Transcript Recent New Initiatives - Ministry of Agriculture

New initiatives in the context
of Agriculture Development
Strategy for eleventh plan
UPPING THE ANTE
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture
Government of India
Mukesh Khullar
Joint Secretary
New Initiatives
 Strengthening Pulses Production Programs
 Four pronged strategy on Agriculture Growth in the Budget
2009-10
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Agriculture Production
Food Processing
Credit
Reducing Wastage of produce
 Nutrient Based Subsidy effective from April 1, 2010 (Fertilizers
and Chemicals)
 Rs. 100 crores for ‘Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Yojana’ as a sub
component of National Rural Livelihood Mission (Rural
Development)
 Additional Central Assistance of Rs. 1200 crores to
Bundelkhand for drought mitigation (Rural Development)
Tax Concessions
 Modernizing Mandis or warehousing
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Concessional import duty of 5 % and service tax exemption for mechanised
handling of food grains and sugar in Mandis
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Central excise and service tax exemption to specified equipment for storage and
warehousing of agriculture products
 Promoting Cold chain infrastructure
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Concessional customs duty of 5 % with full exemption from service tax to setting up of
Cold storage facilities and Processing units for such produce.
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Provide full exemption from customs duty to refrigeration units required for the
manufacture of refrigerated vans or trucks
 Promoting Farm Mechanization
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Concessional customs duty of 5 per cent to specified agricultural machinery not
manufactured in India;
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Full exemption from excise duty to trailers and semi-trailers used in
agriculture.
 Transportation of produce
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The transportation by road of cereals, and pulses to be exempted from service tax.
Transportation by rail to remain exempt.
Agriculture Development Strategy in the
11th five year plan period
Agriculture Growth at 4 % plus
Increased public
investments
Development of
Agriculture
Infrastructure’
Secondary and
allied
Agriculture
Food Security
Increase
production by
bridging the
yield gaps and
by good price
Horticulture,
Dairy, Poultry,
Fishery and
AH
Support Services
Water,
Energy
and Land
resources
Credit and
insurance
Procure.
operations
Fertilizers
and
Pesticides
R&D
Schemes
Schemes
Main Objective
Salient Feature
RKVY and MMA
Agriculture growth
Full freedom to States
NFSM
Food production
Strategically targeted
ISOPOM
Oil seeds production
Strategically targeted
NHM and TMNE
Horticulture
End to end program
Micro Irrigation
Water use efficiency
Sprinklers and Drips
NREGS
Water Harvesting
Small Farm
Development
Key Challenges
 Sustained higher production levels of food grains
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More focused working especially for pulses
 Regional disparity
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Widening the food basket
Broad basing the risks of crop failure due to climatic variability
 Rainfed area development
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Convergence – mechanism for horizontal working?
Watershed management – Large scale replication of good models?
 Risk mitigation for Climatic variability
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Integrated farming system for diversifying farm portfolio – horticulture, fisheries, dairy
etc. Wadi project of NABARD, Livelihood projects of World Bank?
Seed Rolling Production Plans for quantity of needed varieties– Seeds Mission?
Conservation Agriculture – National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture?
Effective innovative weather based Insurance products – savings linked crop insurance?
Increased buffer stocks for food grains – grain storage grid?
 Efficient marketing supply chain
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Scientific storage and management – fungible warehousing receipts?
Processing – private investments, logistics management?
Direct marketing – credible contract farming mechanism?
Union Budget 2010
4- pronged Strategy on Agriculture Growth
Agriculture
Production
Rs. 400 Crores
for Green
Revolution in
Eastern Indian
Region
Rs. 300 crores
for 60,000
pulses and
oilseeds villages
in rainfed areas
Rs. 200 crores
for
conservation
agriculture in
developed regions
Ministry of Agriculture
Reduction in
Wastage of
Produce
Opening up of
retail trade to
reduce the
farm gate,
retail price gap
Increase grain
storage facilities
through private
sector – FCI to
hire for 7
guaranteed years
Ministry of Food
and Consumer
Affairs
Credit
Support to
Farmers
Rs. 375000 crores
target assigned to
the Bankers for
extending crop
loans
Period of loan
repayment
extended by six
months to June
2010 from
December 2009
Incentive for
timely payment of
short term loan
increased from1
% to 2 % for
2010-11
Ministry of Finance
Impetus to food
processing
Sector
Five additional
Mega Food
parks to be
established
External Commercial
borrowings would be
available for setting
up cool chain
infrastructure
Ministry of Food
Processing
Focus on Pulses and oilseeds
 Strengthening NFSM Pulses
 Merger of ISOPOM for pulses with NFSM
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Accelerated pulses production program (A3P)
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More funds – about 1000 crores in next two years
Block demonstrations of soil nutrient and plant protection centric technology in
1000 units of 1000 hectares compact block each for five major pulses with an
outlay of 700 crores
Provision for extension staff at unit level
Inclusion of Jharkhand and Assam States
 More funds available under ISOPOM for oilseeds development
 Integrated development of 60,000 pulses and oilseeds villages in
rainfed areas with an outlay of 300 crores under RKVY
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Watershed management and water harvesting
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Dry land farming
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Community tanks
Field channels
Watershed plus activities for crop development
Convergence with NFSM, ISOPOM, NHM, NREGA and NWDPRA
Next Steps for A3P
 Prepare an action plan as per the guidelines for
implementing A3P from April 2010
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Identification of beneficiaries and units among villages
Preparing unit wise district level plans
 Ensure supply of gypsum and plant protection chemicals to
identified beneficiaries through the designated agencies
 Engage extension staff for unit level positioning and impart
an orientation training
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KVKs could be actively associated
 Capacity building for pest monitoring and pest surveillance
by NCIPM
 Modalities for implementing integrated development of
60,000 pulses and oilseeds villages being worked out
Inter State Productivity Gaps
Rice
State
Production in (‘000) tons
CAGR
2003-04
2007-08
Production Yield Production Yield
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Orissa
Bihar
Tamil Nadu
Chattisgarh
Assam
Karnataka
Jharkhand
Haryana
Maharashtra
All India
CAGR**
0.69
2.67
-1.45
2.13
3.15
-5.07
5.11
-0.14
-1.77
2.54
4.45
5.16
0.67
1.45
1.05
14662.3
8953.0
13018.8
9656.0
6733.7
5447.8
3222.8
5567.6
3880.0
2550.3
2310.0
2790.0
2835.0
88526.0
2504
3009
2187
3694
1496
1523
2308
1454
1534
2375
1695
2749
1853
2078
14719.5
13324.0
11780.0
10489.0
7540.7
4418.1
5040.2
5426.6
3319.0
3717.0
3336.4
3613.0
2996.0
96692.9
2573
3344
2063
4019
1694
1237
2817
1446
1428
2625
2018
3361
1903
2202
Yield in kg/ha
2003-04 to 20072008-09*
08
Normal Max
Production Yield
Yield
Yield
15554.0 2646
2550
2593
14207.0 3247
3080
3344
13074.0 2171
1986
2187
11000.0 4022
3876
4019
6762.0 1520
1540
1694
5668.7 1610
1233
1523
5201.0 2510
2783
3423
4391.8 1176
1353
1454
3775.0 1720
1448
1534
3690.0 2434
2846
3868
3304.9 1947
1628
2018
3298.0 2726
3072
3361
2311.0 1506
1729
1903
99153.7 2186
2101
2202
Eastern Region Development
 Additional Rs. 400 crores provided for the agriculture
development in Eastern Region comprising of Eastern UP,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal
 Funds would be released under RKVY. States are expected to
prepare an action plan containing the following points
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Identification of key technologies, constraints in development and inter se
priority for implementation for visible impact
Situation report on current initiatives, preparation of multi year strategy
for agriculture development in sync with the DAPs by pooling the resources
from State plan, and convergence with other ongoing schemes
Preparation of projects to implement the strategy in a budget proposal
worked out by each State
Allocation of budget for each State as per the proposal and approval of
projects within an overall budget allocated for each State
Mechanism for regular monitoring of the progress of implementation of the
projects
 Detailed set of instructions would be prepared in consultation
with the States for implementation from the Rabi season
Agri eco Zone wise Regional Strategy
Lower Gangetic Plains Region
Middle Gangetic Plains Region
(WB other than Purulia and hill districts)
(Eastern U.P. and Bihar)
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Basically a rice mono cropped area
Increasing the cropping intensity by
utilizing Rabi fallows after harvest of
Kharif rice by promoting the cultivation of
pulses and oilseeds
Diversification of upland rice areas
which are less productive to suitable
crops like pulses, oilseeds and millets.
Development of on-farm irrigation
resources through exploitation of
ground water potential which is
abundant.
Improving subsurface soil drainage
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Rice, wheat, sugarcane are the major
crops. However, productivity is low.
Popularisation of Short duration high
yielding varieties/hybrids of rice.
Promotion
of
maize
cultivation
especially in Rabi as it has high
potential
Promotion of early maturing varieties
of sugarcane for higher sugar recovery
Development of on-farm irrigation
resources thorough exploitation of
ground water potential
Cattle rearing, poultry, goat rearing
and fish farming as an off farm activity.
Agri eco zone wise Regional Strategy
Eastern Plateau & Hills Region (Parts
of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh)
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Management
of
rainwater
harvesting
and
storage
for
increasing crop productivity
Promotion of
High
yielding
varieties/hybrids especially that of
rice
Expansion of area under High
value cash crops and vegetables
Improvement in seed supply so as
to increase the SRR
Improvement in productivity of
crops in acidic soils through lime
treatment
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East Coast Plains & Hills
(Part of Orissa)
Rice is the lead crop in this zone.
However, the productivity is low.
High yielding varieties for water
logged areas and upland areas
needs to be propagated
Discouraging the cultivation of rice
in marginal lands and diversifying
in favour of oilseeds and pulses
Utilization of rice fallows for
increasing the cropping intensity.
Rice-fish culture
Improving soil drainage
Sum up
 Emphasis on Pulses through revamped
programmatic interventions and prevailing good
market price should help in achievement of
production targets of pulses
 Focus on Eastern Region that has huge potential
would help macro level stability of agriculture
production
 Enabling policies on market development would
bring in private investments for value addition to the
harvests and efficiency gains in supply chain
New initiatives Better targeting
and delivery of services
IMPLEMENTATION IS THE KEY
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