Promotion of Agro-Forestry

Dec 2, 2021 | Business


Sub-Mission on Agroforestry Scheme is being implemented by this Department since 2016-17 to encourage tree plantation on farm land in a complementary and integrated manner with crops and livestock, to help the farmers to get additional income and make their farming systems more climate resilient and adaptive.


Presently, the scheme is being implemented in 21 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.The extant scheme is being implemented in those States/UTs that have liberalized felling and transit regulations for selected tree species. Other States/UTs can access the benefit of the scheme as and when such relaxation is notified by them.All the farmers  specially small marginal farmers are eligible for the benefit of the scheme.


 Assistance to farmers for various interventions under the scheme is as following:

















Sl No.

Component/Activities/Sub Component

Cost Norms


( Rs in lakh)

Pattern of Assistance

1.      Nursery Development

100% for Government Agencies and 50% for farmers/private agencies.

(a)

Small Nurseries

Rs 10 lakh per nursery

(b)

Big Nurseries

Rs 16 lakh per nursery

(c)

Hi –Tech  Nurseries

Rs 40 lakh per nursery

2.

Peripheral/Boundary Plantation

Rs.70 /plant

100% for Government Agencies and 50% for farmers/private agencies in four years in the ratio of 40:20:20:20

3.

Low Density Plantation (100-500 Ha)

Rs 28,000/Ha

4.       High Density Block Plantation

(a)

500   to 1000 plants/Ha

Rs 30,000/Ha

(b)

1000   to 1200 plants/Ha

Rs 35,000/Ha

(c)

1200   to 1500 plants/Ha

Rs 45,000/Ha

(d)

> 1500 plants/Ha

Rs 50,000/Ha

5.

Capacity Building and Training

Upto 5% of total allocation to the States




The Agro-forestry scheme envisages a lot of quantifiable benefits like additional income, protection from crop damage, higher carbon sequestration along with climate change adaptation and mitigation.


This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha.


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Promotion of skill development of tribal community

Jul 27, 2021 | Business

As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 India has a target to train 402.87 million by 2022. This includes 104.62 million new entrants to existing workforce in the country who need to be skilled to meet industry requirement. In addition 298.25 million of existing workforce need to be reskilled/upskilled.

The Ministry has been implementing PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), Jan ShikshanSansthan(JSS) Scheme and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing short term Skill Development training to the youth belonging to all section of the society including tribal community.All of the above Schemes has the mandatory provision of utilization of funds fortribals through Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) component. The details of fund allocation under Tribal Sub Plan in the PMKVY Scheme, JSS scheme and NAPS in FY 2021-22 are given below:

(Rs. In crore)

S.No.

Scheme

Total Budget Estimates, 2021-22

Budget Estimates 2021-22 (ST component)

1.

PMKVY

1438

110.50

2.

JSS

161

12

3.

NAPS

120

9.29

The MSDE through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as PradhanMantriKaushal Kendra (PMKK) for imparting skill training in every district throughout the country including the tribal areas. In addition, the Ministry,under the JSS Scheme, 238 Jan ShikshanSansthans are being functional and75 new JSSs has been sanctioned for the current Financial Year (2021-22). In addition to this, under PMKVY Scheme, Training Centres (TCs) have been set up through NSDC. As on 10.07.2021, 2050 TCs have been operational under PMKVY 2.0. Further, there are 14,604 Industrial Training Institutes which provides long term training to all sections of the society including STs, out of which 1508 are in tribal areas.Capacity of a training centre/ institutes in terms of candidates varies from scheme to scheme and State to State.

The details of the centres set up under PMKVY scheme, JSS scheme and NAPSare given below:

S.No.

Scheme

Implemented through

To be set up by Public/Private/PPP

Financial arrangement

1

PMKVY

NSDC

Set up by private/public organization

Cost of training and certification borne

2

JSS

Jan ShikshanSansthan

Non-Government Organization

Cost of training and certification borne

3

NAPS

Industrial Establishments

Both public and private

Stipends for apprentices

The following additional benefits are given to candidates to tribal candidates under the different skill development of schemes:

S.no.

Scheme

Benefits for tribal candidates

1

JSS

Course fees are waived for the SC, ST, Divyangjan& BPL category beneficiaries

2

CTS

Benefits are extended as per State/UT policy.

The information was given by the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, ShriDharmendraPradhan in a written reply in the LokSabha today.

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