1. vvvvvv A New Scheme Soil Health Card for every Farmer was inaugurated by Hon’ble PM at Suratgarh,Rajasthan on 19 Feb. 2015. 1 Swasth Dhara, Khet Haraa

2. 1.Soil Health Card to all 14 crore land holdings once in every 3 years. 2.Rs. 109 crore released to states in 2015-16 by 31 st December 2015 whereas No amount was released during previous Government 3.Rs. 568 crore has been approved to make Soil Health Card available to all farmers Rs. 109 Crore Upto 31 December 2015 2

3. Swasth Dhara, Khet Haraa Soil Health Card Issued 5 crores Soil Health Cards targeted in 2015-16 3

4. Against 43 Soil Testing Labs sanctioned in last 4 years, 79 & 101 Labs sanctioned in 2014-15 & 2015-16 respectively 4 Up to 31 Dec 2015

5. 77 Mobile Soil Testiing Labs sanction during 2014-15 (upto December 2015) against 17 Mobile Labs sanction in last 4 years 5

6. Swasth Dhara, Khet Haraa Amount released to states for Soil Health Management Rs. 72 crore released in 4 years as against Rs. 88 crore in 2014-15 and Rs. 288 crore in 2015-16 (Rs. 179 crore PKVY + Rs.109 crore SHM) 6

7. Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana(PKVY) Organic Farming There was no scheme for organic farming, Central Government has started new Schemes “Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY)”. 7

8. 1.Government is committed to promote organic farming to increase soil health. 2.New scheme Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) to develop organic clusters taken up from current year 2015-16. Total outlay for 2015-16 is Rs. 300 crore allocated in 2015-16. Rs. 300 Crore 8 Upto 31 Dec 2015

9. Group of 50 more farmers having 50 acres land would be motivated to take up organic farming under PKVY. Against the target of 10000 clusters, 7141 clusters have been sanctioned to the States and UTs upto 31.12.2015. 9 Upto 31 Dec 2015

10. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana(PMKSY ) Rs. 5,300 crore budgetary allocation. Aims at to provide end- to end solutions in irrigation supply chain, Viz. Water sources, distribution, network and farm level application, and Creating sources of assured irrigation. 10

11. Budgetary Allocation for Water Management under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana(PMKSY )increased significantly in DACFW 40% increase in investment during NDA Government just in 1 Year 11

12. Natural Calamities Districts Under Contingency Plan 600 districts in the country were covered under contingency plan, with 20 new districts added during Kharif 2015 12

13. Natural Calamities Amount approved from NDRF for the year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 and from 2014-15 & 2015-16 in the wake of Drought, hailstorm and Pest Attack Assistance given in 4 years from 2010-11 to 2013-14 =Rs 12516Cr Assistance Given in two years(18 months of) NDA govt= Rs 16916 Cr In 2015-16, for 6 states(odissa, Telangana. UP, AP, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, process is going on, so the amount will further increase 13

14. Allocation under SDRF has been doubled, This Fund helps State Governments to take prompt steps to deal with disaster Natural Calamities State Disaster Response Fund 14

15. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) 1.Seven Crops - Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Jute, Sugarcane, Cotton, Coarse Cereals covered under NFSM. 2.50% NFSM has been dedicated for development of pulses. 3.Cultivation of pulses under NFSM has been started in J&K, HP, UK, And All North Eastern States. 15

16. No. of Crops Covered Under NFSM Apart from Rice, wheat and Pulses; coarse cereals, sugarcane, jute and cotton have been added under NFSM 16 2013-14 2014-15/Upto 31Dec2015

17. No. of Districts Covered Under NFSM The Spread of NFSM has increased significantly in last 2 years 17

18. KVKs involved in pulses demonstration under NFSM For quicker spread of new technologies, demonstrations of pulses through KVKs have been introduced for first time in 2015-16 18

19. KVKs involved in oilseeds demonstrations under NFSM For quicker spread of new technologies, demonstrations of oilseeds through KVKs have been introduced for first time in 2015-16 19

20. States covered under NFSM-Pulses For promotion of cultivation of pulses, more states are now covered under NFSM than during previous Government 20 2013-142014-15/ Upto 31Dec 2015

21. Districts covered under NFSM-Pulses All districts in 27 states are now covered under NFSM pulses 21 2013-14 2014-157 2015-16 ( Upto 31Dec 2015)

22. States covered under National Mission on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm(NMOOP) For promotion of cultivation of oilseeds now all states have been covered under NMOOP 22 (upto 31 st December, 2015)

23. Farm Advisories sent to the farmers (number of SMS in Crores) under National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture(NeGP-A ) Tremendous growth in number of crop & weather advisories sent to the farmers. 23

24. Mobile Apps Launched – Crop Insurance & AgriMarket under NeGP-A First time Present Government launched three mobile apps to help farmers 24

25. Sanctioned Posts of Extension Workers Under ATMA Scheme Number of sanctioned posts of extension workers has increased by 40% to increase the effectiveness of extension service. 25

26. ICT Intervention under Extension Reforms (ATMA)  Funds to be utilized for innovative technology dissemination through Pico Projector, Hand held devices, Tablets etc While no funds were released during previous Government.  Till Nov. 2015, Rs. 3827.98 Lakhs made available to 29 states and 2 UTs 26

27. Farm Machinery: Financial assistance on agricultural equipment to farmers under Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanisation(SMAM) As compared to 2013-2014, number of agricultural machinery and equipment including Tractors, Power Tiller, Self-propelled machinery, Harvester, and other agricultural equipment distributed among farmers under various scheme of DAC&FW has increased almost three times since April 2014 to Nov 2015 27 Upto 31Dec 2015

28. Number of Commercial tests of Agricultural Machinery under SMAM As compare to 2013-2014 number of machine tested in different categories like Tractors, Power Tiller, Self- propelled machinery, Harvester, and other agricultural machinery and equipment has been increased more than double between April 2014 to Nov 2015 28 2014-15 & 2015-16 (Upto 31Dec 2015)

29. Agricultural Machinery : Training to farmers under SMAM Number of trainees trained different categories of farmers were doubled since April 2014 to Nov 2015 29 2014-15 & 2015-16 (Upto 31Dec2015)

30. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET SCHEME(NAM) Launched on 1st July 2015 to set up a common e-market platform deployable in 585 regulated wholesale markets in three year period with total Allocation of Rs.200.00 Crore. Rs 111.16 crore sanctioned for 214 Mandies in 8 States including cost of Strategic Partner as on 31.12.2015. 30

31. State-wise Mandis selected and Fund allocation Status under NAM More and more states are now eager to join National agriculture Market 31

32. NAM : Almost 20 States/UTs have expressed interest in joining NAM. State /UTsNumber of MandiesGrant approved / Released (Rs in crore ) 1. Gujarat40Rs. 12 crore released 2. Maharashtra30Rs. 9 crore approved 3. Telangana44Rs. 12.165 crore approved 4. Jharkhand19Rs. 5.7 crore approved 5. Chhattishgarh05Rs. 1.50 crore approved 6. M. P50Rs. 15 crore approved 7. Rajasthan25Rs. 7.50 crore approved 8. Chandigarh (UT)01Rs. 0.30 crore approved 32

33. 33 Timeline for Implementation of the Project: Time Line Development and Hosting of Electronic trading Portal and Launch in Pilot Mandies 1-Apr-16 Roll Out of Software in 200 Mandies 1-April-2016 to 30 Sept 2016 Roll Out of Software in next 200 Mandies 1-oct-2016 to 31-March- 2017 Roll out of Software in remaining 185 Mandies 1-April-2016 to 31-March- 2018 Timeline for implementation of NAM

34. 34 Achievements under Hi-Tech Green House and Naturally Ventilated Green House from 2012-13 to 2015-16 (Hac) under Mission For Integrated Development of Horticulture(MIDH) Note: 1) During 2012-13 & 2013-14 Hi-Tech Green houses were established in 49 ha which has risen to 124 ha during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (upto Nov 2015) 2) During 2012-13 & 2013-14 Naturally Ventilated Green house were established in 1780 ha which has risen to 4090 ha during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (upto Nov 2015)

35. NATIONAL BEE BOARD (NBB) Year -wise details of honey production(in 000MT) under MIDH Honey production has shown impressive growth during last two years of NDA Government 35

36. MIDH : Year-wise details of funds approved under NHM / HMNEH / MIDH schemes (2011-12 to 2015-16) as on 31st December, 2015. Budget for Beekeeping has been enhanced substantially from 2.25 Crore to 10 Crores during last two years 36 2015-16 (Upto 31Dec2015)

37. Plant Protection : Major Improvement in export certification The number of interceptions of agricultural export consignments from India to Europe in accounts of pests has been brought down five times. 37

38. Plant Protection : Number of Pesticide Registrations 38

39. Agriculture Credit advanced to Farmers Compared to 2013-14, there was an increase of 23% in 2014-15 and an increase of 13% in 2015-16 over 2014-15 39

40. Joint Liability Groups Formation (Landless Farmers ) In comparison to Cumulative achievement of 6.72 lakhs upto March, 2014, 7.28 lakh JLGs were formed between April 2014 to November 2015 40

41. 41 The number of applications received for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) entitlement during the present Modi Government has nearly doubled in comparison to 7 years of UPA Government.

42. 42 The Number of Registration Certificates issued for PVP-entitlementduring Modi Government is nearly 1.5 times more than the UPA Government.

43. 43 57 Crop species were notified for by Government of India for registration of crop varieties (PVP entitlement) during 7 years period of previous Government whereas 45 new crop species were notified in only 2 years of present Government.

44. 44 The awareness programs conducted by Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) in 7 years period of previous Government was only 407 whereas during the period of Modi Government, 484 programs were organized.