Eleventh Five Year Plan - of Planning Commission

10 Eleventh Five Year Plan
TABLE 1.7
Outlay and Expenditure of Ministry of Agriculture during the Tenth Five Year Plan
(Rs Crore)
Current Price 2001–02 Price
S. No. DAC DAHDF DARE TOTAL DAC DAHDF DARE TOTAL
1. Tenth Plan outlay (2002–07)* 13200.00 2500.00 5368.00 21068.00 13200.00 2500.00 5368.00 21068.00
2. 2002–03 (Expenditure)# 1655.94 238.90 650.75 2536.95 1593.9 221.6 626.4 2441.9
3. 2003–04 (Expenditure)# 2050.34 271.76 748.98 3068.67 1901.4 249.8 694.6 2845.8
4. 2004–05 (Expenditure)# 2656.26 566.22 816.01 4035.72 2360.2 500.6 725.1 3585.9
5. 2005–06 (Expenditure)# 3817.46 589.37 1046.75 5453.37 3247.5 501.2 890.4 4639.2
6. 2006–07 (RE)# 4860.00 679.32 1430.00 7040 3909.1 603.2 1150.2 5662.5
7. Total expenditure 15040.00 2345.57 4692.49 22134.71 13012.1 2076.5 4086.7 19175.4
8. Total expenditure as % of
Tenth Plan outlay
114% 94% 87% 105% 99% 83% 76% 91%
9. 2007–08 BE 5520.00 910.00 1600 8030 – – – –
Note: RE = Revised Estimate, BE = Budget Estimate.
Sources: * Tenth Five Year Plan (2002–07), Planning Commission, Government of India; # Union Expenditure Budgets, Vol. I, Ministry
of Finance, Government of India, from 2002–03 to 2007–08.
Affairs (CCEA) on 19 May 2005 became operational
during 2005–06.
The government approved a Centrally sponsored
‘Micro Irrigation’ programme to help spread
the network of water-saving implements such
as sprinkler and drip irrigation throughout the
country.
A National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture
was set up in the directorate of extension as a
focal point for convergence and co-ordination of
gender-related issues within the DAC.
Jute Technology Mission was approved in June
2006.
The National Agricultural Innovation Project was
launched by the Indian Council for Agricultural
Research in July 2006. A National Fund for Basic
and Strategic Research in Agricultural Sciences
has also been set up in 2005–06. Both these will
support agricultural research in project mode.
The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB)
was formally set up at Hyderabad in September 2006
with the main objectives of bringing major activities
relating to fisheries and aquaculture for focused
attention and professional management.
A new Centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) ‘National
Mission on Bamboo Technology and Trade Development’
was approved in October 2006.
The government decided to set up a Krishi Vigyan
Kendra (KVK) in each rural district (578) in the
country. So far over 537 KVKs have been established.
These Kendras disseminate farm technologies to
farmers and provide training to enhance the productivity
and hence the income earning capacity of
the farmers.
Technology dissemination efforts are being
strengthened further by establishing Agriculture
Technology Management Agencies (ATMAs), which
are autonomous bodies for extension planning and
reform, in 252 districts. These will be extended to
all rural districts.
The National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) was
constituted as an expert body to bring technical focus
to problems of rainfed agriculture and to advise
on design and convergence of various watershed
development schemes.
The Constitution (106th) Amendment Bill 2006 in
respect of co-operatives was introduced in Lok
Sabha on 22 May 2006.
The government approved a rehabilitation package
amounting to Rs 16978.69 crore for the farmers in
distress in 31 selected districts in the four States,
namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and
Maharashtra. The package comprises relief from
the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, strengthening
institutional credit support, irrigation development,
promotion of micro irrigation, watershed
development, extension services, enhancing seed
replacement rate (SRR) and income augmentation
through horticulture, livestock, and fishery in these
districts.