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Non-Basmati Rice, Sugar, Wheat, Other Cereals, Mollases & Raw Cotton the biggest gainers in agri exports basket in last three years.
Aug 03, 2022

Under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) can get their quota of subsidized food-grains from any electronic point of sale device (ePoS)- enabled fair price shops of their choice by using their existing ration card with biometric authentication. ONORC is implemented in all the States and Union Territories making food security portable throughout the country. Under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), about 79.7 crore beneficiaries in the country have been covered by States/UTs through NFSA ration cards. The Department regularly pursue with concerned States/UTs to cover maximum eligible persons/households up to their respective NFSA ceiling limits.

The demand of organic agro-product from India is consistently increasing in the global market. As such, the quantity of Indian organic products exported during 2020-21 was 8.88 lakh MT as against 6.38 lakh MT during 2019-20 which amounts to 39.18% increase in export from India indicating considerable increase in demand of Indian agricultural products.

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is being implemented with the objective of increasing food grain production through area expansion and productivity enhancement in the identified districts of the country. Under NFSM, assistance is given through state governments to farmers for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system based trainings etc including plant protection measures, nutrient management/soil ameliorants for improving soil productivity and control of pest incidence. The mission also provides support to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) & State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology back stopping and transfer of technology to the farmers under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists. KVKs are also assisted for production of Certified Seeds of Pulses & Nutri-Cereals in the project Supported under NFSM.

The quantity of agriculture products exported from India during last three years is as follows:

Products	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Products	QTY	QTY	QTY
AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS	92241	120558	126112
CASHEW	84373	70110	75450
CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID	4605	3735	4943
CASTOR OIL	593907	734336	715209
CEREAL PREPARATIONS	342648	403985	415533
COCOA PRODUCTS	27432	25776	27323
COFFEE	257032	245209	333098
COTTON RAW INCLD. WASTE	657808	1213980	1258626
DAIRY PRODUCTS	111171	118334	191954
FLORICLTR PRODUCTS	16949	15695	23695
FRESH FRUITS	834835	973177	1166440
FRESH VEGETABLES	1930511	2339675	2468404
FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS	19221	32285	20989
GROUNDNUT	664436	638319	514123
GUERGAM MEAL	381878	234878	322329
MILLED PRODUCTS	286450	397056	699565
MOLLASES	593616	1317679	1404983
NATURAL RUBBER	12872	11344	3560
NIGER SEEDS	13831	19591	6030
OIL MEALS	2655789	4366554	2925702
OTHER CEREALS	501118	3075661	3859358
OTHER OIL SEEDS	89641	84574	60243
PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES	568883	532870	629704
PROCESSED VEGETABLES	223308	367098	308275
PULSES	232081	276927	387208
RICE –BASMOTI	4454771	4630209	3943717
RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI)	5056278	13149206	17288961
SESAME SEEDS	282257	273260	242145
SHELLAC	7173	7876	8485
SPICES	1193440	1607058	1427718
SUGAR	5798534	7517923	10457080
TEA	254800	212687	208614
TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED	181841	178296	196261
VEGETABLE OILS	85237	302221	98365
WHEAT	219690	2154973	7244842

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

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