The Government has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz., National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NFSM-OS&OP) from 2018-19 to increase the production and productivity of oilseeds including groundnut & soybean in the country.

NFSM- Oilseeds has three broad interventions viz., (i) seed components covering purchase of breeder seed, production of foundation seed, production of certified seed, distribution of certified seed, Seed Hubs, Infrastructure Development, supply of seed minikits of Oilseeds, (ii) Production inputs component covering Plant Protection (PP) equipments, PP chemicals, NPV/ bio agent, gypsum/ pyrites/ lime etc., bio-fertilizers, improved farm implements, sprinkler sets, water carrying pipes, seed storage bins, seed treating drum, etc; and (iii) Transfer of Technology component covering officers training, farmers training, Cluster demonstration, Cluster demonstrations on Bee keeping, Frontline demonstrations, Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLDs) by Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Farmers field schools, need based R&D project including seminar/ kisan mela etc.

In addition of above, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- RAFTAAR (RKVY-RAFTAAR) provides provision for crop production related activities on oilseeds. Under RKVYRAFTAAR, the states can also implement programme on oilseeds with the approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) constituted under the chairpersonship of Chief Secretary of the state.

Physical progress under NFSM-Oilseeds during last three years is enclosed at Annexure-I and fund allocated and released under NFSM- OS&OP during last three years are as under:

 

Years	Fund allocated (Rs. in crore)	Fund released (Rs. in Crore)
2018-19	341.29	341.22
2019-20	341.93	317.57
2020-21	520.81	466.39

 

NFSM-Oilseeds and NFSM- Pulses are ongoing Centrally Sponsored Schemes for increasing the production of agricultural crops. The dissemination of new HYVs/ Hybrid seeds of various crops including critical inputs has resulted in record production of pulses and oilseeds at 25.72 million tonnes and 36.10 million tonnes respectively, during 2020-21.

Annexure-I

Physical progress under NFSM-Oilseeds during last three years from 2018-19 to 2020-21:

 

S. No.	Components	Unit	Progress
			2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
State Governments and UTs
	Seed Components
1	Purchase of Breeder Seed	Qtls	7489.96	5330.59	6903.00
2	Production of Foundation Seed	Qtls	29883.67	41067.68	37791.72
3	Production of Certified Seed	Qtls	82872.64	87944.86	102053.81
4	Distribution of Certified Seed	Qtls	160472.29	186598.12	121094.47
	TOT Programmes
5	Block Demonstration	Ha	196667.60	142408.71	133202.92
6	IPM Demonstration-FFS	Nos	1386	1600	1332
7	Farmers Training	Nos	2598	1516	1736
8	Officers Training	Nos	582	315	267
	Production Inputs
9	Dist. of Gypsum/Pyrite/Lime/SSP, etc.	Ha	265311	170668.02	184039.67
10	Supply of Rhyzobium/PSB/ZSB /Azato- bacter/ Mycorrhiza culture	Ha	102639	70542.53	73089.01
11	PP Chemicals/ Insectcides/ biopesticides/ weedicides/ bioagents /micronutrients,etc	Ha	103311.94	130986.64	87818.21
12	Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)	Ha	1091	2549.00	1696
13	Supply of Plant Protection Equipments (Total)	Nos	36774	16370	19134
14	Supply of Farm Implements (Total)	Nos	8504	4265	6204
15	Seed Storage Bins	Nos	18612	5557	2786
16	Distribution of Sprinkler sets	Nos	3576	2464	3602
17	Pipes for carrying water from source	Mtrs	4917311	2942361	1337851
Central Agencies
18	Breeder Seed Production	Qtls	2298.39	2106.04	1659.43
19	Foundation Seed Production	Qtls	16980.38	10213.08	22567.93
20	Certified Seed Production	Qtls	209621.06	58253.16	170659.36
21	Seed Minikit Distribution	Nos.	2008991	761649	1378779
22	Front Line Demonstration	Ha.	7265	5625	9220
23	FLDs Training	Nos.	39	28	65
24	Cluster FLDs	Ha.	53093	100463	71888
25	Seed Hub (35 seed hub established)	Qtls	12771.65	22780.26	-

This information was given by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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