Question : Implementation of Agricultural Export Policy

(a) whether the implementation of new agricultural export policy will have a financial implication of over Rs. 1,400 crore and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the new export policy will promote cluster approach where identified districts would be developed as cluster to promote export through setting up of entire value chain for particular area specific farm products and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has approved a proposal for establishment of monitoring framework at the Centre to oversee implementation of agriculture export policy and if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether steps will be taken to mitigate the impact of new agriculture export policy on inflation in the domestic agriculture market and if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government has minimized export curbs on agricultural products to keep the domestic price under check and if so, the details thereof; and
(f) whether the Government is considering to remove or has removed all kind of restrictions on export of organic products including organic farm products and if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which this step of the Government is likely to boost agricultural export and help farmers in the country?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) Implementation of various elements of Agriculture Export Policy will have some financial implications, some of which will be met from within the framework of existing schemes of various Ministries/Departments of Government of India. Hence, it would not be possible to provide an exact estimate of the financial implications of implementation of the new Agriculture Export Policy.

(b) Yes, madam. Export oriented cluster development across States will be key to ensuring surplus produce with standard physical and quality parameters, which meet export demands. A Product / cluster is identified based on the existing production contributing to exports, exporters operations, scalability of operations, size of export market / India’s share, awareness about SPS requirements, and potential for increase in export in short term. A tentative list of identified clusters has been included in the Agriculture Export Policy (Annexure-I). The list can be expanded provided the conditions for formation of cluster are met.

(c) Yes, madam. The Government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to oversee the implementation of Agriculture Export Policy. The Committee shall oversee the implementation of Agriculture Export Policy and shall monitor the progress made on ‘Actionable Points’ from the Agriculture Export Policy.

(d & e)The Agriculture Export Policy, while providing a stable policy regime for boosting exports of agricultural products, aims at identifying the commodities essential for food security of the country. Under extreme price situations, a high-level committee would decide on putting export restrictions on such identified agricultural commodities.

(f) At present, there are no restrictions on export of organic products. The Agriculture Export Policy provides an assurance that no export restrictions will be put on the export of organic products. It is expected that this step would encourage farmers to take up organic agriculture, thus helping them to move up in the value chain.

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Annexure-I
Product Region State District
Banana
South Kerala Thrissur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
Andhra Pradesh Kadapa, Anantapur
Tamil Nadu Trichy, Theni, Pollachi
West Maharashtra Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur
Gujarat Bharuch, Narmada, Surat
Pomegranate South Andhra Pradesh Anantapur, Kurnool
Karnataka Belgaum, Mysore
West Maharashtra Solapur, Ahmednagar, Pune
Central Madhya Pradesh Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur
Mango West Maharashtra Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg
Gujarat Junagarh, Valsad, Kutch, Navsari
North Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur, Meerut, Lucknow
South Telangana Rangareddy, Mehboobnagar, Warangal
Andhra Pradesh Krishna, Chittoor, Kurnool
Grapes West Maharashtra Pune, Nasik, Sangli
Rose Onion South Karnataka Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura
Onion West Maharashtra Nasik
Central Madhya Pradesh Indore, Sagar, Damoh
Potato North Uttar Pradesh Agra, Farukkabad
Punjab Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Navashehar
West Gujarat Banaskantha, SabarKantha
Central Madhya Pradesh Indore, Gwalior
Tea East Assam Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh
Coffee South Karnataka Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Hassan
Marine products South Andhra Pradesh East Godavari, Vishakapatnam, West Godavari, Nellore
East Odisha Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Balasore
West Gujarat Kutch, Veraval, Navasari, Valsad
Chilli South Telangana Khammam, Warangal
Andhra Pradesh Guntur

Turmeric South Telangana Nizamabad, Karimnagar
Kerala Wayanad, Alleppy
East
East Meghalaya West Jaintia Hills
Odisha Kandhamal
Cumin West Gujarat Banaskantha, Mehsana
North Rajasthan Jalore, Jodhpur, Barmer, Nagaur, Pali
Pepper South
South Kerala Wayanad
Karnataka Chikmagalur
Cardamom South Kerala Idukki
Isabgol North Rajasthan Jodhpur, Nagaur, Barmer, Jaisalmer
Castor West Gujarat Banaskantha, Kutch, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana
Orange West Maharashtra Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
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