1. Thirteenth meeting of the National Food Security Mission Executive Committee (NFSMEC) held on 3-3-2014.

2. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) West Bengal

3. Area of Operation of NFSM in West Bengal 3 NFSM – RiceNFSM – Wheat NFSM-Pulse 1.Jalpaiguri All the districts of West Bengal 2. Coochbehar 3. Uttar Dinajpur 4. South 24 Pgrs.4. Dakshin Dinajpur 5. Purulia 6. Howrah 7. Purba Medinipur 8. Paschim Medinipur

4. Crop wise Comparative Productivity - RICE A: Area in hectares, Y: Yield rate in Kg/ha. P: Production in tones Sl no. YearDistrict Kharif RiceBoro RiceTotal Rice Increase over 06- 07 in AYPAYPAYP Producti on (%) Produ ctivity (%) 1 2006- 07 NFSM district total 192456321694174066 50601730551545818214101322354784490-- Other district total 236123225636051170 89521633232974838354601528099961402-- West Bengal 4285795238610225236 1401233322645206565687028259314745892-- 2 2007- 08 NFSM district total 19055732034387544358104831661839340248662122985714783 19 3 Other district total 23025892570591797293054533173086765323313427859004737 -10 - 1 West Bengal 4208162232797934151511593325949261055719755257314719520 3 2008- 09 NFSM district total 19687392164426052860827924341480485257701822285741013 19 - Other district total 24102952663641870194838330342877526335867827689296227 -7 -1.5 West Bengal 43790342439106792291556662280043580115935696253315037240 1 -2 4 2009- 10 NFSM district total 19029252139407010357659131081792254247951623645862357 22 5.8 Other district total 22974672609599463192340932573007746322087627959002377 -10 - West Bengal 42003922396100647341500000299148000005700392260814864734 0 - 5 2010- 11 NFSM District Total 18631512271423059359231032851945744245546125156176337 2912.5 Other district total17651032636465216972358232372561104248868528987213273 -28 3.2 West Bengal3628254244888827621315892329045068484944146270813389610-104.4 6 2011- 12 NFSM District Total205450823114748843500951319916023572555459248563512003311.2 Other district total21581162772598182372012531562272743287824128688254566- 172.1 West Bengal 42126242547107306661221076317438751005433700268814605766 - 13.7

5. Crop wise Comparative Productivity - WHEAT A: Area in hectares, Y: Yield rate in Kg/ha. P: Production in tones Sl No. YearProduction Zone Wheat Increase over 06-07 in AYP Production (%)Productivity (%) 1 2006- 07 NFSM Districts730902278166496- - Other Districts2775312282633380- - West Bengal3506212281799876- - 2 2007- 08 NFSM Districts76731256119652718 12.4 Other Districts275848261372075713 14.5 West Bengal352579260291728414 14.0 3 2008- 09 NFSM Districts676772329157614-6 2.2 Other Districts2393082536606914-5 11.1 West Bengal3069852490764528-5 9.1 4 2009- 10 NFSM Districts 69641266718574911 17.1 Other Districts 246247290571525112 27.3 West Bengal 315888285290100012 25.0 5 2010- 11 NFSM Districts 77264258219951719 13.3 Other Districts 23957428176748986 23.4 West Bengal 31683827598744159 21.0 6 2011- 12 NFSM Districts 773002521194896 17 10.7 Other Districts 2383592844677999 7 24.6 West Bengal 3156592765872895 9 21.2

6. Crop wise Comparative Productivity - PULSES A: Area in hectares, Y: Yield rate in Kg/ha. P: Production in tones Sl No. YearProduction Zone Total Kharif PulsesTotal Rabi PulsesTotal Pulses Increase over 06-07 in AYPAYPAYP Production (%) Productivity (%) 12006-07 NFSM Districts450786723029910693773678676152015717108975- - Other Districts10767517556956824700398056759167145374- - West Bengal5584564235868163761723118481219606703154349- - 22007-08 NFSM Districts4095578732230101497843855391424528271177698 15.3 Other Districts6646563374351845704365095849168840252-12 2.5 West Bengal47601756359731533427961220482009437861580212 11.8 32008-09 NFSM Districts4208769529243838728036734312595976796586-12 7.0 Other Districts10751706758947304540255555805557133144-27 -14.9 West Bengal528386973683213117670892898184014705129730-16 - 42009-10 NFSM Districts 43810772338421278778931417117168786214801335 20.2 Other Districts 1119078587837212360143329833136255211214 -6.8 West Bengal 550007754262520000078815750025500078520012529 11.7 52010-11 NFSM Districts 401016332539799802101110091613990390312631315 25.9 Other Districts 7154634453749943914456725715787850209 10 30.8 West Bengal 47255633299341497459781465881970608961765221427.5 62011-12 NFSM Districts 37987612232589300781175457 139144900125250 15 25.5* Other Districts 799857946302856456316085 5985986651881 14 29.1* West Bengal 459856062788812157175391542 199003890177131 15 26.6 *All Districts has been included under NFSM from 2011-12

7. CROPProductivity during 2006-7 (Kg/ha) Productivity during 2011-12 (Kg/ha) Increase in Productivity (%) RICE2235248511 WHEAT2278252117 PULSE71789025 Impact of NFSM in West Bengal since inception GROWTH IN PRODUCTIVITY

9. Lessons learnt for future and strategies Seed - Timely supply of quality seeds of appropriate varieties  Increasing the number of Seed Testing Labs from 3 Nos. to 6 Nos.  Strengthening of Seed Certification Agencies’ infrastructure.  Installation of Seed Processing Plants Marketing and Processing- Infrastructure development  Establishment of Krishak Bazaars  Installation of Mini Dal Mills Farm Mechanization- Acceleration  Electrification of rural tube wells.  Giving benefit of subsidy for farm mechanization to farmers through direct transfer scheme.

10. Major Focus given by the State on different Inputs under NFSM  Supply of Quality Seeds and other inputs in time.  Application of micronutrients based on Soil Nutrient Map and Soil Test Report.  Selection of site and beneficiary well ahead of the crop season  Demonstrations organized to motivate the farming community with modern Resource conservation technologies / Tools / Efficient and judicious water application tools.  Organization of FFS for dissemination of improved technologies and to select progressive contact farmer.  Inter Cropping in the Plantation crops / orchards with pulses to increase area under Pulses  Exploration of New / Non conventional areas for Area Expansion of Rice / Wheat / Pulses  Emphasis on Training on Improved Technologies 10

11. Suggestions for increasing the efficacy of NFSM scheme  Raising the rate of assistance in case of Rice - Wheat Cluster DCs from Rs. 12500/- to Rs. 16000/- per hac and in case of Pulse DCs from Rs. 5000/- per hac to Rs. 7500/-.  Size of Cluster demonstrations may be reduced from 100 hac compact area to 50 hac compact area.  Rate of Assistance for distribution of Hybrid Paddy seeds under subsidy may be increased from Rs. 2000/- per qtl to Rs. 5000/- per qtl.  The Rate of Assistance for distribution of Pulse seeds under subsidy may be increased from Rs.1200/- per qtl to Rs. 5000/- per qtl.  Raising the cropping system based training support to Rs. 20000/- per training from current rate of Rs. 14000/- per training.  Raising the assistance amount of Pump sets from current rate of Rs. 10000/- per unit to Rs. 15000/- per unit.  Inclusion of work components like Combined Harvester cum thresher, mini harvester etc in the scheme.

12. THANK YOU