Press Release l Implementation of Seed Related Schemes


The Government is implementing various schemes to strengthen the seed production chain &to enhance availability of quality seeds & planting material of crops to farmers across the country through various schemes viz., National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Sub-Missions under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) [Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP) &Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region] and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana RAFTAAR (RKVY-RKVY-RAFTAAR) which provides provision for seed production and distribution.

Besides, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Indian Institute of Seed Science (ICAR-IISS), Mau is coordinating two nation-wide network projects viz. All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) - National Seed Project (Crops) and ICAR Seed Project. AICRP-NSP (Crops) is mandated to produce breeder seed as per the national requirement. The breeder seed thus produced, is supplied to indenting agencies including public and private sector for downstream production of foundation and certified seed in subsequent years for supply to the farmer. During the last three years, 349861.6 quintals of breeder seed of more than 1300 varieties of 57 field crops has been produced. ICAR Seed Project is also operating at 63 cooperating centres under National Agricultural Research System which is contributing quality seed production of newly released varieties in the country.           

The funds are released to the states/implementing agencies for seed components. Under NFSM, funds are released for implementation of annual action plan including seed related activities. The state-wise release under NFSM & SMSP is given below:
(Rs. in crore)

S.No.

States/Uts

NFSM-Foodgrian & Commercial Crops*

NFSM-Oilseeds*

SMSP (seed village Programme)*

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

1

Andhra Pradesh

62.54

44.12

38.75

41.65

31.71

28.47

5.09

2.65

3.10

2

Arunachal Pradesh  

7.20

5.81

8.56

6.52

2.27

13.00

0.00

0.00

1.13

3

Assam                       

105.58

115.01

156.14

0.00

8.00

18.55

30.55

0.00

14.87

4

Bihar

46.63

42.61

14.06

0.00

0.00

0.33

3.00

0.00

5.41

5

Chhattisgarh

78.58

85.32

53.40

6.42

4.50

9.33

5.56

5.17

3.40

6

Goa

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

7

Gujarat

17.21

16.08

16.96

22.37

22.93

31.37

0.66

0.00

1.56

8

Haryana

11.42

3.55

3.40

0.00

0.00

20.43

0.85

2.18

0.00

9

Himachal Pradesh 

12.11

11.44

11.20

0.00

0.00

0.00

5.16

5.41

6.46

10

J & K                    

6.21

7.07

3.78

0.55

0.00

0.17

5.49

9.74

8.41

11

Jharkhand

44.90

22.15

12.64

0.98

3.74

7.30

0.00

0.00

0.00

12

Karnataka              

131.91

120.89

93.12

9.61

7.73

8.13

0.63

0.00

0.36

13

Kerala

0.00

0.63

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

14

Madhya Pradesh

104.40

187.98

14.14

5.00

12.20

28.25

14.99

8.80

19.34

15

Maharashtra          

112.56

107.94

128.56

39.58

24.12

19.59

32.00

16.95

11.26

16

Manipur

7.44

11.76

6.54

0.94

1.69

1.88

0.09

0.00

0.00

17

Meghalaya             

4.94

2.82

4.74

0.00

0.12

0.13

0.55

0.00

0.44

18

Mizoram                 

2.28

2.39

1.44

11.64

4.20

6.68

0.00

0.24

0.03

19

Nagaland                 

18.73

16.81

17.00

3.40

6.03

7.15

1.03

0.79

1.31

20

Odisha

84.91

75.51

72.84

10.80

11.53

13.10

0.10

0.00

0.00

21

Punjab                    

0.15

0.06

0.28

0.00

0.00

0.95

0.00

0.00

0.00

22

Sikkim

9.39

5.96

5.71

0.05

0.52

0.90

0.47

0.00

0.04

23

Rajasthan              

116.27

138.99

140.25

28.00

26.44

92.48

0.00

6.53

2.55

24

Tamil Nadu              

55.20

48.11

34.10

11.84

11.39

13.60

14.76

11.10

17.76

25

Telangana

9.61

15.05

7.10

2.50

5.13

1.81

3.00

0.00

4.28

26

Tripura

17.84

4.25

6.02

0.71

0.88

0.79

0.00

0.00

0.00

27

Uttar Pradesh           

131.24

79.46

100.13

9.74

4.78

25.39

7.44

0.66

15.87

28

Uttarakhand               

17.83

7.82

10.36

0.43

0.00

0.20

6.59

5.46

5.55

29

West Bengal              

92.51

89.93

63.87

29.81

23.78

27.45

0.85

0.00

0.00

30

Ladakh

0.00

0.00

0.20

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.00

0.00

31

Puducherry

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.00

 

Total

1309.59

1269.49

1025.27

242.54

213.70

371.01

140.11

88.93

128.30

*Progress is subject to change based on revised receipts from states.

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