National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

In view of the stagnating food grain production and an increasing consumption need of the growing population, Government of India has launched this Centrally Sponsored Scheme, ‘National Food Security Mission’ in August 2007.

The major objective of this scheme is to increase production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses on a sustainable basis so as to ensure food security of the country. The approach is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices.

NFSM will have three components 

1. National Food Security Mission – Rice (NFSM-Rice)
2. National Food Security Mission – Wheat (NFSM-Wheat)
3. National Food Security Mission – Pulses (NFSM-Pulses)

• 133 districts of 12 States (AP, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Karnataka, MP, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, U.P. and West Bengal) will be covered under NFSM-Rice.
• 138 districts of 9 States (Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal) will be covered under NFSM-Wheat.
• 168 districts of 14 States (AP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, UP and West Bengal) will be covered under NFSM-Pulses.
• 20 million hectares of rice, 13 million hectares of wheat and 4.5 million hectares of pulses are included in these districts that roughly constitute 50% of cropped area for wheat and rice. For pulses, an additional 20% cropped area would be created.