Government of Rajasthan State Agriculture Plan (SAP) And State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP) under RKVY-RAFTAAR 14th Financial Commission (2017-18 to 2019-20) RAJASTHAN STATE State Agriculture Plan (SAP) and State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP)- RAJASTHAN STATE State Agriculture Plan (SAP) And State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP) under RKVY-RAFTAAR 14th Financial Commission (2017-18 to 2019-20) RAJASTHAN STATE Prepared by NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) Pvt. Ltd. for the Commissionerate of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur Department of Agriculture, NABARD Consultancy Services Govt. of Rajasthan Pvt. Ltd. State Agriculture Plan (SAP) and State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP)- RAJASTHAN STATE Acknowldgements At the outset we express our sincere thanks to Shri Pawan Kumar Goyal IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Govt, Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan and Shri Vikas Sitaramji Bhale IAS , Commissioner Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan for giving us opportunity to prepare the prestigious State Agriculture Plan (SAP) and State Agricultre Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP). We also gratefully acknowledge the valuable suggestions received to improve the document from Shri Suresh Gautam, Additional Director Research and the members of the Committee headed by him. NABCONS team is also thankful to Shri J.S. Sandhu, Joint Director- RKVY, Shri K.B. Sharma, Joint Director- Planning, Shri Hirendra Sharma, Deputy Director- RKVY, Dr. Poonam Chaudhary, Assistant Director- RKVY and Smt. Khushboo Arya, Agriculture Officer- RKVY for their vauable suggestion and guidance. We are thankful to each and every person of RKVY Cell, Commissionerate of Agriculture, Pant Krishi bhavan, Jaipur. We are thankful to the officials of stakeholder departments who cooperated with us providing deep insight into the developmental agenda, data, information etc. We have referred all CDAPs, while preparing this plan and gratefully acknowledge the field functionaries of Agriculture and various other Departments, who have prepared the CDAPs. We have referred to different government publications, websites of concerned departments, data from SLBC, NABARD etc. and other publications which has provided insight required for development of a plan. We hereby acknowledge the support thus received. State Agriculture Plan (SAP) and State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP)- RAJASTHAN STATE Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................7 CHAPTER- 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................12 1.1 Major Areas of Focus...................................................................................................14 1.2. Objectives ...................................................................................................................14 1.3 Approach and Methodology .........................................................................................15 CHAPTER- 2 State Profile ...............................................................................................18 2.1 Geography ...................................................................................................................18 2.2 Administration ..............................................................................................................19 2.3 Climate ........................................................................................................................20 2.4 Physiographic Features ...............................................................................................23 2.5 Geology .......................................................................................................................26 2.6. Hydrogeology .............................................................................................................30 2.7 Demography ................................................................................................................37 2.8 Economic Indicators ....................................................................................................38 2.9 Banking profile of Rajasthan ........................................................................................40 CHAPTER- 3 Agriculture and Allied Sectors .................................................................46 3.1 Agriculture ...................................................................................................................46 3.2 Land use pattern ..........................................................................................................46 3.3 Agriculture Landholding ...............................................................................................47 3.4 Agro- Climatic Zones ...................................................................................................48 3.5 Water Resources .........................................................................................................52 3.7 Agriculture production ..................................................................................................54 3.8 Horticulture ..................................................................................................................57 3.9 Agriculture Marketing ...................................................................................................57 3.10 Agriculture Education, training and Research Centres ..............................................58 3.11 Animal Husbandry .....................................................................................................58 3.12 Forestry .....................................................................................................................59 3.13. Industries ..................................................................................................................59 3.14 Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022 .......................................................................62 3.15 Skill India Schemes related to agriculture and non-agriculture ...................................71 3.16 Sustainable Agricultural Practices..............................................................................74 3.17 Sustainable Agriculture Practices in the state ............................................................78 1 State Agriculture Plan (SAP) and State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP)- RAJASTHAN STATE CHAPTER- 4 SWOT Analysis ..........................................................................................86 4.1 Agriculture Sector ........................................................................................................86 4.2 Animal Husbandry Sector ............................................................................................92 4.4 Horticulture Sector .......................................................................................................94 4.5 Fisheries Sector...........................................................................................................97 4.7 Major observations for Agriculture sector ................................................................... 112 4.8. Interventions Recommended for Agriculture Sector .................................................. 113 4.9 SWOT Analysis for the Allied Sectors ........................................................................ 114 4.10 Interventions Recommended for Allied Sectors ....................................................... 117 4.11 Growth Drivers and SAP .......................................................................................... 121 CHAPTER- 5 State Agriculture Plan and State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan ......................................................................................................... 125 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 125 5.2 Key Objectives of RKVY ............................................................................................ 125 5.3 RKVY Funding Pattern .............................................................................................. 126 5.4 RKVY in Rajasthan .................................................................................................... 128 5.5 Focus areas in Rajasthan .......................................................................................... 128 5.6 RKVY Programme envisages on six major goals in Rajasthan .................................. 129 5.7 District Agriculture Plans and State Agriculture Plans (DAP/SAP) ............................. 130 5.8 SAIDP and SAP based on DAPs ............................................................................... 131 5.8.1 State Agriculture Infrastructure Development Plan (SAIDP) based on DAPs .......... 131 5.8.2 State Agriculture Plan (SAP) based on DAPs ......................................................... 142 5.9 New projects to be implemented during the remaining period of 14th Financial Commission..................................................................................................................... 157 5.10 Ongoing projects to be implemented during the remaining period of 14th Financial Commission....................................................................................................................