The scheme has been introduced to help state governments issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country. Soil Health Card Portal aims to generate and issue Soil Health Cards based on general fertilizer recommendations of the State Governments.
National Crop Insurance Portal
Some of the success stories include use of satellite data used for removal of area discrepancies in Telangana, drones/satellite data used for yield data analysis in Gujarat and Maharashtra in Kharif 2016, use of satellite data and weather derived tools in risk classification and further rationalization of number of CCEs. State Government may adopt suitable technological intervention in consultation with MNCFC and concerned insurance companies to eliminate/minimize the cases of area differences, especially in respect of areas where chronic incidents are repeated.
Way Forward
Background
Pre-requisite Reforms in APMC Act
Objectives
Central Assistance
Benefits to farmers
State wise list of mandis integrated with e-NAM
States already integrated with e-NAM
AC&FW Secretary wrote letters to Chief Secretaries of 13 e-NAM countries. This assumes greater significance in view of the need to promote digital transactions for which mandis across the country have been assigned a target of 104 cr transactions.
States not yet integrated to e-NAM
The main focus areas of crop protection are in the field of plant production through the promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which ensures the availability of safe and quality pesticides to protect crop production from the ravages of pests and diseases, and the quarantine measures be streamlined to accelerate the introduction of new pesticides. high-yielding crop varieties, in addition to eliminating the chances of incursion of exotic pests and for human resource development, including empowerment of women in crop protection skills. There is a need to minimize crop losses due to pests by creating and harmonizing a knowledge base for crop protection and developing effective, economically viable and environmentally friendly pest control technologies.
Drought situation in 2016-17
The State Executive Committee (SEC) headed by the Chief Secretary is empowered to decide on all matters relating to the financing of relief expenditure from the SDRF in accordance with the items and norms approved by the Government of India. The IMCT report is considered by a Sub-Committee of the National Executive Committee (SC-NEC) headed by the Secretary (DAC&FW).
Items & Norms for assistance from SDRF & NDRF
Manual for Drought Management 2016
Broad Indices and Factors
Area Under Seeding – The extent of seeding is an important indicator of drought prevalence and severity, as seeding operations are linked to rainfall and availability of water during the initial growth phase. For Rabi crops, sowing coverage of less than 50% of the total normal sown area in October-November is a strong indicator of a drought-like situation.
Steps in determination of drought
Whenever the Trigger 1 is setoff, the impact indicators will be examined in those blocks/taluks/mandals for conditions of severe drought as per the matrix
Crop Weather Watch Group for Drought Management (CWWG DM)
CWWGDM will hold weekly meetings every Wednesday during June-September to monitor the drought situation in the country. Video conferences will also be held weekly on the same day with the state governments to keep a close eye on developments in the agriculture sector.
Crisis Management Plan (CMP) for Drought 2017
District Agriculture Contingency Plan (DACP)
- The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched on 1 st July, 2015 with the motto of „Har Khet Ko Paani‟ for
Further, under crop insurance schemes, indemnities are paid to those farmers who insure their crops and pay premium on the basis of any notified crop/area notified by the respective State Government. Eligible claims are processed and paid as per the provisions of the respective schemes and not on any other basis such as representation by the State Government, team sent by the Government of India, declaration of drought/flood etc.
ISSUES TO BE TAKEN UP WITH STATES
PMKSY adopts state-level planning and projected execution, allowing states to prepare their own irrigation development based on district irrigation plans and state irrigation plans. Post-harvest handling includes the aggregation, pre-conditioning (cleaning, sorting, packaging, pre-cooling, etc.) of a crop and is important to extend the marketable life of any product. Post-harvest treatment does not change the essential characteristics of the agricultural products and determines the quality and value of a crop.
Farm-level traceability and hygiene of fresh produce is also an important factor in scientific treatment, to protect consumer health. Details of harvest and post-harvest losses of major agricultural crops and commodities assessed by this study can be seen in Annexure - I.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
Issues
State post-harvest infrastructure created under MIDH (NHB and NHM till Source: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) till 2009, National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) Establishing effective agricultural marketing along with post-harvest management system would go a long way in doubling farmers' income.
This requires robustness of the arrival and pricing of products along with timely uploading of data by the States on AGMARKNET portal. The total storage capacity at Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporation (SWC) and state agencies is about 93.14 million MT. The storage capacity sanctioned (as under the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (then Rural Godown Scheme) sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) is approximately 62.51 million MT.
Inspection (DMI), was implementing Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) to promote creation of scientific storage capacity for storage of farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs, etc. to reduce post-harvest and handling losses, to pledge financing and promote marketing credit, negotiable warehouse receipt system in the country.
Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)
- Issues to be taken up with States
The physical and financial progress of the AMI (formerly GBY & AMIGS) scheme for storage is given in Annexure I and for non-storage projects in Annexure II. Issues to be addressed with countries:. i) Work has commenced with the National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) to geo-tag all storage infrastructures created under GBY and now AMI sub-scheme. Although most of these projects are being done in the private sector, assistance is sought from the Agricultural Marketing Board of the States/UTs.
Regional offices of DMI and NABARD will be the hub of this work. ii) Keeping in view the current and future production, storage and consumption scenario as well as the market surplus and procurement scenario, an action plan can be discussed in coordination with the state governments and other stakeholders for capacity building enough storage. There are a number of litigations related to release/withdrawal of subsidy under AMI, which need to be resolved on priority by the states. Proposed changes in the AMI sub-scheme are currently under review on construction of "farm gate" storage structures to enable greater access by farmers and also removal of minimum storage capacity to enable farmers/ FPOs benefit from assistance as well. vi).
All new applications, including from the private sector, shall indicate the storage capacity already available in the district and the proposed project shall be examined by the competent authority of the district to enable sanctioning and creation as per actual demand and utilization level of the present infrastructure. This will enable rationalization of sanction for projects to cover underserved/unserved areas.
Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN)
- Identification of Vulnerable districts
The drought damage to crops is caused by a loss of water balance in the plant's body. The occurrence of the drought is dependent on a number of factors such as crop selection and agronomic practices, soil types, irrigation coverage, drainage and groundwater profiles, etc. During 2014-15 and 2015-16, large parts of the country were affected by drought, causing widespread hardships for the affected population since the disaster included large agricultural states in the country.
However, in addition to the above short-term relief-oriented measures, the government's endeavor is to achieve the goal of drought mitigation through long-term measures aimed at climate change adaptation, restoration of ecological balance through the adoption of sustainable agronomic and conservation practices, sensible crop choices, etc. Conceptually, drought mitigation means the ability to meet the needs of local people basic material and physical needs - people and animals - during a drought so that there is minimal distress. To achieve the goal of drought proofing, it is necessary that drought mitigation measures be taken as part of the regular development programs of the Center and the States.
Many of these programs can be guided towards developing a sustainable drought mitigation strategy at the state level by taking advantage of the flexible funds available under centrally sponsored schemes. Mahalanobis National Crop Forecasting Center, an institute of the Ministry of Agriculture has identified 150 districts where there is drought.
Based on Low Income
- Initiatives by the States
Therefore, the government will reorient its interventions in the farm and non-farm sectors to double the income of farmers by 2022”. Furthermore, the report of the commission must be oriented towards implementation, while at the same time it must be supported by the appropriate data and information and their interpretation and extrapolation. It was explained that the initiatives of the department including "Management of Inputs", "Promotion of Beekeeping", Promotion of Pulses Production" etc.
It was also suggested that the activities of the knowledge partner, NCEAR, and the proposed ICAR-NIAP cell should not overlap. Strategy Cell (PSC) regarding farm income assessment and preparation of a strategic framework regarding doubling the income of farmers in India by 2022 which has been given administrative approval by the Ministry. These committees would get a macro picture of the growth scenario and indicate the annual growth rate required to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by March 2022.
The ICAR institutes have been asked to contribute by helping to double the income of farmers. Some states like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh have already devised suitable strategies in this regard. The Hon'ble Agriculture Minister has written to the Hon'ble Chief Minister of the States/UTs to devise suitable strategies in this regard and share the same for making a strategy at the national level.
DAC & FW) has also asked the state governments to hold comprehensive discussions and come up with a strategy that will lead to doubling of farmers' income and share their strategies with the central government.
