In a bid to support various activities relating to rice cultivation, the north-eastern states of India will be allocated Rs 100 crore this year from the Ministry of Agriculture under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).
All the eight north-eastern states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are being covered under NFSM-rice this year. Till last year, only Assam was covered under NFSM-rice.
Funds allocated under NFSM-rice to the north-eastern states are as follows:
States | Amount (in crore) |
Assam | 30.94 |
Tripura | 21.88 |
Nagaland | 11.87 |
Manipur | 11.45 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 7.36 |
Meghalaya | 7.31 |
Mizoram | 3.80 |
Sikkim | 0.80 |
States will be getting support under the NFSM or plenty of activities comprising seed distribution, soil management, pest control, machines & tools, training and field demonstrations. Moreover, the interventions planned under NFSM are likely to improve rice yield, which is low in the northern-eastern states and will also assist the States in becoming self-sufficient in rice production.