Parliament Question: Implementation of Krishonnati Yojana in Uttar Pradesh

O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3219 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20/03/2026 IMPLEMENTATION OF KRISHONNATI YOJANA IN UTTAR PRADESH

3219. SMT. DARSHANA SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the amount allocated to Uttar Pradesh under the Krishonnati Yojana (KY) during the year 2026-27 and the current status of expenditure thereof;

(b) whether special priority has been accorded to aspirational/backward districts of the State;

(c) the current status of projects approved for agricultural infrastructure, storage, processing and value-chain development;

(d) the current progress of provisions for technical and digital support for small and marginal farmers; and

(e) the current functional status of the monitoring mechanism established for Centre-State coordination? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a): Presently, the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare are under two umbrella schemes- Pradhan Mantri -Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM- RKVY) & Krishonnati Yojana (KY). For the Financial Year 2026-27 and onwards, Expenditure Finance Commission (EFC) draft for an umbrella scheme covering Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for 16th Finance Commission

(FC) period has been initiated. The draft has been circulated for inter- ministerial consultations.

For the Financial Year 2025-26, the amount allocated to the State of Uttar Pradesh as per Annual Action Plan 2025-26 is Rs. 620.70 crore (central share). Further, as on

17.03.2026, Mother Sanction of Rs. 369.73 crore has been issued, against which the State has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 254.12 crore.(b): The various components under KY Scheme including National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM), Sub Mission on Seed and Planting (SMSP), National Mission on Edible Oils-Oilseeds (NMEO-OS), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

(MIDH), National Bamboo Mission (NBM), Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE), Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses and Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) cover all aspirational/backward districts as per the priority and annual action plan of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(c): Various projects relating to agricultural infrastructure, storage, processing and value-chain

development that have been supported under various components of KY scheme are as follows:  SMSP:- During the last five years, an amount of Rs.135.95 lakh have been released cumulatively for creation of Seed Storage Godowns of 1913.27 MT capacity in Uttar Pradesh.

 NMEO-OS:- 4 seed hubs, 3 seed storage and 3 oil mills have been sanctioned to Uttar Pradesh State during 2025-26.  ‘Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)’, a sub-scheme of ISAM :- a total of 1311 storage infrastructure projects (Godowns), with storage capacity of 61.10 lakh MT have been sanctioned and subsidy of Rs 1111.66 lakh has been released. In other than marketing infrastructure, a total of 430 projects has been sanctioned and subsidy of Rs. 20417.07 lakh has been released.

 NBM:- 18 Bamboo value chain development units have been established in Uttar Pradesh including primary processing, product manufacturing and market infrastructure.  Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses:- In order to strengthen post harvest infrastructure, 56 processing and packaging units have been allocated to the State of Uttar Pradesh in the first phase (2025-26).(d): Under the ‘Support to State Extension Programs for Extension Reforms(ATMA)’ component, the scheme supports State Government's efforts and to make available latest agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in different thematic areas of

agriculture and allied areas to farmers through different extension activities viz: Farmers Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, Kisan Mela, Mobilization of Farmers Groups and organizing Farm schools etc. Under the scheme, it has been provisioned that atleast 50 % beneficiaries must be selected from the Small and Marginal farmer category. The ATMA scheme is being implemented in all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

To enhance transparency and traceability, the Government is rolling out a Seed Authentication, Traceability and Holistic Inventory (SATHI) digital platform, in phased manner to enable all the farmers including small and marginal farmers to verify the seed source and certification status.

Further, as part of the Digital Agriculture Mission, under AgriStack, Farmer IDs are being created to enable unique identification of farmers including small and marginal farmers for efficient service delivery and beneficiary targeting in schemes like PM-KISAN, MSP procurement in various states etc. Farmer IDs have been created for 1,97,19,538 farmers in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Further, under the Digital Crop Survey 5,56,94,628 plots have been surveyed during the Rabi season in this State.

(e): The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare organizes the National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif and Rabi annually, prior to the commencement of each cropping season. These conferences are convened to discuss strategies for achievement of national crop production targets, address issues raised by States, facilitate coordinated planning between the Centre and States, and ensure the timely availability of critical agricultural inputs.

Under KY Schemes, monitoring for various components is being done through Krishi Mapper platform for distribution of seeds, demonstrations, geo-tagging, geo-fencing of assets etc. Monthly physical and financial progress is also monitored through regular progress reports and review meetings conducted at various levels including the meetings at the level of the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as well as the State Agriculture Minister to ensure effective implementation of the scheme.

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