MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. A number of organizations of the Government are providing skill training to farmers. Details of such organizations are given below:-
• Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)
• Institutes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• State and Central Agricultural Universities (SAUs/CAUs)
• Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMAs)
• Institutes of Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
• Institutes of Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF)
• Government of India Commodity Boards
• State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institutes
• Other Line Departments and Skill Training Missions of State Governments.
• As far as marketing of farmers produce is concerned, the Government has launched National Agriculture Market (eNAM) which is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.
(c) & (d): State Government is empowered to undertake necessary relief measures from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), which is readily available with State. For calamity of severe nature, additional financial assistance, over and above SDRF, is considered from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) in accordance with items and norms of assistance, upon receipt of Memorandum from the State Government. Government of Tamil Nadu has not submitted any memorandum seeking financial assistance from NDRF during current year. However, during last four years, Government of Tamil Nadu has declared drought in 2016-17. In response, Government of India has approved Rs. 1728.48 crore from NDRF.
To address the increasing frequency of extreme events such as drought, floods and heavy rainfall, the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in four districts of Tamil Nadu namely Ramanathapuram, Tiruvarur, Villupuram and Namakkal are conducting demonstrations in farmers field on Climate Resilient practices and technologies.
These demonstrations comprise technology modules on Natural Recourse Management like village ponds, check dams, de-silting of drainage channels and efficient water use through micro-irrigation system; crop production with drought and flood tolerant and short duration varieties of paddy, black gram, green gram, red gram, ground nut, sesame, castor and fodder crops; live-stock production with improved breeds of cattle, poultry, sheep and goat; and other best practices like seed hardening for drought tolerance, green manuring, spray of Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrops (PPFM) during severe drought, broad bed furrow method of planting, tree planting on bunds and crop mulching. Besides, farmers are facilitated for establishment and management of seed bank, fodder bank, custom hiring centres through capacity building and institutionalizing of village level climate risk management committees of farmers. For this purpose, an amount of Rs. 1.68 crores were allocated during the last four years. The year-wise allocation of funds is given below:-
Year Fund Allocated
(Rs. In lakh)
2014-15 45.00
2015-16 44.00
2016-17 48.26
2017-18 30.74
Total 168.00
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