1. BRINGING GREEN REVOLUTION TO EASTERN INDIA (BGREI) MEETING OF CENTRAL STEERING COMMITTEE at KRISHI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 31 ST OCTOBER, 2014 Department of Agriculture Govt. of West Bengal

2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENT DURING 2013-14 Sl. No. Intervention SLSC approved financial outlay Fund released by GoI Fund utilized BalanceRemarks1 Block Demonstration 10027.65548864.004898.9621.068 Arrear liabilities under Block Demonstrations-Rs. 5128.7234 2 Asset Building Activities 1412.10002864.00 3 Site Specific Activities 2587.2446 4 Marketing Support 1100.00001100.00 TOTAL15127.00008864.008862.9321.068 (Rs. in lakh)

3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Agro-eco situation Target as approved by SLSC Achievement Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in lakh) Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in lakh) A.PADDY I. Kharif 1Up-land303002157.5138303002157.5138 2Shallow Lowland874006192.9404874006192.9404 3Medium Deep Water9700 687.20629700687.2062 II. Boro 4Irrigated HYV50200 532.120050200532.1200 5Hybrid Rice3500 70.8750350070.8750 BWHEAT18000 387.000018000387.0000 Total (Rice + Wheat)19910010027.655419910010027.6554 A. BLOCK DEMONSTRATION Actual expenditure-Rs. 4898.932 lakh: Arrear Liabilities-Rs. 5128.7234 lakh

4. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1.Pump Sets10000Nos.141211412.10286402864.00 B. ASSET BUILDING ACTIVITY (Rs. in lakh)

5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Const. of Irrigation Channel 2200RMT36360800-- 2. Electrification of Pump Set 8000Nos.210901687.20-- 3. Monitoring & Documentation ---100.0446-- TOTAL2587.2446 C. SITE SPECIFIC NEEDS (Rs. in lakh) Out of the total approved outlay under Electrification of Pump Set, Rs. 1452 lakh was diverted towards Pump sets under Asset Building Activity. Rest of the interventions could not be undertaken due to non-availability of fund.

6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance Unit Target as approved by SLSC Achievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Establishment of KRISHAK BAZAR 550.00No.21100.002 D. MARKETING SUPPORT (Rs. in lakh)

7. YIELD COMPARISON Yield in q/ha. Increase in yield of BGREI 13-14 over State ave. 12-13 : Kharif Rice – 10.72% ; Boro Rice- 18.31% ; Wheat- 32.66%

8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL FINANCIAL PROGRESS DURING 2014-15 (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. Component SLSC approved outlay Fund released by GoI Fund released to implementing agency Fund utilized 1 Block Demonstration 85.45 85.50 42.75 2 Asset Building Activity 34.25 3Site Specific Need34.2013.10 4Marketing Support17.108.55 TOTAL171.0085.5064.4042.75

9. DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL A. BLOCK DEMONSTRATIONS Sl. No. Agro-eco situation TargetAchievement Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in crore) Physical (ha.) Financial (Rs. in crore) A.PADDY I. Kharif @ Rs. 5500/- per ha. 1Up-land125006.8750128005.952021 2Shallow Lowland3000016.50003000013.944005 3Medium Deep Water3000016.50003000013.939502 II. Boro 4 Irrigated HYV @ Rs. 5500/ per ha 5000027.5000 5 Hybrid Rice @ Rs. 7500/- per ha. 35002.6250 B. WHEAT @ Rs. 7500/- per ha.2060015.45008.914472 Total (Rice + Wheat)14660085.45007280042.75

10. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL B. ASSET BUILDING ACTIVITY Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1.Pump Sets10000Nos.1455014.55 2.Zero Till Seed Drill15000Nos.2000.30 3. Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter 75000Nos.800.60 4.Cono Weeder600Nos.100000.60 5.Drum Seeder1500Nos.40000.60 6.Manual Sprayer600Nos.250001.50 7. Power Knap Sac Sprayer 3000Nos.150004.50 8.Multi Crop Thresher40000Nos.2000.80 9.Paddy Thresher40000Nos.270010.80 TOTAL34.25 (Rs. in crore)

11. Work in progress DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL C. SITE SPECIFIC NEEDS Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistance (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Const. of Irrigation Channel 1500RMT10804016.2068.103 2. Electrification of Pump Set 8000Nos.100008.000 3. Construction of Farm Pond 9500 15 m X 10 m X 3 m 105209.9944.997 TOTAL34.2013.10 (Rs. in crore)

12. Work in progress DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL D. MARKETING SUPPORT Sl. No. Component Rate of Assistanc e (Rs.) Unit TargetAchievement PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial 1. Farm family level processing yards for sun drying of parboiled paddy. 10000Nos.75007.503.75 2. Manually operated grain dryer with paddy husk & other biomass as fuel. 8000Nos.70005.602.80 3. Improved low cost paddy & grain storage structures with concrete brick base and other local resources. 5000Nos.80004.002.00 TOTAL17.108.55 (Rs. in crore)

13. DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL ISSUES & CONSTRAINS  Non-availability of seed of varieties released within last 10 years.  Renotification of some of the varieties notified beyond 10 years till having special traits and market demand viz. IET-4786, MTU-1010, MTU- 7029, Pratiksha.  Non-availability of salt tolerant varieties of paddy.  Non-availability of wheat vars. released within last 10 years befitting for the State of West Bengal viz. K-0307, DBW-39, CBW-38, Raj-2985.  Approval of three years Annual Action Plan enabling the States to draw up plan in advance for seed availability.  More than 70% of farmers are small & marginal in nature. They are not in a position to afford high contribution as fix up for asset creation activities viz. construction of irrigation channel and farm pond and high value farm machineries viz. Zero Till Seed Drill, Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter, Multi Crop Thresher, Power Paddy Thresher etc. Cent percent assistance requires to be provided.  Incorporation of provision for display board and documentations.

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