*Shri
Ghanshyam Goel
**Shri Samrat Bandopadhyay
Pursuant
to the resolution adopted on 29-05-2007 by the National Development Council
(NDC), to reorient the current agricultural development strategies to meet the
needs of the farmers and for fresh efforts by the Central and State Governments
to rejuvenate the agricultural sector so as to achieve 4% annual growth during
the 11th Five Year Plan, a new State Plan Scheme of Additional
Central Assistance (ACA) for agriculture and allied sectors, namely, Rashtriya
Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was launched during 2007-08 with an envisaged outlay
of Rs. 25,000 crore for the Plan period.
It
requires the States to prepare District and State Agriculture Plans for
creation of such infrastructure, which are essential to catalyse the existing
production scenario for achieving higher production. Additional Central
Assistance (ACA) is made available to the States as 100% grants.
The
RKVY Guidelines recognize and build on the need for convergence and integration
of the various programmes implemented at District/State level into District
Agriculture Plans (DAPs) and State Agriculture Plan (SAP). Each district is
required to formulate a District Agriculture Plan by including the resources
available from other existing schemes, District, State or Central Schemes such
as Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF), Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SGSY), National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Bharat Nirman and
tied and untied grants from the Central and State Finance Commissions etc. The
District Agriculture Plans are not to be the usual aggregation of the existing
schemes but would aim at moving towards projecting the requirements for
development of agriculture and allied sectors of the district. These plans
present the vision for agriculture and allied sectors within the overall
development perspective of the district. The District Agriculture Plans would
reflect the financial requirement and the sources of financing the agriculture
development plans in a comprehensive way. The DAP will include animal husbandry
and fishery, minor irrigation projects, rural development works, agricultural
marketing schemes and schemes for water harvesting and conservation, keeping in
view the natural resources and technological possibilities in each district.
Each State is further required to prepare a comprehensive State Agricultural
Plan (SAP) by integrating the DAPs. The State will have to indicate resources
that can flow from the State to the district.
During
XII Plan, RKVY funding will be provided through three streams viz. production
growth (35%), infrastructure & Assets and sub-schemes (20%). The remaining
10% will be is provisioned as flexi fund from which states can undertake either
production growth or infrastructure & assets projects depending upon States
needs & priorities. Looking at the requirement of increasing investment,
Government has recently done way with 35% requirement in production stream thus
paving the way for 100% allocation in investments for infrastructure buildings
& creation of assets.
The
States have been provided flexibility and autonomy in the process of selection,
planning, approval and execution of schemes to make investments in
interventions as per their priorities and agro-climatic requirements so that
the outcomes are as envisaged in the RKVY objectives. The projects of the
State Governments are approved by the State Level Sanctioning Committees
(SLSCs) under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary of the respective States.
The funds are routed through the State Agriculture Department, which is the
nodal Department for the scheme.
Presently,
six sub-schemes are being implemented as sub-schemes under RKVY during 2014-15.
These sub-schemes and their allocations are:-
i.
Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region: - This programme was
initiated in 2010-11 targeting the improvement in the rice based cropping
system of Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh. Allocation for this scheme in 2010-11 & 2011-12 was Rs.
400 crore each, which has been enhanced to Rs. 1000.00 crore in 2012-13 &
2013-14. The allocation for the year 2014-15 is Rs.1000.00 crore.
ii.
Initiative on Vegetable Clusters: - Growing demand for vegetables
was proposed to be met by a robust increase in the productivity and market
linkage. For the purpose, an efficient supply chain needed to be established,
to provide quality vegetables at competitive prices. The allocation for this
sub-scheme was Rs.300.00 crore each in 2011-12 & 2012-13. The allocation for
the year 2013-14 was Rs. 200.00 crore and 2014-15 is Rs. 175.00 crore.
iii.
National Mission for Protein Supplements: - National Mission for
Protein Supplements was launched with an allocation of Rs.300 crore during
2011-12 to take up activities to promote animal based protein production
through livestock development, dairy farming, piggery, goat rearing and
fisheries in selected blocks. During 2012-13 & 2013-14 an amount of Rs. 500
crore & Rs. 400.00 crore were allocated for 2014-15, Rs. 300.00 crore has been
earmarked for this scheme.
iv.
Saffron Mission: - The Scheme was initiated in
2010-11 with an overall Government of India budgetary support of Rs.288.06
crore over four years. Allocation has been Rs. 39.44 crore in 2010-11, Rs.50.00
crore each in 2011-12 & 2012-13. The mission was meant to bring economic
revival of J&K Saffron. Outlay for the year 2013-14 was Rs. 100.00 crore.
An amount of Rs.100.00 crore is earmarked for 2014-15.
v. Vidharbha
Intensive Irrigation Development Programme: - The
Scheme was initiated in 2012-13 which seeks to bring in more farming areas
under protective irrigation. The allocation for the year 2012-13 & 2013-14
was Rs. 300.00 crore each. For 2014-15 Rs. 150.00 crore has been allocated for
VIIDP.
vi.
Crop Diversification: - The original Green Revolution States have the
problem of stagnating yields and over-exploitation of water resources. The
answer lies in crop diversification. An amount of Rs.500.00 Crore was allocated
for 2013-2014 to the start a programme of crop diversification that would
promote technological innovation and encourage farmers to choose crop
alternatives. For 2014-15 Rs. 250.00 crore has been allocated for this scheme.
The details of funds allocated, released
and utilized under RKVY (including sub-schemes) from the year 2007-08 to
2014-15 is as under: -
(Rs
in crore)
|
YEAR
|
ALLOCATION
|
RELEASE
|
UTILIZATION
|
|
2007-08
|
1489.70
|
1246.89
|
1246.79
|
|
2008-09
|
3165.67
|
2886.80
|
2880.89
|
|
2009-10
|
3806.74
|
3760.93
|
3756.53
|
|
2010-11
|
6722.00*
|
6720.08
|
6719.02
|
|
2011-12
|
7810.87*
|
7794.09
|
7715.24
|
|
2012-13
|
9317.00*
|
8400.00
|
8353.30
|
|
2013-14
|
9954.00*
|
7052.51
|
6502.43
|
|
2014-15
|
9954.00*
|
7328.93
(As on 22.12.2014)
|
2194.03
|
*Including sub-schemes.
Planning
Commission has approved an outlay of Rs.63,246 crore for implementation of RKVY
for XII Plan. For the year 2014-15, allocation under the scheme is Rs. 9954.00
crore.
*Shri Ghanshyam Goel is ADG
(M&C), PIB and Shri
Samrat Bandopadhyay is Assistant Director
(M&C), PIB New Delhi
(PIB
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