MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.367DUE FOR REPLY ON 15-12-2009.
(a): National Food Security Mission (NFSM) has been launched since Rabi
2007-08 to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10, 8 and 2
million tonnes, respectively by the end of XI Five Year Plan (2011-12). The
year wise and crop-wise break-up of cumulative targets are as under:
(Million Tonnes)
Year Rice Wheat Pulses
2007-08 1 2 0.3
2008-09 3 3 0.8
2009-10 5 4 1.0
2010-11 7 6 1.5
2011-12 10 8 2.0
(b): Based on the state action plans, various interventions approved under NFSM
for implementation at district level relate to demonstration of improved production
technology, production of foundation/ certified seeds of pulses, distribution of
quality seeds of High Yielding Varieties of rice, wheat, pulses and hybrids of
rice, popularization of newly released varieties by minikits, Integrated Pest
Management(IPM), support for lime/gypsum, micronutrients under Integrated Nutrient
Management(INM), various farm machineries such as weeders, knap sack sprayers, zero
till seed drills, multi-crop planters, seed cum fertilizer drills, rotavators and
other farm implements, extension, water lifting and moisture saving devices,
training and mass media campaign including awards for best performing districts.
Besides, pilot projects on demonstration of International Crop Research Institute
for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) technologies on hybrid pigeon pea and enhancing
chickpea production in rainfed rice fellow land (RRFL) etc have also been
approved. Districts have been given flexibility to adopt area specific technological
interventions suited to the local conditions. An outlay of Rs.4882.48 crores has
been approved for implementation of NFSM during Xl plan period.
(c) & (d): NFSM programme has been launched since Rabi, 2007-08. Before the
launch of the NFSM programme i.e. during 2006-07, the production of total
foodgrains was 217.28 million tonnes which increased to 233.88 million tonnes
(4th advance estimate) during 2008-09. Thus, around 7.64 percent increase in total
foodgrains production has been achieved.
