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Rice Area affected by different stresses in eastern India (lakh ha) States Flash Flood prone Drought Prone Salinity/Sodicity CoastalInland Assam8.02Nil Bihar11.010Nil1.5 JharkhandNil8.2Nil ChhattisgrahNil27.3Nil Orissa Nil U.P Nil6 West Bengal Nil Total Region Total Rice /3 rd 1/3 rd Rainfed rice production is low and unstable mainly due to abiotic stresses

Strategy Promote stress tolerant varieties – Submergence tolerant Swarna-Sub1 : Assam, UP, Bihar, WB, Orissa Samba Mahsuri-Sub1 : UP, IR 64-Sub1 : UP, Orissa, WB – Drought tolerant Sahbhagi dhan : UP, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhatishgarh – Salinity tolerant CSR-36 : UP & Bihar Promote recommended package of practices suitable for different rice ecologies – Upland rice – Rainfed Low land rice – Rainfed Deep water rice – Irrigated rice

Program Technology promotion in compact blocks of 1000 hectares Rice ecology specific technologies Emphasis on line sowing/transplantation, land preparation Promotion of Hybrid rice/stress tolerant varieties Promotion of resource conservation technologies for wheat crop Involvement of Progressive farmers Asset building Water source development Shallow tube wells Borewells and dugwells Water pump sets Zero till seed drills Site specific local needs

Technology components - CRRI Activity Rainfed Upland Rice Rainfed Low land riceIrrigated Rice Shallow Lowland (0-15cm) Medium Deep Water (25-50 cm) Deep Water Traditional Hybrid Rice Deep Ploughing and Land Preparation1500 Seed Direct Seeding (Line sowing by drum seeder) /Transplanting/seed drills 1500 Seed Treatment Zinc875 Boron275 Weed management640 0 Plant Protection700 Honorarium Staff – 1 per 1000/month* Mobility Staff Honorarium Farmer – 10 per unit* as above 60 Mobility Farmer60 Provision of Drum Seeder70 Travel cost for KVK scientist/State officials/GOI officers. 100 Total Due importance to administration of programs for quality outcome

Timelines for Kharif Season ActivityAprilMayJune Preparation of District wise and Component wise Action Plan including site specific activities 25 th Mar to 6 th Apr Identification of village clusters and Beneficiaries1 st to 20 th -- Identification of Progressive Farmers10 th Apr Land preparation and deep ploughing work planning20 th Apr Supply tie ups for seeds, farm machines, nutrients, seed treatment material and plant protection chemicals27 th Approval of Action Plan by SLSCs15 th to 30 th Apr Release of 1 st installment of allocated funds to States15 th May Execution of pre sowing works1 st May to 30 th June Pre positioning of the inputs planned15 th June Work plan by CRRI for monitoring of components15 th Apr Planning for mobility of the KVK and ATMA officials30 th Apr SLMT Meeting28 th 30 th

Physical Progress of major activities during ComponentsUn it TargetAchievement% Demonstrations (A): RICE UplandHa 30,00029, Shallow WaterHa 62,80062, Medium WaterHa 25,80026, Deep WaterHa 12, HYVsHa 70,40069, HybridsHa 29,20028, Total Rice demonstrationsHa 230,200228, (B): WHEATHa 80,00081, Asset Building: Shallow Tube WellsNos. 35,42716, Dug Well/Bore WellsNos. 9, PumpsetsNos. 27,07623, Zero Till seed DrillsNos Site Specific NR

Financial Progress and (Rs. in Crores) State Alloc. Releas e Exp. % expAlloc.Release Exp. % exp Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Total

Rice Production in Eastern States (Lakh Tonnes) StateNormal Difference From previous year Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Total for Seven States ALL-India

Key feed backs Program prescription varied in some States; Bihar preferred SRI irrespective of rice ecologies & SWI for wheat Supply of inputs/incentive amount in cash to the beneficiaries Involvement of NGOs for implementation of BGREI - Odisha Increase in distribution of hybrid rice; Adoption of sub-mergence tolerant varieties; Gaps in adoption of technologies of nutrient, weed management, crop protection, seed treatment Timely supply of inputs Need based nutrient mgmt. Demand for farm machinery- self propelled reaper/combine harvester etc.

Financial allocation for (Rs. in lakh) State Average Area under Rice for identified Districts (Lakh Ha) % share of area to total area Allocation as per % area in the State Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha Uttar Pradesh (East) West Bengal Total for Seven States CRRI, BGREI Cell 3.00 Total

Demonstration Target for Number of cluster ( each cluster 1000 hectares) Rainfed Low land RiceIrrigated Rice State Rainfed Upland rice Shallow Low land Rice Medium Water Rice Deep Water RiceHYV Hybrid Rice Total Rice Wheat Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Orissa Eastern UP West Bengal Total

Steps initiated by GoI AdministrativeGuidelinesAllocationBGREI cellTechnicalCRRIISROAERCsSystems Field Manual Web site

Expectations from states Adherence to technical norms of agro ecological zone wise demonstrations Approval of action plans by SLSC in time Organizing SLBC meeting before Kharif for crop loans to cluster farmers Better coordination with CRRI for monitoring Timely supply of inputs like fertilizer, seeds and other critical inputs Community Nursery instead of individual Nursery Popularize Paddy Transplanter for transplanting of Rice Promotion of Drum Seeder for promotion/popularization of line sowing

Way forward Efforts to maintain uniformity of interventions across States for logical comparison of innovative technologies; Best practices of processes of deliverables and procurement of produce at MSP need be shared mutually by States Improvement in monitoring, documentation & reporting Strengthening of Coordination between CSC, SLMTs & DLMTs; Capacity building of Block level extension staff & beneficiary farmers.