014-19. He thanked Secretary DoF for making fertilizers availability to

the farmers in time. He noted that both production and demand are made in time, still

there are problems in smooth transportation of fertilizer to the farmers during crop

season. He urged upon the states to ensure that local transportation facilities are

strengthened for quicker delivery of fertilizer to the farmers during crop season. He

pointed out that due to heavy rain and flood in some parts of the country, farmers have

incurred huge losses in view of damage of standing crops. The concerned States may see

as to whether these areas are covered under Fasal Bima Yojana to compensate the

losses to the farmers.

Honourable Minister while lauding the efforts of the states in achieving record

production of pulses desired that states should aggressively focus on oilseed production

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to cut the import subsidy sizeable. He informed that India is celebrating 150th Year of

Gandhi Jayanti and on this occasion we need a concerted effort to integrate schemes of

Central and State Government and launch an awareness programme and showcase

success stories to the farmers through a march. He drew the attention on recent attack

by tidies in Rajasthan and requested to tackle the problem in a cohesive manner. He

desired that district level approach may be adopted for achieving the goal of enhancing

the income of farmers. Hon’ble Minister stated that we are fortunate to work in

agriculture sector and appealed all the participants to work for the benefit of farmers in

an exemplary manner which satisfies your inner soul.

6. After the inaugural session, presentations were made by Agriculture

Commissioner on Kharif review and Rabi prospects followed by presentations by

various Divisional Heads of DAC&FW on schemes, programmes / activities and

presentation by representatives of Department of Fertilizer, ICAR as well as

presentations by representatives of state Government of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and

Uttar Pradesh on following topics :

i. Presentation on Kharif Review and Rabi prospects by Agriculture Commissioner.

ii. Presentation by JS(Seed).

iii. Presentation on Fertilizers by JS (Fertilizers)

iv. Presentation on Flagship Schemes of PMFBY/Credit

v. Presentation on flagship Schemes (PM-Kisan/PM-KMY) by JS(FW)

vi. Presentation on MSP Operation by JS( Cooperation)

vii. Presentation on Active role of KVKs in Promotion of sustainable Agriculture

Practices in Selected Districts to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversrary of

Mahatma Gandhi by DDG (Extn.), ICAR

viii. Presentation on Marketing Reforms by JS ( Marketing)

ix. Presentation by Officers of State Government of Karnataka on Public Private

Partnership for Integrated Agriculture Development (PPIAD).

x. Presentation by Officers of State Government of Tamil Nadu on Micro Irrigation.

xi. Presentation on Extension Initiatives by Officers of State Government of UP.

Copies of all the above presentations have been emailed to all State/UT

Governments and these are also available on the website of this Department i.e.

www.agricoop.nic.in .

http://www.agricoop.nic.in/

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7. After the above mentioned presentations open house discussion took place in

which representatives of the states/UTs raised various issues. The issues raised by

States alongwith response of this Department have been detailed at Annexure – II.

8. Secretary, DAC&FW in his concluding remarks thanked all the participants for

giving valuable suggestions during the course of deliberation. He impressed upon the

States/UTs to include all eligible farmers under PM-KISAN scheme and also requested

to look into the district-wise variation of beneficiaries under PM-KISAN so as to cover

all the eligible beneficiaries and launch a campaign for it. He also requested the states

to complete the task of verification of 5% beneficiaries and send a report to this

Department at the earliest. He requested that all the beneficiaries of PM-KISAN shall be

provided KCC expeditiously. He urged the states to prepare seed plan for meeting the

requirement of seeds including minikits. He requested all the states to actively

participate in the activities of the ICAR plan on the occasion of 150th Year of Gandhi

Jayanti. Finally, Secretary requested states to take concerted efforts for agri-marketing

reforms as well as for contract farming.

The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to the Chair by Shri Rajesh Verma, Addl. Secy

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Annexure-I

List of Participants in the National Conference on Agriculture for

Rabi Campaign, 2019 held on 20th September,2019 at Pusa, New

Delhi

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

1. Sh. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DAC&FW

2. Sh. C. Raul, Secretary, Fertilizer

3. Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, DG (ICAR)

4. Smt. Vasudha Mishra, Additional Secretary

5. Sh. Rajesh Verma, Additional Secretary

6. Dr. Alka Bhargava, Additional Secretary

7. Sh. B. Pardhan, AS&FA

8. Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner

9. Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, JS(GC)

10. Sh. Vivek Agarwal, JS(FW/Crops)

11. Dr. Tarsem Chand, JS(Admn)

12. Sh. P.K. Swain, JS (Marketing)

13. Smt. Chhavi Jha, JS(PC/RKVY)

14. Sh. Rajbir Singh JS(MIDH)

15. Dr. Namita Priyadarshee, JS(NRM)

16. Smt. A. Neeraja, JS(INM)

17. Ms. Shomita Biswas, JS(IT/Policy)

18. Sh. Ashwani Kumar, JS(Seeds/M&T)

19. Smt. Shubha Thakur, JS(RFS)

20. Ms. Gurveen Sidhu, JS(GS), DOF

21. Sh. Rajesh Kumar Kamra, ADG, DAC&FW

22. Dr. Ranjeet Singh, DDG, IMD

23. Ms. Subhra, Adviser (Trade)

24. Sh. Amitabh Pradhan, Adviser (DES)

25. Dr. B. N. S. Murthy, Horticulture Commissioner

26. Dr. M. J. M Reddy, GM, IFFCO

27. Dr. Man Singh, Director, DSD, Lucknow

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28. Ms. S. Rukmani, Director (Credit)

29. Dr. Virendra Singh, Director, DRD

30. Sh. Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Director (FW)

31. Sh. Pankaj Tyagi, Director(RFS)

32. Sh. K. R. Meena, Director

33. Sh. Arun Kumar, Director (Extn.)

34. Sh. K. C. Sahoo, GM, FCI, New Delhi

35. Dr. Anupam Barik, ADC (Crops)

36. Dr. S.S. Tomar, ADC(Crops)

37. Dr. Y. R. Meena, ADC (Extn.)

38. Sh. Kalash Chaudhry, DS(GC)

39. Sh. Prem Narayan Shukla, DS (Admn.)

40. Dr. Subhash Chandra Ram, DC (RFS)

41. Dr. Ramanand, DC (RFS)

42. Smt. Kamna R. Sharma, DC(Credit)

43. Sh. B. V. N. Rao, DC (RFS)

44. Dr. Ram Saneshi, DC (Crops)

45. Dr. Sanjay Kumar, DC (Hort.)

46. Dr. N. K. Patle, DC (Hort.)

47. Sh. B. K. Srivastava, DC (Crops)

48. Sh. B. L. Meena, Addl. Eco. Advisor, DES

49. Sh. Manish, DD(AC)

50. Sh. S. M. Khailkar, JD(Extn.)

51. Sh. Diganta Thapa, JD

52. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, JD, DoE

53. Sh. Balram Singh, JD, DAC&FW

54. Sh. Anand Krishan, JD(RKVY)

55. Sh. Sajith Kumar, JD, DoE

56. Dr. J. P. Yadav, JD, DoE

57. Sh. K. K. Das, JD(Crops)

58. Sh. L. R. Buldak, JD, DMD, Jaipur

59. Dr. N. Sathyanaran, JD, Faridabad

60. Sh. Sukumarmadi, JD, DCD, Nagpur

61. Sh. Rahul Singh, DD

62. Sh. S. M. Khelikar, JD

63. Dr. K. Ponnusamy, JD, DoD, Hyd.

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64. Sh. Ganesh Singh, US( RKVY)

65. Sh. T. Khaling, US (CA-II)

66. Sh. Brijesh Godra, US (Admn.)

67. Sh. Ram Kumar, CAO (DES)

68. Sh. Harit K Shakya, US (RFS)

69. Sh. Ram Naresh, US(GC)

70. Sh. Jay Prakash, US, DFPD

71. Sh. V. K. Srivastava, US (Trade)

72. Sh A. K. Jha, US(FW-II)

73. Sh. Shekhar Bose, US(Coop)

74. Sh. Ashok Kr. Singh, AC (Crops)

75. Sh. D. V. Dilip Kumar, AC

76. Sh. Yogesh, AC

77. Sh. S. P. Gupta, AC

78. Dr. Maan Singh, AC

79. Sh. S. P. Gupta, AC

80. Dr. Maan Singh, AC(NRM)

81. Dr. Chandra Mohan, AC(Seeds)

82. Sh. Mahesh Kumar Pandey, AD(OL)

83. Dr. Somanath Agasimai, AC(Crops)

84. Dr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, AD (Seeds)

85. Dr. Brijesh Tripathi, AD

86. Sh. Avinash Vanam, AD

87. Smt. G. Sandhya Rani, AD

88. Sh. Sushil Kumar, AD

89. Sh. Raj Kumar, Manager, NABARD

90. Sh. Rajesh Kumar Singh, AD

91. Sh. Anoop Kumar, SO (IC)

92. Smt. Sunita Gularia, SO

93. Smt. Jasbir Kaur, SO

94. Ms. Meghna Mukharji, SO

95. Sh. Sanjeev Singh, SO(GC)

96. Sh. Swarnendu Singha, SO(FW-I)

97. Sh. S. Sen Gupta, SO

98. Sh. Manoj Sharma, AD

99. Sh. S. R. Kachru, Consultant

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100. Dr. P.K. Saha, NC (NFSM)

101. Dr. Manish Singh, NC (RFS)

102. Sh. Vikram Shekhawat, NC(RFS)

103. Sh. C. M. Pandey, NC

104. Dr. D. S. Rana, NC

105. Smt. Neha Bhalla, Consultant

106. Smt. Akshita Goyal, Consultant

107. Sh. Bhupendra Singh, Consultant (NFSM)

108. Dr. D. P. Singh, NFSM

109. Sh. D. S. Mishra, Consultant, NFSM

110. Sh. Dilip Kr. Tiwari, Consultant

111. Ms. Vandana Vasistha, Consultant

112. Sh. Prem N. Saini, Sr. Tech Assistant

113. Smt. Niti Sukhija, ASO

114. Smt. Renu Ogra, ASO(PC)

115. Smt. Neha Kumari, ASO(Horti)

116. Sh. Raj Kumar Singh, ASO

117. Sh. Raju, Assistant

118. Sh. R. N. Verma, Assitant, NFSM

119. Sh. Prathvi Nath, TO

120. Dr. Subhadip Nandi, TA(NFSM)

121. Sh. Siddharth Tripathi, TA

122. Sh. Dharmendra Singh, ASO(RFS)

123. Sh. Rajendra Kumar Meena, ASO(GC)

124. Smt. Shubhani Saxena, Webcasting Crew, Extension

125. Smt. Poojita Singh, Webcasting, Extension

126. Sh. Jitendra Kumar, Software Programmer, DAC(IT)

127. Sh. Rahul Saini, MO (DMI)

128. Sh. S. K. Joshi, Extn.

129. Sh. Vijay Kumar, ASCO

130. Sh. Brijesh Kumar, STO(Seeds)

131. Sh. Ankit Kumar Verma, STA, DSD, Lucknow

132. Dr. Pooja Pande, TA

133. Smt. Suman, Accountant

134. Sh. Deepak Kr. Yadav, STA

135. Sh. Ambanna. P. STA(Crops)

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136. Sh. Vijay Kumar, STA(Crops)

137. Sh. S. Srikanth, STA, DoD, Hyd.

138. Sh. Suraj Prakash, Head Pro.

139. Sh. B. S. Rawat, OS

140. Sh. Shyoram, STA

141. Dr. Ram Narayan, STA, DMD, Jaipur

142. Dr. Arvind Kumar, STA, DRD, Patna

143. Sh. Nitin Chandra, JSO, DoF

144. Dr. S. K. Joshi, Asstt. Editor

145. Sh. Satendra Singh, Steno

146. Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Steno

147. Sh. Santosh Yadav, Steno

ICAR

1. Dr. P. S. Pandey, ADG (Ag. Edn)

2. Dr. T. Janakiram, ADG

3. Sh. S. K. Jha, ADG

4. Dr. D. K. Yadav, ADG (Seeds)

5. Sh. A. K. Singh, DDG (Extn.)

6. Sh. H. P. Singh, Technical Officer

NSC

1. Sh. V. K. Gaur, CMD

2. Sh. Deepak Rastogi, GM

NCDC

1. Sr. Bikramjit Singh, Chief Director

2. Shri Dev Kalyan, Prog. Off

PIB

1. Sh. Joyce Philip, DD

2. Smt. Rity Bora, Production Executor, DD

3. Sh. Arvind Kumar Singh, Rajya Sabha TV.

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STATES & UTs

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Sh. Arun Kumar, Commissioner

2. Dr. Prabhu Lal Singh, Director

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

1. Sh. Tadu Game, Joint Director

2. Sh. N. Ragrang, ADO (Dte. of Agri)

3. Sh. Okit Palling, ADO(Wet)

ASSAM

Sh. Manoj Kumar, Director Agriculture

BIHAR

1. Sh. N. Saravan Kumar, Secretary, Agri

2. Sh, Dharanjay Pali Tripathi ,Joint Director

3. Sh. Rajendra Kumar Verma, DD Farm (Agri.)

4. Sh. Ani K. Jha, Deputy Director, Agri.

CHATTISGARH

1. Sh M.S. Kerketta, Add. Dircetor, Agri.

2. Dr. S.R. Ratre, G.M, Agri

3. Sh. I.K. Jaiswal, Maneger, Agri

DELHI

1. Sh. Dalbir Singh, Seeds Agronomist

2 Sh.Somvir Arya, Agronomist

GUJARAT

1. Sh. Poonamchand Parmar, ACS (Agri.)

2. Sh. M. Modi, Directorate of Agriculture.

3. Sh, N.M. Shukla, Joint Director

4. Sh, M. Rizawan Ghonchi, Asst Director.

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GOA

Sh. Kuldeep Singh Gangar, Secretary, Agri

HARYANA

Sh. Suresh Gehlawat, Addl. Director (Extn.)

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1. Sh. D.R. Rajni, JDA, Agri

2. Sh. H. R. Thakur, DDA, Agri

3. Dr. B.R. Raju, JDA,Agri

4. Dr. R. Dhrenjay, SMS Agri.

5. Dr. Hem raj, DDA, Agri

JHARKHAND

1 Dr. Subhash Singh, Director sameti.

2 Sh. B.K. Zutshi Joint Director, Agri.

KARNATAKA

1. Sh. Prabhash Chandra Ray, Commissioner, Agri

2. Sh. B. K. Dikshit, Commissioner

3. Smt. Deepaja S.M, JD

4. Smt. Shobha H.B, Joint Director

5. Sh. Divakara. M.S, Additional Director

MADHYA PRADESH

1. Sh. Mukesh Shukla, Dir, Agri,

2. Sh. G.S. Chowan, J.D.A, Agri

MAHARASHTRA

1. Sh. Ekanath Dawale, Secretary, Agriculture

2. Sh. Shisode N.T, Director.

3. Dr. Bhaskar Pathi, Dy G.M

4. Sh. P.D Sigedar, Deputy Director

5. Sh. Hari Babtiwale, Deputy Director.

MIZORAM

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1. Ms. Lolengzami Haoai, Deputy Director, Agri

2. Sh. Varzamliana, PPO, Agri

NAGALAND

1. Sh. L. Hangering, JD, Agri

2. Smt. Temsunaro Aier, Addl. Secretray

3. Sh. Letkhalal Haugshing, Joint Director.

ODISHA

1. Sh. Saurabh Garg, Principal Secretary, Agriculture

2. Sh. S. P. Mohopatra, Project Director (Bamboo Dev.

Agency)

3. Sh. B.K Upadhyaya, Director Horticulture

PUDUCHERRY

Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy, ARC, Agriculture

PUNJAB

Sh Sarbjeet Singh, Joint Director, Agriculture.

RAJASTHAN

Sh. B.L. Meena, Joint Director, Agri

SIKKIM

1. Sh. Jagdish Pradhan, Addl. Director, Agri.

2. Sh. R.P. Thapa, Addl. Director, Agri.

3. Sh. Tilak Gajmer, Addl. Director, Agri.

TAMIL NADU

1. Sh. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, APC/Principal Secretary

2. Smt.S. Shoba, Deputy Director

3. Sh. P. Sankaralingam, Additional Director

4. Sh. S. Sankra Subramani

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TELANGANA

Sh. Balu, Joint Director, Agri WEST BENGAL

Sh Saraj Gwose, Addl Director, Agri

TRIPURA

1. Dr. D.P. Sarkar, Director (Agri)

2. Sh. R. Deb Barua, Dy. Director

UTTAR PRADESH

1. Sh. A.M Prasad, Principal Secretary

2. Sh. G.S. N. Kumar, Spl. Secretary

3. Sh. B.P. Singh, ADA, Agri.

4. Sh. Pushpraj Singh, DDA, Agri.

5. Sh. Masoom Ali Sama, SS, Agri.

6. Dr. R.S. Verma, PPO, Agri

7. Sh. R.S. Dixit, Engg, Agri.

8. Smt. Vijay Laxmi, PHD, Agri.

9. Dr. Saraj Singh, Director, Agri

UTTRAKHAND

1. Shri Gouri Shankar, Director, Agri

2. Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Joint Director, Agri

3. Sh. Vijay Kumar, MD

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Annexure – II

Issues raised by State/ UT Governments and response of this Department thereto

during open house discussion in the Rabi Conference, 2019

Odisha :

i. Under PSS there is a need to assure farmers for purchase of pulses and oilseeds

based on last three years production and accordingly target may be fixed.

ii. Under Fasal Bima Yojana although there is a provision for crop damage by wild

animals but 100 % of the premium is borne by states. Further, the coverage due

to inundation provided previously has been removed.

iii. Smart phone are used for Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) for data collection for

which incentives should be given to farmers.

iv. Dashboard has been developed at block level for monitoring of various Central /

State schemes and further, farmers profiling for customized advisory has been

set up through which voice messages are given to farmers within 48 hours.

v. Under PM-KSY subsidy calculation includes GST which may be excluded from it.

Response of this Department:

Secretary appreciated the dashboard and customized advisory developed by

Government of Odisha and requested states to emulate it. The issue of exclusion of GST

from subsidy component under PMKSY would be looked into. Based on estimated

production state may send their proposal for purchase of pulses and oil seeds any time

and the necessary permission would be granted by this Department.

Tamil Nadu:

i. Out of 150 active markets under e-NAM, fund for infrastructure

development have been provided only to 63 markets. For the remaining

market, software and use credentials may be provided.

ii. Under NFSM there is a cap of more than 10000 hectares for getting

assistance which may be relaxed for the production of millets and pulses.

iii. Under Seed Village Programmes, assistance is provided to 1 acre of land per

beneficiary which may be increased to 1 hectare (2.5 acre).

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iv. For seed storage godowns, assistance of Rs. 60 lakh is provided for 500 MT

godowns which is only sufficient to set up 300-350 MT capacity. The cap of

500 MT capacity may be removed.

v. Necessary assistance may be given in case of attack by Fall Army Worm.


Secretary informed that a meeting to deliberate the issue of Fall Army Worm has been

fixed on 1st October, 2019. Not a single reference of any State /UT is pending under e-

NAM. State may send a reference. The issue of Seed Village Programme raised by State

has been noted. JS (Crops) advised the states to send a proposal for assistance under

NFSM as a replacement of paddy area and for utilizing 10 % flaxi funds, amended action

plan may be sent to this Department.

Maharashtra :

i. The area declared as drought is not qualifying in CCE under guidelines / drought

manual.

ii. State may be allowed age relaxation for crop varieties in Vidarbha.


Secretary informed that in case of variation in monsoon state may use SDRF /NDRF

funds. Any damage of crop is covered under PMFBY. Additional Secretary, Smt. Vasudha

Mishra suggested the States to send a proposal in this regard. Agriculture Commissioner

informed that only for promoting pulses, oilseeds, millets and new varieties of gram, age

relaxation is provided. JS (Crops) advised to send specific case in this regard.

Karnataka :

i. For settlement of claim under PMFBY private companies are insisting on bank

guarantee.

ii. In Karnataka 100% crop survey are made through app developed.

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Secretary assured to look into the matter relating to PMFBY issue. He informed that for

CCE app has been developed and from kharif 2020, 100% CCE report of the State would

be through these apps.

Gujarat:

i. For promoting natural farming there is a need to develop crop-wise standard

practice.

ii. Necessary recommendation for pest management in field crop may be provided.

iii. Under micro-irrigation for MIS adoption there is a need to increase the command

area.


Secretary advised the representative of Gujarat to be in touch with JS concerned for

promotion of natural farming. For locust control only trained person would be allowed

for locust control activities in the farm field and promised to send alternatives in this

regard. For micro-irrigation state may send a proposal to this Department.

Andhra Pradesh:

i. Inundation of paddy earlier included under PMFBY has been removed is an issue.

ii. For quality testing of pesticides samples are sent to referral lab which is located

at Faridabad and takes a lot of time to test the sample.

iii. Under farm mechanization scheme the user charges in Tribal areas may be

further subsidized.

iv. There is a need to extend the age of beneficiary from existing years under PM-

KMY


Agriculture Commissioner clarified that the central insecticide lab establishment is

mandated to send the report within 30 days of its receipt. However, any delay in getting

the report would be reviewed. The issue of inundation of paddy under PMFBY has been

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noted. Any subsidy of user charges under customer hiring may be borne by State

Government. The extant decision of the Government i.e age group of 18-40 years will

remain eligible under PM-KMY.

Arunachal Pradesh:

i. Under PMKSY, subsidy @ 55 % is allowed under sprinkler irrigation system

which may be considered to be increased.

ii. The number of harvesting unit may be considered to be increased under NFSM.


Secretary informed that 5000 crore of funds are available with NABARD which may be

used by the states under micro irrigation system. State should suggest the number of

units required under NFSM and accordingly send the proposal to this Department.

Bihar:

i. In Bihar, there is large variation in the area shown due to floods and there is no

system for supporting such farmers. Hence, Government of Bihar has allocated

Rs. 3000 to farmers in the current kharif season. Government of India should

consider to supplement the subsidy for diesel and support to farmers in such a

situation.

ii. Registration of 95 lakh farmers have been made through DBT portal of State

Government and benefits under PM-KISAN, PM-KMY and other schemes of the

State Government are provided to these registered farmers.


Secretary advised the states to study the drought manual and advised that drought

should be declared tehsil –wise. He further informed that no proposal in this regard has

been received from State Government. Secretary pointed out that Bihar has a potential

to benefit 1.5 crore beneficiaries under PM-KISAN. However, only 43 lakh eneficiaries

have been identified. As such there is need to review the modalities for enrolment of

farmers which appears to be complicated one. Government of Bihar may replicate the

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scheme for identification of beneficiaries in UP and Haryana and consider to change in

the strategy so as to increase the coverage of beneficiaries under PM-KISAN.

Uttar Pradesh:

i. Under Seed Village Programme, there is cap on subsidy especially on rate of

seed which is high. The same should be considered and be removed.

ii. The cap of 1 acre area fixed under Seed Village Programme may be enhanced

to 1 hectare (2.5 acre).

iii. Under Soil Testing Lab scheme assistance of Rs. 1.20 crore per unit is

provided. For setting of 6 STLs fund of Rs. 7.2 crore is required against which

State Government has proposed to purchase 6 STLs of Rs. 60 lakh each

costing Rs. 3.60 lakh which may be considered.

iv. Age relaxation of seed variety may please be considered.


JS (Crops) clarified that seed subsidy for normal crop( high volume low value) seems

adequate. He further requested all the states to involve their agencies for distribution of

seed minikits. He informed that age relaxation provided upto 7 years will remain

applicable so that newly developed seed varieties can be populated. The proposal of

State Government to purchase STLs would be looked into.

West Bengal:

i. Under NFSM, oilseeds of less than five years old are promoted which may be

increased upto 10 years.

ii. For production of maize in new districts of West Bengal the provision of area of

10000 acre under NFSM may be relaxed. Use of flexi funds could not be utilized

as provided in BGREI.

iii. Seed subsidy for pulses may be given in rice fallow area.

iv. Financial allocation under mechanization scheme should be considered.

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Response of the Department:

JS (Crops) clarified that for commercial crops 5 plus 2 is equal to 7 years are provided

under NFSM and NMOOP. Flexi fund could be utilized and revised Annual Action Plan

may be sent to this Department. State should consider crop replacement model from

water guzzling to less water crop. For mechanization flexibility is already provided

machine –wise. He further informed that State Conference in this regard i.e. TFRA

meeting has already been scheduled to be held in West Bengal on 21st October, 2019.

Rajasthan:

i. Cap on subsidy on other intervention in PMKSY should be removed.

ii. No support for fertigation is provided.


State Government was advised to use labour component under MNREGA. For fertigation

support State Government may send a proposal with justification.

Chhattisgarh:

i. Under BGREI, availability of seeds has been ensured however, subsidy has not

been provided.

ii. Seeds of thyrus, niger and mustard are available which may be utilized by the

states.


JS(Corps) advised to furnish revised Annual Action Plan for increase in area as well as

requirement for seed subsidy. Representative of state was advised to discuss the issue

of seed with CMD, NSC alongwith available varieties for their disposal.

Telangana:

i. Under seed control order bulk seed samples are drawn however, the desired

companies are not coming forward.

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State Government was advised to send a reference to this Department for consideration.

Jammu and Kashmir:

Area expansion under maize and provision for vegetable seed should be considered.

Mizoram:

i. Oil palm should be included under PS Scheme.

ii. Oil palm cultivation in hilly areas i.e. hapunterrace where there is heavy rainfall

should be supported.

iii. There is a need for establishment of oil palm refinery in the State.


Agriculture Commissioner informed that Government is considering to fix MSP for oil

palm. Hapunterrace is a highly technical matter and IIOR would be involved. He further

advised that one private company namely, Godrej is already working in the State which

may be contacted.

Tripura:

i. For promotion of MI against the tender call only 2-3 companies quoted the rates

which were found at a higher side hence, further progress in MI is hampering.

ii. Under RKVY, funds for infrastructure Development should be provided.


JS (RKVY), clarified that the main objective of revamped RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme is to

strengthen pre and post harvesting infrastructure. The issue would be examined during

revision of scheme.

Sikkim:

Support may be provided for nutritional management.

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National Seed Corporation

Representative pointed out that various States had not paid outstanding dues towards

supply of seeds by that Corporation. He mentioned that nonpayment of outstanding

dues by States is accumulating in shape of losses to NSC.

Response of this Department

Secretary, DAC&FW requested to the representatives of State Governments to expedite

the settlement of outstanding dues to NSC.

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