Review of BGREI 2014-15 State : Assam Date : 31st October, 2014

BGREI, 2013-14 Achievement (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target Phy. Fin. 1. Rice Demonstration No. 273 4869.034 3661.8 2. Asset Building STW 10000 1200.00 1325 159.00 LLP 7475 747.50 - 3. Site Specific Needs (i) PP Sprayer at 70% subsidy 28571 370.00 (ii) Tarpaulin (5m x 5m) at 90% subsidy 15111 516.80 (iii)Conveyance pipe for LLP & STW at 50% subsidy Mtr. 811200 1014.00 (iv)Paddy Weeder at 90% Subsidy 6666 46.80

BGREI, 2013-14 Achievement (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target Phy. Fin. 4. Marketing Support i) Farm Level Storage Unit (11m x 8m) size , 100 MT capacity. No. 47 973.37 ii) Organizing farmers in groups at field / orientation . 0.42 0.10 Total : 9737.92 5768.50 Total Fund Received = Rs. (4869.00 + 1140.00 ) = Rs 6009.00 lakh Total fund utilized , 2013-14 = Rs. (4628.50 + 1140.00) = Rs 5768.50 lakh Balance Amount = Rs. 240.50 lakh UC (2013-14) submitted on 10th April, 2014.

Impact of implementation of BGREI Increasing trend of Rice production. Farmers taking up Rice cultivation more extensively with HYV / Hybrid seeds, with appropriate technology. (Production in lakh MT & Yield in Kg. per hectare) Types of Rice Production & Yield during pre BGREI (2009-10) Production & Yield after 4 years of BGREI (2013-14) Percentage increase after 4 years of BGREI Production Yield Winter Rice 32.14 1824 37.09 2002 15% 10% Summer Rice 8.60 2180 11.90 2981 38% 37% Total 40.74 1889 48.99 2176 20% Increase in production due to implementation of BGREI (Winter + Summer) Area covered Production with State’s overall yield (Winter + Summer) Production with yield in BGREI areas Yield per ha. Production 72659 ha. 2175 Kg. 1.57 lakh MT 3742 2.70 lakh MT Increase in production due to implementation of BGREI : 1.13 lakh MT.

Impact of implementation of BGREI Under “Assets Building Component” – 23825 nos. of Pump Sets installed creating 47,650 ha. additional assured irrigated area paving way for double cropping. Share of BGREI in total assured irrigation facility created by Agriculture Department Source of irrigation All schemes / programmes including BGREI BGREI alone No. installed Assured irrigation facility created (lakh ha.) Shallow Tube Well (STW) 209583 4.19 16325 0.33 Low Lift Pump (LLP) 24735 0.49 7,500 0.15 Total : 234318 4.68 23,825 0.48 Percentage of Net Cropped Area 17% 2% Total assured irrigation facility created by Agriculture Department till 2013-14 : 7.05 lakh ha. (25% of Net Cropped Area)

Impact of implementation of BGREI Under “Site Specific Component” - Covered Threshing Floors mitigating the problem of threshing of Summer paddy helped directly 116 no. GPs, 178 WHS creating 1780 ha. of irrigation potential area in villages where boring of STW are not feasible. Extensive use of Line Sowing with better intercultural operation helped in increasing productivity.

Implementation Strategy Implementation of Rice demo. and interventions under “Site Specific” is done through involving PPS (Field Management Committee of farmers). Organising farmers, inputs handling, close monitoring of these programs are through PPS under the supervision of VLEW / ADO at field level. Enhancing minor irrigation facility for rainfed areas. Provision for conveyance pipe for effective irrigation. Construction of covered threshing floor to address threshing problem of Summer Paddy. Community based interventions especially for small & marginal farmers. Enhancing farm mechanization to counter labour shortage problem for smooth field operations. 23 nos. of farm level storage units are being established under the technical guidance of SAU with the involvement of community. Community of the concerned demo plot will be custodian of the unit. Marketing intervention through community storage facilities and value addition through involvement of Women SHG.

Target as approved by SLSC Physical & Financial Achievement , 2014-15 (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement Phy. Fin. 1. Rice Demonstration: Ha. 70667 5300.00 51327 3849.525 (C) 2. Asset Building (i) Dug well No. 644 193.20 - (ii) STW 4357 522.840 1800 216.00(C ) (iii)Self propelled paddy transplanter 75 56.25 14 10.50 (C) (iv) Pump set 7767 776.70 180.00 (C) (v) Conoweeder 17173 103.038 10029 60.174 (C) (vi) Manual sprayer 28877 173.262 20000 120.00 (C) (vii) Power Knap Sack Sprayer 607 18.21 8

Target as approved by SLSC Physical & Financial Achievement , 2014-15 (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement Phy. Fin. 2. (viii) Power weeder No. 70 10.50 - (ix) Paddy Thresher 625 250.00 (x) Multi Thresher 40 16.00 Total (2) : 2120.00 586.674(C) 3. Site Specific Needs : (i) Installation of STW with 5 HP diesel pump set 4227 929.94 2490 547.80 (C) (ii) STW with Electric motors 3881 388.10 2720 272.00 (C) (iii) Water Conveyance pipe Lakh meter 14.076 353.900 (iv) LLP 3000 450.00 Total (3) : 2119.94 819.80(C) 9

Target as approved by SLSC Physical & Financial Achievement , 2014-15 (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement Phy. Fin. 4 Marketing Support i) Community storage unit at PPS level(200MT cap) No. 10 200.00 - (ii) Covered Threshing Floor 23 368.00 (iii) Financial support to women SHG 184 92.00 88 44.00(C) (iv) Paddy cutter machine 520 39.00 (v) Paddy winnower 600 45.00 (vi) Self propelled power reaper 250 132.50 (vii) Bag sealing machine 1786 89.30 (viii) Moisture meter 1850 83.25 (ix) IRRI super grain bag 21970 10.985 Total (4) : 1060.00 Grand Total : 10600.00 5300.00 (C)

Efforts in increasing Procurement & Storage Facility Procurement done through FCI and ASAMB. Last year procurement initiatives by State Govt. through ASAMB ensured remunerative price of paddy and regulate local market prices. This effort to be continued. At present local market price of Paddy is almost at par with MSP. Storage facility of 23 nos. farm level storage units to be utilised by the concerned community.

No. of demonstrations & area Paddy demonstrations conducted under BGREI, 2013-14 (implemented during Kharif, 2014) No. of demonstrations & area Total Paddy Variety Shallow low land Hybrid No. of Demo. Area (ha.) 44 11000.50 74 18496.30 118 29496.80 Shallow low land : Swarna Sub 1 Hybrid : JKRH -401 US -312 Crop condition : Satisfactory. Results of Crop Cutting Experiments awaited.

Result of Crop Cutting Experiments under BGREI (Crop Winter Paddy & Summer Paddy), 2013-14 Rice Season Rice Type Variety No. of CC Experiments Average yield of Paddy as per CC Experiment (Kg. per ha.) Average yield of Rice as per CC Experiment Winter HYV Swarna Sub-1 88 4878 3171 Summer IR 64, Ranjit, MTU 1010 131 5406 3379 Hybrid Arize 6444, PAC 835, JKRH 401, DRRH 2, Rajlakhmi 125 6786 4241 Total (Summer) 256 6080 3800 Total (Winter + Summer) : 344 5773 3640

Issues & Constraints Considering the no. of Small & Marginal farmers (85.6% of total farmers) existing subsidy norms on inputs needs upward revision as cost of all inputs are increasing. Implementation of time bound programmes (Demonstrations) may be allowed immediately after approval of SLSC. Scarcity of less than 10 year old Rice varieties is an area of concern. A system needs to be developed for availability of such varieties along with its certification. Provision for Power Tiller may be made under BGREI as mechanization is a must for increasing productivity.

Demonstration on Hybrid Rice cultivation under BGREI at Sonapur, Kamrup (Variety : Sahyadri 4)

Demonstration on Hybrid Paddy cultivation under BGREI at Barpeta (Variety : ARIZE 6444)

Transplanter used in BGREI Demonstration , Bokakhat

Water Harvesting Structure under BGREI

Hon’ble Minister, Agril Hon’ble Minister, Agril. Assam at ceremonial transplantion, BGREI at Kanarpur Pathar, Satgaon (Dist. Kamrup)

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Yield of Paddy in Experimental Plot (5mX5m) (in Kg.) Result of Crop Cutting Experiments under BGREI (Crop Winter Paddy : Variety : Swarna Sub 1), 2013-14 District No. of CC Expt. conducted Yield of Paddy in Experimental Plot (5mX5m) (in Kg.) Average yield of Rice per hectare (Kg.) Total yield Average dry yield (driage 9.52%) Average dry yield per hectare Bongaigaon 7 84.34 10.9015 4361 2834 Chirang 14 159.50 10.3083 4123 2680 Darrang 5 73.89 13.3711 5348 3476 Dibrugarh 4 54.45 12.3166 4927 3202 Golaghat 2 27.90 12.6220 5049 3282 Kamrup 12 174.00 13.1196 5248 3411 Kokrajhar 88.80 11.4780 4591 2984 Lakhimpur 69.45 15.7096 6284 4084 Sibsagar 53.245 12.0440 4818 3131 Sonitpur 27.35 12.3731 4949 3217 Udalguri 54.17 12.2533 4901 3186 Karimganj 13.00 5.8812 2352 1529 Jorhat 175.65 13.2440 5298 3443 Barpeta 9 130.26 13.0950 5238 3405  Total 88 1186.00 12.1942 4878 3171

Contribution of BGREI to total Rice Production, 2013-14 Increase in production due to implementation of BGREI BGREI, 2013-14 State’s production BGREI’s contribution Variety Area (ha.) Yield per ha. (Kg.) Production (lakh MT) Winter Rice HYV 14000 3171 0.44 37.09 3% Hybrid 20000 3878 0.76 Total (Winter Rice) : 34000 3587 1.20 Summer Rice 16459 3379 0.56 11.90 13% 22200 4241 0.94 Total (Summer Rice) : 38659 1.50 Grand Total (Winter + Summer) 72659 3742 2.70 48.99 6%