Agri Current Affairs

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AFO BOI)
Index
1. Classification of Schemes
2. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM):
3 National Bamboo Mission
4 3rd advance estimates of production of Major crops for 2018-2019
5 Rashtriya Mahila Kisan diwas
6 New varieties new hopes
7 Some Current aspets
8 FMD and brucellosis control programme
9 PM- KISAN
10 E- NAM
11 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojna
12 MSP of Important Crops (2019-20)
13 Questions for review
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Classification of the Government Schemes:
The Government Schemes are classified into two broader categories: Central Sector Schemes
and Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
 Central Sector Schemes:
• These are schemes with 100% funding by the Central government and implemented by the
Central Government machinery.
• They are mainly formulated on subjects from the Union List.
• Besides, there are some other programmes that various Central Ministries implements directly in
States and UTs which also comes under Central Sector Schemes. In these schemes, the financial
resources are not shifted to states.
 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

• These are the schemes by the Centre where there is financial participation by both the
Centre and States.
• Here the implementation is done by the State Governments.
• These are formulated in subjects from the State List to encourage States to prioritize in areas that
require more attention.
 Classification of CSS:
• These schemes are further classified into three categories based on the share of funding
between the Centre and the States.
• Though each scheme envisages financial participation from the states as well, the state share
differs for different schemes.
• Similarly, geographically difficult states will get higher central share.
 Core of the Core Schemes:

• These schemes comprise six umbrella schemes. Most of these schemes prescribes
specific financial participation by states.
• In these schemes, the financial contribution of the States is very minimum.
These schemes are legislatively backed or are designed to subserve the vulnerable sections of our
population.
 Core Schemes:
In case of Core Schemes, the following is the funding pattern followed:
• For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 90:10
• For other States: Centre: State: 60:40

• For Union Territories (without Legislature): Centre 100% and for UTs with legislature
existing funding pattern would continue.
 Optional Schemes:
These are the Schemes where States would be free to choose the ones they wish to implement.
The funding pattern is as follows:
• For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 80:20
• For other States: Centre: State: 50:50
• For Union Territories: (i) (without Legislature) - Centre 100%
ii) Union Territories with Legislature: Centre: UT: 80:20
Schemes listed in the Interim Union Budget 2019-20:
Note: In the Interim Union Budget 2019-20, the following were the schemes listed under the
various categories mentioned above:
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):
Core of the Core Schemes:
National Social Assistance Program
✓ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
✓ Umbrella Scheme for Development of Schedule Castes
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Scheduled Tribes
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities
✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes:
✓ Green Revolution
✓ White Revolution
✓ Blue Revolution
✓ Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY)
✓ Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY)
✓ Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)
✓ National Rural Drinking Water Mission
✓ Swachh Bharat Mission
✓ National Health Mission
✓ National Education Mission
✓ National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools
✓ Umbrella ICDS
✓ Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women
✓ National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika
✓ Jobs and Skill Development
✓ Environment, Forestry and Wildlife
✓ Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission
✓ Modernization of Police Forces
✓ Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary
✓ Border Area Development Programme
✓ Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
✓ Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)
✓RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojna (RSBY)

Interim Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores) for the above-mentioned schemes:
Budget Estimates 2019-
Scheme
20 (In Crores)
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
Core of the Core Schemes
National Social Assistance Program 81183.07
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

60000.00
Employment Guarantee Program
Umbrella Scheme for Development of

5394.59
Schedule Castes
Umbrella Programme for Development of

3810.02
Scheduled Tribes

1551.36
Minorities

1227.10
Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes
Green Revolution 246496.36
White Revolution 2140.00
Blue Revolution 560.00
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) 9515.93
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) 19000.00
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) 25853.26
National Rural Drinking Water Mission 8200.66

Swachh Bharat Mission 12750.00
National Health Mission 32251.00
National Education Mission 38572.40
National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in

11000.00
Schools
Umbrella ICDS 27584.37
Mission for Protection and Empowerment

1330.00
for Women
National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika 9524.00
Jobs and Skill Development 7510.75
Environment, Forestry and Wildlife 1082.00
Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and

13900.00
Smart Cities Mission
Modernization of Police Forces 3378.30
Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary 720.00
Border Area Development Programme 824.94
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 800.00
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) 830.75

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) 6556.00

Union Budget 2019-20: Income support for farmers
drives historic allocation for agri ministry
HIGHLIGHTS
Sitharaman said gaon, gharib and kisan are at centre in Budget 2019-20
Allocation for agriculture and allied sector increased by 75 per cent
 government aims to invest widely in agriculture infrastructure and allied areas, and would seek
support from private entrepreneurship for value addition in farm sector especially in food
processing industry.
 PM Modi's promise of doubling farmers' income by 2022. the Modi government's principles of
"ease of doing business" and "easy of living" should apply to farmers too.
 support private entrepreneurships in driving value addition to farmers' produce from the field and
for those from allied activities, like bamboo and timber from the hedges and for generating
renewable energy."
 This got reflected in the budget numbers for the agriculture and allied sector. Against the Budget
2018-19 (revised) estimates of Rs 86,602 crore for agriculture and allied activities, Sitharaman's
Budget 2019-20 proposed to invest 1,51,518 crore in this sector. This comes about an increase of
75 per cent in budgetary allocation over interim budget.
 Sitharaman proposed setting up of 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to ensure
economies of scale for farmers over the next five years. She said the Modi government will work
with state governments to see that farmers get fair price through electronic National Agriculture
Market (e-NAM) that was launched in 2016002E
 Zero budget farming is a set of farming methods that involve zero credit for growing agricultural
produce and no use of chemical fertilizers.
It evolved as an agriculture movement in Karnataka due to collaboration between agriculturist

Subhash Palekar and state farmers association Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS). Success in
Karnataka saw zero budget farming model being adopted in other states as well. Sitharaman said the
government will give it further push.
In her budget speech, Sitharaman said farmers should be encouraged to adopt dairying by creating
infrastructure for cattle feed manufacturing, milk procurement, processing and marketing. She said
this would turn "annadata" (a reference to farmers) into "urjadata" (energy provider). Rs 75,000
crore for income assistance to boost rural consumption, claims government
 The proposed Budget 2019-20 has historic allocation for the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare: Rs 1,30,485 crore —the highest-ever.
 In 2014-15, when Narendra Modi first became prime minister, the agriculture ministry was
allocated Rs 31,063 crore. It received Rs 79,026 crore, according to the revised estimates of
2018-19.

 The allocation proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden budget speech
represents a 140 per cent jump over the ’18-19 budget estimate of Rs 57,600 crore. This leap is
mostly due to the staggering Rs 75,000 crore allocated to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi (PM-Kisan). Of the agriculture ministry’s budget, 57 per cent is now for direct cash
assistance to farmers.
 In its interim budget just before the elections, the National Democratic Alliance government
declared this income assistance scheme with retrospective effect. In the budget for 2018-19, thus,
Rs 20,000 crore was allocated. The PM-Kisan scheme provides a Rs 6,000 in income support to
each farmer in three instalments of Rs 2,000 each.
 The historic allocation, however, is still less than Rs 10,000 crore of what was proposed in the
interim budget.
 Average annual growth rate in real terms in agricultural and allied sectors has remained around
2.88 per cent (2014-15 to 2018-19). Besides, rural wages continue to stagnate. These have led to
an overall decline in rural consumption as people have less to spend.
 In the Economic Survey 2018-19, boosting consumption in the country has been identified as a
major pathway to increase economic growth. With rural areas accounting for 60 per cent of the
consumption, it was expected that the government would declare as much as possible to kickstart
consumption.
 The 2018-19 financial year's 6.8 per cent economic growth was lower than the five-year average
of 7.5 per cent. The dip was majorly due to low agricultural growth — in fact, a contraction in the
fourth quarter. Low food inflation made farmers produce less and spend less. Rabi acreage shrank
marginally.
 For the fishery, Animal husbandry and dairy Union allocate 3737 core Rs
Union government
 inaugurate |Pradhan mantri matsya sampada yojana for fishermen

 For national gokul mission government allocate 750 core
 on kisan credit card to percent debt
 1000 core increment in pick Bima yojna
 In 2018-19 there will be the 12976 core Rs given to pick bima yojna
 Now 2019-20 there will be 14,000 core allocate for pick bima yojana
 For Pradhan mantri Jal Sinchan yojana 3500 core allocate in 2019-20 , In 2018-19 2954.69 core
allocate by union government

Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM):
Aims:
To increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where
availability of farm power is low
•To promote ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small
land holding and high cost of individual ownership
• To create hubs for hi-tech and high value farm equipment
• To create awareness among stakeholders through demonstration and capacity building activities
To ensure performance testing and certification at designated testing centers located all over the country
Note: Under this scheme, Financial Assistance is provided to the beneficiaries for the Procurement of
Agriculture Machinery and Equipment.
The following is the financial pattern as per the Revised Estimates 2018-19:

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Aim:
Development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers.

News 1
Farmers’ Welfare is an integral part of New India:
He said 4 1/2 years, the ICAR has supplemented the Government’s "Soil Health Card"
initiative and has developed a mini Lab "Mridaparikshak" for soil testing.
For problems related to climate change, 45 Integrated Farming System Models (IFS) have been
created by including all the 15 agro-climatic regions to benefit small and marginal farmers.
Shri Singh said that with the efforts of Modi government, for the first time, on the lines of
ICAR’s leading institute IARI-Pusa, IARI-Assam is being established and IARI-Jharkhand has
been established.
An Administrative block in IARI-Jharkhand was recently inaugurated. At the same time, 6

new colleges have been opened under Central Agricultural University (CAU),
Imphal and Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB) has been established in
Ranchi, Jharkhand.
In 2017-18, pulse production - 25.23 million tonnes, which is close to the self-dependency mark.
As a result, its import fell to 5.65 lakh tonnes in 2017-18 from 10 lakh tonnes in 2016-17
thereby saving Rs 9775 cr.in foreign exchange.
The 1st advance estimates of 2018-19 -horticulture production at 314.67 million tonne
In 2017-18. -311.7 million tonne.

For the advancement of agriculture, Agriculture universities and ICAR have readily adopted e-
mode of payments.
Farmers have access to Kisan Portal,
Mobile-based farmer advisory-KMA SMS portal, toll free helpline, data centre and mobile app
for various breeds. Pusa Agriculture - technology mobile app,
PulseExpert mobile app - pulse crops has been released.
Lab to Land programme strengthened to make research

accessible to farmers
A new program 'Mera Gaon – Mera Gaurav' was initiated by Hon'ble Prime Minister to
establish the reach of science to the farmers.
Under this program, 5 villages are adopted by a group of 4 scientists and farmers are provided
with agricultural advice and information. He said that Modi Government has further
strengthened the Lab to Land program in order to make research and techniques accessible at
farmers' field and it is also being implemented at the level of Lab to Entrepreneurs and
Entrepreneurs to Farmers. In order to increase employment opportunities in agriculture, ICAR
has been supporting more than 150 Agri Start-Ups and these start-ups are progressing
successfully.
While expressing happiness and gratitude, he said for the 2nd year in a row, ICAR’s tableau was
included in Republic Day Parade. In fact, this year, the "Kisan Gandhi-2019" tableau was
awarded the 1st prize by Defense Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
releases the 2017-18 Final and 2018-19 1st Advance Est. of Area and
Production of Horticulture Crops.
Nation witnesses record production of 311.7 MT Horticulture Crops

in 2017-18
3.7% higher than the previous year(2016-17) and 10% higher than
past 5 years’ average production.
All-India Final Estimates: 2017-18 and 2018-19(1st Advance Estimates)vis-a-vis2016-17:
2017-18 2018-19
Total Horticulture 2016-17
(Final) (First Adv. Est.)
Area
24.85 25.43 25.87
(Million Ha)
Production
(Million Tonnes) 300.64 311.71 314.67
Highlights for 2017-18(Final Estimates):-

 There has been a record production of Horticulture Crops with production during
the year 2017-18(Final) reaching 311.7 Million Tonnes which is 3.7% higher than the
previous year (2016-17) and 10% higher than the past 5 years’ average production
 Fruits Production estimated - 97.35 million tonnes which is 4.8% higher than previous
year
 Vegetables Production estimated - 187.5 million tonnes which is about 3.5% higher
than the previous year.
 Potato Production in the year 2017-18 (Final) is estimated at 51.3 Million Tonnes as
against 48.6 Million Tonnes in 2016-17 (5.6% higher than 2016-17).

Highlights of 2018-19(First Advance Estimates)
Total Horticulture production - 314.5 Million Tonnes during 2018-19
(First Adv. Est)
0.95% higher than the 2017-18
Higher than the past 5 years’ average production.
 Onion production –
 23.62Million Tonnes(2018-19) (1.5% higher than previous year) .
 23.26 Million Tonnes in 2017-18
 Potato production
In current year is estimated at 52.58Million Tonnes.(6% higher than previous year).

51.31Million Tonnes in 2017-18.
Tomato production
In 2018-19-20.51Million Tonnes as against 19.76Million Tonnes in 2017-18 (2% higher).
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Republic
Day Tableau Kisan Gandhi bags First Prize
In the Republic Day Parade - 2019. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Defence, handed over
the award to the ICAR team here today
It displayed the
1)Importance of dairy farming
2) Use of indigenous breeds
3) Livestock based organic agriculture for rural prosperity.
The 22 tableaux rolling down the Rajpath during the 70th Republic Day Parade included 16
tableaux from states and Union Territories, six from various central ministries and departments.
The ICAR Republic Day tableau - 2018 rolled down at Rajpath with the theme of integrated
farming, “Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti”.

The start of online inter-state trade through the e-NAM
portal this month is a landmark achievement in e-NAM
history
First inter-State trade on e-Nam between Andhra Pradesh

and Telangana has been carried out on 19.01.2019
Launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 14th April, 2016 in 21 Mandis
across 8 States with pilot trading of 24 Commodities,
The e-NAM portal has integrated 585 Regulated Markets on the common e-market platform in
16 States and 2 Union Territories with trading in 124 commodities.
The e-NAM platform is a pan-India electronic trading (e-trading) portal to network the existing
physical regulated wholesale market (known as APMC market) through a virtual platform to
create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
Already 2.29 crore MT trade with value of more than Rs.60,000 crore has been recorded on e-
NAM platform.
Initially, trade on e-NAM started inside the individual e-NAM mandi, with involvement of
farmers and traders of that mandi. After persuasive efforts by the Government of India, inter-
mandi trade on e-NAM platform started within the State. Now inter-mandi trade within e-NAM
States is happening in 10 States.
The next logical step in this process was the initiation of Inter-State trade and after coordination
by Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, the same has started between the farmers & traders of
States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand followed by that between Andhra Pradesh and
Telengana.
The very first Inter State transaction on e-NAM in India has been recorded between trader of
Bareilly e-NAM APMC(Uttar Pradesh) and farmer of Haldwani e-NAM APMC of Uttarakhand
for trade in tomatoes.
To increase the network on online mandis, e-NAM project will be expanded to other regulated
markets. The Government plans to integrate another 415 mandis by March 2020 with the e-NAM
portal.
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Prime Minister’s flagship program e-NAM has achieved
another milestone by commencing inter-State trade between
mandis using e-payments
585 Regulated Markets of 16 States and 2 Union Territories have been integrated to e-
NAM platform. Government has also decided to integrate additional 415 markets by March,
2020.
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Fish Production and Consumption
The fisheries and aquaculture production contributes around 1% to India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) and over 5.23 % to the agricultural GDP.
Besides, Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has also approved the
setting up of a dedicated Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development
Fund (FIDF) worth Rs.7,522 crore on 23rd October, 2018 to fill the large
infrastructure gaps in fisheries sector in the country through developing
infrastructure projects such as fishing harbours/ fish landing centres, fish seed
farms, fish feed mills/plants, setting up of disease diagnostic and aquatic
quarantine facilities, creation of cold chain infrastructure facilities such as ice
plants, cold storage, fish transport facilities, fish processing units, fish markets, etc.
The funds released under the various schemes supported by the fisheries division
of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India to to promote fisheries in
the country during the last three years and current year as below;
Funds Released ( In Rs.

Financial Year
Crores)
2015-16 416.80
2016-17 424.11
2017-18 337.53
2018-19 (till date) 312.80
Total 1491.24
The objectives of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) are as below;-
• To provide focused attention to fisheries and aquaculture (production,

processing, storage, transport and marketing).
• To achieve sustainable management and conservation of natural aquatic
resources.

• To apply modern tools of research and development including biotechnology
for optimizing production and productivity from fisheries.
• To provide modern infrastructure mechanisms for fisheries and ensure their
effective management and optimum utilization.
• To train and empower women in the fisheries sector and also generate
substantial employment.
• To enhance the contribution of fish towards food and nutritional security.
However, Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on “Blue Revolution: Integrated

Development and Management of Fisheries” an amount of Rs. 3000 Crores has
been approved towards budget outlay for a period of five (5) years from 2015-16 to
2019-20.
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Interest Subvention for Farmers
 . With a view to ensuring availability of agriculture credit {including loans taken against
Kisan Credit Card (KCC)} at a reasonable cost/at a reduced rate of 7% per annum to
farmers,
 The Government of India, is implementing an interest subvention scheme of 2% for
short term crop loans up to Rs.3.00 lakh.
 The scheme is implemented through public sector banks and private sector banks
{reimbursement through Reserve Bank of India (RBI)}, Regional Rural Banks and
Cooperatives {reimbursement through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)}.
 Currently, besides 2% interest subvention, the farmers, on prompt repayment of crop
loans on or before the due date, are also provided 3% additional interest subvention.
 Thus, in case of prompt payee farmers the short term crop loans are provided at an
effective interest rate of 4% per annum.
 The benefit of interest subvention is extended for a period of up to six months (post-
harvest) to small and marginal farmers having KCC on loan against negotiable warehouse
receipts with the purpose of preventing distress sale of produce.
 As per the extant policy crop loans upto Rs.3.00 lakh per farmer provided by District
Central Co-operative Banks and Primary Agricultural Co-operative Societies at 7% per
annum are eligible for refinance (through State Cooperative Banks/District Central Co-
operative Banks) from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) out of Short Term Cooperative Rural Credit (STCRC) fund allocated by
Government of India every year.
 In terms of the extant Interest Subvention Scheme on short-term crop loans, loans are
made available to the farmer at 7% per annum and on prompt repayment an incentive of
3% is credited to the farmer’s account. While the benefit of interest subvention is passed
on upfront to the borrower farmer by banks, the reimbursement of audited claims
received from banks through Reserve Bank of India in respect of Commercial Banks and
NABARD in respect of Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks is made by
Government of India on the basis of available budgetary resources.
 Presently, Union Government is not considering any proposal to provide funds equal to
90% of the interest subvention to the financial institutions as advance.
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Integration of Mandis With |E-NAM
585 wholesale regulated markets/ Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Markets
have been so far integrated with e-market (e-NAM) platform in 16 States and 2 Union Territories
(UTs), who have carried out requisite reforms in their State Agriculture Produce Marketing
Committee Act (APMC Act). The State-wise details are enclosed at Annexure-I.
State wise list of Mandis integrated with e-NAM Platform
S. Number of Mandis
Name of the State
No. integrated
1 Andhra Pradesh 22
2 Chhattisgarh 14
3 Gujarat 79
4 Haryana 54
5 Himachal Pradesh 19
6 Jharkhand 19
7 Madhya Pradesh 58
8 Maharashtra 60
9 Odisha 10
10 Punjab 19
11 Pudducherry 2
12 Rajasthan 25
13 Tamil Nadu 23
14 Telangana 47
15 Uttar Pradesh 100
16 Uttarakhand 16
17 Chandigarh 1
18 West Bengal 17
Total 585
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Issues of Parali Burning
Through the various efforts under the Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of
Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the State
of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & NCT of Delhi’ the satellite data indicates that
paddy residue burning events have reduced by 29.5 percent, 24.5 percent and 11.0
percent in the States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, respectively when
compared with the paddy residue burning events in the year 2017.
Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ

Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and
NCT of Delhi’ for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20 has also been launched
with the total outgo from the Central funds of Rs. 1151.80 crore (Rs. 591.65 crore
in 2018-19 and Rs. 560.15 crore in 2019-20).
During 2018-19, the funds amounting to Rs. 269.38 crores, Rs.137.84 crores and
Rs. 148.60 crores have been released to the Government of Punjab, Haryana and
Uttar Pradesh respectively for distribution of in-situ crop residue management
machinery to the farmers on subsidy, establishment of Custom Hiring Centres
(CHCs) of in-situ crop residue management machinery and undertaking
Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities for creating awareness
among farmers.
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Tobacco Farming
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) had made
budgetary allocations from 2015-16 onwards as Central share under
Crop Diversification Programme (CDP), an ongoing sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas

Yojana (RKVY)
To encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternative crops/cropping system in tobacco

growing states. State and year-wise budgetary allocations (Central share) made under CDP from
2015-16 to diversify tobacco farming in the tobacco producing States is as under:
(Rs. in lakh)
S. No. State 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

1 Andhra Pradesh 787.00 945.00 210.10 210.10
2 Bihar 67.00 80.00 17.80 17.80
3 Gujarat 754.00 905.00 201.23 201.23
4 Karnataka 600.00 720.00 160.08 160.08
5 Maharashtra 11.00 13.00 2.86 2.86
6 Odisha 9.00 11.00 2.45 2.45
7 Tamil Nadu 20.50 24.00 5.33 5.33
8 Telangana 38.50 47.00 10.47 10.47
9 Uttar Pradesh 143.00 172.00 38.21 38.21
10 West Bengal 70.00 83.00 18.47 18.47
. In order to encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to other crops, a National Seminar
on Crop Diversification sponsored by DAC&FW was organized by the ICAR-Central Tobacco
Research Institute (CTRI) at Rajahmundry to exchange information and experiences of
various stakeholders on various issues relating to tobacco diversification.
As per the reports of the State Governments, tobacco area shifted to other crops are;

1,16,635 hectares in Andhra Pradesh,
446 hectares in Bihar,
13,858 hectares in Gujarat,
1500 hectares in Karnataka,
636 hectares in Tamil Nadu,
120 hectares in Telangana,
2072 hectares
Uttar Pradesh
2928 hectares in West Bengal from 2015-16.
Besides, the State Government of Odisha has also reported diversion of tobacco area to alternate
crops in an area of 5370 hectares from 2001-02 to 2017-18.

National Bamboo Mission
The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been launched in April, 2018
Total outlay of Rs.1290 cr.for 2 year i.e. till the end of 14th Finance Commission.
Budget Estimate for the Year 2018-19 is Rs.300.00 cr.
The scheme aims to supplement farm income of farmers with focus on the development of
complete value chain of bamboo sector to link growers with consumers.
Major objectives of the Mission are:
1. To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non forest Government and private lands
to supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change as well as
availability of quality raw material requirement of industries.
2. To improve post-harvest management through establishment of innovative primary

processing units near the source of production, primary treatment and seasoning plants,
preservation technologies and market infrastructure.
3. To promote product development keeping in view market demand, by assisting R&D,

entrepreneurship & business models at micro small and medium levels and feed bigger
industry.
4. To rejuvenate the under developed bamboo industry in India
5. To promote skill development capacity building, awareness generation for development

of bamboo sector from production to market demand.
6 To re-align efforts so as to reduce dependency on import of bamboo and bamboo

products by way of improved productivity and suitability of domestic raw material for
industry, so as to enhance income of the primary producers.
So far 88 Bamboo Treatment Units,
464 Product Development /Processing Units,
135 infrastructure Projects for Promotion and Development of Bamboo Markets
have been approved in 16 States as per the Annual Action Plans received for 2018-19.

Year-wise details of financial assistance provided in last 3 years under erstwhile National
Bamboo Mission (upto year 2017-18) & restructured National Bamboo Mission (from year
2018-19) for development of Bamboo/Bamboo Products is as under:-
Year Released amount (Lakh Rs.)

2015-16 6892.91
2016-17 1689.38
2017-18 1052.54
2018-19 (as on 27.12.2018) 11105.22
Government has reduced GSTon bamboo furniture & bamboo flooring to 12%.
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3rd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2018-19
Released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on

03rdJune, 2019.
2. As per 3rd Advance Estimates, the estimated production of major crops during 2018-19
is as under:
Foodgrains –283.37 million tonnes.
 Rice – 115.63 million tonnes. (record)

 Wheat – 101.20 million tonnes (record)
 Nutri / Coarse Cereals – 43.33 million tonnes.
 Maize –27.82 million tonnes.
 Pulses –23.22 million tonnes.
 Gram – 10.09 million tonnes.
Tur –3.50 million tonnes.
Oilseeds –31.42 million tonnes.
Soyabean – 13.74 million tones
Rapeseed and Mustard – 8.78 million tones
Groundnut – 6.50 million tonnes
 Cotton – 27.59 million bales (of 170 kg each)

 Sugarcane – 400.37 million tonnes (record)
3. As per 3rdadvance Estimates for 2018-19,
Total Foodgrain production in the country is estimated at 283.37 million tonnes. which
is higher by 17.62 million tonnes than the previous five years’ (2013-14 to 2017-18)
average production of foodgrain.

4. Total production of
 Rice during 2018-19 is estimated at record - 115.63 million tonnes.

 production of 112.76 million tonnes during 2017-18
 Production of rice has increased by 2.87 million tonnes than the. It is also higher
by 7.83 million
 tonnes than the five years’ average production of 107.80 million tonnes.
Production of Wheat, estimated at record 101.20 million tonnes, is higher by 1.33

million tonnes as compared to wheat production of 99.87 million tonnes achieved during
2017-18. Moreover, the production of wheat during 2018-19 is higher by 6.59 million
tonnes than the average wheat production of 94.61 million tonnes.
6 Production of Nutri / Coarse Cereals estimated at 43.33 million tonnes is arginally

higher by 0.24 million tonnes than the average production.
7. Total Pulses production during 2018-19 is estimated at 23.22 million tonnes which is
higher by 2.96 million tones than the Five years’ average production of 20.26 million
tonnes.
8. Total Oilseeds production in the country during 2018-19 is estimated at 31.42 million
tones . The production of oilseeds during 2018-19 is higher by 1.77 million tonnes
than the Five years’ average oilseeds production.
9. With an increase by 20.46 million tonnes over 2017-18, total production

of Sugarcane in the country
during 2018-19 is estimated at record 400.37 million tonnes. Moreover, the |
production of sugarcane
During 2018-19 is higher by 50.59 million tonnes than the average sugarcane
production of 349.78 million tonnes. Production of Cotton estimated at 27.59 million
bales (of 170 kg each) and Production of Jute & Mesta estimated at 9.79 million bales
(of 180 kg each)

Women empowerments
In order to bring women in the agriculture mainstream, more than 30% funds have been allocated for
women under various major schemes / programs.
In order to support the food security groups of the women farmers' at the domestic and household level,
financial assistance of 2 groups / per block and Rs 10,000 per group / per year is being given under the
amended ATMA scheme 2014-15.
During 2017-18, 31.47 lakh women have been benefitted by training from the NCUI in the field of
cooperatives. Similarly, 6.07 lakh and 7000 women have benefited through KVKs and skill training
respectively. A total of 8.62 lakh women have benefitted in 2017-18.
It was decided in 2016 that every year 15th October will be celebrated as "RashtriyaMahilaKisanDiwas"
by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.

Women are contributing in various aspects of agriculture including sowing,
sowing, planting, fertilizing,
plant protection, harvesting, weeding, and storage. International Day of Rural Women is also
celebrated by UN on October, 15.
In current budget a corpus of funds available to women in self-help

self help groups was Rs 42, 000 crore
in 2016-17,
17, would be increased to Rs 75, 000 crore by March 2019.
Loans to Women Self Help Groups will increase from Rs 42,500 Cr last year and Rs. 75,000
crore in 2019
To motivate women to take up organic agriculture in clusters under National Rural Li

Livelihood
Programme, this year, the government would distribute loans worth Rs.75, 000 crore by March
2019.
Free cooking gas to be distributed to rural women through “UjjawalaYojana”
On the contrary, about 60% of women members were no tengaged in any economic
economic activity and
reported to be attending to domestic duties only.
In 2016, the Ministry had decided to observe 15th of October as

RashtriyaMahilaKisanDiwas.
Women are contributing in various aspects of agriculture including sowing, planting, fertil
fertilizing,
plant protection, harvesting, weeding, and storage. International Day of Rural Women is also
celebrated by UN on October, 15.

RashtriyaMahilaKisanDiwas
 In 2016, the Ministry had decided to observe 15th of October as RashtriyaMahilaKisanDiwas.
 Women are contributing in various aspects of agriculture including sowing, planting,

 fertilizing, plant protection, harvesting, weeding, and storage.
 International Day of Rural Women is also celebrated by UN on October, 15.
 Lakshadweep has the highest percentage of women headed households with nearly 40% of the
houses headed by women.
 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, women's contribution to Indian

 agriculture is about 32 percent, while in some states (such as Hills, Northeast, and Kerala)
contribution of women to agriculture and rural economy is more than men.

 Women are involved in 48 percent agriculture-related employment whereas 7.5 crore
 women are playing a significant role in milk production and livestock management.
 ICAR- Central Institute for Women in Agriculture is located at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
1 PRADHAN MANTRI SHRAM YOGI MAAN-DHAN (PM-SYM)
Nodal Ministry: It is a Central Sector Scheme that was announced in the Interim Budget, 2019.
Ministry of Labour and Employment is the nodal ministry of the scheme.
What is it?
It is a pension scheme for workers engaged in the unorganized sector of the country.
What is unorganized sector?
Workers engaged as home based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln
workers, cobblers, rag pickers, domestic workers, washer men, rickshaw pullers and similar other
occupations.
Identification of Target beneficiaries:
• Monthly income is Rs. 15,000/ per month or less
• Belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years
• They should not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance
Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)
• He/she should not be an income taxpayer

 Salient Features:
Each subscriber shall receive minimum assured pension of Rs 3000/- per month after attaining
the age of 60 years.
• If the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the
pension received by the beneficiary as family pension. Family pension is applicable only to
spouse.
• Subscriber’s contributions shall be made through ‘auto-debit’ facility from his/ her savings bank
account/ Jan- Dhan account. Contribution needs to be made from the date of joining till the age of
60 years.
• Monthly contribution varies from Rs. 55 per month at the age of 18 years to Rs. 200 per month at
the age of 40 years.
Matching contribution would be made by the Central Government.
 Process and Mechanisms:

Enrolment:
• The subscriber will be required to have a mobile phone, savings bank account and Aadhaar
number.
• The eligible subscriber may visit the nearest Common Service Centres (CSCs) and get enrolled
for PM-SYM using Aadhaar number and savings bank account/ Jan-Dhan account number on
self-certification basis.
 Enrolment Agencies:
The enrolment will be carried out by all the Common Service Centers (CSCs).
 Common Service Centres:

CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare
schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C
services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country.
It is a pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the
country, thus enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive
society.
 Fund Management:
LIC will be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for Pension pay out.
The amount collected under the pension scheme shall be invested as per the investment pattern
specified by Government of India.
 Facilitation Centres:
All the branch offices of LIC, the offices of ESIC/EPFO and all Labour offices of Central and State
Governments will disseminate information to unorganised workers about the scheme, its benefits
and the procedure to be followed, at their respective centers.

New varieties, New hopes
• Studies indicated that by using high-yielding varieties, the yield increase in the range
of 15-20% depending upon crop. It can be further be raised up to 45 per cent with
efficient management of other inputs.
• ICAR developed and released a total of 795 new crop varieties during last four years
and 136 varieties of horticultural crops
 Wheat variety HD CSW-18

It will reduce water requirement and will help in residue management.
Similarly, to boost up production of pulses, an extra-early (52-55 days) high-protein
variety of ungbean, called Virat, was released along with short duration (100 days) and
iron rich variety of Lentil (PusaAgetiMasoor).
 8GM Bt cotton varieties were developed for the first time in India for commercial
cultivation.
 Waging a war against malnutrition through agricultural research, an array of biofortified
varieties of field crops and horticultural crops have been developed.
For example, rice variety CR Dhan 310 is protein rich, wheatHPBW01 high iron and
zinc
 pomegranate ‘SolapurLal’ has iron, zinc and vitamin C, Medika grape is full of anti-
oxidants that help fight cancer. B. Improved Livestock for Livelihood security
 Four backyard poultry varieties were developed and released having more than double
the egg production as compared to native/local breeds.
 ‘Jharsim’ for Jharkhanand Bihar, ‘Narmada Nidhi’ for Madhya Pradesh, ‘Kamrupa’
for Assam and ‘Himsamridhi’ for Himachal Pradesh are few example in this regard.
 A new advanced breed for sheep ‘Abhishan’ has been developed for dry areas of the
country which has shown the promise of raising the income of sheep farmers.
 To improve livestock health, an ambitions research program to develop indigenous
vaccines and diagnostic kits was launched in ICAR institutes.
 In fisheries sector, the technology of marine cage culture of high –value Cobia and
Silver

Some Important aspects
Total Geographical Area of the country- 329 Mha
❖ Net sown area of the country- 140 Mha (42.57% of total area)
❖ Gross sown area of the country- 195 Mha
❖ Barren land area in the country- 41 Mha
❖ Degraded land area in the country- 63.85 Mha
❖ Waste land area in the country- 178 Mha
❖ Total Forest area in the country- 70.82 Mha (21.54% of total geographical area)
❖ State with highest forest area in the country is-
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
For maintaining ecological balance percentage of the land area should be under
forest is- 33
❖ Irrigated area in India- 64.7 Mha (2018)
❖ Government of India declared “2018” as- National year of Millets
❖ India is the largest producer of Millets in world, harvesting about 11 million

tones and accounts for 40 percent of the world’s output.
❖ Contribution of Livestock to National GDP is- 4.5%
❖ Contribution of Livestock to Total Agricultural GDP- 27%
❖ The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 as the- International Year of
Indigenous Languages.

❖ Power house of Nutrients/Nutri-Cereals/Climate resilient crops are - Millets
❖ Cropping Intensity of India is - 136%
❖ Total number of KVKs at present is- 706 (as of MAY,2019)
❖ KVKs are under the administration control of- DDG of Agricultural extension
❖ For effective functioning and monitoring of KVKs, KVKs are divided into- 11 ATARI
Zones
❖ Highest Number of KVKs are in - Zone 3 (U.P.)
❖ Acronym of ATARI –Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes

(ATARIs formerly called as Zonal Project Directorates)
❖ Growth rate of Agriculture sector during 2017-18 is- 2.4%
❖ The estimated growth rate of agriculture during 2018-19 was- 2.7%
❖ Overall economic growth rate during 2017-18 - 7.2 %
❖ Contribution of Agriculture and allied sectors to GDP is- 17.2% (2017-18)
❖ Contribution of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing to GDP is- 16.0% (2018-19, 2nd
Advanced estimate)
❖ Total Food grain production in the country during 2017-18 was- 277.49 Mt
❖ Total Food grain production in the country during 2018-19 was- 281.37 Mt (2nd
Advanced Estimate)
❖ Government of India sets food grain production target for 2018-19 at - 290.25 Mt
(Kharif- 144.55 Mt; Rabi- 145.70 Mt)
❖ Total Pulse production for the year 207-18 is- 23.95 Mt
❖ Among Pulses the crop with highest production and largest area under cultivation is-
Bengal gram/Chick pea/Chana/gram
❖ Among Oil seeds the crop with highest production and largest area under cultivation is –
Soyabean
❖ International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre

established at- Varanasi, U.P. (Dec, 2018)
❖ First Director of IRRI South Asia Regional Center- Dr. Arvind Kumar
❖ The bufferstock maintained/Procurement made by FCI is- 68.7 MT (Rice- 32.9 MT;
Wheat- 35.8 MT)

❖ Rice Knowledge bank launched (an agriculture web portal) launched on- 28 Feb, 2019 at Assam
Funded by World bank for enhancing knowledge on Rice production techniques and
technologies)
❖ World Bank assisted project State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural

Transformation (SMART) launched to transform Rural Maharashtra
❖ Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched online software for
processing applications, Agmark quality certification mark for agricultural products is-
AGMARK Online system
❖ First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum held in – 28-30 August, 2018 Kathmandu,
Nepal
❖ FSSAI notifies standards for honey and its products to curb adulteration. It will help
farmers to fetch better prices for their products.
❖ Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched- Coffee Connect & Coffee
Krishitharanga
❖ 14 products received Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Government of India, 2019.
Asian tea Alliance launchced in China on April 19, 2019 (Members of this association are
India, China, Srilanka, Indonesia and Japan.
Main objective: To enhance tea trade, cultural exchanges and promoting tea.
❖ Annual Average rainfall of the country for the year 2018 - 804 mm (Avg. rainfall of the
country is 890 mm)
❖ The World Food Prize 2018 was awarded to- Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarrofor
their individual but complementary global leadership in elevating maternal and child under
nutrition within food security (First World Food Prize won by- MS Swaminathan)
❖ Egg production of the country for the year 2018-19 was- 88 billion
❖ Per capita availability of eggs in India is- 69 per person per year
❖ Position of India in terms of Egg Production- 3rd (1-China; 2- USA)
❖ Total milk production in the year 2017-18 was- 176.35 Mt
❖ Per capita availability of Milk in India- 376 gm per person per day
❖ ***India’s share in World Milk production- 17%
❖ Minimum Support Price recommended by – Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices
(CACP)

❖ MSP announced by- Government of India: MSP is calculated based on Avg. Cost of
Production
❖ **At present MSP is announced for – 23 crop commodities only
❖ *The state that produces highest food grains is- Uttar Pradesh
❖ *The State that produces highest Pulses is- Madhya Pradesh
❖ The state that ranks first in Oilseed production is- Rajasthan
❖ 2018- National year of Millets
❖ **The First Ever world Pulse Celebrated on-10 Feb,2019
❖ FAO of the UN declared the annual observance of World Pulses day starting from the year-2019
❖ Institutional credit for Agriculture sector for the year 2018-19- 11 lakh crore
❖ Time period for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set up by UN is- 2015-2030
❖ Number of Sustainable Development goals- 17
❖ Main aim of Sustainable Development Goals laid by the United Nations is - to ensure food
security vis-à-vis nutritional security
**United Nations Climate Change Conference ("COP24") held at- Katowice, Poland
03 Dec-14 Dec 2018.
❖ Concept of ‘Climate smart agriculture’ given by- FAO
❖ Share of Agriculture and allied sectors to India’s national employment- 52%
❖ Chairman of 15th Finance Commission (2017-2022) was- NK Singh
❖ Total number of regulated markets in India- 7320
❖ Total number of APMCs (Agricultural Produce Market Committees)- 585
❖ Total number of GRAMs (Gramin Retail Agriculture Markets)-22,000

❖ Model Contract farming Act bill passed on-May, 2018
❖ Model Contract farming Act will provide adequate confidence to farmers and incentives to
sponsors to enter into contract.
❖ Govt. of India Constituted Agri export policy for farmers on- 9 Dec, 2018 (aim: to double agri
exports to 60 billion$ by 2022)
❖ India’s First Agromet Forecast Centre Inaugurated at- UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka.
(Main objective is to accurate reports on weather which would enable the farmers to protect the crops and
get a good yield.)
❖ 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 held at- Sonipat, Haryana. Theme: Entrepreneurship &Agri
business; Agri Allied- A Promising sector and AGri Service-Direct Marketing.
❖ Ministry of Tribal Affiars launched Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest produces and
Value Addition as component of Van dhan Scheme.
❖ India has become the fourth country in the world to Launch Anti Satellite Missile to Hit a Low
Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite in Space under Mission Shakti on 28 March, 2019.
❖ India ranks in terms of Cultivation of GM Crops/Biotech crops- - 5th Nodal Agency that
deals in procurement, processing, distribution, export &import of selected agricultural
commodities- NAFED
❖ Nodal agency for undertaking price support operations for pulses & oilseeds and market
intervention operation for other agricultural commodities is- NAFED
❖ Implementing agency for National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)-APEDA
❖ Nodal Agency for Promoting export-oriented production and development of the Scheduled
products – APEDA (1985)
New scheme launched by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for

giving wings to Young entrepreneurs in Cooperatives is- Yuva Sahakar Scheme
❖ Yuvasahakar scheme launched in- November, 2018 Indian Food Processing Sector at a
glance:
❖ Total number of Mega Food Parks in India- 42
❖ Cold storage capacity of Mega food parks- 32 Mt

India’s First Aqua Mega Food Park established at- Bhima varammandal of
West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. (14 Feb, 2019)
❖ Minimum Land required for setting up a Mega Food Park is- 50 acres
❖ The Food Processing Industry contribution to Agricultural sector is- 9%
❖ The Food Processing Industry contribution to Manufacturing sector is- 11%
Other Important Snippets

❖ Target year fixed by Govt. of India for Doubling of Farmers Income is- 2022 (75th
Independence of India)
❖ Govt. of India formulated point strategy to double farmers income- Seven point strategy
❖ All agricultural programs and policies shift their focus from- Production oriented to
Income oriented approach
❖ Number of Insecticides/pesticides registered in India (as of Dec. 2018) is- 282
❖ RKVY (RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana)- renamed as- Remunerative Approaches for

Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RAFTAAR)
❖ Time period of RKVY- RAFTAAR increased from- 2017-2020
❖ To 5one55ivize states to increase allocation for agriculture and allied sector is the main
objective of- RKVY
❖ 100% FDI is allowed in – cold storage, ware houses and Food Processing sector
❖ Govt. of India has increased MSP of Kharif crops by- 1.5 times of cost of production
❖ The average size of land holding in India is- 1.08 ha (The average size of operational holdings is
highest in Nagaland (5 hectares) and lowest in Kerala (0.18 hectares).
(Source: Agricultural Census 2015-16)
Total number of operational holdings in the country according to 2015-16 census is- 146 Million
Nodal Agency to coordinate the efforts on the Agriexport zones- APEDA
Total no. of Agri Export Zones in India -60
10th National Conference of KVK held at- March 16-17, New Delhi
Best KVK (panditdeendayalKrishiunnatipursakar) award 2017 awarded to- KVK Kanker,
Chhattisgarh

is the key approach for doubling farmers income by 2022 – Integrated farming System
(IFS)
Total number of Mega food parks in India- 42
Agricultural Mechanization for Insitu management of crop residue in- Punjab, Haryana,
UP, Delhi
Pesticide Management bill passed in- 2017
Agricultural produce and livestock marketing promotion & Facilitation Act passed in- 2017
NAFED procures “Oilseeds and Pulses” from state government at MSP through- Price
Support Scheme (PSS)
Portal launched by central government of India for e-marketing of Organic products is-
Jaivikkheti portal
A company owned by DARE, under Ministry of Agriculture and farmers Welfare is-
Agriinnovateindia
Statutory body related to food safety and regulation, protecting and promoting public health
through the regulation and supervision of food safety in India is – FSSAI (Food Safety and
Standard Authority of India)
Important Horticultural aspects
❖ Area Under Horticulture Crops, 2017-18 was - 25.43 Mha
 Production of Horticulture crops, 2017-18 was- 311.7 MT
 Productivity of Horticulture crops, 2017-18 was- 12.10 tonnes/ha
 India’s share in world production of Fruits is- 13%
 India’s share in world production of Vegetables- 10.7%
 Percentage of Gross Cultivated Area Utilized by Horticulture is- 16%
 Contribution of Horticulture to Gross Value Addition (GVA)/GDP of Agriculture is- 38%
 Contribution of horticulture to Agriculture GVA/GDP is- 38%
 Total Fruit production in India – 97.35 Mt
 Total Vegetable production in India- 184.3 Mt
 Estimated Horticulture production for 2018-19 was- 314.6 MT
 India’s rank in terms of Production of Fruits and Vegetables- Second (First Brazil)

 Leading producer of Fruits in India- Andhra Pradesh (Ranks First)
 Leading producer of Vegetables in India- West Bengal (Ranks First)
 The fruit crop with highest production in India- Banana
 The fruit crop with highest area under cultivation- Mango
 The vegetable crop with highest area and production is- Potato ➢ The state with production of
fruits and Vegetables is- Uttar Pradesh
 Largest producer of Kiwi fruit in India- Manipur
 Largest producer producer of Lychee and Mesta in India- Bihar
Item 2017-18 2018-19
(I Advanced estimate)
Total Fruits Production (mt) 97.35 mt 98.88
Total Vegetable Production 184.3 mt 187.5
(mt)
Top “3” cultivated Top “3” cultivated Top “3” Fruits in
Vegetables in Area & Fruits in Area Production
Production
First- Potato Mango Banana
Second- Onion Banana Mango
Third- Tomato Citrus Citrus

MSP for Raw Jute for 2019-20 season hiked to Rs.3950/- from
Rs.3700/- per quintal by the Cabinet.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,chaired by the P.M Shri Narendra Modi.
has given its approval for the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute for
2019-20 season.
The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of Raw Jute has been
increased toRs.3950/- per quintalfor 2019-20
Rs.3700/-per quintal in 2018-19.
Impact:
The MSP would yield returns of 55.81 % over the all India weighted average cost of production.
Nodal Agency:
The Jute Corporation of India would continue to act as Central Nodal Agency to undertake price
support operations at the MSP in the Jute growing states.
Background:
- The increased MSP is based on recommendations of
- Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
(CACP)
Which while recommending MSP takes into

- account the cost of production
- overall demand-account the cost of production
- overall demand supply,
- domestic and international prices,
- inter-crop price parity
- terms of trade between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors
- The likely impact of MSP on user industries and a minimum 50% as the
margin over the weighted average cost of production.
June month fishery and animal husbandary

Production of Milk
The production of the Milk in the country during last 5 years is as follows:
Year Estimates of Annual Milk

Production (figures in Million
Tonnes)
2013-14 137.68
2014-15 146.31
2015-16 155.49
2016-17 165.40
2017-18 176.35
CAGR: 6.4%

Production of Milk, Milk Products, Egg and Poultry Meat
The Estimated Production of Milk, Egg and Poultry Meat during the last three years is given
below: -
Year Milk Production Egg Production Poultry Meat

Production
(in Million Tonnes) (In Million Nos.)
(In 000 tonnes)
All India All India
All India
2015-16 155.49 82928.44 3263.81
2016-17 165.40 88136.96 3463.65
2017-18 176.34 95217.00 3766.94

FMD and Brucellosis control programme
The National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and
Brucellosis has been approved by the Cabinet on 31.05.2019.
New Central Sector Scheme for a total outlay of Rs.13,343.00 crore for 5 years (2019-24)
An amount of Rs 2683.00 cr. is proposed for the Financial Year 2019-20.
Components:
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) control programme:
The programme envisages 100% vaccination coverage of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats and pigs
at 6 months interval in the entire country.
Further, animals will be identified using unique animal identification ear tags.
The programme also includes de-worming of targeted population of livestock twice a year as one
of its activities.
Brucellosis control programme:
The programme envisages 100% vaccination coverage of female cattle and buffalo calves (4-8
months of age) once in a life time.
Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying- Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Assistance to Farmers For Dairy Development Programme
Dairy Division has been supplementing efforts of the State Governments to develop dairy
infrastructure across the country by providing financial support through following Dairy
Development Schemes to increase the income of farmers:
National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS)
National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I)
Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)
Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy

activities(SDCFPO)
Brief outline of these schemes is givenAnnexed.
The details of financial assistance provided to Rajasthan during last three years are given
below:
(Rs. in Crore)
Sl. No. Scheme Name Fund Released Total Fund Released

during last three years
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. National Programme for Dairy 9.02 18.998 42.90 70.918

Development (NPDD)
2. Dairy Entrepreneurship 0.75 21.89 27.26 49.90

Development Scheme (DEDS) *
3. National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I) 34.63 36.86 33.42 104.91
* Financial assistance is provided through NABARD under bankable projects.
Note: No project has been received from Rajasthan under DIDF & SDCFPO during last 3 years.

Brief Outline of Dairy Development schemes
• National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD):

• A restructured scheme titled “National Programme for Bovine Breeding
and Dairy Development” (NPBB&DD) was launched in Feb-2014.
It have two components
a) National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) and
b) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD).
The budget estimate (BE) under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
for the FY 2019-20 is Rs. 325.00 Crore.
 Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS):

 The Department is implementing DEDS since September, 2010 through
NABARD. To promoting entrepreneurship in dairy sector.
 Under the programme, back ended capital subsidy is provided to eligible end
borrowers under bankable projects as per norms of the scheme.
Subsidy to the tune of -
25% of the project cost is provided to general category beneficiaries
33.33% to SC/ST category beneficiaries.
The budget estimate (BE) under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

(DEDS) for the FY 2019-20 is Rs. 325.00 Crore.

Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF):
 launched in December, 2017.
 The scheme aims to benefit 95 lakh milk producers in 50000 villages.
 This scheme will have total corpus of Rs. 10,881 Crore under which milk cooperatives
will be provided financial assistance at the interest rate of 6.5% in the form of financial
assistance loan of Rs. 8004 Crore, to be returned over a period of 10 years.
 Government of India has also provided the provision of interest subsidy on loan. The
budget estimate (BE) under DIDF for the FY 2019-20 is Rs. 60.87 Crore.
 Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy

activities:
The scheme is being implemented by NDDB
Objectives:
o To assist the State Dairy Cooperative Federations by providing soft working

capital loan to tide over the crisis on account of severely adverse market
conditions or natural calamities,
o To provide stable market access to the dairy farmers,
o To enable State Cooperative Dairy Federations to continue to make timely
payment of dues to the farmers,
o To enable the cooperatives to procure milk at a remunerative price from the
farmers, even during the flush season.
o The corpus was created for implementation during 2017-18 to 2019-20.
o 2017-18 - No. fund was allocated.
o 2018-19 - Rs. 3 Cr.
o 2019-20 - Rs.100 Cr. (budgetary provision)
Note Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying - Shri Giriraj Singh .

Financial assistance is being provided for distribution of hybrid seeds
 During last five years more than 100 hybrids (maize-44, pearl millet-13,
sorghum-5, rice-3, sunflower-9, castor-7, sesame-2 and cotton 23) have been
released under different All India Coordinated Research Projects (AICRPs)
of respective crops by ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities.
 Govt. is promoting hybrids and also high yielding varieties of different crops
by providing financial assistance to States and implementing agencies
through various ongoing crop development programmes/schemes viz.
National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution in
Eastern India (BGREI), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) etc.
 Financial assistance is being provided for distribution of hybrid seeds of
rice, maize, jowar, bajra, @ 50% cost or Rs. 10,000 per qtl. whichever is
less. Similarly financial assistance is also available for promoting use of
hybrids of oilseed crops @ 50% cost or Rs. 8,000 per qtl. whichever is less
under above schemes.
 This Information was given by the Union Minister for Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today

PM-KISAN
 launched by the Hon’ble P.M N.D Modi

 on the 24th February, 2019 at Gorakhpur, UP.
 ButThe scheme is effective from 1.12.2018.
 It is a 100% central sector scheme
 To take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic
needs
 Initially the Scheme aims to provide a payment of Rs.6000/- per year for the farmers’
families with cultivable land holding upto 2 ha.(but now there is no upper limit. i.e upto
2 ha.)
 This Rs.6000/- would be released in 3 (4-monthly) installments of Rs.2000/- over the
year.
 under Direct Benefit Transfer mode

 1st instalment to 3.11 crore beneficiaries and 2nd instalment to 2.66 crore beneficiaries
have been credited directly to the bank accounts of the farmer families.
 1st installment – 6590.51 cr
 2nd installment – 5714.77 cr
 Total disbursed – 12305.28 cr
 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare
 Union Minister - Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
 As Ministers of State in the Ministry.
 Shri Parshottam Rupala
 Shri Kailash Choudhary
 Secretary Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Sanjay Agarwal..
 In his first cabinet meeting approved -
 1)Extension of the PM-Kisan income support scheme to all farmers,Removing the ceiling
of 2 ha.
 Initially 12.5cr beneficiaries increasing the coverage of PM-Kisan to around 14.5 crore
beneficiaries.
 Estimated expenditure by Central Government of Rs. 87,217.50 crores for year 2019-20.

 Framework for Doubling Farmers' Income
Also, Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments through
various Schemes/ Programmes aimed at improving production, post harvest &
management, including progressive agri-market reforms, access to credit, risk
management and income support.
 Some important programmesare as follows:
 Kisan Credit Cards provides agriculture credit to farmers at subsidized rates, with a 2%
interest subvention (IS)
 Prompt Repayment Incentive (PRI) of 3% so as to make the effective rate of interest as
4%. The initiatives to simplify procedures for availing KCC include:
 Activities relating to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries included in KCC - benefits of IS
and PRI also extended ( 2% interest subvention and 3% prompt repayment ).
 Indian Banker’s Association has waived off processing fee, inspection, ledger folio
charges and all other service charges for renewal/fresh issue of KCC.
 RBI has raised the collateral free existing agriculture loan limit from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.60
lakh.
 ii) Government has launched a crop insurance scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Fasal
Bima Yojana (PMFBY) from Kharif 2016 season.
 This scheme provides insurance cover for all stages of the crop cycle including post-
harvest risks in specified instances.
 Claims of Rs. 8,665 crore were paid to 553.01 lakh farmers in the year 2018-19.

 iii) Giving a major boost for the farmers income, the Government has approved the
increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops for 2018-19
season at a level of at least 150 % of the cost of production.
 iv)Central Government started a new Central Sector Scheme, namely, the Pradhan Mantri
Kisan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
 The scheme aims to provide a payment of Rs. 6000/- per year, in three 4-monthly
installments of Rs. 2000/- to the farmers, subject to certain exclusions relating to higher
income groups. An amount of Rs. 12646.579 crore has been distributed to 632.32895
lakh farmers in the year 2018-19.
 With a view to provide social security net for Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF)
 The Government has decided to implement another new Central Sector Scheme for
providing old age pension to these farmers.
 Under this Scheme, a minimum fixed pension of Rs. 3000/- be provided to the eligible
small and marginal farmers, subject to certain exclusion clauses, on attaining the age of
60 years.
 The scheme aims to cover around 5 crore beneficiaries in the first three years.
 It would be a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40
years.
 The Government has approved a budgetary provision of Rs. 10774.50 crorefor the
scheme till March, 2022.
 Note - Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
*****

423.23 crores released to the States/UTs under e-NAM
scheme during 2015-16 to 2018-19
The fund released by the Government of India to States/UTs under e-NAM Scheme
based on need during 2015-16 to 2018-19 is Rs. 423.23 crore.
The fund released to Madhya Pradesh during 2015-16 to 2018-19 under e-NAM is Rs.
50.42 crore. Many facilities are available to farmers at e-mandis for using e-NAM
platform among which the major facilities are as under:
(i) Farmers can access the prevailing commodity prices information on e-NAM mobile
app even without going to the mandi.
(ii) Facility of pre-registration of lot by farmers for their produce available through
mobile app to facilitate quick gate entry of the lot during peak season.
(iii) Facility of quality testing of the produce of the farmers before bidding.
(iv) Farmers may view progress of online bid value of their produce through mobile.
(v) The details of final bid rate of commodity of farmer are received through SMS by
farmers.
(vi) Online payment gateway is available for transfer of bid value directly to bank
accounts of farmers.
Number of farmers who have sold their produce on e-NAM platform in Madhya Pradesh is
10,80,704.

Insurance Cover for Risk-Prone Crops
Some important institute
1) Indian Agricultural Research Institute at New Delhi.
2) Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture at Hyderabad.
3) Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.
4) Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
Most of the results were obtained through incorporating the future projections by using modeling
techniques like Had CM3 model. From these projections, variability in temperature and rainfall
pattern was observed in future periods with significant impact on crop yields.
Government is committed to provide security to farmers.
 Two major crop insurance schemes
 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
 Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)
PMFBY - provides comprehensive risk coverage from pre-sowing to post harvest losses against
non-preventable natural risks.
Further, to provide adequate risk coverage the sum insured has been equated to Scale of Finance
at minimum uniform fixed premium rate payable by farmers i.e.
2% for Kharif crops
1.5% for Rabi Crop
5% for annual commercial/horticultural crops.
with balance of actuarial/bidded premium being shared by the Central and State Government on
50 : 50 basis

RWBCIS - provides indemnification for likely crop losses due to deviation in
weather indices.
In addition, assistance is also provided to farmers through other schemes

namely, PM KISAN (for regular income), PM ASHA (Price support), National
Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for
relief due to natural calamities etc.
The pension scheme for small and marginal farmers.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the P.M Narendra Modi
- For Age group - 18-40 years.
Marginal farmer Upto 1.0 ha.

Small farmer 1.0 to 2.0 ha.
Semi-medium 2.0 to 4.0 ha.
Medium 4.0 to 10.0 ha.
- Under this scheme a minimum fixed pension of Rs. 3000/month.
• It will be provided on attaining the age of 60 years.
• The scheme aims to cover around
5 cr. beneficiaries in the first 3 years.
• It will be a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.
• The beneficiary required to contribute
Rs. 100/month at median entry age of 29 years.

The Central government shall also contribute to the Pension Fund in equal
amount
• The Central Government spend Rs. 10774.50 cr for 3 years towards its
contribution (matching share) for providing social security cover as
envisaged under the scheme.
• Contribution shall be made to a Pension Fund managed by the LIC which
will be responsible for the pension pay out.
• Under the scheme farmers can also opti. to allow contribution to be made
directly from the benefits drawn from the PM-KISAN scheme.
• There will be an online grievance redressal system for complete
transparency.
 Cabinet approves hike in MSP for all Kharif Crops of 2019-20 Season
 MSP of Paddy increased by Rs 65 per Quintal, Jowar by Rs 120 per

Quintal and Ragi by Rs 253 per Quintal
 MSP of Tur, Moong and Urad pulses raised by Rs 125, Rs 75 & Rs

100 respectively
 MSP of Groundnut up by Rs 200 per Quintal, Soyabean MSP hiked

by Rs 311 per Quintal
 Medium cotton MSP raised by Rs 105 per Quintal and Long Cotton
MSP up by Rs 100 per Quintal

Posted On: 03 JUL 2019 4:37PM by PIB Delhi
Giving a major boost to the farmers’ income, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for
all kharif crops for 2019-20 Season.
The move will lead to increased investment and production through assured remunerative prices to the
farmers.
Details:
The MSPs for all kharif crops of 2019-20 season have been increased as follows:
 For the kharif crops of 2019-20, Government has increased the MSPs of soyabean
by Rs 311 per quintal, sunflower by Rs 262 per quintal and sesamum by Rs 236
per quintal which is a major step towards increasing the income of farmers.
 Government has increased the MSPs of tur dal by Rs.125 per quintal and uraddal
by Rs.100 per quintal. This willhelp address the issues related to requirement of
pulses in view of the need to meet the nutritional security and protein requirements
of a large section of population.
 The MSP of Jowar has been hiked by Rs 120 per Quintal while in case of Ragi it
has been hiked by Rs 253 per quintal. The Move comes in the backdrop of the
need to promote cultivation and consumption of nutri-cereals. Besides, India
celebrated 2018 as the National Year of Millets and the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) Council has approved India's proposal to observe an
International Year of Millets in 2023.
 For cotton (medium staple) and cotton (long staple), the MSP has been increased
by Rs. 105 per quintal and Rs. 100 per quintal respectively.
 The highest percentage return to farmers over their cost of production is for Bajra
(85%) followed by urad (64%) and tur (60%).

The Minimum Support Prices for all kharif crops of 2019-20 season is as follows:
MSP MSP Cost* of Increase Return

Crop 2018-19 2019-20 production over cost (in per
2019-20 cent)
(Rs/quntl.)
Absolute
Paddy (Common) 1750 1815 1208 65 50
Paddy (Grade A)^ 1770 1835 - 65 -
Jowar (Hybrid) 2430 2550 1698 120 50
Jowar (Maldandi)^ 2450 2570 - 120 -
Bajra 1950 2000 1083 50 85
Ragi 2897 3150 2100 253 50
Maize 1700 1760 1171 60 50
Tur (Arhar) 5675 5800 3636 125 60

Moong 6975 7050 4699 75 50
Urad 5600 5700 3477 100 64
Groundnut 4890 5090 3394 200 50
Sunflower Seed 5388 5650 3767 262 50
Soyabean (yellow) 3399 3710 2473 311 50
Sesamum 6249 6485 4322 236 50
Nigerseed 5877 5940 3960 63 50
Cotton (Medium 5150 5255 3501 105 50

Staple)

*Includes all paid out costs such as those incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock
labour/machine labour, rent paid for leased in land, expenses incurred on use of material inputs
like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges, depreciation on implements and farm
buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/'electricity for operation of pump sets etc.
miscellaneous expenses and imputed value of family labour.
^Cost data are not separately compiled for Paddy(Grade A), Jowar (Maldandi), Cotton (Long
staple)
Implementation:
 In the case of cereals including nutri-cereals, Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other
designated State Agencies would continue to provide price support to the farmers.
NAFED, SFAC and other designated Central agencies would continue to undertake
procurement of pulses and oilseeds. CCI will be the central nodal agency for undertaking
price support operations for Cotton. NAFED would supplement efforts of CCI for cotton
procurement. The losses, if any, incurred by the nodal agencies in such operations will
be fully reimbursed by the government.
 With the intention of giving enough policy thrust to income security of the farmers,
Government's focus has shifted from production-centric approach to income-centric one.
Enhancing the coverage of Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) to all
farmers in its first Union Cabinet meeting on 31st May 2019, is another major step in
boosting the income of the farmers. The PM-KISAN yojana was announced in the
interim Budget for the year 2019-2020, where the small and marginal landholder farmer
families with cultivable land holding upto 2 hectare across the country were assured of Rs
6000 per year.
 The new Umbrella Scheme "Pradhan Mantri AnnadataAaySanrakshan Abhiyan' (PM-

AASHA) announced by the government in 2018 will aid in providing remunerative return
to farmers for their produce. The Umbrella Scheme consists of three sub-schemesi.e.
Price Support Scheme (PSS), Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and Private
Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPSS) on a pilot basis.

Background:
The increase in MSP for Kharif Crops for 2019-20 season is in line with the principle of fixing
the MSPs at a level of at least 1.5 times of the all India weighted average Cost of production
(CoP), which was announced in the last budget 2018-19.
This MSP policy whereby the farmers are assured of a minimum of 50 percent as margin of
profit is one of the important and progressive steps towards doubling farmers' income by 2022
and improving their welfare substantively.
The MSP mechanism provides a price guarantee to the farmers for their produce. This is
implemented across the country as nearly 86% farmers are in small and marginal category
(Agriculture Census 2015-16), the system ensures equity. It also helps in stabilising prices in the
market and thus services the consumers as well

Question for Review :
(Source PIB News)

1. Fourth convention of 2-day “Agrivision-2019” organized by Vidyarthi Kalyan Nyas in ?
a) New Delhi b) Ludhiyana c) Lucknow
d) Bhuvneshwar e) None of these
2. The second World Orange Festival has begun in which city.

a) Nagpur b) Amravati c) Wardha
d) Latur e) Akola
3. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath launched his government‟s Rs.50,000-crore farm
debt-waiver scheme. What is the name of the scheme ?
a) Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana b) Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana
c) Rin Mukti Yojana d) Jai Krishak Rin Mukti Yojana
e) Kisan Bandhu Rin Mukti Yojana
4. In order to promote Micro irrigation amongst farmers, Ministry of Water resources and River
development has organized 9th International Micro irrigation conference in ?
a) Aurangabad b) Nagpur c) Raipur
d) Amravati e) Latur
5. The West Bengal government announced two welfare initiatives for farmers. Both initiatives are
part of the „Krishi Krishak Bondhu‟ scheme, came into effect from 1st January 2019. Which of
the following are among the two initiatives ?
a) It will provide Rs.2 lakh to the family of a deceased farmer
b) Farmers would get Rs. 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one acre of land
c) Both of the above
d) None of the above
6. Indian Institute of Agricultural biotechnology (IIAB) has been established in ?

a) Ranchi b) Patna c) Dehradun d) Lucknow e) Ludhiyana
7. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has released the 2017-18
(Final) and 2018-19 (1st Advance Est.) of area and Production of Horticulture Crops. What is the
production of Horticulture Crops during the year 2017-18 (Final) ?
a) 310.71 Million Tonnes b) 311.71 Million Tonnes c) 312.71 Million Tonnes
d) 313.71 Million Tonnes e) 314.71 Million Tonnes
8. National Conference on Agriculture for Zaid Campaign-2019 was organized by the Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in which city ?
a) New Delhi b) Dehradun c) Orissa
d) Lucknow e) Ludhiyana
9. The very First Inter State transaction for trade of which crop was carried out between trader of
Bareilly e-NAM APMC of Uttar Pradesh and farmer of Haldwani e-NAM APMC of
Uttarakhand?
a) Tomato b) Potato c) Brinjal
d) Cauliflower e) Okra
10. Union Minister of Agriculture & Famers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh today released
recombinant Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) kits. This drug is used to cure which
disease of equines ?
a) Glanders b) Equine Infectious c) Both of the above d) None of Above

11. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report “The State of World Fisheries and
Aquaculture 2018” apparent per capita fish consumption in India is ?
a) 1-5 b) 5-10 c) 10-15 d) 15-20 e) 20-25
12. The productivity of cotton increased from 191 kg per hectare in 2002-03 to 477 kg per hectare in
2017-18 and the production of cotton has been increases from 86.21 lakh bales in 2002-03 to how
much bales in 2017-18 due to adoption of Bt. Cotton in the Country.
a) 148.88 lakh b) 248.88 lakh c) 348.88 lakh d) 448.88 lakh e) 548.88 lakh
13. As per the Annual Action Plants received for 2018- 19, Under restructured National Bambooo
Mission (NBM), how many Bamboo Treatment Units, how many Product Development /
Processing Units and how many infrastructure Projects for Promotion and Development of
Bamboo Markets have been approved in total 16 States?
a) 81,454.235 b) 88,464,135 c) 98,364,185
d) 78,494,139 e) 89,464,145
14. The Government has launched a Global Environment Facility (GEF) assisted project namely,
“Green-Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environment benefits and the
conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes” in collaboration with the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) during September, 2018 in high-conservation-value landscapes
of five States. Which of the following states is one among the five states
a) Madhya Pradesh : Chambal Landscape
b) Mizoram : Dampa Landscape
c) Odisha : Similipal Landscape
d) Rajasthan : Desert National Park Landscape
e) All of the Above
15. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) had made
budgetary allocations from 2015-16 onwards as Central share under Crop Diversification
Programme (CDP), an ongoing sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to
encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternative crops /cropping system in
tobacco growing states. What is the budgetary allocations (in lakh) (Central share) made
under CDP in 2018-19 to diversify tobacco farming in Andhra Pradesh ?
a) 110.10 b) 210.10 c) 310.10 d) 410.10 e) 510.10
16 . What is the total budgest for the Central Sector Scheme „Promotion of Agricultural
Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab,
Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and NCT OF Delhi‟ for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20
a) Rs.1051.80 crore b) Rs.1151.80 crore c) Rs. 1251.80 crore
d) Rs.1351.80 crore e) Rs. 1451.80 crore
17. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was awarded First Prize for its
Tableau, in the Republic Day Parade-2019. What is the name of the tableau ?
a) Gandhi Kisan b) Kisan Gandhi c) Krishak Gandhi
d) Krishi Gandhi e) Harit Gandhi
18. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
approved the launch of „Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan‟ (KUSUM
Yojana) with the objective of providing financial and water security to farmers. The
Central Government will provide a total financial support of how much amount for the
scheme ?
a) Rs.31,422 crore b) Rs.32422 crore c) Rs.33,422 crore
d) Rs. 34,422 crore e) Rs. 35,422 crore
19. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer‟s Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, inaugurated
the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019, a 3-day summit in which state ? The thme of the
summit was “Enterpreneurship & Agri-Business; Agri Allied – a promising Sector and
Agri Service – Direct Marketing”.
a) Punjab b) Haryana c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar e) Rajasthan
20. Governor Lalji Tamdon and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh jointly
inaugurated the three-day Krishi Kumbh in which city ?
a) Motihari b) Samastipur c) Patna
d) Gaya e) Bhagalpur
21. The Reserve Bank of India raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to how
much amount from the current Rs. 1 lakh with a view to help small and marginal farmers
?
a) Rs. 1.3 lakh b) Rs.1.4 lakh c) Rs. 1.5 lakh
d) Rs.1.6 lakh e) Rs. 1.7 lakh
22. Kisan Suvidha loan‟ for small and marginal farmers has been launched by which bank ?
a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank b) Utkarsh Small finance Bank
c) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank d) Disha Small Finance Bank
e) Equitas Small Finance Bank
23. The Punjab government approved a rural development scheme worth Rs.384.40 crore o
supplement the ongoing works to build village infrastructure and provide essential
amenities. What is the name of the scheme ?
a) Smart Village Campaign b) Advance Village Campaign
c) Clean Village Campaign d) New Village campaign e) Ideal Village Campaign
24. To promote the fishery industry, which App has been developed this year ?
a) Vanami Shrimp b) Varah Shrimp c) Vami Shrimp
d) Vasi Shrimp e) Vani Shrimp
25. The 2nd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2018-19 have been
released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on 28th
February,2019. As per Second Advance Estimates for 2018-19, what is the estimate for
total foodgrain production in the country ?
a) 251.37 million tones b) 261.37 millon tones c) 271.37 million tones
d) 281.37 million tones e) 291.37 million tones
26. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers, Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh
inaugurated Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory facility in which city on Feb 2019
?
a) Cuttack b) Shimla c) Dehradun
d) Bhubaneshwar e) Patna

27. The first national initiative on application of remote sensing technology was attempted
way back in 1969 by IARI along with ISRO and NASA for the early diagnosis of root
(wilt) disease in which crop at Kayamkulam, Kerala ?
a) Coconut b) Cucurbit c) Date palm
d) Paddy e) Cashew
28. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of Raw Jute has
been increased to what amount per quintal for 2019-20 season from Rs. 3700/- per
quintal in 2018-19 season ?
a) Rs.3750/- per quintal b) Rs.3850/- per quintal c) Rs.3950/- per quintal
d) Rs.4050/- per quintal e) Rs.4150/- per quintal
29. What is the Agricuture Credit Flow Target for 2018- 19 according to the data submitted
by Banks in ENSURE portal of NABARD in respect of Cooperative and Regional Rural
Banks and data furnished by Banks through mail in respect of Commercial Banks ?
a) Rs.10,00,000 crore b) Rs.11,00,000 crore c) Rs.12,00,000 crore
d) Rs.13,00,000 crore e) Rs.14,00,000 crore
30. The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare established a Centre in
2012, for operationalization of the space technology developed in the Indian Space
Research Organization, for crop production forecasting. What is the name of the centre ?
a) Abhimanyu National Crop Forecast Centre
b) Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre
c) Swaminathan National Crop Forecast Centre
d) Dareks National Crop Forecast Centre
e) National Crop Forecast Centre
31. Recently which better variety of Pusa Basmati 1121, has been developed which is
resistant to bacterial leaf scorch ?
a) Pusa Basmati 1715 b) Pusa Basmati 1716 c) Pusa Basmati 1717
d) Pusa Basmati 1718 e) Pusa Basmati 1719
32. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
gave its approval for the creation of Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) to be
created with NABARD for development and up-gradation of Gramin Agricultural
Markets and Regulated Wholesale Markets. What is the corpus of Agri- Market
Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) ?
a) Rs. 1000 crore b) Rs. 2000 crore c) Rs. 3000 crore
d) Rs. 4000 crore e) Rs. 5000 crore
33. What is the total number of farmers registed on m-kisan portal for receiving agro
advisories including meteorological advisories
a) 1.13 crore b) 2.13 crore c) 3.13 crore
d) 4.13 crore e) 5.13 crore

34. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the
proposal for establishment of which aayog for Conservation, production and development
of cows and their progeny.
a) Rashtriya Gau Aayog b) Rashtriya Gauraksha Aayog
c) Rashtriya Gokul Aayog d) Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog
e) Rashtriya Dhenu Aayog
35. As per the results (provisional) of latest Agriculture Census 2015-16, the average size of
operational holdings in the country is
a) 1.05 ha b) 2.08 ha c) 3.08ha d) 4.08 ha e) 5.08 ha
36. As per the forth advance estimates 2017-18, the area under oilseeds in the country
decreased to what area as compared to 261.77 lakh hectares in 2016-17.
a) 146.45 lakh hectares b) 246.45 lakh hectares c) 236.45 lakh hectares
d) 186.45 lakh hectares e) 230.45 lakh hectares
37. Rashtiya Gokul Mission has been stared for the first time in the country to promote the
county‟s cattle and buffaloes, to preserve their genetic resources in scientific and holistic
form and for continuous growth in the productivity of Indian bovine. What is the
allocations for it in Budget 2018-19.
a) Rs.550 crore b) Rs.650 crore c) Rs.750 crore
d) Rs. 850 core e) Rs.950 crore
38. To provide an assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, Government
has launched a historic programme namely “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-
KISAN)”. How much amount will be provide under this programme to vulnerable
landholding farmer families, having cultivable land upto 2 hectares as direct income
support ?
a) Rs.2,000 per year. b) Rs.4,000 per year. c) Rs.6,000 per year.
d) Rs.8,000 per year. e) Rs.10,000 per year.
39. What is the Budgetary allocation for the Agriculture and Farmers‟ Welfare Ministry for
2019-20 ?
a) Rs. 1,11,174.37 crore b) Rs. 1,21,174.37 crore
c) Rs. 1,31,174.37 crore d) Rs. 1,41,174.37 crore
e) Rs. 1,51,174.37 crore
40. As per the information available with Govt. of India, What is the total number (crore) of
Active KCCs ?
a) 5.95 b) 6.95 c) 7.95
d) 8.95 e) 9.95
41. India is the second largest fish producing nation in the world. What is the contribution of
India in global production ?
a) 5.3% of global production
b) 6.3% of global production
c) 7.3% of global production
d) 8.3% of global production
e) 9.3% of global production

42. According to the National Action Plan (NAP) for Dairy Development what is the target
for milk production by 2021-22 ?
a) 154.5 Million MT b) 254.5 Million MT c) 354.5 Million MT
d) 454.5 Million MT e) 554.5 Million MT
43. Hon‟ble prime minister launch pradhan mantra jan dhan yojna on 28th Aug 2014. So
Which among the following is not a pillar of PMJDY ?
a) Universal access to banking service
b) Provide bank account with OD facility and RuPay card
c) Provide micro insurance
d) Creation of credit guarantee Fund
e) Provide macro finance
44. The „Lab to land programme‟ is being run by ICAR is covred under which govt scheme
?
a) PMKSY b) „Mera gaon mera gaurav‟ c) Samruddha kisan yojna
d) Kisan samman nidhi e) SHG-BLP
45. What is the premium to be paid by any citizen having age of 40 years for insurance
worth 2 lakh under PMJJBY ?
a) Rs 12 b) Rs 550 c) Rs 330
d) Rs 380 e) None of these
46. The MSME (Micro,small and medium enterprises) share total non agriculture gross
domestic product (GDP) is about 37% and it contributes how much percent in Indias
export ?
a) 80% b) 54% c) 43% d) 34% e) 10%
47 What is the Limit of loan amount of the category of “Tarun” under the Micro unit
development and refinance agency (MUDRA) ?
a) Upto Rs 50000 b) Rs 50000 to Rs 5 Lakh c) Rs 50 Lakh to 10 cr
d) Rs 5 Lakh to 10 Lakh e) Rs 50000 to 5 cr.
48. With the aim to bring transparency and improvement in the agricultural marketing sector
E-Namplatform was introduced in which year ?
a) April 2016 b) April 2014 c) March 2015
d) June 2017 e) March 2018
49. Pradhan mantra fasal bima YojnaLaunched from the Kharif season of 2016 to provide
safety-shield to farmers against the losses to crops, due to natural calamities. The
maximum premium for cotton will be ?
a) 2% b) 1.5 % c) 3%
d) 5% e) 3.5%
50. To provide feedback to the farmers on the fertility of their agricultural land, on the basis
of Soil Health Card how many parameters of soil-samples to bechecked in soil Lab ?
a) 25 b) 30 c) 9
d) 7 e) 12

51. The Govt scheme aims of decreasing the cost of farming, increasing the crop-yield and
management of crop-residues i.e “Agricultural Mechanization Promotion scheme”
provides financial assistance is about ?
a) 25 %of the cost of machinery/equipment
b) 50 % of the cost of machinery/equipment
c) 75% of the cost of machinery/equipment
d) 100% of the cost of machinery/equipment
e) 65% of the cost of machinery/equipment
52. Agricultural sector plays a significant role in any economy. What % population is
directly engaged in agriculture and allied sectors in India ?
a) 30% b) 40% c) 50%
d) 95% e) 70%
53. India ranks…..in milk production in world ?

a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd
th
d) 4 e) 10th
54. If castration in Calf is done before its sexual maturity of calf we called it as Steer . What
will be the age of calfduring Castration ?
a) 2 month b) 4 month c) 8 month
d) 20 -22 week e) None of these
55. Purchase of new animal mostly done in month ?

a) June –July b) Jan –Feb c) Oct –Nov
d) march-april e) may-june
56. According to NABARD during selection of cow for milch purpose it should have Avg.
yield 5.5 lit/day thus how many incisor present on upper jaw of cow during selection
process of best breed for milch purpose?
a) 6 incisors b) 8 incisors c) 10 incisors
d) 4 incisors e) None of these
57. Indigenous breeds are mostly classified as milch purpose ,dual purpose and drought
purpose Which of the following breed is mostly usefull for drought purpose ?
a) Sahiwal b) Kankrej c) Tharparkar
d) Hariana e) Pulikulam
58. Red sindhi (Malir) originated from Sindh of Pakistan having avg.lactation 1700 kg after
suckling of calf and avg height of adult bull is 134 cm what should be the intercalving
period of Red sindhi breed ?
a) 200-270 days b) 310 days c) 270- 310 days
d) 425 -540 days e) 10-12 months
59. Which of the following breed is called as „Bhadavari‟ in cow world.

a) Sahiwal b) Gir c) Red Sindhi
d) Pulikulam e) Hallikar

60. Indigenous breed „Vechur‟ originated from which state ?
a) Tamilnadu b) Kerala c) Rajasthan
d) Sikkim and West Bengal e) Andra Pradesh
61. Housing management is most important part in dairy industry ,and milk yield is mostly
depends on feed management then What should be the width of feed manger for adult
cattle and buffalo in well organized dairy farm ?
a) 40 m b) 40cm c) 50cm
d) 60 cm e) 60-75 m
62. Pregnant animals transferred to calving pen 2-3 week before the expected date of
calving. so what is the floor space required for down-calver in covered area ?
a) 3.5 b) 7 c) 129.16 Sq ft.
d) 43 Sq ft. e) 75.34 Sq ft
63. Which among following country ranks 1st in world for tobacco production?
a) China b) Brazil c) India
d) Pakistan e) U.K
64. Restructured national bamboo mission was launched in which year and how much outlet
is allocated for 2018-19 and 2019-20.
a) April 2017 , 1000 cr b) April 2016 , 1000 cr c) April 2018, 1290 cr
d) March 2014, 5000 cr e) March 2016 ,9000 cr
65. India ranks 3rd in Fisheries and in aquaculture India ranks 2nd in world, so According to
National Fisheries development board how much per capita fish availability is in India ?
a) 4Kg b) 5Kg c) 2 Kg
d) 9Kg e) 18 Kg
66. Contribution of Fisheries and aquaculture in total GDP is about 1%. What is the % share
of Fisheries and aquaculture in Agril. GDP ?
a) 5 % b) 10% c) 12%
d) 2% e) 3%
67. National research centre of equines (NRCE) (Horse , donkey ,mouel) located at ?
a) Karnal b) Hissar (Haryana) c) Karnataka
d) angalore e) Hydrabad
68. Total net sown area in India is about 141 Million ha. What is the total % area covered
under irrigation ?
a) 30% b) 60% c) 90%
d) 85% e) 45%

Answer Key
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. A 5. c
6. 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. c
11.b 12.c 13. b 14.e 15. b
16.b 17. b 18. d 19. b 20. a
21. d 22.a 23. a 24. A 25. d
26. a 27. a 28. c 29. B 30. b
31. d 32. B 33. e 34. d 35. a
36. b 37. c 38. c 39. d 40. b
41. b 42. b 43. e 44. b 45. c
46. c 47. d 48. a 49. D 50. e
51. b 52. e 53 54. a ( 2 month or 8-9 week)
55. c 56. e 57. E 58. d 59. b
60. b 61. d 62. c (12 ) 63. a ( China)
64. c 65. d 66. a 67. b
68. e ( 65 million ha)


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2. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM):

3 National Bamboo Mission

4 3rd advance estimates of production of Major crops for 2018-2019

5 Rashtriya Mahila Kisan diwas

6 New varieties new hopes

7 Some Current aspets

8 FMD and brucellosis control programme

11 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojna

12 MSP of Important Crops (2019-20)

13 Questions for review

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 Central Sector Schemes:

 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

 Core of the Core Schemes:

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The funding pattern is as follows:

• For other States: Centre: State: 50:50

• For Union Territories: (i) (without Legislature) - Centre 100%

ii) Union Territories with Legislature: Centre: UT: 80:20

Schemes listed in the Interim Union Budget 2019-20:

various categories mentioned above:

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

Core of the Core Schemes:

National Social Assistance Program

✓ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program

✓ Umbrella Scheme for Development of Schedule Castes

✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Scheduled Tribes

✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities

✓ Umbrella Programme for Development of Other Vulnerable Groups

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National Social Assistance Program 81183.07

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Umbrella Scheme for Development of

Umbrella Programme for Development of

Umbrella Programme for Development of

Umbrella Programme for Development of

Green Revolution 246496.36

White Revolution 2140.00

Blue Revolution 560.00

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) 9515.93

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) 19000.00

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) 25853.26

National Rural Drinking Water Mission 8200.66

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National Health Mission 32251.00

National Education Mission 38572.40

National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in

Umbrella ICDS 27584.37

Mission for Protection and Empowerment

National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika 9524.00

Jobs and Skill Development 7510.75

Environment, Forestry and Wildlife 1082.00

Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and

Modernization of Police Forces 3378.30

Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary 720.00

Border Area Development Programme 824.94