1. Review of BGREI
State : Assam
Date : 31st October, 2014

2. BGREI, 2013-14 Achievement (Rs. In lakh) Sl. No. Component Unit Target
Phy.
Fin. 1.
Rice Demonstration
No.
273
3661.8 2.
Asset Building
STW
10000
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
(iv)Paddy Weeder at 90% Subsidy
6666
46.80

3. 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 :
Total Fund Received = Rs. ( ) = Rs lakh
Total fund utilized , = Rs. ( ) = Rs lakh
Balance Amount = Rs lakh
UC ( ) submitted on 10th April, 2014.

4. 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 ( )
Production & Yield after 4 years of BGREI ( )
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.

5. Impact of implementation of BGREI
Under “Assets Building Component” – 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 : 7.05 lakh ha. (25% of Net Cropped Area)

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. Target as approved by SLSC
Physical & Financial Achievement ,
(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) :
(C) 3.
Site Specific Needs :
(i) Installation of STW with 5 HP diesel pump set
4227
929.94
2490
(C)
(ii) STW with Electric motors
3881
388.10
2720
(C)
(iii) Water Conveyance pipe
Lakh meter
14.076
(iv) LLP
3000
450.00
Total (3) :
819.80(C) 9

10. Target as approved by SLSC
Physical & Financial Achievement ,
(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) :
Grand Total :
(C)

11. 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.

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

13. Result of Crop Cutting Experiments under BGREI
(Crop Winter Paddy & Summer Paddy),
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

14. 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.

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

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

17. Transplanter used in BGREI Demonstration , Bokakhat

18. Water Harvesting Structure under BGREI

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

20. Thanks

21. Yield of Paddy in Experimental Plot (5mX5m) (in Kg.)
Result of Crop Cutting Experiments under BGREI
(Crop Winter Paddy : Variety : Swarna Sub 1),
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
4361
2834
Chirang 14
159.50
4123
2680
Darrang 5
73.89
5348
3476
Dibrugarh 4
54.45
4927
3202
Golaghat 2
27.90
5049
3282
Kamrup 12
174.00
5248
3411
Kokrajhar
88.80
4591
2984
Lakhimpur
69.45
6284
4084
Sibsagar
53.245
4818
3131
Sonitpur
27.35
4949
3217
Udalguri
54.17
4901
3186
Karimganj
13.00
5.8812
2352
1529
Jorhat
175.65
5298
3443
Barpeta 9
130.26
5238
3405
 Total 88
4878
3171

22. Contribution of BGREI to total Rice Production, 2013-14
Increase in production due to implementation of BGREI
BGREI,
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%