(a) whether the Government has formulated any long term action plan to acquire sustainable resource management to provide a long-term solution in order to augment the production of green vegetables like onion, potato and tomato in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) whether it would result in increase of percentage production of green vegetables and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 235 DUE FOR REPLY ON 9TH JULY, 2019.
(a) to (c): Yes Sir, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) for holistic development of horticulture which includes development and production of vegetables. The scheme also provides for sustainable management of resources through Integrated Nutrient Management (INM)/Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and other programmes of the Ministry like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), Soil Health Card etc. The implementation of these programs has resulted in increased production of vegetables including Tomato, Onion, Potato (TOP) as under:
Production in ‘000 metric tonnes
Crops 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
(2nd Adv. Est.)
Onion 18927 20931 22427 23262 23284
Potato 48009 43417 48605 51310 52959
Tomato 16385 18732 20708 19759 19660
All Other Vegetables 83245 85984 86432 90063 91463
Further for post production, storage and marketing of Tomato, Onion, Potato (TOP), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana, has formulated a new Central Sector Scheme i.e. “Operation Greens”: A scheme for integrated development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) value chain with a budgetary allocation of Rs. 500 crore spread over 2018-19 and 2019-20.
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