Annual Report 2019-20

Moreover, wheat production during 2018-19 is also higher by 7.58 million tonnes than the previous five years. Oilseeds production during 2019-2020 is also higher by 2.17 million tonnes than the average oilseeds production of the previous five years.

Table 1: GVA of Agriculture and Allied Sectors & its percentage share

Administrative Improvements

In addition, the Chairman of the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) advises the Ministry on pricing policies for selected agricultural crops. In addition, one public company, eight independent bodies, ten cooperative organizations at national level and two authorities (Appendix 2.3) operate under the department's administrative control.

Chapter 2

The Secretary is assisted by 3 Special Secretaries (including one Financial Adviser), 3 Additional Secretaries, Agricultural Commissioner, 13 Joint Secretaries including Mission Director-Sensation on Integrated Development of Horticulture & Mission Director- National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, Horticulture Commissioner, Trade Adviser, Horticulture Statistics Adviser, Addl.

Functions and Organizational Structure

Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005: During year 2019-
Information and Facilitation Counter: This counter provides information
Progressive use of Hindi: The Department has an Official Language
Reservation for Scheduled Castes/
Prevention of Harassment of Women Employees: An Internal Complaints
Chapter 3

Quarterly meetings of the Official Language Implementation Committee were held during the financial year. In addition to this, 42 subordinate/affiliated offices have been inspected by the officers of the Hindi branch of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare.

Directorate of Economics & Statistics

Overview

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare aims to improve farmers' awareness, knowledge and efficiency. Therefore, a comprehensive ICT strategy has been developed, not only to reach farmers in a better way to improve efficiency, but also to plan and monitor schemes so that policy decisions can be made with a faster pace and farmers benefit quickly.

National e-Governance Plan – Agriculture

Chapter 4

National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A)

MKisan-Use of basic mobile telephony
Development of Mobile Apps
DBT implementation in schemes of the Department
Major Schemes – Objectives
Chapter 5

Today, mobile applications and services are designed and released in different parts of the world. In case of National Horticulture Board (NHB), Coconut Development Board (CDB), Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland and National Level Agencies (NLA), GoI contributes 100%.

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

Brief of schemes under MIDH is as follows

National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
National Horticulture Board
Coconut Development Board The Coconut Development Board Kochi,

Physical and Financial Progress .1 National Horticulture Mission

Area, Production & Productivity of Horticulture Crops
Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalyan States (HMNEH) A. Physical progress

Financial Progress

National Horticulture Board (NHB) A. Physical Progress
Development of Commercial Horticulture through Production and
Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for Construction/ Expansion/
Technology Development and Transfer for Promotion of Horticulture

Special Projects

India Garden, Beijing
Kashmir Saffron Park, Pampore

Financial Progress: During the current financial year, funds to the tune of Rs

Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH ), Nagaland

Demonstration Of Production Technologies (On and Off farm)
Production Of Quality Planting Material
Training & Capacity Building
Skill Development, Model Training Course & Certificate Course
Nursery Accreditation
Workshops, Seminars

Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Calicut, Kerala
Directorate of Cashewnut and Co - coa Development, Kochi

Chapter 6

The Directorate is engaged in the production and distribution of quality planting material of high-yielding spice varieties and technology transfer programs in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities and Central Institutes across the country. The main objectives of the program are to develop new plantations with high-yielding cashew and cocoa varieties in farmers' fields.

National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

Monitoring & Evaluation at the National level: A three-tier monitoring
Interventions achievement during 2018-19: Recommended agronomic
Special Focus on Pulses
Production of foodgrain
New Initiatives for Pulses: Increase in number of districts from 468 of 16 States in
Zaid/ Summer Campaign
Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI)
Overview
Chapter 7

At the district level, the monitoring is undertaken by District Food Security Mission Executive Committee (DFSMEC) under the chairmanship of the District Collector. The finding of the impact assessment for the XII plan under NFSM is as under;.

National Food Security Mission

Oilseed cultivation is done all over the country in about 26.00 million ha, mainly under rainfed areas covering 72% of the marginal land and producing about 30.00 million ha. tons of oilseeds. The highest ever oilseed production was achieved in 2013-14 which declined during the subsequent 2 years due to deficient and erratic rainfall (Table-2).

Oilseeds & Oilpalm) – NFSM (OS&OP)

National Food Security Mission (Oilseeds & Oil Palm) – NFSM
Oilseeds and Oil production target 2022
Strategies of oilseeds production
Annual Action Plan of NFSM (OS&OP) during 2019-20

NFSM-Oilseeds
NFSM-(Oil Palm)

Budgetary Estimate (BE) and release 2019-20
Implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) – an initiative under NMOOP
Fund flow (%) under SCSP and TSP
Women beneficiaries
Extension Activities
Overview
Chapter 8

Strategies are being prepared in the country to improve the productivity (and profitability) of oilseed-based oilseed and oil palm production systems. Currently, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Odisha are major oil palm growing states.

National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) &

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Central Sector Schemes

Rainfed Farming System

Per Drop More Crop Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF)
Rainfed Area Development (RAD) RAD is being implemented as a component

National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA)
Central Sector Scheme of Soil Conservation Training Centre-

Objectives of the restructured National Bamboo Mission are
List of Technical Support Groups under NBM
Physical Progress
Other Initiatives taken
Quality Planting Material
Research & Development
Agarbatti Sector
Construction Sector
NITI Aayog Initiatives

Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)

Financial Progress
Physical Progress
Climate Change

Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI)
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) & Organic Farming

Major Schemes and its Objectives
Assessment of Fertilizers:-
Soil Health Management (SHM) Soil Health Management (SHM) is one of
Soil Health Card
Financial Status
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is the first comprehensive
The components of the scheme are as follows
Physical and Financial Progress of the PKVY scheme
Brand Name under PKVY
Expenditure Status
Best Practices Adopted by some of the States under PKVY
Certification mechanism under PKVY In order to promote the domestic organic

After consultation with the States, Fertilizer Department and Lead Fertilizer Suppliers, etc., the total requirement for each State is estimated for the season. The new scheme guidelines have been uploaded on the website www.agricoop.nic.in 2. The PKVY scheme is implemented by the State Government on per hectare basis for 500-1000 hectares of area in each group for the group of farmers having a total area of 20 hectares as far as possible in a continuous area within a village.

Major Components of MOVCDNER

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched a central sector scheme titled Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region for implementation in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura during 2015-16 to 2017 - 18. The scheme aims to develop certified organic production in a value chain mode to connect growers with consumers and to support the development of the entire value chain from inputs, seeds, certification and creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand. building.

Physical and Financial Progress report of MOVCDNER scheme

Success Stories
OVERVIEW
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

Salient features

She has started upgrading her existing units with the funds under MOVCDNER and has started marketing Organic Chakhao under the scheme. On 1.6.2019, the scheme was extended to include all farmers, regardless of the size of their land holdings.

Chapter 9

The Farmer Welfare Division of this department is entrusted with the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of two new central sector schemes of the government, namely the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY ).

Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) & Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY)

Aims and objective of the Schème
Beneficiaries of the Scheme All landholding farmer families across the
Exclusion criteria
Mechanism of Implementation of the Scheme
Review, Monitoring and Grievance Redressal Mechanism
Setting up of Project Monitoring Unit (PMU)
Release of funds
Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanD - han Yojana (PM-KMY)

Salient features
Aims and objective of the Schème
Beneficiaries of the Scheme All Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in all
Exclusion criteria
Mechanism of Implementation of the Scheme
Review, Monitoring and Grievance Redressal Mechanism
Project Monitoring Unit (PMU)
Farmers registered so far: So far (as on 3.12.2019), 18,84,323 farmers have

Chapter 10

The responsibility of identifying the farmer family of land owners who are eligible for benefits under the scheme lies with the State/UT Government. The overall implementation of the scheme would be done by the Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) established for the PM-Kisan scheme at the central level in DAC&FW.

Crop Insurance

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS)
Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS)
Policy initiatives for increasing the flow of credit

Agriculture Credit: Target and Achievement

Chapter 11

All farmers, whether shareholding or tenant farmers, including women farmers cultivating crops in areas notified by the concerned State/UT Government are eligible for coverage under the scheme and can insure themselves as per the provisions of the scheme. Thus, women borrower farmers are mandatorily covered under the scheme and non-borrower women farmers are required to take crop insurance from approved channels viz.

Agricultural Credit

Interest Subvention Scheme The Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) was
Kisan Credit Card Scheme (KCC)
Overview
Chapter 12

Camps are being organized on a per-bank or per-village basis to provide KCC to all eligible farmers within 14 days of receiving the farmer's application. The agricultural sector needs structured and functional markets, preferably close to farmers, to stimulate growth, employment, remunerative prices and economic prosperity in the country's rural areas.

Agricultural Marketing

Agricultural Marketing Reforms .1 Objective

Achievements

The essence of the model APLM Act, 2017 is to give complete freedom to cultivators and livestock breeders to sell their produce, livestock and its product to buyers and through the marketing channel of their choice, offer the better deal. DMI, an affiliated office of DAC&FW, has formulated and uploaded tradable parameters for 150 raw materials. e) Considering the importance of integrating farmers, including fruit and vegetable growers, with agro-industries with the aim of mitigating market and price uncertainty, reducing post-harvest losses and creating rural employment, the Ministry formulated and promulgated a model law; “ ---State/ UT agricultural products and livestock contract farming.

Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)

Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)
Marketing Research &
Strengthening of Agmark Grading Facilities (SAGF)
Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural
Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)

Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Development, Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) implemented since then are being merged into one scheme known as Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) w.e.f. The main objective of the scheme is to promote the development of agricultural marketing infrastructure, including storage infrastructure in the country.

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

Scheme Design
Marketing Reforms Mandatory for Joining e-NAM
Objectives of e-NAM
Benefits to Farmers
Performance at a glance (till 31 st December 2019)
Key features of e-NAM

To implement reforms in a targeted manner in various reform areas, the department has identified three reforms and made them mandatory as a condition for the state's participation in the e-NAM program. The main objectives of the scheme are: . i. promoting better marketing opportunities for farmers/producer organizations/sellers through online access to more buyers/markets, eliminating information asymmetry between farmers and traders, better and real-time price discovery based on actual supply and demand of agricultural commodities, transparency during the auction process prices are in line with the quality of the products, online payments etc. which contribute to marketing efficiency; ..ii. establishing quality testing systems for quality assurance to promote informed bidding by buyers; . iii. to streamline and make marketing/transaction procedures uniform across all markets to promote the efficient functioning of markets; ..iv. integrating regulated wholesale agricultural markets, first at the state level and eventually across the country through a common online market platform, to facilitate pan-India trade in agricultural commodities. v. promoting stable prices and the availability of quality products for consumers.

Unified trading licensing system for inter State trade

Farmer Friendly Mobile App

Discounts to Traders at the Time of e-Payment

Bunching of Multiple Invoices

Auto Sale Agreement

BHIM Payment Facility

Logistic Information Module

GPS based feature: A GPS based feature to show e-NAM mandis with

State level e-NAM meetings for on boarding FPOs
Inter-State trade on e-NAM platform
Awareness & Training Programs Conducted Training Program Gallery

The Prime Minister's flagship program e-NAM has recently achieved another milestone by initiating inter-state trade between mandis of two different states. Inter-state trade has started in 20 items (which include fruits, vegetables, pulses, grains, oilseeds, spices, etc.).

Chapter 13

This Department also implements the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 under which multi-state co-operative societies are registered. It is an act to consolidate the law relating to cooperative societies with objects not limited to one state and serving the interests of members in more than one state, to promote the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of cooperatives as people's institutions based on self-help and mutual aid and to enable them to promote their economic and social betterment and to provide them with functional autonomy.

Agricultural Cooperation

Amendment to the Constitution in Respect of Cooperatives
Major Schemes and Objectives

Assistance to NCDC Programmes for Development of Cooperatives
Assistance to Cooperative Education and Training

Scheme under Umbrella Scheme of PM-AASHA implemented by the
Income / Production and Target/

Assistance to NCDC Programmes for Development of
Cold Storage: As on 31.03.2019, 323 cold storage projects have been organized/
Foodgrains: NCDC provides financial assistance for setting up of
Cooperatives for Weaker Sections: NCDC is promoting and
Consumer Cooperatives
Computerisation of Cooperatives
Integrated Cooperative
Cooperatives in Least-Developed/
Cooperatively Under-Developed States/UTs: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Development of Women Cooperatives: NCDC encourages

Assistance to Multi-State Cooperative Societies

All India Federation of Cooperative Spinning Mills Ltd
National Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks’
National Federation of State Cooperative Banks Ltd., (NAFSCOB),
National Labour Cooperatives Federation of India Ltd. (NLCF), New
National Federation of Fishers Cooperative Ltd. (FISHCOPFED), New

The objectives of the Federation are
Assistance for Cooperative Education and Training

Training Network of NCCT
Objectives of NCCT
Collaborative Programmes organised in association with other
TARGET AND ACHIEVEMENT

Overview
India’s Agriculture Trade
Chapter 14

Since the inception of the scheme, NCDC has released an amount of Rs.466.80 crore. e) Jute: The scheme for the development of jute cooperatives includes the establishment/. FISHCOPFED) is a federation of national level fishing cooperatives and the apex institute of the Indian Fisheries Cooperative Movement.

Agricultural Trade

Agricultural Exports and Imports .1 Export of agricultural commodities has
Agriculture Export Policy (AEP) An Agriculture Export Policy was rolled out in
Foreign Trade Policy

Recent measures taken on foreign trade policy of agricultural

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy in Agriculture

Time series of FDI in agriculture in India is given in Table 3 below

Goods and Services Tax

Service Tax on the agricultural sector: Most service activities relating to
WTO Meetings
Strengthening India’s Agri Export –Creation of Agri-Cells in

Institutional Mechanism for In- House Knowledge Management
Overview
Chapter 15

According to WTO Trade Statistics, the share of India's agricultural exports and imports in world agricultural trade in 2018 was 2.15%. Import of vegetable oils in 2018-19 accounted for about 50% of India's total import of Agri and allied.

Table 1: India’s Exports of Top-10 Agricultural Commodities

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

Objectives of the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme
Funding pattern under RKVY- RAFTAAR
District and State Agricultural Plans: RKVY guidelines recognize the
Income/Production and Target/
Implementation of sub-schemes RKVY-RAFTAAR also has provision for
Success Stories
Chapter 16

BACKYARD POULTRY - A BLESSING TO THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY (A Success Story of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University) THE INITIATIVE. Tribal families were trained by the Chamber of Commerce scientists for the maintenance of backyard poultry with improved breeds.

Drought Management

Overview

Minister (Agriculture), Embassy of India, Rome: The Office of Minister

The Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is the focal point within the Government of India for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Considering the specialized nature and increasing scale of interaction with UN agencies and their associated bodies, an Agriculture Wing was established under the leadership of an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India with the title.

Chapter 17

Bilateral agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), protocols and work plans with countries of strategic importance are signed and implemented for promoting cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other concerned ministries and departments and Indian Missions abroad. The Indian Ambassador in Rome is the Permanent Representative of India to FAO, IFAD and WFP with the aim of liaising and coordinating with these three Rome-based Agencies (RBAs).

International Cooperation

COOPERATION WITH INTERNA- TIONAL ORGANISATIONS

FOOD & AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Other International Organizations
As a follow up of the various MOUs, meetings of the following Joint Working Group (JWG) were held in 2019
MoU/MoC/Agreements/Work Plans

STRATEGIC GROUPS

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): The Shanghai

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS : .1 International Seminars/

Declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets: The Food

EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE

World Bank Assisted Projects
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA): Himachal Pradesh Crop
Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Under the Project ‘Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environmental

Overview

Chapter 18

Details of the major projects currently being implemented with FAO assistance in the countries are as follows: In addition, a meeting of the Standing Working Group (PWG) on Agricultural Issues of the SCO countries was held on 10-11 December 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census & Statistics

Target and Achievement during 2019-20
New Initiatives during Agriculture Census 2015-16
The Way Forward
Gender Perspective in Agriculture Census
Agriculture Census in the North Eastern States (NE)
Overview
Major Schemes-Objectives

SUPPORT TO STATE EXTENSION PROGRAMMES FOR EXTENSION

Chapter 19

Census of Agriculture is conducted at five annual intervals and the current Census of Agriculture 2015-16 is the tenth in the series. Agricultural Census data are collected following the Census Sample Survey method, after the end of the reference year.

Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)

MASS MEDIA SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRI-CLINICS AND AGRI-BUSINESS
KISAN CALL CENTERS (KCC) The KCC Scheme was launched on 21 st
Human Resource
National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA)
Income/Production and Target Achievement

SUPPORT TO STATE EXTENSION PROGRAMMES FOR
MASS MEDIA SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRI-CLINICS AND AGRI-BUSINESS
KISAN CALL CENTERS (KCC)
HUMAN RESOURCE
National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA)

PROGRAMMES OF NORTH- EASTERN STATES

Support to State Extension Programme for Extension Reforms
Establishment of Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (AC&ABC)
Extension Education Institute (EEI)
Mass Media Scheme in the NE Region: The programmes under the Scheme

Overview
Chapter 20

NGRCA of DAC&FW has been established in the Extension Division and is supported under the scheme of Extension Support to Central Institutes/DOE. Since the inception of the scheme till December 2019, over 459.58 lakh calls have been registered in the KCCs.

Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)

Major Schemes – Objectives
MODIFICATIONS IN NEW POLICY ON SEED DEVELOPMENT: - The National
IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD SEED SCHEMES IN INDIA
GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMSP: There is no
Organisations under Seed Division (i) Protection of Plant Varieties and
Photographs
Overview
Chapter 21

National Seeds Corporation Limited, State Seeds Corporations and State Department of Agriculture are declared as implementing agencies for establishment and maintenance of SAARC Regional Seed Bank in the country. Two percent (2%) of the total fund utilized under the component will be allowed as administrative charges to the nodal agency.

Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)

Financial assistance in SMAM under its various components: Financial
Training of Farmers & Technicians
Testing and Evaluation of Farm Machinery & Equipment: The Farm
Demonstration of Newly Developed Agricultural/Horticultural Equipment

Agricultural Machinery Training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs) located at Budni (Madhya Pradesh), Hissar (Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh) and Biswanath Chariali (Assam) as per details given below are imparting training to various categories of beneficiaries such as farmers. technicians, graduate engineers, entrepreneurs and foreign nationals appointed under international exchange treaties for the selection, operation, maintenance, energy conservation and management of agricultural equipment. CFMTTI is also the designated national authority for tractor testing under OECD codes.