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Proceedings of the Meeting held on 5th

October 2010 for

review/ re-structuring of ISOPOM

A meeting was held under the Chairpersonship of Shri Ashish Bahuguna,

Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Govt. of

India in Room No. 142, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi to discuss the need for re-structuring of ISOPOM in order to increase the production and productivity of

oilseeds and oil palm to achieve greater self sufficiency in edible oil.

A list of participants is at Annexure-I.

ISOPOM is being implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Integrated Scheme

for Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize since 2004-05 with the objective of

increasing production and productivity of these crops. The scheme was modified in

2007 to provide greater flexibility to the States and increase the assistance for certain

components. Pulses have been included under NFSM w.e.f. April 2010 hence

ISOPOM now supports only 3 crops viz. oilseed, oil palm and maize.

It was informed that the Department is considering launch of a Mission on

Oilseeds and Oil palm in the 12th

Plan Period. GOI was keen to pursue a process of

consultation with various stake holders in developing the Mission on Oilseeds and Oil

palm. The stake holders were asked to provide specific comments on the following

issues with reference to the proposed Mission:-

1. Crops to be covered2. Interventions3. Areas to be covered: the current area of operation covers 14 States for

oilseeds and pulses; 15 States of Maize and 12 States for oil palm (though

4 States (Assam, Tripura, Maharashtra and West Bengal) are not

implementing the oil palm development programme).

4. Unit of implementation: ISOPOM is implemented at the State level. It isnot focused on targeted areas that are particularly suitable for oilseeds and

oil palm. On the other hand, other Mission such as NFSM, NHM etc. are

implemented only in such districts which have a clear potential for a given

crop.

Views and suggestions were expressed by States, seed producing agencies,

Directorates of ICAR, scientists, etc. The major suggestions emerging from theSession are summarized below:

a. A Mission on Oilseeds and Oil palm was seen by all participants as atimely response to the pressing and felt need of increasing national self-

sufficiency in edible oils.

b. It was felt that maize should continue to receive support under theMission. Alternatively, maize may be covered under other existing DAC

programmes.

c. Priority and increased investment should be ensured for oil palmconsidering its potential and high oil yield. However, planning for oil

palm needs to shift from an annual budget based exercise to a long termstrategy as the crop has a life of 30-35 years with a minimum gestation

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period of 4 years and requires an integrated/holistic approach towards crop

production.

d. Though ISOPOM is an integrated scheme, it needs urgent re-structuring toensure increase in production and yield within a specified time frame.

Several existing interventions need modifications and new interventions

need to be brought within the scope of the proposed Mission.e. Government investment in oilseeds and oil palm needs to be increased

substantially and progressively over the years to yield higher domestic

production of oil.

f. The district was generally favoured as the unit for implementation of theMission.

The following decisions were taken in the meeting in terms of future work to

develop the Mission:

i. The concerned Directorates of ICAR will identify States/ areas/regions tobe brought under the proposed Mission. This exercise will be completedby November.

ii. The Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad will propose a templatefor delivery of information by the States to determine area, production and

yield to be targeted under the Mission. Directorate of Groundnut Research

will in turn obtain inputs from other concerned Directorates of ICAR.

iii. Four Regional workshops will be conducted by DAC to cover statesimplementing ISOPOM and other potential states identified by ICAR.

iv. The states will present the proposed line of action including the area,production and yield proposed to be achieved under oilseed and oil palm

during 12th

Plan period alongwith the interventions and support required to

achieve the same.

All stakeholders viz. states, concerned organizations, seed producing agencies,

private sector, industry representatives, farmers, dealers, distributors etc. will

participate in the Regional Workshops.

Based on the above, the Department will develop a Mission on Oilseeds and

Oil palm by April 2011 so that sufficient time is available for the EFC process and

subsequent approvals.

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Annexure-IList of Participants attending the meeting on Centrally Sponsored Integrated

Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize/stakeholders of ISOPOM

under the Chairpersonship of Addl. Secretary held on 5.10.2010

S.No. Name of theparticipants

Designation Agency/Org.

1. Shri Ashish Bahuguna Addl. Secretary Chairperson

2. Smt. Upma Chawdhry J.S.(TMOP) DAC

3. Dr. A.P.Singh DC TMOP

4. Smt. Anita Patheja Director TMOP, Krishi Bhavan, ND

5. Shri S.K.Jaswal Dy. Director TMOP, Krishi Bhavan, ND

6. Shri D.P.Singh Asst.Director(Oilseeds) DAC

7. T.P.Singh Asstt. Dir. DAC

8. Sudhindra Kumar Programmer DAC

9. Shri Ranvir Singh I/C Oil Palm DAC

10. Shri R.S.Chauhan Seed Officer DAC11. Dr. J.B.Misra Director, Dte. of

Groundnut Research

Junagadh

12. Dr. D.M.Hegde Director Dte. of Oilseeds Research,

Hyderabad

13. Shri S.K.Srivastav Director Soybean Indore

14. Dr.N.Emayavaramban G.M.Production NSC, N.Delhi

15. Dr.J.S.Chauhan, DRMR, Bharatpur

16. Shri K.C.Saha APC, Bihar Bihar

17. Shri D.R. Gurumukhi Director, DOOD DOOD,Hyderabad

18. Dr. S.Arulraj Director, DOPR Andhra Pradesh

19. Shri K.N.Ravindran Managing Director Oil Palm India Ltd.,

Kottayam

20. Shri R.S.Yadav Manager Marketing KRIBHCO

21. Shri Kuldeep Bhardwaj Deptt. of Agri. , Rajasthan,

Jaipur

22. Shri M.M.Salodia Jt Dir. Agri. Deptt. of Agri. , Rajasthan,

Jaipur

23. Shri G.S.Gulia Jt. Director of

Agriculture

Haryana

24. Shri Islam Singh Tech. Asstt. Haryana

25. Shri C.B.Landlekar Dy. DirectorAgriculture Chhattisgarh

26. Shri Jayant Deshmukh DirectorAgriculture(Extn.&Trg.)

Director of Agri. Extn

27. Shri S.Balakrishnan, Dy.Director Agriculture Tamil Nadu

28. Shri A.S.Parmar Jt. Director Agriculture Madhya Pradesh

29. Shri P.Bhattacharya Director of Agriculture

(Retd.)

Mizoram

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30. Shri C.Lalmiliana JT. Director ofAgriculture

Mizoram

31. Shri M.M.Patel Deputy Director for

Horticulture

Gujarat

32. Shri D.V.Barot Jt. Director Agriculture Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat

33. Shri Vaikunth Rai Addl. Director ofAgriculture, Andhra Pr.

Hyderabad

34. Smt. V.V.Vijaylakshmi Addl. Director

Agriculture

CODAAP, Hyderabad

35. Shri S.K.Sahu DDA(Pulses), Dte. of Agriculture , Orissa

36 Shri Vinod Kumar

Awasthi

STA Uttar Pradesh

37. Dr. Ajit Mandal Director DSR, Mau

38. Shri Kuldeep Singh CMM, SFCI SFCI, Delhi

39. Shri Pradyumna Tripathi AD (ISOPOM) Uttar Pradesh

40. Shri Kamaljeet Singh US(P)

41. Dr.S.K.Jha Sr. Scientist DRMR, Bharatpur42. Shri Tarsem Singh Jt. Director Agriculture Punjab, Chandigarh

43. Dr. Ashok Kumar

Chaudhary

AMDO Punjab, Chandigarh

44. Dr.R.K.Mathur Principal Scientists DOPR, Andhra Pradesh

45. Dr. J.B.Mishra Director, DGR Junagadh

46. Shri S.K.Verma Manager NAFED

47. Shri R.Singh, Asstt. Manager NAFED

48. Dr.B.K.Dharmavajan Addl. Director

Agriculture

Karnataka

49. Dr. D.L. Maheshwar Addl. Director,

Horticulture

Karnatka

50. Dr. P.L.Sharma Vegetable Specialist

51. Shri M.D.Lohakare Dy. Director of

Agriculture

Commissionerate of

Agriculture, M.S.Pune

52. Shri Rakesh Rastogi Asst. Manager NSC, Pusa, New Delhi