S. No. State Total Area Coverage up-to March, 2017
(ha.)
Production during 2016-17 (in MT)
FFBs CPO
1. Andhra Pradesh 156532 1136579 190854
2. Telangana 16899 88549 19979
3. Karnataka 42397 11912 2051
4. Tamil Nadu 30311 7422 1115
5. Gujarat 5721 853 NA
6. Goa 953 NA NA
7. Odisha 20772 4965 NA
8. Tripura 530 NA NA
9. Assam 1035 0 0
10. Kerala 5778 34198 5929
11. Maharashtra 1474 NA NA
12. Mizoram 27410 4796 626
13. Chhattisgarh 3449 0 0
14. Andaman& Nicobar 1593 NA NA
15. Arunachal Pradesh 573 0 0
16. Nagaland 1173 0 0
Total 316600 1289274 220554
6.20 In order to encourage the production of oil palm the following major initiatives have been taken by the Government during 2017- 18:
• Cabinet has approved the note on
“Measures to increase oil palm area and production in India” in its meeting held on 12th April, 2017 with two major decisions as follows:
Decision 1: In order to encourage large scale plantation under Oil Palm cultivation assistance has been approved for undertaking plantation in more than 25 ha. area under Oil Palm.
Decision 2: Enhance of assistance under the components of oilpalm such as supply of planting material from Rs. 8000/- ha to Rs. 12,000/- ha., maintenance cost from Rs.
16,000/- ha to Rs. 20,000/- ha, intercropping from Rs. 12,000/- ha to Rs. 20,000/- ha and bore-well from Rs. 25,000/ per unit to Rs.
50,000/- per unit.
The above Cabinet decision will encourage big farmers, farmers co-operative, farmers organization for large scale oil palm plantation and the increased subsidy will motivate small and marginal farmers to grow more oil palm.
Mini Mission-III - Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs)
6.21 Assistance Under MM-III, is provided to promote TBOs namely Simarouba, Neem, Jojoba, Karanja, Mahua, Wild apricot, Cheura, Kokum, Tung and Olive having capability to grow and establish in varied agro-climatic conditions as well in the waste land of the country.
6.22 The interventions under MM-III are (i.) integrated development of nurseries &
plantation on the wasteland, maintenance of TBOs plantation, incentives for undertaking intercropping with TBOs, (iv) research and
development, distribution of pre-processing, processing and oil extraction equipment, training of farmers, training of extension workers and local initiatives/contingency.
During 2017-18, MM-III programme is being implemented in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh.
Central Agencies
Seed production, distribution, minikits and FLDs on Oilseeds during 2017-18:
6.23 In order to encourage the adoption of newly released varieties and improved agro-techniques in oilseed crops support is provided under NMOOP to Central Agencies viz. NSC, KRIBHCO, HIL, NAFED and IFFDC for procurement of breeder seed (B/S), production of foundation seed (F/S) and production certified seed (C/S), distribution of certified seed (D/S) and supply of seed minikits.
During 2017 -18 (Kharif and Rabi) a total of 3,26,970.13 qtls of breeder seed, foundation seed and certified seeds were produced.
6.24 Seed minikits of 8 oilseeds crops totaling 1809175 nos. were supplied during kharif, rabi and summer 2017-18 through Central Seed Producing Agencies.
6.25 During kharif/ rabi/ summer 2017-18 a total of 73275 cluster FLDs have been planned through 516 KVKs of ICAR in different states covering (groundnut, soybean, rapeseed- mustard, sunflower, safflower, linseed, sesame, niger and castor).
Research & Development (R&D) projects under NMOOP during 2017-18 :
6.26 Total Eight R&D projects on rapeseed &
mustard, groundnut, castor and oil palm were approach during 2017-18 under NMOOP as given below:
S. No. Oilseeds: R&D projects
1 Technology advancements and assessment for rapeseed mustard production in rice fallow area of Eastern India- ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur (Rajaasthan).
2 Innovation technology interventions for improving productivity and produc- tion of rapeseed mustard crop in Uttarakhand- state GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.
3 Enhancing income of oilseed growers through technology dissemination and marketing linkages for sesame and canola rapeseed mustard in Punjab –PAU, Ludhiana.
4 Commercialization of high oleic and high oil groundnut varieties meets demand from food industry and export market to enhance profitability of groundnut cultivation in India- ICRISAT, Hyderabad.
5 Area expansion and productivity enhancement of castor through quality seed production and adoption of BMPs -ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad
6 Augmentation of groundnut seed production in Rajasthan and Eastern India to enhance productivity and seed replacement ratio- ICAR-DGR, Junagarh.
7 Promotion of Oilseed Crops in Northern Districts of West Bengal”, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV), West Bengal
Oil palm R&D projects
8 Project on Biomass utilization, production technology, development of planting material, seed standards and training –ICAR-IIOPR, Pedavagi, A.P.
6.27 The department is also organising Kisan Mela, seminar, workshop, Brain storming session, exhibition for mass awareness of NMOOP programme and activities among the stakeholders including farmers. The details of events during 2017-18, are as follow:
S N. Event Venue Date
1 National Oilseed Kisan Mela ICAR- IIOR, Hyderabad, 10.09.2017 2 Groundnut Farmers Fair –cum Exhibi-
tion ARC-CSWRI,
Bikaner by ICAR-DGR 07.10.2017 3 National Soybean kisan Mela ICAR-IISR, Indore, (MP) 11.12.2017 4 National Workshop on Olive Research
and Development in India ICAR-CITH, Srinagar,
(J&K) 24-25, October
2017 5 Brain Storming session –cum workshop ICAR- IIOR, Hyderabad,
(Andhra Pradesh) 26.09. 2017 6 Exhibition stall at World Food India
2017 India Gate New Delhi 3-5 Nov. 2017
7 Exhibition stall at India International
Trade Fair-2017 Pragati Maidan, New
Delhi 14-27 Nov 2017
8 National Mustard Kisan Mela ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur,
(Rajasthan) 03.02.2018
6.28 Head-wise allocation of funds under NMOOP to the States, Central Agencies and the R&D institutions during 2017-18 are as under:
(Rs. in crore)
head Allocation of
Central Share
Mini Mission-I 347.10
Mini Mission-II 76.76
Mini Mission-III 7.48
R&D institutions and
Central Agencies 125.92
TOTAL 557.26
Surplus Staff Establishment (SSE/ erstwhile NOVOD Board)
6.29 Consequent upon repealing of the National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development (NOVOD) Board Act, 1983 by Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 (No. 23 of 2016) dated 6th May, 2016, NOVOD Board has been wound-up by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare notification no. S.O. 2925(E) dated 8th September 2016 and a Surplus Staff Establishment (SSE) has been created by order F.No 2-2/2013-C.A VI, dated 9th September 2016 of Oilseeds division of DAC&FW. As per the said order all the employees of erstwhile NOVOD Board have been transferred to the SSE w.e.f. 9th September 2016 and the services of the employees of erstwhile NOVOD Board are being utilized in the various sections/
units of this Ministry. A budgetary allocation of Rs. 2.75 crore has been made during 2017- 18, under NMOOP to meet the salary, pension, establishment and the administrative expenses of the employees of erstwhile NOVOD Board, under SSE unit of oilseeds division of DAC&FW.
Implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) – an initiative under NMOOP:
6.30 Notification for implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for NMOOP has been published vide SO 1343(E) dated 24th April, 2017. NMOOP-DBT portal has been created
to facilitate the NMOOP implementing states for updating the beneficiary details. The DBT-NMOOP portal is used by the NMOOP implementing states for uploading of the DBT linked beneficiary details.
Fund flow (%) under SCSP and TSP:
6.31 The release of fund under NMOOP programme is made to the states with category wise break-up for SC/ST and also there is a special mention in the release letter that the funds earmarked for SC/ST category cannot be diverted for General category. Even while conveying the re-validation of previous year unspent balance of fund to the states it has the specific mention of category-wise (SC/ST) break-up of amount that is to be utilized by the state.
Women beneficiaries:
6.32 While conveying the Budgetary allocation for Annual Action Plan to the States, 30% of allocation has been earmarked for women beneficiaries/farmers at the level of state Government implementing the NMOOP programme.
7.1 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) is one of the eight Missions outlined under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and aims at promoting sustainable agriculture through 17 deliverables focusing on 10 key dimensions of Indian agriculture. During 12th Five Year Plan, these dimensions were embedded and mainstreamed into Missions/
Progammes/ Schemes of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) through a process of restructuring and convergence. NMSA as a programmatic intervention made operational from the year 2014-15 aims at making agriculture more productive, sustainable, and remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific integrated/composite farming systems;
soil and moisture conservation measures;
comprehensive soil health management;
efficient water management practices and mainstreaming rainfed technologies.
Major Components of NMSA are :
• Rainfed Area Development (RAD):
RAD focuses on Integrated Farming System (IFS) for enhancing productivity and minimizing risks associated with climatic variabilities. Under this system, crops/cropping system is integrated
with activities like horticulture, livestock, fishery, agro-forestry, apiculture etc. to enable farmers not only in maximizing farm returns for sustaining livelihood, but also to mitigate the impacts of drought, flood or other extreme weather events with the income opportunity from allied activities during crop damage.
• Soil Health Management (SHM):
SHM is aimed at promoting location as well as crop specific sustainable soil health management including residue management, organic farming practices by way of creating and linking soil fertility maps with macro-micro nutrient management, appropriate land use based on land type.
Rainfed Area Development (RAD):
7.2 During 2017-18, RAD was implemented in 26 States of the country. Integrated Farming System (IFS) is being promoted under RAD including activities like horticulture, livestock, fishery, agroforestry, value addition along with crops/cropping system. As on 31.12.2017, Rs.
164.74 crores has been released to States for implementation of RAD and on 31.10.2017, IFS activities of about 23569 ha have been covered.
The details of the area covered under various IFS activities are shown in the following graph.