Shri Pawar Reiterates Resolve to Achieve 4% Farm Growth in 12th Plan
President,
Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 15.1.13 presented Krishi
Karman Awards to eight States for their achievements in foodgrains
production in 2011-12. Ten States were given commendation awards.
Madhya
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur and Nagaland received the awards for special
contribution to total foodgrains production. Bihar received the award for contribution to production and productivity of rice, Haryana
for wheat, Jharkhand for pulses and Uttar Pradesh for coarse cereals. Punjab, Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Rajasthan,
Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh received commendation
awards.
The awards were received by Chief Ministers
of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Manipur and Agriculture Ministers/ Agriculture
Secretaries of other States.
For
the first time one female and one male farmer from the eight award
winning States were also given awards for their outstanding performance.
Congratulating
the award winning States and farmers, President highlighted the challenges
faced by the agriculture sector, and expressed the hope that the strategies
adopted in the recent past and new technologies would further strengthen this
sector.
Speaking
on the occasion, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Shri Sharad Pawar
said: “There are two significant developments in production of foodgrains in the country in 2011-12. One, there is
broadening of the food production basket, with as many as 18 States qualifying
for awards with record production in the year.
Second, there is a definite shift in production base with inclusion of
hitherto low productivity States like Madhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Jharkhand and Nagaland in the award winners list ahead of many better
known names in foodgrains production. Krishi Karman
Awards are serving their purpose in letter and in spirit by highlighting the
good work in relatively unsung places.”
Shri Sharad Pawar also reiterated the government’s resolve to achieve
4% agricultural growth in the 12th Five Year Plan. Explaining the government’s strategy he said:
“While primary responsibility of agriculture development is of the State
Government, we would fully back their efforts through financial and
programmatic support. We would pursue
our strategy of diversifying the food production base with special efforts in
the Eastern parts of the country and to develop agriculture as appropriate in
respective agro ecological regions.
Sufficient scope still exists to further increase foodgrains
production, as huge yield gaps still persist and there is regional imbalance in
agriculture development in the country and within States. We are poised to move ahead with more
innovative approaches to reach out to farmers with better technologies and
reformed policy measures. There is no
reason why we can’t maintain and improve on current levels of production of foodgrains.”
Background
Krishi Karman Awards were instituted in 2010-11
for recognizing the meritorious efforts of States in foodgrain
production. The awards announced now - for 2011-12 - will be presented by the
President tomorrow to Chief Ministers or Agriculture Ministers of these States.
The awards are given to best performing
States in two broad sets, one for the total foodgrain
production and the other for individual foodgrain
crops of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals. States for total foodgrains category are further divided into three
categories based on total foodgrain production
capacity of the State.
Award winning States get a trophy, a
citation and cash award. The cash award is Rs. 2 crores
for total foodgrain production and Rs. 1 crore for each of the four individual crops. Commendation
award winners get a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh.
Individual farmers get Rs. one lakh besides a trophy
and citation.
A selection committee headed by Secretary
(Agriculture and Cooperation) assessed the performance of States against
criteria that took into account production outcomes, implementation of crop
production programs and innovative approaches adopted for effective service
delivery.
Details of the performance of award winning
States in 2011-12 over the best in the previous five years are given below:
|
|
State
|
Production (Lakh Tonnes)
|
Productivity
(Kg/ha)
|
|
Previous
Highest
in last
Five
years
|
2011-12
|
%
increase
|
Previous
Highest
In last
Five
years
|
2011-12
|
%
increase
|
|
Total Food grains Category-I
(production over 10MT)
|
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
160.16
(2009-10)
|
190.46
|
18.91
|
1285
(2009-10)
|
1411
|
9.81
|
|
2.
|
Punjab
|
278.66
(2010-11)
|
283.52
|
1.74
|
4280
(2010-11)
|
4339
|
1.37
|
|
3.
|
Rajasthan
|
188.32
(2010-11)
|
189.63
|
0.70
|
1263
(2008-09)
|
1316
|
4.19
|
|
Total Food grains Category-II
(production between 1 and 10 MT)
|
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
82.63
(2006-07)
|
96.41
|
16.67
|
2610
(2006-07)
|
2687
|
2.96
|
|
|
Gujarat
|
83.42
(2010-11)
|
90.66
|
8.68
|
1843
(2010-11)
|
1961
|
6.38
|
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
18.16
(2010-11)
|
18.53
|
2.06
|
1841
(2010-11)
|
1942
|
5.50
|
|
Total Food grains Category-III
(production below 1 MT)
|
|
|
Manipur
|
4.22
(2007-08)
|
5.93
|
40.52
|
2297
(2007-08)
|
2244
|
(-) 2.31
|
|
|
Nagaland
|
5.14
(2008-09)
|
5.68
|
10.52
|
1811
(2008-09)
|
1902
|
5.02
|
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
3.09
(2009-10)
|
3.34
|
8.02
|
1555
(2009-10)
|
1663
|
6.95
|
|
|
Tripura
|
6.479
(2009-10)
|
7.124
|
9.96
|
2563
(2007-08)
|
2587
|
0.94
|
|
|
Mizoram
|
0.624
(2009-10)
|
0.668
|
7.05
|
1047
(2009-10)
|
1246
|
19.01
|
|
Rice
|
|
|
Bihar
|
55.9
(2008-09)
|
72.01
|
28.81
|
1599
(2008-09)
|
2158
|
34.95
|
|
Wheat
|
|
|
Haryana
|
116.30
(2010-11)
|
126.84
|
9.07
|
4624
(2010-11)
|
5030
|
8.77
|
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
5.473
(2008-09)
|
5.958
|
8.86
|
1530
(2010-11)
|
1671
|
9.23
|
|
Pulses
|
|
|
Jharkhand
|
3.296
(2010-11)
|
4.923
|
49.34
|
773
(2010-11)
|
914
|
18.17
|
|
|
Assam
|
0.701
(2010-11)
|
1.08
|
54.06
|
567
(2008-09)
|
574
|
1.18
|
|
|
West Bengal
|
1.761
(2010-11)
|
1.878
|
6.63
|
898
(2010-11)
|
911
|
1.50
|
|
Coarse Cereals
|
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
32.18
(2010-11)
|
35.49
|
10.30
|
1561
(2010-11)
|
1747
|
11.90
|
