Last Updated on: June 16, 2022

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION (NFSM)-PULSE,DISTRICT : JORHAT:

The National Development Council (NDC) in its 53rd meeting held on 29th May, 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission comprising rice, wheat and pulses to increase the annual production of rice by 10 million tons, wheat by 8 million tons and pulses by 2 million tons by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). Accordingly, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 'National Food Security Mission' (NFSM), was launched in October 2007.

The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) during the 12th Five Year Plan  had five components (i) NFSM- Rice; (ii) NFSM-Wheat; (iii) NFSM-Pulses, (iv) NFSM-Coarse cereals and (v)NFSM-Commercial Crops. Jorhat district has been selected under NFSM-pulse only since 2010-11.

On the basis of EFC recommendations which was held on 29.11.2017,from the years 2018-19 and2019-20, NMOOP and Seed Village Programme are now a part of NFSM and thus it has eight components viz.(i) NFSM- Rice; (ii) NFSM-Wheat; (iii) NFSM-Pulses; (iv) NFSM-Coarse Cereals (Maize, Barley), (v) NFSM-Sub Mission on Nutri Cereals; (vi) NFSM-Commercial Crops; (vii) NFSM Oilseed and Oil palm; and (viii) NFSM-Seed Village Programme.

 A brief Objectives of NFSM

• Increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals through area expansion and Productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country;
• Restoring soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level; and
• Enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence amongst the farmers.
• Creation of employment opportunity

Strategy

To achieve the above objectives, the Mission would adopt following strategies:

• Focus on low productivity, high potential districts & Cultivation of food grain crops in rain fed areas.
• Implementation of cropping system centric interventions in a Mission mode approach through active engagement of all the stakeholders at various levels.
• Agro-climatic zone wise planning and cluster approach for crop productivity enhancement.
• Focus on pulse production through utilization of rice fallow, rice bunds and intercropping of pulses with coarse cereals, oilseeds and commercial crops (sugarcane, cotton, jute).
• Promotion and extension of improved technologies i.e.seed, integrated nutrient management (INM) including micronutrients,soil amendments, integrated pest management (IPM), input use efficiency & resource conservation technologies along with capacity building of the farmers/extension functionaries.
• Close monitoring of flow of funds to ensure timely reach of interventions to the target beneficiaries.
• Integration of various interventions and targets with the district plan of each identified district.
• Constant monitoring and periodic evaluation by the implementing agencies for assessing the impact of the interventions for a result oriented approach.

MISSION STRUCTURE

National Level
The National Food Security Mission Executive Committee  (NFSMEC)

 

(i) Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Chairman
(ii) Secretary (AC&FW)	Member
(iii) Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR)	Member
(iv) Secretary, DePt of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance	Member
(v) Secretary, Department of Food and Public distribution Ministry of Food, Consumers Affairs	Member
(vi) Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj	Member
(vii) Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Member
(viii) Secretary, Dept of Social Justice and Empowerment	Member
(ix) Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development	Member
(x) Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, DAC&FW	Member
(xi) Adviser (Agriculture), NITI Aayog	Member
(xii) Agriculture Commissioner ,DAC&FW     Member	Member
(xiii) Joint Secretary, Environment, Forest & Climate Change	Member
(xiv) Mission Director, NFSM	Member Secretary

State Level

The State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSMEC) constituted as follows:

(i) Chief Secretary	Chairman
(ii) Agriculture Production Commissioner	Member
(iii) Secretary (Agriculture)	Member
(iv) Secretary (Irrigation)	Member
(v) Secretary (Power)	Member
(vi) Secretary (Panchayati Raj)	Member
(vii) Secretary (Tribal Affairs)	Member
(viii) Secretary (Social Welfare Department)	Member
(ix) Secretary(Food & Public Distribution)	Member
(x) Vice Chancellor(s)of SAUs	Member
(xi) Director Agriculture	Member
(xii) Director/Project Director of ICAR Institutes	Member

DISTRICT LEVEL  

District Food Security Mission Executive Committee (DFSMEC) will be as follows:

(i) District Collector/CEO of Zilla Parishad	Chairman
(ii) Representatives from line Departments	Member
(iii)  Nominated progressive farmers	Member
(iv)  Representatives from Self Help Groups of farmers	Member
(v)  Representatives from reputed NGOs	Member
(vi) Representative of KVK /ICAR/ SAU	Member
(vii)  Project Director ATMA Member	Member
(viii) Representative from Lead Bank and NABARD	Member
(ix)  Deputy Director (Agriculture)/District	Member

Agricultural Officer/District Horticulture                                 Secretary Officer

Chairman, DFSMEC may nominate additional officials/persons of importance as felt necessary.

However as per Govt order  AGA364/2013/Pt/240 Dated 20.8.18 a single committee has been constituted and notified by DC Jorhat vide letter No DAO/JOR/DAIO/2018-19/2025-A Dated 11.10.18 with the following members :
 

Sl No	Designation	Position
1	Deputy Commissioner, Jorhat	Chairperson
2	District Development Commissioner ,Jorhat	Member
3	CEO,Thengal Kachari Autonomours Council	Member
4	Head KVK,Jorhat	Member
5	SDO ( C ) Titabar	Member
6	CEO,Zila Parishad	Member
7	Joint Director of Agricultuer (E/R)	Member
8	FAO,DC’s Office, Jorhat	Member
9	LDM,Jorhat	Member
10	DDM ,NABARD	Member
11	DAO/EE(Agri)	Member Secretary

 

Project Management Team

The State/district PMTs constituted will continue to function under the leadership of the State Mission Director/Deputy Director of Agriculture/District Agriculture Officer. The State/ district Consultants and Technical Assistants would be members of the PMT. The PMTs will have the responsibility to ensure collaboration among various line departments in the Centre / State /District to achieve the targets. The appointment of technical manpower will be made on contract basis with the terms of reference laid down for the purpose by NFSMEC.The PMT will provide the technical services/advice

The Project Management Team will have the following responsibilities:

a. Guide the States/districts in organizational and technical matters.

b. Help in the implementation and monitoring of the various interventions of the Mission.

c. Assist the States/districts in capacity building programmes and record the data on crop yield through crop cutting experiments.

d. Assist the district and State agencies in concurrent evaluation based on case studies in identified districts and document and disseminate the success stories.

e. Undertake publicity/ information campaign to create awareness about the Mission activities.

ACTIVITIES TAKEN UP  IN JORHAT 2018-19 & 2019-20

Physical and financial progress report of NFSM (PULSE) 2018-19, Name of District: Jorhat

Sl No	Programme	Unit	TARGET		Achievement	Supplied by
			Physical Area	Seed received in Qtl	Physical
1	Cropping Sysyetm Based Demo , Green gram (KHARIF) , Var  IPM-2-3	Ha	260	52 Qtl	52 Qtl	NSC ltd
2	Black gram Demo of improved technology variety PU-31	ha	200	44 Qtl	44 QTL	NSC LTD
3	Demonstration of Improved technology Lentil Variety WBL-77	Ha	400 ha	120 Qtl	120 Qtl	ASC ltd
4	Demonstration of improved technology Pea variety HFP-529	Ha	300 HA	150  Qtl	150 Qtl	ASC ltd
5	Demonstration of Rajmah VARIETY HUR 301	Ha	50 ha	20 Qtl	20 Qtl	ASC ltd
6	Demonstration of Rajmah  Variety HUR 203	Ha	50 ha	20 Qtl	20 Qtl	ASC ltd
7	Pea demonstration variety AMAN	Ha	100 ha	50 Qtl	50 Qtl	NSC ltd
8	Demo of improved technology Hybrid sunflower  variety  NSFH 1001	ha	500 ha	25 Qtl	25 Qtl	ASC Ltd
8	Mustard demo TRFA variety NRCYS-05-2	Ha	12.6 ha	126 kg	126 kg	ASC ltd
9	Demonstration of improved technology Ground nut variety k-6	ha	700 ha	490 Qtl	490 Qtl	ASC LTD
10	TRFA summer Black gram demo variety IPU-2-3	ha	800 ha	176 Qtl	176 Qtl	NSC ltd
11	TRFA Improved technology demo  summer Green kgram Variety IPM-2-3	ha	800 ha	160 Qtl	160 Qtl	NSC ltd
12	Distribution ofPower tillers	nos	380 nos	allotted	nil	Farmer choice
13	Distribution of Rotavator	nos	15 nos		15 nos	-do-

NB: The power tillers allotted under Sl No 12 cannot be distributed to the farmers as there is no fund allotted yet.