(a) whether proposals have been received from some State Governments particularly
Madhya Pradesh for plantation for bio-diesel producing seeds and setting up of bio-diesel
producing plants;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the action taken by the Union Government on each proposal?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a)&(b): Yes, Sir. Proposals have been received from various Government
Agencies in the States including Government of Madhya Pradesh for plantation of bio-
diesel producing seeds i.e. Jatropha and Karanja. These include proposal for nursery
raising, plantation and research & development. The funds demanded so far amount of
Rs.67437.89 lakh. However, only an amount of Rs.351.73 lakh was provided due to
limited availability of funds. The details of the funds provided are given in Annexure-I.
(c): These proposals were examined on case to case basis by the Union Government
and the proposals amounting to Rs.351.73 lakh were considered on the basis of
availability of funds.
Sr. No. Organization Component Sanctioned Physical Financial (Rs.in lakh)#Besides above, these proposals have also been revalidated for implementation during 2005-06 which could not be implemented during 2004- 05 due to ending of suitable planting season.
A. Promotional programmes
1 SDA, Bhopal Nursery-jatropha 250000 Nos. 10.00 Plantation- 250000 Nos. 20.00 Total 30.00 2 PCCF, Bhopal Nursery-jatropha 250000 Nos. 10.00 Plantation 250000 Nos. 20.00 Total 30.00 3 SDH&FF, Bhopal Nursery – jatropha 100000 Nos. 4.00 Plantation 100000 Nos. 8.00 Nursery-karanja 50000 Nos. 3.00 Plantation 50000 Nos. 5.00 Total 20.00 4# SDH&FF, Bhopal Plantation-jatropha 200 ha. 50.00 Neem 50 ha. 5.50 Karanja 50 ha. 6.50 Mahua 50 ha. 4.50 TBOs garden 20 ha. 8.00 Farmers training 2 nos. 0.40 Total 74.90 5# MP COS & T, Bhopal Plantation-Jatropha 90 ha. 72.50 TBOs Garden 3 ha. 1.20 Farmers training 5 nos. 1.00 Trainers training 2 nos. 0.81 Total 75.51 6# JNKVV, Jabalpur Plantation-jatropha 275 ha. 68.75 TBOs garden 9 ha. 3.60 Farmers training 4 nos. 0.80 Trainers training 2 nos. 0.81 Total 73.96 Sub Total - A 304.37 B. R&D Programmes 7 TFRI, Jabalpur R&D on Jatropha & Karanja $ +20.98 8. PCCF – (SFRI, Jabalpur) R&D on Jatropha $ +12.43 9. JNKVV, Jabalpur R&D on Jatropha & Karanja $ +13.95 Sub Total - B 47.36 Grand Total (A+B) 351.73