Question : PROJECTS FOR CROP SAFETY

(a) the number of projects/proposals related to crop safety received during the last three years by Indian Council of Agricultural Research; and

(b) the present status of the above projects/proposals?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTILAL BHURIA)

(a) A total of 290 project proposals received during the last three years related to crop safety.
(b) A total of 39 projects were approved and are in operation and 251 were rejected.