BRINGING GREEN REVOLUTION TO EASTERN INDIA (BGREI) MEETING OF CENTRAL STEERING COMMITTEE at KRISHI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 31 ST OCTOBER, 2014 Department of Agriculture Govt. of West Bengal
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENT DURING Sl. No. Intervention SLSC approved financial outlay Fund released by GoI Fund utilized BalanceRemarks1 Block Demonstration Arrear liabilities under Block Demonstrations-Rs Asset Building Activities Site Specific Activities Marketing Support TOTAL (Rs. in lakh)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Agro-eco situation Target as approved by SLSC Achievement Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in lakh) Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in lakh) A.PADDY I. Kharif 1Up-land Shallow Lowland Medium Deep Water II. Boro 4Irrigated HYV Hybrid Rice BWHEAT Total (Rice + Wheat) A. BLOCK DEMONSTRATION Actual expenditure-Rs lakh: Arrear Liabilities-Rs lakh
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1.Pump Sets10000Nos B. ASSET BUILDING ACTIVITY (Rs. in lakh)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Const. of Irrigation Channel 2200RMT Electrification of Pump Set 8000Nos Monitoring & Documentation TOTAL C. SITE SPECIFIC NEEDS (Rs. in lakh) Out of the total approved outlay under Electrification of Pump Set, Rs lakh was diverted towards Pump sets under Asset Building Activity. Rest of the interventions could not be undertaken due to non-availability of fund.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Establishment of KRISHAK BAZAR No D. MARKETING SUPPORT (Rs. in lakh)
YIELD COMPARISON Yield in q/ha. Increase in yield of BGREI over State ave : Kharif Rice – 10.72% ; Boro Rice % ; Wheat %
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL FINANCIAL PROGRESS DURING (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. Component SLSC approved outlay Fund released by GoI Fund released to implementing agency Fund utilized 1 Block Demonstration Asset Building Activity Site Specific Need Marketing Support TOTAL
DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL A. BLOCK DEMONSTRATIONS Sl. No. Agro-eco situation TargetAchievement Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in crore) Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in crore) A.PADDY I. Rs. 5500/- per ha. 1Up-land Shallow Lowland Medium Deep Water II. Boro 4 Irrigated Rs. 5500/ per ha Hybrid Rs. 7500/- per ha B. Rs. 7500/- per ha Total (Rice + Wheat)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL B. ASSET BUILDING ACTIVITY Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1.Pump Sets10000Nos Zero Till Seed Drill15000Nos Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter 75000Nos Cono Weeder600Nos Drum Seeder1500Nos Manual Sprayer600Nos Power Knap Sac Sprayer 3000Nos Multi Crop Thresher40000Nos Paddy Thresher40000Nos TOTAL34.25 (Rs. in crore)
Work in progress DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL C. SITE SPECIFIC NEEDS Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Const. of Irrigation Channel 1500RMT Electrification of Pump Set 8000Nos Construction of Farm Pond m X 10 m X 3 m TOTAL (Rs. in crore)
Work in progress DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL D. MARKETING SUPPORT Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistanc e (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Farm family level processing yards for sun drying of parboiled paddy Nos Manually operated grain dryer with paddy husk & other biomass as fuel. 8000Nos Improved low cost paddy & grain storage structures with concrete brick base and other local resources. 5000Nos TOTAL (Rs. in crore)
DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL ISSUES & CONSTRAINS Non-availability of seed of varieties released within last 10 years. Renotification of some of the varieties notified beyond 10 years till having special traits and market demand viz. IET-4786, MTU-1010, MTU- 7029, Pratiksha. Non-availability of salt tolerant varieties of paddy. Non-availability of wheat vars. released within last 10 years befitting for the State of West Bengal viz. K-0307, DBW-39, CBW-38, Raj Approval of three years Annual Action Plan enabling the States to draw up plan in advance for seed availability. More than 70% of farmers are small & marginal in nature. They are not in a position to afford high contribution as fix up for asset creation activities viz. construction of irrigation channel and farm pond and high value farm machineries viz. Zero Till Seed Drill, Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter, Multi Crop Thresher, Power Paddy Thresher etc. Cent percent assistance requires to be provided. Incorporation of provision for display board and documentations.
Thank you