AGRI

CUTURE
MI
NIMUM SUPPORTPRI
CE(
MSP)

•MSPist
hemini
mum pri
cesetbyt
hegover
nmentatwhi
chf
armer
scanexpectt
osel
lthei
r
pr
oducef
ort
heseason.

•Whenmarketpr
icesfal
lbel
owtheannouncedMSPs,
procur
ementagenci
esst
epi
nto
pr
ocur
ethecropand‘suppor
t’t
hepr
ices.

•TheCabi
netCommit
teeofEconomicAffai
rsannouncesMSPforvar
iouscr
opsatthe
begi
nni
ngofeachsowingseasonbasedontherecommendat
ionsoftheCommissi
onfor
Agri
cul
tur
alCost
sandPrices(
CACP).

•TheCACPtakesi
ntoaccountdemandandsuppl
y,t
hecostofpr
oduct
ionandpr
icet
rendsi
n
themar
ketamongothert
hingswhenfi
xingMSPs.

•TheCabi
netCommitt
eeonEconomi cAf
fair
shasapprovedt
hei
ncr
easei
ntheMi
nimum
Suppor
tPri
ces(MSPs)foral
lkhar
ifcr
opsfor2018-
19.

•GovernmentannouncesMSPon23cr ops.Theseincludesevencer
ealcrops(paddy,wheat ,
j
owar ,
bajra,maize,r
agiandbarley),f
ivepulsecr
ops( gram,t
ur,moong,uradandlentil
),seven
oil
seeds(groundnut,sunf
lowerseed,soyabean,rapeseed,mustar
d,saf
flower,
nigerseedand
seasmum) ,copra(dr
iedcoconut),cott
on,rawjut
eandsugar cane.

•Inordertodefinemi nimum suppor tpri

cesf orf
armers,governmenthasdeci dedanew
for
mul a.Thenewf ormul aisdiffer
entfrom theC2costformul a(FavouredbyMS
Swami nathan)
.C2f ormul afactorsinalotofcostsli
keimput edrentonl andandint
ereston
capi
tal,whichmakest hecostofpr oducti
onmuchhi gherthant helevelonwhichthe
Commi ssionforAgricultur
alCost sandPr i
cesbasesitsrecommendat i
ons.A2+FLcosts
for
mul amaybeusedf orfixat
ionof MSP.A2+FLconsi dersactualcostpl usi
mputedvalueof
famil
yl abouri
nt heproduct i
onofacr op.

•Governmenthasdecddedt oimplementtherecommendationofSwaminathanCommi tt
eeon
agri
cult
ureforMSPpayment s.Nowf ar
maer swil
lbeprovi
ded50%mi ni
mum pr of
itovert
hei
r
costofproduct
ions.Forcal
culati
ngcostofproduct
ionA2+FLf ormul
awillbeusedinplaceof
C2formulaproposedbySwami nat
hancommi tt
ee.

•Producti
oncost
sinAgr i
cul
tur
e:TheCommissi
onforAgri
cul
tur
alCost
sandPr
ices(
CACP)
proposesthr
eedefi
nit
ionsofpr
oducti
oncost
sinagri
cul
tur
e.

Theyare:•A2:Iti
stheactualpai
d-outexpensesincurr
edbyfarmer
s–incashandkindon
seeds,
ferti
li
ser
s,pest
ici
des,hir
edlabour,f
uel,i
rr
igati
onandotheri
nput
sfr
om out
side.

•A2+FL:I
tincl
udesA2costpl
usani
mput
edval
ueofunpai
dfami
lyl
abour
.

•C2:Itaccount
sfort
her
ental
sorint
erestl
oans,ownedl
andandfi
xedcapi
talasset
soverand
aboveA2+FL.TheSwami nat
hanCommi tt
eerecommendedtheMSPtobebasiccostand
prescr
ibedMSP50percentaboveC2.
►MSPEXTENDEDTOMI
NORFORESTPRODUCE

•TheMini
str
yofTr
ibalAf
fai
rshasdecl
aredi
nclusi
onof17newmi
norf
orestpr
oduce(
MFP)
undert
hegover
nment’
smini
mum supportpr
icescheme.

•ThenewMFPundert
heschemei
ncl
udesAMahuaf
lower
s(dr
ied)
,Tej
pat
ta(
dri
ed)and
Kokum (
dry)
.

•ThePrici
ngCell
,consti
tut
edbytheTribalCooperat
iveMar
ket
ingDevel
opmentFederat
ionof
I
ndiaLtd(TRI
FED),recommendedinclusi
onofnewMFPsundert hescheme,gi
ventheir
i
mportancetotheeconomyoflocalcommuni ti
es.MFP

•APlanni
ngCommi ssi
onreporthadnotedthatMFPcont r
ibutest
o20to40percentofthe
i
ncomeoff or
estdependentcommuniti
es,especi
all
ythelandlesswit
hadomi
nantpopulati
on
oft
ri
bals,
and“ pr
ovidescri
ti
calsubsi
stenceduri
ngleanseasons.”

•TheMFPeconomy, however,
isalsoknowntosufferf
rom unorganisedanduncert
ainmar
ket
demands,af
fecti
ngeconomicretur
nstothesecommunities.ABOUTMSPFORMI NOR
FORESTPRODUCE•TheMSPi sannouncedbytheMinistr
yofTribalAff
air
sbasedonthe
recommendati
onsofPrici
ngCellconst
it
utedbyTRIFED.

Cur
rent
ly,
MSPi
sannouncedf
or50Mi
norFor
estPr
oduce.

•MSPdecl ar
edbyGOIshal
lber
efer
enceMSPforfi
xingMSPandSt
ateGover
nmentshal
l
havel
ati
tudeof10%ofMSPdecl
aredbyGOIi
e,St
atecanfi
xMSPupto10%higherorl
ower
thanMSPdeclar
edbyGOI.

•Stat
eisal
soatl
iber
tyt
osuspendpr
ocessofpr
ocur
ementornott
odopr
ocur
ementofMFP
atall
.

•Thear
eaofcoverageoft
heschemehasbeenext
endedbeyondexi
sti
ng9Schedul
e5and
nowschemeisappli
cabl
einal
lstat
es.

•Theprocur
ementmechanismsattheHaatBazarswheretri
balsbri
ngthei
rcommodit
ieshave
nowalsobeenworked.307Dist
ri
ctColl
ector
shavebeengivenresponsi
bil
it
ythr
ought
heState
Agenci
estoprovi
deMi ni
mum SupportPri
cetot
hetri
balgather
ers.

•Iti
sproposedtosetupalmost6000VanDanVikasKendr
ascompri
sing300t
ri
balgat
her
ers
eachintheCountr
yprovi
dingemploymentt
oal
most45Lakhtri
bal
s.

►FARMERSPRODUCERORGANI
SATI
ON(
FPOS)

•I
ntheBudget
,2019-
20,
gover
nmenthadannouncedf
ormat
ionof10,
000newFPOs.

•AnewCentr
alSectorSchemehasbeencr
eatedbyDepar
tmentofAgri
cult
ureCooper
ati
on
andFar
mersWelfar
e( DACFW)t
it
led‘
Format
ionandPromoti
onofFarmersProduce
Or
gani
sat
ions’
.

•Aimstocr
eate10,000newFPOstobef
ormedin5yearsper
iodfr
om 2019-
20t
o2023-
24.
EachFPOwillbesuppor
tedf
or5year
sfr
om i
tsyearofi
ncept
ion.PROVISI
ONS

•Ther
ewil
lbethr
eei
mplement
ingagenciest
ofor
m andpromoteFPOs-SFAC, NCDCand
NABARD.Stat
esmayal
sonominat
etheirimpl
ement
ingagencyinconsul
tat
ionwit
hDACFW.

•DACFW willal
locateClust
er/Stat
estoimpl
ementi
ngagencieswhi
chi
ntur
nwi
llf
ormt
he
Cl
usterBasedBusi nessOrganisat
ion(CBBO)i
ntheSt
ates.

•CBBOwi l
lpromoteandfor
m FPOsengagedattheState/Cl
ust
erlevelbyimplement
ing
agencies.CBBOst ohave5cat
egori
esofspeci
ali
stsr
elatedtoagri
cult
ure,agr
imarketi
ng,
soci
almobi l
izat
ion,l
awandaccounts,
IT/
MIS.CBBOst oactasplatf
ormf oranendtoend
knowledgeforallFPOpromoti
on.

•ANationalProj
ectManagementAgency(NPMA)atSFACf
orpr
ovi
dingover
allpr
oject
gui
dance,datacompil
ati
onandmaintenance.

Minimum numberofmembersinFPOwil
lbe300inpl
ainareasand100inNort
hEastandhill
y
ar
eas.DACFW mayr evi
sethemini
mum member
shipbasedonexperi
encewit
happrovalof
UnionAgri
cul
tur
eMi ni
ster
.

•Pri
ori
tytofor
mat i
onofFPOsi
naspi
rat
ional
dist
ri
ctswi
thatl
east1FPOi
neachbl
ockof
aspi
rat
ionaldi
str
ict
s.

•FPOswillbepromot
edunder‘OneDist
ri
ctOneProduct
’cl
ust
ert
opr
omot
especi
ali
sat
ionand
bet
terpr
ocessing,
market
ing,
brandi
ng&exportbyFPOs.

•Pr
ovi
sionofequi
tygr
antf
orst
rengt
heni
ngequi
tybaseofFPOs.

•CreditGuar
ant
eeFundofuptoRs10,000croreinNABARDwit
hequalcont
ri
buti
onby
DACFW andNABARDandCr edi
tGuaranteeFundofRs500cror
einNCDCwi t
hequal
contr
ibuti
onandNCDCforpr
ovidi
ngsuit
ablecredi
tguar
ant
eecovert
oaccel
erat
eflowof
credi
ttoFPOs

•States/
UTcanavaill
oanatconcessi
onalr
atesunderAgri
MarketInf
rast
ruct
ureFund
approvedforsetupi
nNABARDf ordevel
opi
ngagricul
tur
emarketingandinfr
ast
ruct
urei
n
GrAMs,

•Pr
ovi
sionoft
rai
ning.

•Budget
aryprovi
sionofRs4,
496cror
eforfi
veyears(201920to2023-
24)wi t
hafurther
committ
edliabi
li
tyofRs2,
369cror
efort
heperiodfr
om 2024-25to2027-28towar
ds
handhol
dingofeachFPOforfi
veyear
sfrom i
tsaggregat
ionandfor
mation.BENEFITSOF
FPOs

•Ensur
eseconomi
esofscal
eforf
armer
s

•Smal
landmargi
nalf
armer
sοStat
usofFPOsinI
ndiaοCurr
entl
y,t
herear
ear
ound6,000
FPOsexi
sti
ngi
nIndi
a.οNABARDhaspromot
edaround4000FPOs.PRODUCEFund
(Pr
oducer
sOrgani
zat
ionDevel
opmentandUpl
if
tmentCor
pus)hasbeencr
eat
edwi
thacor
pus
ofRs200cror
einNABARDf ort
hepromoti
onof2000FPOsi
nIndia.

►BEEKEEPI
NGDEVELOPMENTCOMMI
TTEEREPORT

•Commi
tt
eewasheadedbyBi
bekDebr
oy

•I
ndi
ais8t
hlar
gestpr
oducerofhoneyi
nthewor
ld.(
Chi
nai
sfi
rst
).

•Basedontheareaundercult
ivat
ioni
nI ndi
aandbeeforagecrops,
Indi
ahasapot
ent
ialof
about200mil
li
onbeecoloniesasagainst3.4mi
ll
ionbeecoloniest
oday.

•I
ncr
easingt
henumberofbeecolonieswil
lnotonl
yincreasethepr
oductionofbee-
rel
ated
pr
oduct
sbutwil
lboostover
allagr
icul
tur
alandhort
icul
turalpr
oduct
ivi
ty.

Vol
umeofhoneyexpor
tsf
rom 29.
6to51.
5thousandt
onnesbet
ween2014-
15and2017-
18.

•Fourmaj orhoneybeesspeciesarefoundinI ndi

a:1.Indi
aorAsianhoneybee( domest i
cat
ed)
(Accountsfor510%ofhoneypr oducedinIndia)2.Europeanhoneybee( domesti
cated)
(Int
roducedspeciesi
nIndi
a)( Account
sf or70-75%ofhoneypr oduced)3.Dwarfhoneybee
(wil
d)4.Rockhoneybee( wild)(20%honeypr oduced)Honeybeesexhi bi
tEusoci
ali
tyinwhich
theyli
veincolonieswi
thahighlyorganisedsystem ofdivi
sionoflabour,
takecar
eoft hei
r
youngoneswi thcooper
ati
vebr oodcare.►NATI ONALBEEBOARD

•Itwasr econst
itut
edi n2006wit
htheaimtof aci
li
tateoveral
ldevelopmentofBeekeepi
ngby
promotingScientif
icBeekeepi
nginIndi
atoincreasetheproductivit
yofcropsthr
ough
poll
inat
ionandi ncreasetheHoneyproduct
ionforincreasi
ngthei ncomeoftheBeekeeper
s/
Farmers.

•HeadedbySecr
etar
y,Depar
tmentofAgr
icul
tur
eandFar
mer
s'Wel
far
e

•Funct
ionsundert
heMi
nist
ryofAgr
icul
tur
eandFar
mer
s'Wel
far
e.

OBJECTI
VES

1.Devel
opmentofsci
ent
if
icbeekeepi
ng

2.Devel
opmentofnucl
eusst
ockpr
oduct
ion,
capaci
tybui
ldi
ng

3.Di
ssemi
nat
ionofi
nfor
mat
ionont
echnol
ogi
cal
advancementi
nthef
iel
dofbeekeepi
ng

4.Stepsforqual
ityhoneyproduct
ionandot
herbeehivepr
oductsf
orover
seasanddomest
ic
mar
kets,enhanci
ngproducti
vit
yofvari
ouscr
opsthroughbeepopul
ati
on

►API
ARYONWHEELS

•Iti
saconceptdevel
opedbyKVI
Cfort
heeasyupkeepandmi
grat
iononBeeBoxeshavi
ng
l
iveBeecol
onies.

•Pl
atf
orm whi
chcancar
ry20Beeboxesf
rom onepl
acet
oanot
herwi
thoutanydi
ff
icul
ty.
•Connect
edwit
hsolarpanelwhi
chaut
omatical
lyt
ri
gger
saf
ani
nsi
det
hecompar
tmentas
soonastemper
atur
esreaches35Corabove.

•Hassugardr
ipswhi
chhel
pst
ofeedbeesi
nthesummerseason

•Iti
sli
keanattachmentwhichcanbeeasi
lyconnect
edwi
thaTr
act
orort
rol
leyandmaybe
pull
edtoanysuitabl
edest
inat
ion.

•I
twi
llenabl
e:1.Easymi
grat
ionofbees

2.
Reducelabourandcostofmai
ntai
ningandupkeepi
ngofBeeboxesandl
ivebeecol
oni
es
acr
ossIndi
a.3.Easyf eedi
ngofbees

4.Hel
pbeest
osust
aineveni
next
remesummer
s.

►HONEYMI
SSI
ON

•I
tisami
ssi
onl
aunchedbyKVI
Cin2017.

•Iti
nvol
ves:1.Tr
ainingofbeekeper
s2.Distr
ibut
ingBeeboxes3.Hel
pingr
ural
,educat
edbut
unemployedyout
ht oearnextr
aincomethroughbeekeepi
ng.

►HONEYANDNORTHEAST

•Hi
ghal
ti
tudehoneyi
sri
chi
nant
ioxi
dant
s.I
tcanbesol
datapr
emi
um pr
ice.

•Ot
herpr
oduct
ssuchaspol
len,
propol
is,
royal
jel
lyandbeevenom

►TRADEMARKPROTECTI
ONOFKHADI

•KVI
Ci st
heregist
eredpropri
etor
sofoverahundredt
rademarksregist
rat
ionsincl
udi
ngthe
symbolof'
Charkha'i
nIndiaandothercount
ri
esl
ikeRussi
a,China,Germany,Austr
ali
a,UKand
Bhut
an.

•Topreventthemi suseoftheset
rademarksbypri
vat
eplayer
sKVIChastakenupmatt
er
seeki
ngInter
nationalTrademarkprot
ect
ionofsymbolofChar
khaunderar
ticl
e6t
eroft
he
Pari
sConvent i
on.ARTICLE6TEROFTHEPARI SCONVENTION.

•Art
icl
e6teroftheParisConventi
onfortheprotect
ionofIndustri
alpr
oper
tyof1883(
1967
St
ockhol
m Act)protect
sarmorialbear
ings,
flagsandotherSt at
eemblemsaswellasoff
ici
al
si
gnsandhall
mar ksoftheStatespart
ytothePar i
sConvention.

•Thesignspublishedwit
hWor l
dIntel
lect
ual
Pr oper
tyOrgani
zat
ion(WI
PO)undert
hisactar
e
prevent
edfrom beingr
egist
eredorusedastrademarks,
acrossthewor
ld,
wit
hout
authori
zat
ion.EXCLUSIVEHSCODEBRACKETFORKHADI

•HSst
andsf
orHar
moni
sedSyst
em.I
tisa6di
giti
dent
if
icat
ioncode.

•Devel
opedbyWor
ldCust
omsOr
gani
sat
ion.

•Custom of
fi
cer
suseHScodet
ocl
earever
ycommodi
tyt
hatent
ersorcr
ossesany
i
nter
nati
onalbor
der
.
►PPVFRACT, 2001Recently,PepsiCofiledacaseagai nstthepotat
ofarmersinGujaratfor
al
legedl
ygrowingi
tsregist
eredpot at
ovar iet
y"FC5"whi chisusedtomake‘Lays’chips.The
Companysoughtacompensat i
onofar oundRs1cr orefrom thefar
mersforthevi
olati
onofi t
s
ri
ghtsundert
heProtect
ionofPl antVarieti
esandFar mer s'
RightsAct,
2001.

WHATI
SPPVFRACT,
2001?

•ThePPVFRAct,
2001wasenact
edtogr
antint
ell
ect
ualpr
opert
yri
ghtstopl
antbreeder
s,
resear
cher
sandf
armer
swhohavedevel
opedanyneworextantpl
antvar
iet
ies.

•Itseekst
obalancethei
nter
est
softhebreeder
swiththefar
merswher
eini
tpromotes
researchi
nthedevel
opmentofnewplantvar
iet
ieswi
thoutadver
sel
yaf
fect
ingthei
nter
est
sof
thefarmer
s.BACKGROUNDTOTHEADOPTI ONTOPPVFRACT

•TRIPSagreementprovi
desf oraflexi
bil
it
ymechani sm t
ot hecountri
eswhereinthatnewplant
var
ietycanbeprot
ectedeit
herbyi ssui
ngpat ent
soranef fecti
ve"suigener
is"system ora
combinati
onofthetwo.The"suigeneris"system meansthatthecount r
ymayadopti tsown
l
awi nordert
omeetitsspecialneeds.

•TRIPSagr
eementprovi
desthatUni
onf
orpr
otect
ionofPl
antVar
iet
ies(
UPOV)maybeused
asthebasi
sfor"
suigener
is"syst
em.

•Indiadeci
dedt oenactdomesticlawi nthef orm ofPPVFRAct ,2001wi t
houtbecominga
memberofUPOV.Thi swasspecifical
lydonei nor dertoprot
ectthei
nterestofthefar
mers
sincetheUPOVdeni esthefarmer sthefreedom t ore-usefar
m savedseedsandt oexchange
them wit
ht hei
rneighbour
s.UPOV•TheI nternati
onal Unionf
ortheProtecti
onofNewVar iet
ies
ofPlants(UPOV)isani nt
ergovernment alorganizati
onbasedi nGeneva,Switzerl
and.

•UPOVwasest abl
ishedbyt
heInt
ernat
ionalConvent
ionf
ortheProtect
ionofNewVariet
iesof
Pl
ants.TheConventi
onwasadopt
edinPar i
sin1961andrevisedi
n1972, 1978and1991.

•Themi ssi
onofUPOVist oprovi
deandpr
omot eaneffect
ivesyst
em ofplantvar
iet
y
prot
ecti
on,wit
htheaim ofencour
agi
ngthedevelopmentofnewvariet
iesofplant
s,fort
he
benefi
tofsoci
ety.•I
ndiaisnotamembercountryofUPOV.However ,i
tisanobservercount
ry.

WHATKI
NDOFVARI
ETI
ESCANBEREGI
STEREDUNDERTHEACT?

•Anewvar
iet
yifi
tconf
ormst
othecr
it
eri
aofnovel
ty,
dist
inct
iveness,
uni
for
mit
yandst
abi
li
ty.

•Anext antvari
etyifitconformstocr i
ter
iaofdisti
ncti
veness,
unif
ormi
tyandst abi
li
ty.An
“ExtantVari
ety”meansavar iet
y,whichis(i)noti
fi
edundersecti
on5oftheSeedsAct ,1966;or
(i
i)afarmers’vari
ety;or(ii
i)avari
etyaboutwhi chther
eiscommonknowl edge;or(i
v)any
othervari
etywhichi sinthepublicdomai n.RIGHTSUNDERTHEACTBr eeders’Ri
ght s

•Breeder
shaveexclusi
ver i
ghtstopr
oduce,
sel
l,
mar
ket
,di
str
ibut
e,i
mpor
torexpor
tthe
prot
ectedvar
iet
y.Researchers’Ri
ght
s

•Researchercanuseanyoft
her
egi
ster
edvar
iet
yundert
heActf
orconduct
ingexper
imentor
resear
ch.Farmers'
Right
s

•Af
armerwhohasevol
vedordevel
opedanewvar
iet
yisent
it
ledf
orr
egi
str
ati
onand
pr
otect
ioni
nli
kemannerasabr
eederofavar
iet
y;

•Far
merscancl
aimforcompensat
ioni
fther
egi
ster
edvar
iet
yfai
lst
opr
ovi
deexpect
ed
per
for
manceundergi
vencondi
ti
ons.

•Farmer
sengagedint
heconservat
ionofgenet
icr
esourcesofl
andracesandwi
ldrel
ativesof
economicplant
sandt
hei
rimprovementt
hroughsel
ecti
onandpreser
vati
onarer
ecognised
andrewarded.

•Af ar
mercansave, use,
sow,re-sow,exchange,shar
eorsel
lhisfarm producei
ncludingseed
ofavariet
yprot
ectedundert
hel awinthesamemannerashewasent i
tledbefor
ethecomi ng
i
ntoforceofthi
sAct.However,
thef ar
meri snotall
owedtosel
lbrandedseedofavar iety
prot
ectedunderthel
aw.

•Not
e:Brandedseedmeansanyseedputinapackageoranyothercontai
nerandl
abel
ledi
na
mannerwhichgi
vesindi
cat
iont
hatsuchseedi
sofavar i
etypr
otectedunderthi
sAct
.

DURATI
ONOFPROTECTI
ON

•Thedurati
onofprot
ect
ionofregi
ster
edvari
eti
esi
sdi
ff
erentf
ordi
ff
erentt
ypeofcr
opswhi
ch
areasbelow:1.Tr
eesandvines-18years.

2.Forot
hercr
ops-15year
s

3.Forext
antvari
eti
esnot
if
ied-15year
sfr
om t
hedat
eofnot
if
icat
ionundersect
ion5oft
he
SeedsAct,1966.

►SUGARSECTOR

Sugari
ndust
ryi
sint
roubl
eleadi
ngt
oagr
ari
andi
str
ess.

Reasons:•Lowdomesti
cpr
icesofsugar•Mismatchbet
weendemandandsuppl
yofsugar
.
Demandofsugarhasremai
nedstagnantataround25mil
li
ont
onnes.

•Riseofalter
nat
ivesweeterner
ssuchasAspr
atame.I
ncr
easi
ngheal
thconsci
ousnessamong
people.•Lowint
ernat
ionalpri
cesofsugar
.

•Pol
icyenvi
ronmentaf
fect
ingpr
ocur
ement
,pr
ici
ngofr
awmat
eri
alandf
ini
shedpr
oduct
s.

•I
ncr
easi
ngNPAsi
nsugarsect
or.

SUGARPRODUCTI
ONI
NINDI
A

•TheSugarindustr
yisthesecondlargestagro-
basedi
ndust
ryi
nIndi
a.I
ndi
aisal
sot
he
secondl
argestproducerofsugaraf
terBrazil
.

•Wi
thi
nIndi
a,Ut
tarPr
adesh,
Mahar
asht
raandKar
nat
akaar
ethet
hreel
argestpr
oducer
s.

•TheSugarpr
oduct
ioni
nIndiahasi
ncreasedf
rom 24mil
li
ont
onnesi
n2015-16to32mi
ll
ion
tonnesi
n2017-
18andisexpect
edtotouch35mil
li
ontonnesi
n2018-
19.PROBLEMSWITH
THESUGARCANE

PRI
CINGI
NINDI
A
•Sugarcanepricesi
nI ndi
aarecont r
oll
edbytheCent ralaswellasStateGovernments.Each
yeartheCabinetCommi tt
eeonEconomi cAff
ai r
sf i
xesaFai randRemuner at
ivePri
ce(FRP)on
therecommendat i
onsofCommi ssi
onforAgri
cul t
uralCostsandPr i
ces(CACP)tobepai dto
sugarcanefarmersforprocurementofsugar
canebysugarmi l
ls.Addi
ti
onall
y,st
atesalsofi
x
upaSt ateAdvisedPri
ce( SAP).TheSAPhast ypical
lybeenhigherthanFRP.FRPgi ves
guaranteedpri
cetocanegr owers.FRPofsugar caneisdeterminedunderSugarcane(Contr
ol)
Order1966.

•However,
thesugarpri
cesaredeter
minedbythemar ketfor
cesofdemandandsupply.Thus,
event
hough,thesugarpri
cesi
nthedomesticmar kethasdecreased,
butt
hesugar
caneprices
fi
xedbythegovernmenthascont
inuedtoi
ncrease.

•Thishasputanaddi
ti
onalbur
denont
hesugarmi
ll
sfort
hepaymentofmoneyt
othe
sugarcanef
armer
s.

►AGRIEXPORTPOLI
CYWHYI
NDI
ANEEDSAGRI
CULTUREEXPORTPOLI
CY?

•I
nspiteofbei
ngamongt helargestpr
oducersagri
cultur
alcommodi
ti
es,
Indi
a’sshar
ein
gl
obalexpor
tsofagr
icul
tureproductsi
squitemarginalat2.
2%.

Worldagr
icul
tur
alt
radehasbeenrel
ati
vel
ystagnanti
nthelastf
iveyear
s(2013-
2017)
.Indi
a’s
agr
icul
tur
altr
adedroppedf
rom US$36Bill
ioni
n2013t oUS$31Bi l
li
onin2017.

•However,bet
ween2000and2014,thecount
ry’
sagri
cul
tur
alpr
oduct
ionhassurgedfrom
$101bil
li
onto$367bil
li
on,dr
ivenmainl
ybyhigh-
val
uesegment
ssuchashorti
cultur
e,dai
ry,
poul
tr
yandi nl
andaquacul
tur
e.

•Noothercountr
yhasamor edi
ver
sef
oodandnon-
foodagri
cul
tur
ebaseasIndiaandthi
s
gener
atestheopti
mism t
hatI
ndi
acanbeal
eadi
ngplayeri
ntheworl
dagri
cul
turalt
rade.

•Indi
a’
sexpor
tbasketi
sbasi
cal
lyledbymar
inepr
oduct
s,meatandr
icewhi
cht
oget
her
consti
tut
e52%ofit
stot
alagr
iexport
s.

•Ther
eisampl
escopef
ordi
ver
sif
icat
ionofexpor
tofagr
icul
tur
alcommodi
ti
esf
rom I
ndi
a.

•Majori
tyofI
ndia’
sexpor
tsar
elowvalue,semi
-processedandmar ket
edinbulk.Theshar
eof
Indi
a’shi
ghvalueandval
ueaddedagr
i pr
oduceinitsagriexpor
tbasketi
slessthan15%
comparedto49%inChina.

•Thus,
thereneedstorenewedf ocuson" BakeinIndi
a"ontheli
nesof"
MakeinIndi
a"t
o
promot
etheexportofprocessedagr i
cult
uralcommoditi
es.MAJOROBJECTIVES•Todouble
agri
cul
tur
alexport
sfrom presentUS$30Bi ll
iontoUS$60Bi l
li
onby2022andreachUS$100
Bil
li
oni
nthenextfewyear sthereaf
ter,
withast abl
etr
adepoli
cyregi
me.

•Todiver
sif
yourexportbasket
,dest
inat
ionsandboosthi
ghval
ueandval
ueadded
agr
icul
tur
alexpor
tsincl
udingfocusonperishabl
es.

•Topromot
enovel
,i
ndi
genous,
organi
c,et
hni
c,t
radi
ti
onalandnon-
tr
adi
ti
onalAgr
ipr
oduct
s
expor
ts.
•Topr
ovi
deaninst
it
utionalmechani
sm forpur
sui
ngmar
ketaccess,
tackl
ingbar
ri
ersanddeal
wit
hsani
tar
yandphytosanit
aryi
ssues.

•Tostr
ivet
odoubl
eIndi
a’sshar
einwor
ldagr
iexpor
tsbyi
ntegr
ati
ngwi
thgl
obalval
uechai
nat
theear
li
est
.

•Enabl
efar
mer
stogetbenef
itofexpor
toppor
tuni
ti
esi
nover
seasmar
ket
.

•Poli
cyhasbeenr
eleasedbyMi
nist
ryofCommer
ceandI
ndust
ry.STRATEGI
ESADOPTED
Stabl
ePoli
cyRegi
me.

•Thetendencyofthegover
nmenttouti
li
zetr
adepol
icyasaninstr
umentt
oattainshort
-t
erm
goal
softaminginf
lat
ionandpr
otect
ingthedomest
icindust
ryhashadanadverseeff
ect.

•Apoli
cyassurancethatthepr
ocessedagri
cul
tur
alproduct
sandallkindsofor
gani
cproduct
s
wil
lnotbebroughtundertheambitofanyki
ndofexportr
estr
ict
ion(
viz.Mini
mum Expor
tPri
ce
(MEP),expor
tduty,
exportban,
etc).

•I
denti
fi
cati
onoffewcommodi t
ieswhichareessent
ialforfoodsecuri
ty.Anyexportrest
ri
cti
on
onsuchident
if
iedcommodit
iesunderextr
emepr i
cesituati
onwillbebasedondecisionofhigh
l
evelcommitt
ee.Expor
tpr
ohibi
ti
onswoul dbetakenupi naWTOcompat i
blemanner.

•Liber al
isedimpor tofagr i
cultur
al productsforval ueaddi t
ionandr e-export.REFORMSI N
APMCACT1)Li beralizingLandLeasi ngNor ms:TheMi nistryofAgr i
culturehasr ecentl
ycome
outwi t
hModelCont ractFar mingAct .TheAgr iExpor tPolicywoul daim att akingforwardthese
refor ms.2)Infr
astruct ureandLogi sti
csBoost :οGr eaterinvolvementofSt ateGover nmentin
Agr iExportsοFocusonCl ust
ersοPr omotingVal ueaddedexpor tsοMar ketingandpr omot i
on
of‘Br andIndia’οAt t
ract i
ngprivateinvestmenti ntopr oduct ionandpr ocessi ngο
Establ i
shmentofSt r
ongQual i
tyRegi men3)Resear chandDevel opment4)Cr eationofAgr i
-
Star tupfund:Itwillsuppor tentrepreneurstost artanewvent ureinAgr iproduct sexports
duringt heiri
nit
ialperiodofest ablishment.Pr oposal swi l
lber eferr
edt ofundmanagerf or
eval uati
on.

►ZEROBUDGETNATURALFARMI
NG(
ZBNF)

Thebudgetdocumentof2019-
20andt
heEconomi
cSurvey2018-
19focusedonadopt
ionof
‘
ZeroBudgetNatur
alFarmi
ng’(
ZBNF)i
nordert
odoubl
ethefar
mers’
incomebytheendof
2022.

WHATI
SZNBF?

•Iti
sasetoffarmingmet
hods,
andal
soagr
assr
oot
speasantmovement
,whi
chhasspr
eadt
o
vari
ousst
atesinIndi
a.

•Ithasatt
ainedwidesuccessinsout
her
nI ndi
a,especi
all
ythesout
her
nIndi
anst
ateof
Karnat
akawher ei
tfi
rstevol
ved.Theagr
icult
uralpr
acti
cesunderZBNFwasputf
orwar
dby
SubhashPalekar.

•Theword‘budget
’refer
stocredi
tandexpenses,
thust
hephr
ase"ZeroBudget"means
wit
houtusi
nganycr edit
,andwit
houtspendi
nganymoneyonpurchasedi
nputs."Nat
ural
f
armi
ng”meansf
armi
ngwi
thNat
ureandwi
thoutchemi
cal
s.

I
NITI
ATI
VESOFGOVERNMENT

•UnionMi ni
str
yofAgricul
tur
eandFarmer ’
sWel farehasrevisedt
henormsf ortheRashtri
ya
Kri
shiVikasYojana-Remunerat
iveApproachesforAgr i
cult
ureandAll
iedsectorRejuvenat
ion
(RKVY-RAFTAAR)andt heParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana.

•BothCentral
ly-
sponsoredschemesnowall
owStat
estousethei
rfundstopromot et
heZBNF,
Vedi
cfarming,natur
alfarmi
ng,cowfar
mingandahostofot
hertr
adit
ionalmethods.
BENEFITS.

•Reducet
hei
nputcost
swhi
chhavebeenr
esponsi
blef
orpr
esentagr
ari
andi
str
ess.

•Reducet
hedependenceoft
hef
armer
sont
hecr
edi
twhi
chhasbeenr
esponsi
blef
ort
hedebt
tr
ap.

•Enhancementi
nthesoi
lfer
ti
li
ty.

•Opt
imum ut
il
izat
ionofwat
erandr
educewat
erconsumpt
ion.

•Pr
omotedi
versi
fi
cat
ionoftheagr
icul
tur
e-t
owardsothercr
opsandtowar
dsl
ivest
ockr
ear
ing.
Thi
scanal
soleadtoreduct
ioni
ntheri
sksandenhancenon-far
mincome.

•Enhancet
hef
armer
s’i
ncomei
nthel
ongt
erm.

►GREEN-
AGPROJECT

Thegovernmenthasl aunchedaGl obalEnvi ronmentFacili

ty(GEF)assistedproj
ectnamel
y,
“Green–Ag: TransformingIndianAgriculturef orgl
obalenvironmentbenefit
sandt he
conservat
ionofcriti
calbiodi
versi
tyandf or estlandscapes”
.OBJECTI VEBr i
ngaboutchanges
i
nagr i
cult
uralsectorinordertosuppor tachievementofnat ionalandglobalenvi
ronment
al
benefi
tsandconser vati
onofcr i
ti
calbiodiversityandf or
estlandscapes.

NEED

•Indi
aneedst ost
rengt
henrural
liveli
hoodandmeetitsf
oodandnutri
ti
onalsecuri
ty.However
,
atthesamet i
me,wealsoneedtoensur ethatI
ndi
anagri
cul
turehast
ot akeint
oaccountthe
envir
onmentalobj
ecti
vesofsustainablemanagementpr
act
icesandconservat
ionof
biodi
versi
ty.

•Hence,inthisregar
d,t
hepr
ojectseekstomainstr
eam biodi
ver
sit
y,cl
imatechangeand
sust
ainablelandmanagementobject
ivesandpracti
cesintoI
ndi
anagricul
tur
e.

WHEREI
SITBEI
NGI
MPLEMENTED?

•MadhyaPr
adesh:Chambal
Landscape

•Mi
zor
am:DampaLandscape

Odi
sha:Si
mil
i
palLandscape
•Raj
ast
han:Deser
tNat
ionalPar
kLandscape

•Ut
tar
akhand:Cor
bet
t-
Raj
ajiLandscape.

►LI
VESTOCKCENSUS

TheDepar
tmentofAni
malHusbandry&Dairying,
Mini
str
yofFisher
ies,
Ani
malHusbandr
yand
Dai
ryi
nghasrecent
lyr
eleasedt
he20thLi
vestockCensusrepor
t.ABOUTTHE20TH
LI
VESTOCKCENSUSREPORT

•Dataonli
vest
ocknumbersar
ecoll
ect
edthroughaquinquennial(
every5years)Li
vest
ock
Censust
hatisacompl
eteenumer
ati
onofallhousehol
dswithregardtoli
vest
ockpopulat
ion.

•Thedat
acoll
ectedarequi
tedet
ail
ed;t
hel
ivest
ocki
scl
assi
fi
edaccor
dingt
ovar
iousspeci
es
ofani
malsbybreed,
sexandage.

•The20thLivestockCensuswasconduct edinallt
hedistr
ictsoft
heIndi
ainpart
ici
pati
onwit
h
al
lStatesandUni onTerri
tor
ies.Var
iousspeci
esofanimalspossessedbythehousehol
ds,
householdenter
pr i
ses/
non-householdent
erpr
isesandinsti
tuti
onshavebeencount
edatthei
r
si
te.

•The20thLi
vestockCensuswoul
dbeaBreed-
wiseLi
vestockCensuswhichwil
lbehelpf
ulfor
fr
amingpoli
ciesorprogr
ammesforBr
eedimprovement
.Pleasenotet
hattheFi
rstLi
vestock
Censuswasconductedin1919-
20.

HI
GHLI
GHTSOFTHEREPORT

•TotalLi
vest
ockPopulati
on:Thet
otalLi
vest
ockpopul
ati
oni
s535.
78mi
ll
ionshowi
ngan
i
ncreaseof4.6%overLivest
ockCensus-
2012.1.

Dist
ri
buti
onofLivest
ockPopulat
ion:35.94%-Catt
le,
27.80%-Goat
,20.
45%-
Buff
aloes,
13.87%-
Sheep,1.
69%Pigs.Mit
hun,Yaks,Horses,Ponies,
Mules,DonkeysandCamel
stakentoget
her
contr
ibut
e0.23%ofthetot
alli
vestock.

Ascomparet
oprevi
ouscensustheper
cent
ageshareofsheepandgoatpopul
ati
onhas
i
ncr
easedwher
eastheper
centageshar
eofcat
tl
e,buff
aloandpi
ghasmar gi
nal
lydecl
ined.

2.Li
vest
ockPopul
ati
on-
Maj
orSt
ates:UP,
Raj
ast
han,
MadhyaPr
adesh,
WestBengalandBi
har
.

3.Cat
tl
ePopulati
on:Thetotalnumberofcat
tl
ei nthecountr
yin2019is192.49mil
li
on
showi
nganincreaseof0.8%overpr evi
ousCensus.TheFemal eCattl
e(Cowspopul
ati
on)i
s
145.
12mil
li
on, i
ncreasedby18.0%overthepreviouscensus(2012)
.

4.TypeofCattl
e:TheExotic/
CrossbredandIndigenous/Non-descr
iptCat
tl
epopul
ati
oni
nthe
countr
yis50.42mill
ionand142.11mi ll
ionr
espectivel
y.Thereisadecli
neof6%inthet
otal
Indi
genous/Non-descr
iptcatt
lepopulat
ionoverthepreviouscensus.

However
,thepaceofdecl
ineofI
ndigenous/Non-
descr
iptcat
tl
epopul
ati
ondur
ing2012-
2019
i
smuchlesserthanascomparedtothe2007-12whi
chwasabout9%.
►NABVENTURES

I
tisasubsidi
aryofNABARD.Ithaslaunchedanewvent
urecapi
talf
undi
nor
dert
opr
ovi
de
f
undingsupportt
oagri
rel
atedent
erpr
ises.

DETAI
LSABOUTNABVENTURES

•Recogni
singt
heneedforearly-
stagesuppor
tforagri
cult
ureandruralent
erpr
isesandt
he
l
ackofadequatei
nsti
tut
ionalsupport
,NABARD( theNati
onalBankforAgri
cult
ureandRural
Devel
opment)hadsetupNABVENTURESLi mitedinJan2019.

•TheNabventur
eshasbeensetupinordertosuppor
tst
art
-upsi
nthef
iel
doft
heagr
icul
tur
e
byprovi
dingt
hem necessar
yfi
nanci
alsupport
.ABOUTTHENEW VENTURECAPITALFUND

•TheVentur
eCapitalr
efer
stot
hecapi
talsupportpr
ovi
dedtot
henewstar
t-
upcompanies.The
Nabvent
ureshasnowannouncedi
tsmaidenf undofRs700cr
orest
obackagr
icul
tur
eand
rur
alent
erpr
ises.

•NABARDhasbeencont
ri
buti
ngt
oot
herf
undst
il
lnowandt
hisi
sthef
ir
stt
imet
hatNABARD
hasl
aunchedaf
undofi
tsown.

•Thef
undwi l
lhaveahighimpactasi
twillpr
ovi
deaboostt oinvest
mentecosyst
em i
nthe
cor
eareasofagri
cul
tur
e,foodandimprovementofr
urall
ivel
ihoods.

►MARKETI
NTERVENTI
ONSCHEME

TheCentr
alGover
nmenthasr
ecent
lyintr
oducedSpecialMarketI
nter
vent
ionPr
iceScheme
(MI
SP)intheJammuandKashmirforthebenef
itofapplegr
owers.

DETAI
LS

•UnderMISP,
2l akhsMet
ri
cTonnesofappl
eswi
llbepr
ocur
edatr
emuner
ati
vepr
icesf
rom
Kashmirgr
owers.

•Theschemeassumessignif
icancebecauset
hisi
sthef
ir
stt
imet
hatsuchaschemehas
beeni
ntroducedi
nKashmirvall
ey.

•Underthescheme,theDepartmentofAgri
cult
ureandCooperat
ion,Gover
nmentofI
ndiaand
t
heNationalAgr
icul
tureCooperat
iveMarket
ingFederat
ionofI
ndi
a( NAFED)wi
llpr
ocureappl
e
i
nJ&Kf rom t
hegrowers/aggr
egatorssoastoensureremuner
ati
vepricesf
ort
heapplecrop.

•Forfi
xingt
hepri
ceoftheappl
ebasedoni
tsvar
iet
yandgr
ade,
Gover
nmentwi
llconst
it
utea
Stat
eLevelPri
ceFi
xat
ionCommi t
tee.

•Theperi
odofpr
ocurementwouldbefr
om Sept
ember1,2019t
oMarch1,
2020i
.e.si
x
months.Thef
undrequi
rementf
ortheschemehasbeenesti
mat
edasRs8000Cr
.
SIGNI
FICANCEOFTHESCHEME

•Kashmi
rproducedar
ound20lakhsmet
rict
onnesofappl
ein2018,
cont
ri
but
ingal
most73%
tot
hetot
alapplepr
oduct
ioni
nthecount
ry.
•However,Kashmirisfi
ndingitdi
ff
icul
ttoexpor
ttheapplestotheot
herregionsofthecount
ry
duet
ostrongr esi
stanceofthemili
tant
sandlackofavai
labil
it
yofenoughtrucks.ABOUT
MARKETI NTERVENTI ONSCHEME( MI
S).

•Iti
sanad-hocschemeunderwhi char
ei ncl
udedhort
icul
tur
alcommodi
ti
esandother
agri
cul
tur
alcommodi t
ieswhichareper
ishabl
einnatur
eandwhi char
enotcover
edundert
he
minimum pr
icesupportscheme.

•I
nor dert
oprotectthegr
owersoft
hesehort
icul
tur
al/
agri
cul
tur
alcommodit
iesfr
om making
di
str
esssaleintheeventofbumpercr
opduri
ngthepeakarri
valper
iodwhenpri
cesfal
ltovery
l
owl evel
,Gover
nmenti mpl
ementsM.I
.S.f
oraparti
cul
arcommodityonther
equestofaState
Governmentconcerned.

•Lossessuf
fer
edar
eshar
edon50:
50basi
sbet
weenCent
ralGover
nmentandt
heSt
ate.

►PRI
CESTABI
LISATI
ONFUND

•Pri
ceSt
abi
li
sationFund(PSF)r
eferstoanyf
undconst
it
utedf
ort
hepur
poseofcont
aini
ng
ext
remevol
ati
li
tyinpri
cesofsel
ectedcommodit
ies.

•Theamounti
nthefundisgenerall
yutil
isedforacti
vit
iesai
medatbri
ngi
ngdown/ upthe
hi
gh/l
owpri
cessayf ori
nstance,
procurementofsuchpr oduct
sanddi
str
ibut
ionofthesame
asandwhenrequi
red,sothatpri
cesremaininar ange.

•PSFmechani sm isapartfr
om theMi ni
mum Suppor tPri
ce(MSP)basedini
ti
ati
vesal
ready
exist
inginthecountryf
orcertai
nagr i
cult
uralgoods.Incont
rastt
oMSPandconsumerf ed
operati
ons,aPSFisgener al
lyconceivedtobeoperativei
nbothdir
ect
ionsofpri
cemovement,
subjecttopri
cescrossi
ngsomet hr
esholdlevel
.HISTORYOFPSFI NINDIASchemefor
Plantat
ionCrops

•Inviewoft hefluctuat
ingnat
ureofint
ernati
onalpri
cesinplant
ati
oncropsandt he
dependenceofgr owersontheexportmarkets,
Governmentlaunchedandimplementedthe
PriceStabil
izat
ionFund( PSF)Schemefrom 1stApri
l,2003to30thSeptember,2013toprovi
de
fi
nancialreli
eftosmal lgr
owersofcoff
ee,tea,r
ubberandtobaccohavinglandholdi
ngsupt o
fourhectares.

•Thi
sSchemewasadmi
nist
eredbyMi
nist
ryofCommer
ce.Schemef
orPer
ishabl
eAgr
icul
tur
al
Commodit
ies

•Anotherfundwascr eatedi
n2015withacor
pusofRs.500cr
oresasaCentralSect
orScheme,
tosupportmarketi
nterventi
onsf
orpr
icecont
rol
ofper
ishabl
eagri
hort
icul
tur
alcommoditi
es
duri
ng2014- 15t
o2016- 17.

Ini
ti
all
ythef
undwasproposedtobeusedf
ormar
keti
nter
vent
ionsf
oroni
onandpot
atoonl
y
andpulseswer
eaddedsubsequent
ly.

•ThePri
ceStabi
li
zat
ionFundwi
llbemanagedcentr
all
ybyaPr i
ceSt
abi
li
zat
ionFund
ManagementCommitt
ee(PSFMC)whi
chwillappr
oveallpr
oposal
sfr
om St
ateGover
nment
s
andCent
ralAgenci
es.

•ThePSFwi llbemaint
ainedasaCentral
CorpusFundbySmal lFarmersAgr
ibusi
ness
Consort
ium (
SFAC),asociet
ypromotedbyMinistr
yofAgr
icul
tureforl
inki
ngagri
cul
tur
eto
pr
ivat
ebusinessesandinvestment
sandtechnology.

►KRI
SHIKI
SANAPP

•TheKrishiKi
sanAppwil
lprovidefarmer
sthei
nfor
mat
ionofbestdemonst
rat
ionofhi
gh-
yi
eldi
ngcropsandseedsi
ntheirnearbyar
ea.

•Anyfar
merwithhi
ghqual
it
yofcr
opscanutil
isethi
splat
formtodemonst
rat
ebestpract
ices
ofcul
ti
vat
iont
ootherf
armer
ssothatt
hiswi
llhelpotherf
armer
salsot
oadoptthesemethods.

•TheAppwil
lal
sohel
pingeo-
taggi
ngandgeo-
fenci
ngofcr
opandgi
veweat
herf
orecast
messaget
ofarmer
s.

•LaunchedbyMi
nist
ryofAgr
icul
tur
eandFar
mer
s’Wel
far
e.

►OI
LSEEDPRODUCTI
ON

Thedemand- suppl
ygapintheedi
bleoi
lshasnecessi
tat
edhugei
mpor
tsaccount
ingf
or60
percentoft
hecountry’
srequi
rement
.

SOURCESOFVEGETABLEOI
L

•Nineoi
lseedsar
ethepri
marysourceofveget
abl
eoil
sinthecountr
y-Soybean,Gr
oundnut
,
RapeseedandMust ar
d,Sunf
lower
,Saff
lower,
Sesame,Ni
ger,
Castor,l
inseed.

•Amongthese,
soybean(34%),gr
oundnut(
27%)
,rapeseed&must
ard(
27%)cont
ri
but
est
o
mor
ethan88%oftotaloi
lseedspr
oducti
on.

•AndhraPradesh&Gujarat(Gr
oundnut),Haryana(
Must ard)
,Kar
nat
aka(Groundnut)
,M.P
(Soybean)
,Maharasht
ra(Soybean),
Rajasthan(Mustard&Soybean)
,TamilNadu(Groundnut)
,
U.P(Mustard)
,WestBengal(Mustar
d)cont r
ibut
emor ethan95%oftot
aloi
lseedproduct
ioni
n
thecountr
y.

•Inaddi
tiont
onineoil
seeds,veget
ableoi
lisal
sobeingharnessedf
rom secondar
ysour
ces
l
ikecott
onseed,
ricebr
an,coconut,Tr
eeBorneOil
seeds(TBOs)andOilPalm.

PRESENTPRESENTSTATUSOFOI
LSEEDSANDVEGETABLEOI
LPRODUCTI
ONI
NINDI
A

•TheOil
seedcropsareconsider
edtobet hesecondmostimport
antagri
cul
tur
alcropsnext
onl
ytocereal
s.Theself
-suf
fi
ciencyi
noilseedsatt
ainedthr
ough“Yel
lowRevol
uti
on”duri
ng
ear
ly1990’
s,coul
dnotbesust ai
nedbeyondashor tperi
od.

•Despit
ebeingt
hefif
thl
argestoi
lseedcr
oppr
oduci
ngcount
ryi
nthewor
ld,
Indi
aisal
sooneof
thel
argesti
mport
ersofveget
ableoil
s.
•I
n2017- 18,
theOilseedswer ecult
ivat
edoveranar eaof26mi l
li
onhectaresleadingtothe
pr
oductionofaround30mi ll
iontonnes.Almost70%oft heoi
lseedsareculti
vatedinrainf
ed
ar
eas.Thevegetableoilpr
oductionisaround7mi l
li
ontonnesfrom about30mi ll
iontonnesof
oi
lseeds.

•Duet
odemand-suppl
ymi
smatch,
Indi
ahasemer
gedast
hel
argesti
mpor
terofveget
abl
eoi
ls
i
nthewor
ldf
oll
owedbyChina&USA.

•Ofi
mpor
tededi
bleoi
ls,
shar
eofpal
m oi
lisabout60%f
oll
owedbysoybeanoi
landsunf
lower
.

•I
ndiai
mportsal
most60%ofit
sveget
abl
eoi
lrequi
rement
swhi
chaccount
sforar
ound$11
bi
ll
ion(
aboutRs77,
000cr
ores)
.

GOVERNMENT'
SINI
TIATI
VESTOBOOSTPRODUCTI
ONOFOI
LSEEDS

•Nat ionalFoodSecur it
yMi ssion( NFSM)-Oil
seeds&Oi lPalm:I taimst oaugmentt he
availabili
tyofvegetableoilsandt oreducethei mpor tofedi bleoilsbyincreasingthe
product ionandproduct i
vityofoilseedsfr
om anaver agepr oduct ionof30mi l
li
ont onnesand
product ivi
tyof1122kg/ hadur ing12thplanper iodto36mi ll
iontonnesand1290kg/ ha,
respect i
velybyendof2019- 20.Undert hi
sscheme, financialassi st
ancei sprovidedt ofar
mer s
throughSt at
eGover nmentf orvariousint
erventionslikePr oduct i
onanddi stri
butionofqual it
y
seedsofnewvar i
eties,Demonst rati
onofimpr ovedt echnol ogies,Distr
ibuti
onofbi o-pesti
cides,
weedi cides,micr
onut ri
ents,gypsum, li
me,bio-fert
il
izer,Farm machi nery&impl ement s,et
c.

•I
ncr
easei
nthei
mpor
tdut
iesonVeget
abl
eOi
lst
oincent
ivi
sef
armer
stopr
oduceoi
lseeds.

•I
ncr
easei
ntheMi
nimum Suppor
tPr
ice(
MSP)

►NATI
ONALMI
SSI
ONONEDI
BLEOI
L

Aimstoi
ncreasedomest
icavai
labi
li
tyandr
educei
mpor
tdependency.I
twi
llf
or5year
sfr
om
2020-
21to2024-25.

I
twi
llai
mto•i
ncr
easepr
oduct
ionf
rom 30.
88t
o47.
80mi
ll
iont
onnesofoi
lseeds.

Pr
oduct
ivi
tywi
lli
ncr
easef
rom 1263t
o1587kgperhect
are.

•Reduct
ionofi
mpor
tdependencef
rom 60%t
o45%.

•Edibleoi
lproducti
onwillbe18mi l
li
onf
rom 10.
5mil
li
ontonnepresentl
y.Submi ssi
onsunder
NMEOai m ati
ncreasi
ngproducti
onofoi
lseedsf
rom:1.Pr
imarySources:Annualcrops,
Plantat
ioncropsandEdibleOil
s2.

Secondar
ySour
ces:Ri
cebr
anoi
landcot
tonseedoi
l

3.ConsumerAwar
enessf
ormai
ntai
ningedi
bleoi
lconsumpt
ionat19kgperper
sonper
annum.

Acti
onpointf
orincr
easi
ngproduct
ionandpr
oduct
ivi
tyofoi
lseedsandpr
omot
ionof
Secondar
ysourcesofEdi
bleoi
ls:
1.I
ncr
easi
ngseedr
epl
acementr
ateandvar
iet
alr
epl
acementr
ate.

2.Pr
omot
ionofoi
lseedi
nri
cef
all
ow/pot
atoar
eas.

3.Pr
omot
ionofoi
lseedst
hroughi
nter
croppi
ng.

4.Ext
endi
ngOi
lseedcul
ti
vat
ioni
nnont
radi
ti
onal
areas.

5.Tar
get
ing100l
owpr
oduct
ivi
tydi
str
ict
s.

6.Cr
opdi
ver
sif
icat
ioni
ndi
ff
erentseasons.

7.Pr
omot
ionofcommuni
tybasedoi
lext
ract
ionuni
t.

8.Val
ueaddi
ti
onandpr
omot
ionofexpor
t.

9.Pr
omot
ionofr
icebr
anandcot
tonseedoi
l.

10.Consumerawar
enessf
orj
udi
ciousconsumpt
ionofoi
lsf
orgoodheal
th.

►NATI
ONALCOOPERATI
VEDEVELOPMENTCORPORATI
ON

TheFirstEverIndiaInternat
ionalCooper
ativesTradeFair(I
ICTF)wasr
ecentl
yheldi
nNew
Del
hi.Thefairwasj oi
ntlyorganisedbyNati
onal Cooper
ativeDevel
opmentCorpor
ati
on(NCDC)
i
nassociati
onwi ththeBangkokbasedNet workforDevelopmentofAgr
icul
tur
alCooper
ati
ves
i
nAsiaandt hePaci fi
c(NEDAC) .

ABOUTNCDC

•TheNationalCooper
ativeDevel
opmentCorporati
on(NCDC)wasest
abl
ishedbyanActof
Parl
iamentin1963asast atut
oryCorpor
ati
onundertheMini
str
yofAgri
cult
ure&Far
mers
Welf
are.Someoft hefuncti
onsoftheNCDCi ncl
ude:

οPl anning,pr
omot i
ngandf i
nanci
ngprogr ammesf orproducti
on,pr
ocessing,market
ing,
storage,exportandimportofagri
cul
tur
al produce.οFinanceproj
ectsi
nt herurali
ndustr
ial
cooper ati
vesector
sandf orcer
tai
nnoti
fiedser vi
cesinruralar
easli
kewat erconser
vati
on,
i
rrigati
onandmi cr
oirr
igat
ionetc.

οPr
ovi
sionofLoansandgr
ant
stoSt
ateGover
nment
sforf
inanci
ngcooper
ati
vesoci
eti
es

►REFI
NEDOI
LPALM I
NRESERVEDCATEGORYOFI
MPORTS

•Dir
ectorGeneralofFor
eignTr
adehaschangedi
mpor
tcat
egor
yofi
mpor
tedOi
lPal
mfr
om
'
fr
eeli
st't
o'rest
rict
edli
st'
.

•Putt
ingref
inedpal
m oi
linrest
ri
ctedcat
egor
ymeansani
mpor
terwi
llr
equi
rel
icenseor
per
missionfori
nboundshipment.

•Ther
ear
ethr
eecat
egor
iesi
nwhi
chi
temscanbei
mpor
ted-Open,
FreeandPr
ohi
bit
ed.
•Thi
srest
ri
cti
oni
spr
oductspeci
fi
candnotcount
ryspeci
fi
c.

•However
,cr
udeoi
lscancont
inuedt
obeshi
ppedi
nthef
reecat
egor
y.

I
MPACT

•Encour
agei
mpor
tofcr
udeoi
landhel
pthedomest
icr
efi
ningi
ndust
ry.

•Indi
ai stheworl
d'sl
argesti
mporterofveget
ableoi
ls.I
ndiaimport
sabout15mil
li
ontonnesof
vegetableoil
annuall
y.Ofthi
s,pal
m oilcompr
ises9mi l
li
ontonnesand6mill
iont
onnesof
soybeanandsunf l
ower.

•I
ndonesi
aiswor
ld'
slar
gestpr
oducer
,fol
lowedbyMal
aysi
a.I
ndi
aal
soi
mpor
tspal
m oi
lfr
om
Nepal
.

►Ki
sanCr
edi
tCar
d(KCC)SCHEME

TheGovernmentofIndi
ahasrecent
lystat
edthati
thasext
endedthefaci
li
tyofKCCt o
fi
sher
iesandanimalhusbandr
yfarmerstohel
pthem meett
heirwor
kingcapit
alneeds.

ABOUTKCC

•KCCschemewasi ntr
oducedi
n1998f ori
ssueofKisanCredi
tCar
dstofarmerssothat
far
mer smayusethem t
oreadi
lypurchaseagri
cult
ureinput
ssuchasseeds,f
erti
li
zer
s,
pesti
cideset
c.anddr
awcashfortheirproduct
ionneeds.

•Theschemewasf urt
herext
endedfort
hei
nvest
mentcr
edi
trequi
rementoff
armer
svi
z.al
li
ed
andnon-f
arm act
ivi
ti
esint
heyear2004.

•TheKi
sanCredi
tCardSchemei stobei
mpl
ement
edbyCommer
cialBanks,
RRBs,
Smal
l
Fi
nanceBanksandCooperat
ives.

•Thefarmerseli
gibl
eundertheKCCschemei
ncl
udesmal
lfar
mer
s,mar
ginalf
armer
s,shar
e
cr
oppers,or
allesseeandtenantf
armer
s.

TheSelfHel
pGroups(
SHGs)orJoi
ntLi
abi
li
tyGr
oups(
JLGs)ar
eal
soel
igi
blef
oravai
li
ng
benef
it
sundert
hescheme.

EXTENSI
ONOFKCCTOFI
SHERI
ESANDANI
MALHUSBANDRY

•TheKCCf acil
it
ywil
lhel
pfisher
iesandani
malhusbandryfarmerst
omeettheirshor
tter
m
credi
trequi
rementsofr
eari
ngofanimals,
poul
tr
ybirds,
fish,shr
imp,ot
heraquati
corgani
sms
andcaptureoffi
sh.

•UnderKCCfaci
li
ty,
Int
erestsubventi
onisavail
ablef
orani
malhusbandr
yandf isheri
es
far
mers@ 2%perannum atthetimeofdisbursalofl
oanandaddi
ti
onali
nterestsubvent
ion@
3%perannum incaseofpromptr epaymentasPromptRepaymentI
ncenti
ve.

►NATI
ONALRUBBERPOLI
CY,
2019
TheMi
nist
erofCommer
ceandI
ndust
ryr
eleasedt
heNat
ionalRubberPol
icy2019.

I
NDI
A'SRUBBERPRODUCTI
ON

•Indi
aiscur
rent
lyt
hesi
xthl
argestpr
oducerandsecondl
argestconsumerofnat
uralr
ubberi
n
theworl
d.

•Tradit
ionalr
ubber
-gr
owi
ngst
atescompr
isi
ngKer
alaandTami
lNaduaccountf
or81%of
producti
on.

•Majornon-t
radit
ionalr
ubbergr
owingr
egionsaret
heNor
thEasternst
atesofTr
ipur
a,Assam
andMeghalaya,Odisha,
Karnat
aka,
Maharashtr
aandWestBengal.

LEGALANDI
NSTI
TUTI
ONALFRAMEWORK

•TheRubberAct ,
1947providesfort
hedevelopmentoftherubberindustr
yunderthecontr
ol
oftheUnion.TheRubberBoard,headquar
ter
edatKottayam,Kerala,undertheadmini
str
ati
on
oftheMinist
ryofCommer ceandIndustr
yhasbeeneffecti
velysupporti
ngtherubberi
ndustry.

•Forpromot
ionofr
ubbersect
or,
GovernmentofIndi
ahasall
owed100%Forei
gnDir
ect
I
nvestment(
FDI)i
nplant
ati
onsofrubber
,cof
fee,
tea,car
damom,pal
m oi
ltr
eeandoli
veoi
ltr
ee.

NATI
ONALRUBBERPOLI
CY2019

•StatusofNaturalRubber:Thegovernmentmustexplor
ethepossibi
li
tyoft
reat
ingnat
ural
rubberasanagr i
cult
uralproductandincomef
rom rubberpr
oducti
onasagricul
tur
ali
ncome
foral
lpract
icalandlegalpurposes.

•Sustai
nabil
it
yinProduct
ion:Thedomesti
cproduct
ionofnaturalrubbershoul
dbeablet
o
meetatleast75%oftherequir
ementin2030andhencethegover nmentmustexplor
ethe
possi
bil
it
yofincreasi
ngtheareaunderr
ubberplant
ati
on,par
ticul
arlyinthenon-
tr
adi
ti
onal
st
ates.

•Impor t-ExportPoli
cy:Theimpor tofnaturalrubberhasseenasi gnif
icantincr
easeovert he
years.Pr ot
ectiontorubbergrowersagai nstunwarrantedi
mpor t
sadver selyinf
luenci
ng
domest icpricesisproposed,andatt hesamet i
meensur i
ngavail
abili
tyoft herawmat er
ialf
or
consumer sataffor
dableprices.Brand“IndianNaturalRubber”di
stinguishingIndi
anrubberin
thei
nt ernati
onalmar ketwit
hi t
sassur edandconsi st
entquali
typaramet ersmayal sobe
promot ed.

•RevampingI
nst
it
uti
onalFr
amewor
k:Funct
ioni
ngoft
heRubberBoar
dshoul
dbeal
ignedwi
th
thepol
icy.

•Product
ivi
tyenhancement:Capaci
tyofexi
sti
ngdepartmentalnur
ser
iesunderRubberBoard
shouldbeful
lyuti
li
zedforpropagat
ionofgenet
ical
lysuper
iorandquali
typl
anti
ngmateri
als.

►BI
SCERTI
FICATI
ONONPASHMI
NA

TheBur
eauofI
ndi
anSt
andar
ds(
BIS)haspubl
ishedanI
ndi
anSt
andar
dfori
dent
if
icat
ion,
mar
kingandl
abel
li
ngofPashmi
napr
oduct
stocer
ti
fyi
tspur
it
y.

ABOUTPASHMI
NA

•TheChangt
hangiorPashmi
nagoati
saspecialbreedofgoatindi
genoustothehighal
ti
tude
r
egi
onsofLadakhinJammuandKashmir
.Thisgoatgr owsat hi
ck,
warm undercoatwhi
chis
t
hesour
ceofKashmirPashminawool
–thewor l
d’sfinestcashmer
e.

.•Thesegoatsar
egenerall
ydomesti
catedandrearedbynomadiccommuni t
iescal
ledt
he
ChangpaintheChangt
hangr egi
onofGreat
erLadakh.TheChangthangigoat
shaverevi
tal
ized
theeconomyofChangthang,LehandLadakhregi
on.

HOW BI
SCERTI
FICATI
ONWOULDHELP?

•Hel
pcurbt
headul
ter
ati
onofPashminaandprot
ecttheint
erest
sofl
ocalar
ti
sansand
nomadswhoar
etheproducer
sofPashminar
awmat eri
al.

•Assuret
hepuri
tyofPashminaforcustomersandwoul
ddiscour
agecount
erf
eitor
subst
andardpr
oductspr
esentl
ymi sl
abeledandsol
dasgenuinePashmi
na.

•Ladakhproduces50MToft hefi
nestgr
adeofPashminai
ntheworl
d(12-
15mi
crons)and
thi
sini
ti
ati
vewillf
urt
herboostval
ueaddi
tionofPashmi
nai
nLadakh.

►NATI
ONALAGRI
CULTURALHI
GHEREDUCATI
ONPROJECT(
NAHEP)

Indi
anCouncilofAgri
cul
tur
alResearch(ICAR)haslaunchedNati
onalAgricul
turalHi
gher
Educati
onPr
oject(NAHEP)toat
tracttal
entandstr
engthenhigheragr
icul
turaleducat
ioni
nthe
countr
y.

ABOUTTHEPROJECT

•Devel opr esourcesandmechanism f

orsupport
inginfr
astr
uct
ure,
facul
tyandstudent
advancement ,andprovi
dingmeansforbet
tergovernanceandmanagementofagricul
tur
al
universi
ties,sothataholi
sti
cmodelcanbedevelopedt orai
set
hestandardofcurr
ent
agricult
ural

educati
onsystem thatprovi
desmorej
obsandi
sent
repr
eneur
shi
por
ient
edandonparwi
th
theglobalagr
icul
tureeducati
onst
andar
ds.

•I
CARwi
thf
inanci
alassi
stanceoft
heWor
ldBankf
orNAHEP.

•Thepr ojectwoul
dbenefital
ltheAgri
cult
uralUniver
sit
ies(AUs),
i.e.63St
ateAgri
cult
ural
Universit
iesmodell
edontheUSLandGr antUniversi
typatt
ern,5Deemedt obeUniver
sit
ies
(DUs),threeCentr
alAgr
icult
uralUni
versi
ty(CAUs)andf ourCentr
alUniver
sit
ies(
CUs)with
Agricult
ureFacult
y.

FUNDING•NAHEPhasbeenf or
mul
atedbyI
CARwi
that
otalcostof(
Rupees1100cr
ores)f
or
fi
veyear
sst
art
ingf
rom 2017-
18.

•Thepr
ojecti
spr
oposedon50:
50costshar
ingbasi
sbet
weent
heWor
ldBankandt
he
Gover
nmentofI
ndi
a,i
mpl
ement
edatt
heEducat
ionDi
visi
on,
ICAR,
NewDel
hi.

►SMALLFARMERS’
AGRI
-BUSI
NESSCONSORTI
UM (
SFAC)

ABOUTSFAC

•TheUni
onMi
nist
ryofAgr
icul
tur
eandFar
mer
’sWel
far
e

•Est abl
ishedSmallFar
mers’Agri
-Busi
nessConsorti
um (SFAC)asaSoci etyi
n1994to
faci
li
tateagri
-busi
nessvent
uresbycatal
yzi
ngprivateinvestmentthr
oughVentur
eCapit
al
Assistance(VCA)Schemeincloseassoci
ati
onwi t
hfinanciali
nsti
tut
ions.

•Thesett
ingupofSt
atel
evelSFACascount
erpar
tagencyofCent
ralSFACf
oragr
ibusi
ness
proj
ect
swaspartoft
heScheme.

•TheSchemeenvi
sagedacorpuscontr
ibut
ionf
rom Cent
ralSFACofRs.50.
00lakhtoeach
Stat
ewhichest
abl
ishesaSt
ateLevelSFAC.Sof ar
,21Stateshaver
ecei
vedfundsf
orCentr
al
SFACforset
ti
ngupofStat
eSFAC.ROLEOFSTATESFACs.

•Ther ol
eofStat
eSFACsistoaggressi
vel
ypr
omoteagr
ibusi
nesspr
ojectdevel
opmenti
nthei
r
respecti
veSt
ates.Themai
nfunct
ionsofSFACar
e:

•
Promot
ionofdevel
opmentofsmal
lagr
ibusi
nesst
hroughVCAscheme;

•Hel
pingfor
mationandgr
owt
hofFar
merPr
oducerOr
gani
zat
ions(
FPOs)/Far
merPr
oducer
Companies(FPCs);

•I
mprovi
ngavai
labi
li
tyofwor
kingcapi
talanddevelopmentofbusi
nessact
ivi
ti
esof
FPOs/FPCst
hroughEquit
yGrantandCreditGuar
anteeFundScheme;

•
Impl
ement
ati
onofNat
ionalAgr
icul
tur
eMar
ket(
eNAM)El
ect
roni
cTr
adi
ngpl
atf
orm.

SCHEMESI
MPLEMENTEDBYSFAC

SFACi
simpl
ement
ingt
hef
oll
owi
ngschemes:

1.Agri
-Busi
nessDevelopment(
ABD)t
hroughVent
ureCapi
talAssi
stance(
VCA)andPr
oject
Devel
opmentFaci
li
ty(PDF)

2.Equi
tyGr
antandCr
edi
tGuar
ant
eeFundSchemef
orFar
merPr
oducerCompani
es

3.Pr
iceSt
abi
li
sat
ionFund

►Nati
onalAgri
cul
tur
eMarket(
eNAM)
-Iti
sapan-
Indiael
ect
ronict
radingportalwhich
net
workst
heexist
ingAPMCmandist
ocreat
eaunif
iednati
onalmarketforagricul
tur
al
commodit
ies.

•NAM wil
lcreateanati
onalnet
workofphysi
cal
mandi
swhichcanbeaccessedonl
ine.I
t
seekst
oleveragethephysi
cali
nfr
ast
ruct
ureoft
hemandi
sthroughanonl
inetr
adi
ngportal
,
enabl
ingbuyer
ssi
tuat
edevenout
sidet
heSt
atet
opar
ti
cipat
eint
radi
ngatt
hel
ocall
evel
.

•Smal lFarmer sAgri

businessConsor ti
um (SFAC)istheleadagencyf orimplement i
ngeNAM
undert heaegisofMi ni
stryofAgr i
cul
tureandFar mers’Welfare.VISI
ONTopr omoteuni f
ormit
y
i
nagr icult
uremar ket
ingbyst reamli
ningofproceduresacrosst heintegrat
edmar kets,
removi nginfor
mat i
onasymmet rybetweenbuyer sandsell
ersandpr omot ingr ealt
imepr i
ce
discoverybasedonact ualdemandandsuppl y.MISSI
ON I ntegrati
onofAPMCsacr ossthe
countrythroughacommononl i
nemar ketpl
atformtofacil
it
atepan- I
ndiatradei nagricul
tur
e
commodi t
ies,provi
dingbetterpri
cediscoverythroughtr
anspar entauctionprocessbasedon
qualit
yofpr oducealongwi thtimel
yonl i
nepayment .

FEATURES

•ANat i
onale-
marketpl
atfor
mf ortransparentsalet
ransact
ionsandpri
cediscover
yin
regul
atedmarket
s,ki
sanmandi s,warehousesandpr ivat
emar ket
s.Wi
ll
ingStat
esto
accordi
ngl
yenactprovi
sionfore-
tradingintheirAPMCAct .

•LiberalLi
censingoft
rader
s/buyersandcommi ssi
onagent
sbyStat
eauthor
it
ieswit
houtany
pre-condit
ionofphysi
calpr
esenceorpossessi
onofshop/premi
sesi
nthemarketyar
d.

•Onel
icensef
orat
raderval
idacr
ossal
lmar
ket
sint
heSt
ate.

•Harmonizati
onofqual
it
ystandar
dsofagr
icul
tur
alpr
oduceandpr
ovisionsofassayi
ng
(qual
it
ytesti
ng)i
nfr
astr
uctur
einever
ymarkett
oenablei
nfor
medbiddingbybuyers.

•Rest
ri
cti
onofagricul
tur
ePr
oduceMarket
ingCommit
tee’
s(APMC)juri
sdicti
ontowithi
nthe
APMCmar ketyar
d/subyardinst
eadofageogr
aphi
calar
ea(themarketarea)atpr
esent.

•Si
ngl
epoi
ntl
evyofmar
ketf
eesi
.e.ont
hef
ir
stwhol
esal
epur
chasef
rom t
hef
armer
.

PRESENTSTATUS

•585wholesaler
egul
atedmarket
sof16St
atesand02Uni
onTer
ri
tor
ies(
UTs)havebeen
i
ntegr
atedwithe-
NAM plat
for
m.

•Theveryfi
rstI
nterSt
atet
ransacti
onintomatoeshasbeencar
ri
edoutbetweent
raderof
Bar
eil
lye-
NAM APMCofUt tarPradeshandfar
merofHaldwanie-NAM APMCofUttar
akhand.

►NATI
ONALANI
MALDI
SEASECONTROLPROGRAMME(
NADCP)

•Thi
spr ogr
ammeseekstocontr
olander
adicatetheFoot&Mout
hDi
sease(
FMD)and
Br
ucel
losisamongstt
hel
ivest
ockint
hecountry.

•Thepr
ogrammeaimstovacci
nat
eover500mill
ionl
ivest
ockagai
nstFMD,
andsome36
mil
li
onfemal
ebovi
necal
vesannual
lyagai
nstbr
ucell
osis.
•TheNADCPai
mst
ocont
rol
theset
wodi
seasesby2025,
andt
oer
adi
cat
ethem by2030.

•I
tisapr
ogr
am undert
heMi
nist
ryofFi
sher
ies,
Ani
malHusbandr
yandDai
ryi
ng.

ABOUTFOOTANDMOUTHDI
SEASE(
FMD)–ADDLATESTANNOUNCEMENTBYFM

•Itisahighlyi
nfecti
ousvir
aldi
seaseaff
ecti
ngtheli
vest
ock.Tr
ansmissionoccursthr
ough
directandindi
rectcont
actwit
htheinf
ectedani
mals.Air
bornet
ransmissionhasalsobeen
reported.

•FMDisgeneral
lynotf
atali
nadultanimal
sbutl
eavest
hem sever
elyweakened,
andr
esul
tsi
n
adr
ast
ical
lyr
educedproduct
ionofmi l
k.

•Theeconomi clossduet oFMDi st

remendousduetodeathofyounganimals,marked
reduct
ioninmilkyield,abor
ti
oni
nadvancestageofpregnancyandreducedworki
ngabili
tyof
droughtani
mals, decli
neinqual
it
yofmeat,r
educti
oninfert
il
it
yandpoorqualit
yofsemeni n
breedi
ngbulletc.

•Thediseasesal
sor
est
ri
ctt
hepossi
bleexpor
tofl
ivest
ockandl
ivest
ockpr
oduct
sint
he
over
seas.

ABOUTBRUCELLOSI
S

•Brucell
osisi
sacont agiousdi
seaseofli
vest
ockwit
hsignif
icanteconomicimpact.The
diseaseiscausedbyvar i
ousbacteri
aofthef
amil
yBrucel
la,whichtendtoinf
ectcattl
e,swi
ne,
sheepandgoat s,camels,equi
nes,anddogs.

•I
tmayal
soi
nfectot
herr
umi
nant
s,somemar
inemammal
sandhumans.

•Br
ucel
losi
scausesear
lyabor
ti
onsi
nani
mal
s,andpr
event
stheaddi
ti
onofnewcal
vest
othe
ani
malpopulat
ion.

►HORTI
CULTURE

Depar
tmentofAgri
cul
ture,
Cooperat
ionandFarmersWel
farerel
easedtheThi
rdAdvanced
Est
imate(
201819)ofAreaandProducti
onofvari
ousHor
ticul
tur
eCrops.

HI
GHLI
GHTSOFTHEREPORT

•Totalhor
ti
cul
tur
eproducti
onint
hecount
ryi
s313.85mill
iont
onnes.Theareaunder
hort
icul
tur
ecropshasincr
easedt
o25.49mil
li
onhect
aresin2018-
19from 25.
43mill
ion
hect
aresin2017-
18.

DI
AGRAM PAICHARTHORTI
CULTURE
WHATI
SHORTI
CULTURE?

•Hort
icul
tur
eisthebranchofagr
icult
ureconcer
nedwi
thintensi
vel
ycult
uredpl
ant
sdi
rect
ly
usedbymanf orfood,
medici
nalpurposesandaest
het
icgrati
fi
cati
on.

•Iti
sthecult
ivat
ion,
product
ionandsal
eofveget
abl
es,
frui
ts,
flower
s,her
bs,
ornament
alor
exot
icplant
s.

TYPESOFHORTI
CULTURE

•Pomol
ogy:Pl
ant
ing,
har
vest
ing,
stor
ing,
processi
ng,
andmar
ket
ingoff
rui
tandnutcr
ops.

•Ol
eri
cul
tur
e:Pr
oduci
ngandmar
ket
ingveget
abl
es.

•Arbor
icul
tur
e:St
udy,
sel
ect
ionandcar
eofi
ndi
vidualt
rees,
shr
ubsorot
herper
enni
alwoody
pl
ants.

•OrnamentalHort
icul
tur
e:I
thastwosubpar
ts-οFl
ori
cul
tur
e:Product
ion,
useandmarket
ingof
fl
oralcr
ops.οLandscapeHort
icul
tur
e:Pr
oducti
onandmarket
ingofplant
susedtobeaut
if
ythe
outdoorenvi
ronment.

ACHI
EVEMENTSI
NHORTI
CULTURESECTOR

•I
nthelastf
ewdecades,
thi
ssect
orhasgai
nedpromi
nenceovercont
ri
but
ingagr
owi
ngshar
e
i
nGrossValueAddi
ti
onoftheAgr
icul
tur
eandal
li
edsect
ors.

•Missi
onf orI
ntegr
atedDevel
opmentofHort
icul
tur
e(MI
DH)isbei
ngimplementedbyadopti
ng
anendtoendappr oachfori
ncreasi
ngpr
oducti
onofhor
ti
cul
tur
ecropsandreduci
ngpost-
har
vestlosses.

•Theproduct
ionoff
rui
tsandveget
abl
eshasover
comet
hepr
oduct
ionoff
oodgr
ainsi
nthe
count
ry.

•Thetot
alhort
icul
tur
eproduct
ionhasi
ncr
easedf
rom 211.
2mi
ll
iont
onnesi
n2007-
08t
o
311.
71mi l
li
ontonnesin2018-
19.

Indi
aisthesecondlar
gestpr
oduceroff
rui
tsandvegetabl
esi
nthewor
ldwi
thf
ir
str
anki
nthe
product
ionofBanana,Mango,Li
me&Lemon, PapayaandOkra.

I
NITI
ATI
VESI
NTHEHORTI
CULTURESECTOR

Mi
ssi
onf
orI
ntegr
atedDevel
opmentofHor
ti
cul
tur
e(MI
DH)

•Centr
all
ySponsoredSchemef
ort
hehol
ist
icgr
owt
hoft
hehor
ti
cul
tur
esect
orcover
ingf
rui
ts,
veget
ablesandotherar
eas.

•UnderMIDH,GovernmentofIndi
acontri
butes60%ofthetot
aloutl
ayfordevel
opment
al
progr
ammesi nal
lthest
ates(exceptNort
hEasternandHimalayanst
ateswhereGOI
contr
ibut
es90%)&40%i scontri
butedbyStategover
nments.

•I
thasfivemaj
orschemesonhort
icul
tur
e-1.Nati
onalHor
ti
cul
tur
eMi
ssi
on(NHM)2.
Hort
icul
tur
eMissi
onforNor
thEastandHimalayanStat
es(
HMNEH)3.Nat
ionalHor
ti
cul
tur
e
Boar
d(NHB)4.CoconutDevel
opmentBoar
d(CDB)&5.Cent
ralI
nst
it
uteofHor
ti
cul
tur
e(CI
H),
Nagal
andNATIONAL

HORTI
CULTUREBOARD(
NHB)

•I
twassetupin1984onthebasisofr
ecommendati
onsofthe"
GrouponPer
ishabl
e
Agri
cul
tur
alCommodit
ies"
,headedbyDrM.S.Swaminat
han.

•Headquar
ter
edatGur
ugr
am.

•Obj
ectiveistoi
mpr ovei
ntegr
ateddevel
opmentofHort
icul
tur
eindust
ryandtohel
pin
coor
dinati
ng,sust
ainingt
heproducti
onandprocessi
ngoffr
uit
sandvegetabl
es.

HORTI
CULTUREAREAPRODUCTI
ONI
NFORMATI
ONSYSTEM (
HAPI
S)

I
tisawebenabl
edi
nfor
mati
onsyst
em bywhi
chdataf
rom thest
ates/
dist
ri
ctsi
srepor
ted,
mini
misi
ngt
heti
me-l
agandmaximi
singt
hecover
agearea.

COORDINATEDPROGRAMMEONHORTI CULTUREASSESSMENTANDMANAGEMENTUSI NG
GEOINFORMATICS(CHAMAN)-It
sobjecti
veistodevel
op&f i
rm upsci
enti
fi
cmethodol
ogyfor
est
imati
onofar
ea&product
ionunderhor
ticul
tur
ecropsthr
oughRemot eSensi
ngandSample
Sur
veyTechni
ques

►AGMARKUni onMi nist

ryofAgri
cult
ureandFar
mers’Wel
farehasl
aunchedanonli
ne
pl
atfor
mforprocessingappli
cat
ionsrel
atedt
oqual
it
ycert
if
icat
ionmark'
Agmark'f
or
agr
icul
tur
alpr
oducts.

WHATI
SAGMARK?

•AGMARKi sacert
if
icat
ionmarkempl oyedonagricul
turalproductsinIndia,
assuri
ngthat
theyconformtoasetofstandardsapprovedbytheDirectorateofMar ket
ingandInspect
ion
undertheDepart
mentofAgr i
cultur
e,Cooperat
ionandFar mersWel far
eunderMi ni
stryof
Agricul
tur
al&FarmersWelfareanagencyoft heGovernmentofI ndia.

•TheAGMARKHeadOf f
iceatFari
dabad(Har
yana)i
slegal
lyenf
orcedi
nIndi
abyt
he
Agri
cul
tur
alPr
oduce(
GradingandMarki
ng)Actof1937.

•ThepresentAGMARKst andardscoverqualit
yguideli
nesfor222diff
erentcommodi
ti
es
spanni
ngavar i
etyofpul
ses,cereal
s,essent
ialoi
ls,veget
ableoi
ls,
frui
tsandveget
abl
esand
semi-
processedproduct
sli
kever mi
cell
i.

AGMARKLABORATORI
ES

•TheAgmarkcert
if
icat
ioni
semployedt
hroughful
lyst
ateownedAgmar
klabor
ator
iesl
ocat
ed
acr
ossthenat
ionwhichactast
esti
ngandcert
if
yingcentr
es.

•Inaddit
iontotheCent
ralAGMARKLabor
ator
yinNagpur
,ther
ear
eRegi
onalAGMARK
Laborat
ories(
RALs)in11nodalci
ti
es.

•Eachoftheregi
onal l
aborat
ori
esisequippedwithandspecial
izesint
hetest
ingofproduct
s
ofregi
onalsi
gnif
icance.Hencetheproductrangethatcoul
dbet est
edvar
iesacrosst
he
cent
res.

COMMODI TIESANDTESTSThet esti

ngdoneacr
osstheselabor
ator
iesincl
udechemical
anal
ysi
s,micr
obi
ologi
calanal
ysi
s,pest
ici
der
esi
due,andafl
atoxi
nanalysisi
nfoodproduct
s.

WHYONLI
NESYSTEM?

•Theexi
sti
ngpr
ocedur
esf
orAgmar
kcer
ti
fi
cat
ionwer
einphysi
calf
orm andt
imeconsumi
ng.

•ThroughtheAgmarkonlinesyst
em,cer
tif
icat
eofauthor
isat
ion,per
mi ssi
onofpr
int
ingpr
ess,
per
mi ssi
onoflabor
ator
iesandservi
cesrel
atedtol
aborat
oryinfor
mationmanagementsystem
wil
lbeprovided.

Srno Nameofr
evol
uti
on Rel
atedt
o Nameoffat
herof
r
evol
uti
on

1. Bl
uer
evol
uti
on Fi
shpr
oduct
ion DR.
ARUN
KRI
SHNAN

2. Br
ownr
evol
uti
on Non-
convent
ionalener
gy

3. Gr
eenr
evol
uti
on Foodgr
ains M.
S.SWAMI
NATHAN

4. Gol
denr
evol
uti
on Fr
uit
s/honey/
hor
ti
cul
tur
e NI
RPAKHTUTEJ

5. Gol
denf
iberr
evol
uti
on Jut
epr
oduct
ion NI
RPAKHTUTEJ

6. Gr
eyr
evol
uti
on Fer
ti
li
zer
s

7. Pi
nkr
evol
uti
on Meat VI
SHALTEWARI

8. Si
lverr
evol
uti
on Eggs/
poul
tr
y I
NDI
RAGANDHI

9. Redr
evol
uti
on Tomat
oes

10, Roundr
evol
uti
on Pot
ato

11. Whit
e Mi
lkpr
oduct
ion VERGHESEKURI
EN
r
evolut
ion/
oper
ati
on
f
lood

12. Yel
lowr
evol
uti
on Oi
lSeedpr
oduct
ion

Thevariouscol
oursrepresentthevar
iet
yoffarm pract
icessuchascropcult
ivati
on,
hort
icul
ture,
for
estr
y,fi
shery,poult
ry,
animalhusbandryandfoodprocessi
ngi ndust
ry.The
i
ntegrat
eddevelopmentoft hesesect
orsthr
ought heserevol
uti
onsi
salsotermedasRai nbow
Revolut
ion