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214Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009regularly, they will charge six per cent. So, practically, we have comedown from 12 per cent to 6 per cent. Of course, this is the preconditionthat regular payment should be there.One of the points raised here by one of the hon. Members wasthat we should try to provide substantial money for irrigation purposes.It is true that 60 per cent of our agriculture is rain fed. It depends onuncertainty of monsoon, and unless and until we try to bring moreirrigation percentage in the country, to resolve the question of foodsecurity is not that simple.(Contd. by TMV/4C)-MKS-TMV-LT/6.15/4CSHRI SHARAD PAWAR (CONTD.): So, a special programme has beentaken up in this country, that is, the Accelerated Irrigation BenefitProgramme (AIBP). Thousands of projects were taken up by the StateGovernments. But for years together, they are incomplete. So, theGovernment of India took a decision to provide a special assistance tothe States where they are in a position to complete these projects withintwo to three years. And, practically, every year, we are enhancing thebudgetary provision for that purpose. The intention behind it is toimprove the agriculture production and productivity, and make availablesufficient foodgrains in this country. There are other schemes for whichalso a lot of monetary provision has been made. I recollect that on 17 thMay, 2006-07, I called the Chief Ministers' meeting and this particularsubject was discussed practically for the whole day. For the first time,in the last forty or fifty years, an exclusive meeting of the Chief Ministerswas called to discuss the problem of agriculture. It was decided in that
215Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009meeting to provide Rs.25,000 crores and to introduce a new scheme,namely, the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, where flexibility has beenprovided to the State Governments, and the State Governments, as pertheir requirements, can take up schemes in their respective States whichwill be useful to enhance agricultural production, particularly, foodgrainsand other items, and productivity. We are implementing that Scheme forthe last two or three years.Another major decision was taken to improve the National FoodSecurity Mission. An amount of Rs.5,000 crores has been provided. Itwas planned to enhance the wheat and pulses production by 20 milliontonnes by 2011. The implementation of the Scheme is also doing quitewell and I must say that most of the States are cooperating extremelywell, and that is the reason why both the decisions are definitely goingto show some results from some time now. So, one way our approachis to improve production and productivity, and make foodgrainsavailable.Another area where we have to take a lot of interest is the PublicDistribution System or to make foodgrains available in the market. Inthe Public Distribution System, which we have accepted in this countryfor years together, there was a change in the approach when the NDAGovernment took the responsibility to run the Government. The changewas a slightly different. The change was to give more weightage to thetargeted sections of the society which are really the poorest of the poor.A decision was taken that 35 kilograms of wheat and rice should beprovided to all the BPL families throughout India. Another new schemehas been introduced, namely, Antyodaya Anna Yojana. Those who
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