MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF
STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI ARUN YADAV)
(a) to (f): National Food Security Mission is being implemented in 476 districts of
17 States of the country. The mission was launched during the year 2007-08 with an
objective of additional foodgrains production of 20 million tons i.e. 10 million tons of
rice, 8 million tons of wheat and 2 million tons of pulses by the end of the eleventh plan(2011-12).
The crop-wise identified districts are as follows:
NFSM-Rice: NFSM-Rice is being implemented in 138 districts of 14 States, i.e., Andhra
Pradesh (11 districts), Assam (13 districts), Bihar (18 districts), Chhattisgarh (10
districts), Gujarat (2 districts), Jharkhand (7 districts), Karnataka (7 districts),
Kerala (1 district), Madhya Pradesh (9 districts), Maharashtra ( 6 districts), Orissa
(15 districts), Tamil Nadu (5 districts), Uttar Pradesh (26 districts) and West Bengal
(8 districts).
NFSM-Wheat: The NFSM-Wheat is being implemented in 141 districts of 9 States i.e.
Bihar (25 districts), Gujarat (4 districts), Haryana (7 districts), Madhya Pradesh (30
districts), Maharashtra (8 districts), Punjab (10 districts), Rajasthan (15 districts),
Uttar Pradesh (38 districts) and West Bengal (4 districts).
NFSM-Pulses: Under NFSM Pulses 467 districts of 16 states are included. All the
districts in 14 states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Gujarat, U.P, M.P, Maharashtra,
W.B, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Punjab, T.N, Karnataka and 10 districts of Assam
and 15 districts of Jharkhand are included under NFSM-Pulses.
The details of funds sanctioned and released under the said scheme during each
of the last three years are annexed (Annexure-I).
The process for midterm evaluation of the scheme to analyze the results/
outcomes of the mission by an independent agency has already been initiated as per the
provision of the operational guidelines of the scheme.
