(a) whether the Government has provided or is likely to provide any kind of assistance to the farmers to promote and develop regional agricultural products in each State, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether any assistance is likely to be sought from the State Governments in this regard;
(c) whether any provision is likely to be made by the Government to develop clusters of farmers for the same; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a): All the Schemes of the Department endeavour to promote local agricultural products of respective States, as proposed by the State Governments in their Annual Action Plans. A statement indicating the major schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is annexed.
(b): The schemes of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare are demand driven and the funds are released to the State Governments on a sharing basis of 60:40 ratio (90:10 ratio for 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States) between Centre and States.
(c) & (d): Government lays emphasis on a cluster based approach in some schemes including - organic farming under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) through cluster/group /FPOs - Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), assistance is provided for strengthening /promoting Farmers Interest Group (FIG), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Grower Associations involved in development of horticultural crops - National Food Security Mission (NFSM) – Pulses & NFSM-Millets, cluster based approach is adopted for plantation of bamboo.