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Allocation of Urea - Performance in Kharif 2015 Allocation of fertilisers is based on targeted cropped area and consumption trend in last three seasons It is observed during the course of season that in some states – the area covered may not be as per the target – However, the lifting of urea as a percentage of allocation is much more than the % area covered Area Coverage vis-a-vis lifting of urea 2 StateTargeted cropped area (lakh hectares) Reported cropped area (lakh hectares) % area covered Lifting as a percentage of requirement Punjab %108% Rajasthan %96% U.P %96% Haryana %106%

Allocation of Urea - Performance in Kharif 2015 Area Coverage vis-a-vis lifting of urea There is a need for a review of the monthly supply plan 3 StateTargeted cropped area (lakh hectares) Reported cropped area (lakh hectares) % area covered Lifting as a percentage of requirement Telangana % 75% Gujarat % 85% Maharashtra % 81% Odisha % 76%

All India Fertilizer requirement for Rabi Note: Assessment is based on total projected gross cropped area of about 896 lakh hectares and consumption trend in last three seasons 4 ProductAssessed Requirement Urea Actual AllocationReserve AllocationTotal DAP MOP Complexes (NPK) SSP 32.48

Quality Control of Fertilisers Imported Fertilisers Approx 2000 consignments annually All consignments mandatorily tested by CFQC&TI Indigenous Fertilisers Factories (Urea – 30 factories, NPK – 30, SSP – 88) Dealers (Approx 3 lakh dealers) No fixed norms/periodicity for drawing & testing the samples from the factories, dealers In view of requirement of submission of quality certificate within 180 days May like to introduce periodicity for drawal of samples of indigenous fertilisers from all – Factories (company-wise) – Dealers (company-wise and product-wise ) 5

Monitoring & Achievement of SHC Scheme Performance of States 6 Soil Samples Collection Soil Samples collected Name of States > 60% Andhra Pradesh,Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura and Uttarakhand 40-60%Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh %Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Rajasthan, West Bengal < 20%Karnataka, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim Funds Release Status GOI share Released to all States States share Not released in any State as on * No allotment made to Block offices / Soil Testing Labs as on

SHC Challenges – Manpower & Logistics SHC Scheme – decentralised and field oriented – operated at the farmer’s field Soil sample collection ⁻Preparation of grid maps & GPS devices ⁻Average collection in a district in 2 months = 6000 samples ⁻Required collection per district in 2 months = 8500 samples ⁻Persons required / district / month = 12 more persons ⁻ 4 samples per day per person) ⁻Manpower deployment through Farmer Friends 7

SHC Challenges – Manpower & Logistics Soil sample testing ⁻1000 samples are tested on an average per month / Single Shift  Available capacity = 4.54 lakh per month in Govt STLs ⁻If States can operate in 2 shifts  Available capacity – 9 lakh/ month/108 lakh samples per annum ⁻If ICAR centres start immediately, then the total capacity available 5.93 lakh / month in single shift & lakh / month in double shift / 142 lakh samples per annum ⁻New STLs ( ) may not be operational until Printing of Soil Health Cards ⁻Arrangements not in place 8

Soil Health Card (SHC) Portal Request to States to fully adopt the Portal 30 lakh samples reported in MIS portal 2.85 lakh soil samples registered in portal Bihar, A.P and Gujarat – data being uploaded in their own software – NIC to migrate data to SHC portal State-wise training scheduled from September 15 th E-learning for district level officers –1 hour daily - from Sept 16 th 9

PKVY Scheme Cluster based approach - clusters of 50 1 acre/ farmer Rs.20,000/- per acre over 3 years Assistance on mobilization, training, inputs, certification, labeling and marketing Achievements  Action plans approved – 6068 clusters (22 States) - Rs crore sanctioned (54%)  Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) – India ⁻PGS India is cost effective, farmer-friendly and hassle-free – caters to domestic market ⁻Promotes decentralized and participatory approach ⁻Prepares farmers to maintain process and product documentation to win market credibility ⁻PGS India portal launched – helps track & trace the organic product 10

PKVY Scheme... contd... Issues in guidelines Flexibility to State to allow more than 1 acre per farmer to enable continuous cluster formation Flexibility to form clusters of less than 50 acres for purpose of contiguity Priority to rainfed and hilly areas where use of agro-chemicals is nil or less Take up some demonstrations through State Agriculture Universities and KVKs in rainfed and hilly areas 11