Skill Development And Training Programme Part 1

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2356

ANSWERED ON-14.12.2012

(a) the details of funds earmarked by Government for skill development and training programme in agriculture sector during the last three years across the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of results achieved by Government during the last three years;

(c) whether Government is satisfied with the results achieved; and

(d) if not, the reaction of Government thereto?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

(DR. CHARAN DAS MAHANT)

(a): There is no specific programme on “skill development and training”. However, a number of ongoing schemes of the Ministry of Agriculture have an inbuilt component of skill development and training in the field of agriculture sector. The details of funds actually spent on capacity building of extension functionaries and farmers during the last three years in different States across the country under these Schemes are summarized in Annexure-I.

There are some programmes organized by Government of India institutions viz. Directorate of Extension (DOE), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) and Extension Education Institutes (EEIs), wherein State-wise allocation of funds is not possible and functionaries from all over the country attend the training programmes organized by these institutions as detailed at part (x) of Annexure-I.

Funds released by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to host organizations of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (which includes expenditure on training & capacity building of farmers, rural youth and extension functionaries) have been listed in part (xi) of Annexure-I.

(b): Number of individuals benefiting under skill development and training component of different schemes is given at Annexure-II.

(c) & (d): Yes, Sir. However continuous efforts are made to improve the coverage and quality of these programmes through regular reviews, monitoring and formulation of new strategies.

ANNEXURE

Annexure-I

Details of fundsactually spent on various Programmes for Capacity Building of Extension Functionaries and Farmers during the last three years in different States

 

 i.    Skill Development and Training under Scheme “ Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms”

S. No.	State	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
		Financial (Rs. in Lakh)	Financial (Rs. in Lakh)	Financial  (Rs. in Lakh)
1	Andhra Pradesh	678.19	308.72	483.83
2	Bihar	549.41	925.91	1202.98
3	Chhattisgarh	141.95	83.46	184.76
4	Goa	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Gujarat	61.58	186.20	572.93
6	Haryana	67.36	89.85	111.98
7	H.P	134.81	86.48	198.07
8	J & K	0.00	57.80	26.70
9	Jharkhand	26.82	112.12	482.95
10	Karnataka	172.52	121.66	208.06
11	Kerala	310.09	214.17	445.08
12	Maharashtra	308.65	456.94	1088.46
13	M.P.	889.60	460.07	627.80
14	Orissa	502.50	405.40	875.60
15	Punjab	127.29	95.41	115.31
16	Rajasthan	138.99	371.20	750.69
17	Tamil Nadu	216.21	519.32	1172.70
18	U.P	1331.48	741.43	1511.89
19	Uttaranchal	196.45	143.37	153.46
20	W.B	0.00	308.19	205.76
21	Assam	95.50	68.08	128.23
22	Aru. Prad.	69.90	156.58	109.04
23	Manipur	44.79	44.40	85.39
24	Meghalaya	0.00	2.85	0.00
25	Mizoram	38.82	48.36	65.47
26	Nagaland	2.95	15.80	60.85
27	Tripura	42.60	37.70	192.11
28	Sikkim	17.16	56.11	53.76
29	Puducherry	0.00	2.82	3.89
30	A&N	23.26	13.50	26.82
	Total	6188.88	6133.90	11144.57

ii.   Skill Development and Training under   “National Food Security Mission”

Sr. No.	State	Year (Rs. In lakhs)
		2009-10	2010-11		2011-12
I.              Farmer  Field School
1	Andhra Pradesh	343.72	112.383		62.039
2	Assam	22.1	82.45		62.56
3	Bihar	171.02	0		0
4	Chhattisgarh	129.42	85.88		53.57
5	Gujarat	35.151	45.12		27.16
6	Haryana	23.22	23.65		26.48
7	Jharkhand	33.99	29.41		38.59
8	Karnataka	60.178	46.88		46.504
9	Madhya Pradesh	305.88	237.61		306.01
10	Maharashtra	194.35	149.83		240.28
11	Orissa	124.78	124.44		84.49
12	Punjab	63.75	54.16		39.95
13	Rajasthan	23.39	38.92		24.12
14	Tamil Nadu	85.086	66.36		41.81
15	Uttar Pradesh	629.934	468.294		344.587
16	West Bengal	153.85	93.808		65.595
17	J&K	0	0		2.55
18	Kerala	8.5	3.91		2.89
19	Tripura	0	0		0
	Total	2408.319	1663.105		1469.185
II.Training of Trainers/ Extension workers under NFSM-Pulses
1.	Popularization of cultivation of pulses in rice fallows, inter cropping and application of modern production technologies	20.918		14.930		15.680

iii. Skill Development and Training under “National Horticulture Mission (NHM)”

Sr. No.	State	Year (Rs. In lakhs)
		2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
1	Andhra Pradesh	150.05	148.75	168.3
2	Bihar	21.77	0	0
3	Chhattisgarh	229.51	133.59	6.29
4	Goa	15.94	0.86	0.87
5	Gujarat	0	31.03	18.28
6	Haryana	101.81	37.83	75.06
7	Jharkhand	42.5	8.8	16.34
8	Karnataka	191.78	66.16	72.62
9	Kerala	0	107.95	87.94
10	Madhya Pradesh	158.47	84.05	100.28
11	Maharashtra	69.34	21.76	144.89
12	Orissa	44.63	11.99	31.88
13	Punjab	6.8	28.32	34.83
14	Rajasthan	75.23	31.53	18.83
15	Tamil Nadu	340	85	85
16	Uttar Pradesh	469.2	96.52	81.3
17	West Bengal	0	58.91	6.35
18	Andman & Nikobar	0	0	5.21
	Total	1917.03	953.05	954.27

iv. Skill Development and Training under  “Horticulture Mission for North Eastern & Himalayan States (HMNEH)”

Sr. No.	State	Year (Rs. In lakhs)
		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12
		Allocated	Expenditure	Allocated	Expenditure	Allocated	Expenditure
1	Arunachal Pradesh	99.75	36.00	155.03	148.32	109.28	27.00
2	Assam	74	16.92	13	13.00	36	36.00
3	Manipur	68.15	76.40	115.1	143.01	81.28	62.78
4	Meghalaya	225	108.00	12.25	12.25	25.58	20.08
5	Mizoram	82	70.50	122	55.50	85.5	86.00
6	Nagaland	77.5	77.50	88.95	64.00	65.45	14.90
7	Sikkim	100.5	89.40	49.05	35.55	82.93	59.98
8	Tripura	122.5	102.50	62.39	62.39	61.99	62.00
9	Jammu & Kashmir	46.74	46.74	109.94	96.24	174.78	141.14
10	Himachal Pradesh	0	39.63	118.4	73.51	345.43	146.69
11	Uttarakhand	81.7	33.12	20.75	20.38	189.23	8.03
	Total	977.84	696.71	866.86	724.15	1257.45	664.60

v. Skill Development and Training under  “National Project on Management of Soil Health & Fertility”

Sr. No.	State	Year (Rs. In lakhs)
		2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
1	Andhra Pradesh	13.75	0	27.5
2	Bihar	22.6	17.1	0
3	Chhattisgarh	0	14.5	0
4	Gujarat	0	0	8.75
5	Himachal Pradesh	12	0	0
6	Jharkhand	2.8	0	0
7	Karnataka	25.45	0	0
8	Kerala	3.8	0	0
9	Manipur	10	0	0
10	Rajasthan	2.5	0	0
	Total	92.9	31.6	36.25

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Measures For Reducing MMR And IMR

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1913

ANSWERED ON-11.12.2012

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country for the last three years, yearwise;

(b) whether it is a fact that MMR and IMR rates are on much higher side in India as compared to other countries; and

(c) if so, the steps taken or being taken by Government to reduce the MMR and
IMR?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

(a) Survey data on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is available from the Report of Registrar General of India Sample Registration System (RGI-SRS) at three year intervals and is not provided every year. The latest available data on MMR is for the period 2007-09. During this period, the MMR of India was 212 per 100,000 live births.
As per the same source, data for Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India is available for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. The latest IMR for the country as per SRS 2011 is 44 per 1000 live births. The IMR for year 2009 was 50 and for year 2010, it was 47.
(b) As per the latest MMEIG (Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group-WHO,UNICEF,UNFPA, World Bank) report titled “Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2010” India is ranked 126 out of 180 countries when countries are arranged in ascending order of MMR.
As per the Report published by UNICEF, India (2012) titled “Committing to Child Survival; A Promise Renewed” India ranks 45 out of 195 countries in the world in descending order of Infant Mortality Rate.
(c) Under the National Rural Health Mission, the key steps being taken by the Government of India to reduce MMR & IMR in the country are:
• Promotion of institutional deliveries through Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
• Capacity building of health care providers in basic and comprehensive obstetric care, Integrated Management of Neo-natal and Childhood Illness (IMINCI) and Navjaat Shishu Surakshta Karyakaram (NSSK) etc.
• Operationalisation of sub-centers, Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers and District Hospitals for providing 24x7 basic and comprehensive obstetric care & child care services.
• Strengthening of Facility based newborn care by setting up Newborn care corners (NBCC) in all health facilities where deliveries take place to provide essential newborn care at birth; and Special New Born Care Units (SNCUs) at District Hospitals and New Born Stabilization Units (NBSUs) at First Referral Units for the care of sick newborn.
• Name Based web enabled tracking of pregnant women & children has been introduced to ensure antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care to pregnant women and care to newborns, infants and children.
• Mother and Child Protection Card in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development to monitor service delivery for mothers and children.
• Iron and Folic Acid supplementation to pregnant & lactating women and children for prevention and treatment of anaemia.
• Weekly Iron and Folic Acid supplementation to adolescent girls.
• Engagement of 8.71 lakhs Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to generate demand and facilitate accessing of health care services by the community.
• Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC) through ASHA has been initiated to improve new born care practices at the community level and for early detection and referral of sick new born babies.
• Village Health and Nutrition Days in rural areas as an outreach activity, for provision of maternal and child health services.
• Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK) has been launched on 1st June, 2011, to eliminate any out of pocket expense for pregnant women delivering in public health institutions and sick newborns accessing public health institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth.
• Management of Malnutrition particularly Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) by establishing Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs). As breastfeeding reduces infant mortality, exclusive breastfeeding for first six months and appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are being promoted in convergence with Ministry of Woman and Child Development.
• Universal Immunization Program (UIP) against seven diseases for all children. Government of India supports the vaccine program by supply of vaccines and syringes, cold chain equipments and provision of operational costs. 


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Early Completion Of Chittoor Mega Food Park

Demand For Early Completion Of Chittoor Mega Food Park In Andhra Pradesh

Chittoor Mega Food Park is the first Mega Food Park being established in the country at the total cost of Rs. 126.54 crores, in village Mogili, at Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh. Out of fifteen Mega Food Parks sanctioned during the Xlth Plan by the Ministry of Food Processing, this is the first Mega Food Park approved by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The Mega Food Park Scheme was approved by the Government during the XI Plan, with an objective of developing adequate infrastructure facilities with effective supply chain management from farm gate to retailer outlet in a market driven manner. The approval of first phase of Chittoor Mega Food Park was accorded in the year 2009. Till date only 50-60% works at the Central Processing Centre (CPC) have been completed. Special Purpose Vehicle viz. M/s Srini Mega Food Park Pvt. Limited have floated tenders for various components of basic enabling, core processing and non-core infrastructure at the CPC. However there has been inordinate delay in completion of this project. The early completion of this Mega Food 
Park will not only generate employment but people of Chittoor District it will also be benefited from the project. There will be economic development in the region. I, therefore urge upon the Government to take necessary action and direct the concerned agency for early completion of this project.

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