Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Funds for Shree Anna

Posted On: 21 MAR 2023 6:14PM by PIB Delhi

India is the largest producer and 7th largest exporter of “Shree Anna” as of 2021 and common type of millets grown in India include pearl millet (Bajra), sorghum (Jowar), finger millet (Ragi), and small millets such as foxtail millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, proso millet, little millet, and two pseudo millets such as Buckwheat and Amaranthus.

In order to promote and increase the production and productivity of millets (jowar, bajra, ragi and small millets), the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has been implementing a Sub-Mission on Nutri-Cereals (Millets) under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) since 2018-19. Currently, NFSM-Nutri-Cereals (Millets) is being implemented in identified districts of 14 states of the country. North eastern and Hilly States have been given flexibility to implement the programme as per their need in any district. State wise details of funds sanctioned for all implementing states including Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is as follows:

       

 Funds Sanctioned for Nutri cereals under NFSM during 2022-23

 

(Rs. in Crore)

 

S. No.

State

Allocation

 
 

1

Andhra Pradesh

8.700

 

2

Arunachal Pradesh  

1.500

 

3

Assam                      

1.500

 

5

Chhattisgarh

3.310

 

7

Gujarat

7.470

 

8

Haryana

16.140

 

9

Himachal Pradesh 

0.965

 

10

UT of J & K                    

0.615

 

12

Karnataka              

60.430

 

14

UT of Ladakh

0.360

 

15

Madhya Pradesh

17.385

 

16

Maharashtra          

61.935

 

17

Manipur

1.500

 

18

Meghalaya             

1.500

 

19

Mizoram                 

1.500

 

20

Nagaland                 

1.500

 

21

Odisha

5.160

 

23

Rajasthan              

48.630

 

24

Sikkim

1.500

 

25

Tamil Nadu              

25.920

 

26

Telangana

3.000

 

27

Tripura

1.480

 

28

Uttar Pradesh           

30.960

 

29

Uttarakhand               

4.990

 

30

West Bengal              

0.310

 

 

States Total

308.256

 

As on 13.03.2023

 

 

To make India a global hub for ‘Shree Anna’ the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) is being supported as the Centre of Excellence for sharing best practices, research and technologies at the international level.

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

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