National Food Security Mission (NFSM) has been
implemented in the identified districts of major foodgrain producing
States of the country during 11th Five Year Plan. From the year 2012-13,
six NE States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Sikkim and two States viz. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
have been included under NFSM-Rice and three States viz. Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand under NFSM-Wheat. Thus, in
all NFSM is now implemented in 27 States of the Country during 2012-13.
Under NFSM, incentives are provided to the farmers for purchase of
seed, nutrients, soil amenders, plant protection chemicals, farm
machinery including pumpsets and sprinklers etc. Farmers are also
availing benefit from the training and technology demonstrations
conducted on the fields.
The aim of the Mission was to enhance foodgrain production by 20
million tonnes (10 million tonnes of Rice, 8 million tonnes of Wheat and
2 million tones of Pulses). As a result of implementation of NFSM the
production of Wheat has increased from 75.81 million tons (in pre-NFSM
year of 2006-07) to 93.90 million tons during 2011-12 (4th Advance
Estimate) i.e. nearly, 18.09 million tons is achieved against the
envisaged target of 8 million tons at the end of 11th plan period.
Similarly, the total production of rice has increased from 93.35 million
tons (in pre –NFSM year 2006-07) to 104.32 Million tons in 2011-12 (4th
Advance Estimate) with an increase of nearly 10.97 million tons against
the target of 10 million tons. The total production of pulses has also
increased from 14.20 million tons during 2006-07 to 18.24 million tons
during 2010-11 with an increase of 4.04 million tons against the
envisaged target of 2.0 million tons. The production of pulses during
2011-12 is estimated as 17.21 million tons (as per 4th advance
estimate). Moisture stress in states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and parts
of Andhra Pradesh impacted pulses production in Kharif, 2011.
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