In Pursuance of mission the Government of India has designed Different ministries who work in different domain to make the India a better and better place to live and prosper.
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
In February, 2006, the Government notified the Department as the Ministry of Ocean Development (MoOD).
The Government of India further reorganized the Ministry of Ocean Development and the new Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) came into being vide Presidential Notification dated the 12th July, 2006 bringing under its administrative control India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF).
Leading Heads
- Harsh Vardhan- Hon’ble Union Minister for Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- Shri Y.S.Chowdary- Hon’ble Minister of State for Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Science
- Shailesh Nayak- Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Agriculture
The 3 broad areas of scope for the Ministry are agriculture, food processing and co-operation. The agriculture ministry is headed by Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh and Sanjeev Balyan is the Minister of State. The administrative head of the Ministry are the Secretaries of the three departments.
Structure & Departments
- Department of Agriculture and Co-operation
- Department of Agriculture Research and Education
- Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Programs
A leading program of the Ministry is the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – which was launched in 2007. This program sought to improve the overall state of agriculture in India by providing stronger planning, better co-ordination and greater funding to improve productivity and overall output. The total budget for this program in 2009-10 was just over INR 38,000 crore.
Schemes
Assistance for Boosting Seed Production in the Private Sector
Under this component, credit linked back-ended capital subsidy is provided at the rate of 25% of the project cost subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 25.00 lakh per unit on seed infrastructure development. Private Companies, individual entrepreneurs, self-help groups, seed co-operatives, partnership farms are eligible for subsidy.
Seed Village Scheme
To upgrade the quality of farmer-saved seed, which is about 80-85% of the total seed used for crop production programme, financial assistance is provided for distribution of foundation/certified seed at 50% cost of the seed of crops for production of certified/quality seeds only and for training on seed production and technology to the farmers.
Transport subsidy on Movement of seeds
This covers North-Eastern States including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Hill Areas of West Bengal. The component provides for (a) 100% reimbursement of difference between rail and road transportation cost is allowed for the movement of seeds produced outside the State and (b) the actual cost, restricted to maximum limit of Rs. 60 per quintal whichever is less for the movement of seed within the State from State capital / district Headquarters to sale outlets / sale
Establishment and Maintenance of Seed Bank
In order to ensure that seeds are available to the farmers at the time of natural calamities like floods, droughts, etc., a need was felt to establish a Seed Bank to maintain stocks of foundation and certified seeds of different crops/varietie
Quality Control Arrangements on Seeds
This component also aims to provide financial support to Central Seeds Testing Laboratory (CSTL) to perform the following functions: (i) to initiate testing programme; (ii) to collect data continually on the status of seed sold in the market and to make this data available to Central Seed Committee; (iii) to coordinate and standardize the seed testing procedure
Assistance for Creation/Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities for production and distribution of quality seeds
In order to establish/strengthen infrastructure facilities for production and distribution of quality seeds for the State Seeds Corporations, assistance for creating facilities of seed cleaning, grading, processing, packing and seed storage is provided.
Boosting Seed Export
It is proposed to obtain the membership of International Organizations like International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) and to participate in the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Schemes for the development of Indian Seed Industry and promotion of export of seeds: Presently, no Seed Testing Laboratories and Seed Certification Agencies in public sector in the country are accredited with these international agencies. No funds have been released under this scheme.
Use of Bio-technology in Agriculture
Pursuant to the recommendations of Task Force appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture under the Chairmanship of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan on Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture. To Provide financial assistance for post-released monitoring of transgenic crops through State Agriculture Universities/Department of Agriculture of States/Krishi Vigyan.
Promoting Hybrid Rice Seeds
Under this compoment, assistance is provided for production as well as distribution of hybrid rice. Production subsidy @ Rs.20 per kg. and distribution subsidy @Rs.25/- per kg. are given to various beneficiaries.
