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Farm Sector Policy Department

1. Genesis

Farm Sector Policy Department (FSPD) is carved out of the erstwhile Development Policy Department with primary focus on formulation of appropriate policies concerning agriculture and allied sector activities, natural resources management, climate change, etc., within the overall policy frame work of Government of India. The important objectives of the Department encompass drawing appropriate operational guidelines for implementation of such policies through credit, promotional and developmental interventions. The Department also experiments with pilots for testing new ideas, technologies and models. On being successful, such pilots are upscaled through replication in other areas/region of country.

2. Core functions of the Department

A. Policy, Digitization and Risk Management

Formulating policies in alignment with Government policies and programmes on Climate Change, Agriculture and Agriculture Risk Mitigation, Farmers Club, Environmental, Social and Gender Issues.
Review and revision of existing policies concerning development of agriculture and allied sector
Framing of appropriate operational guidelines for implementation of such policies through credit, promotional and developmental interventions
Development of risk screening tools, checklists, manuals, training and capacity building.
Performing appraisal of environmental and social risk and analyzing the Social Cost Benefit of proposal posing to Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund and National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change.
Digitization pertaining to different programmes’/ products’ data.
Collaborating with development institutions of relevance.

B. Climate Change

Under Climate Change agenda, NABARD aims to address the challenges posed by climate change, particularly in the areas of agriculture and rural livelihood sectors in India.
NABARD in the capacity of National Implementing Entity (NIE) of Adaptation Fund (AF) and National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) and Direct Access Entity (DAE) of Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to channelize national, international and private finances for adaptation and mitigation activities in India.
NABARD performs a role in facilitating identification of project ideas/concepts based on State Action Plan for Climate Change (SAPCC) and its implementation with an objective to promote climate resilient development.
Capacity building and sensitization of stakeholders including State Governments, institution’s own staff and partner institutions on climate finance and accessing resources from National and International funding mechanisms.

C. Corporate Social responsibility & Technical Advisory Group

To provide an opportunity for corporates to utilize their CSR allocations in an effective and transparent manner as per Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013
To leverage CSR spends of corporates for the development of agriculture and rural sectors
To provide technical inputs in the areas of agriculture and allied sectors

3. Broad Achievements of the Department at a national level:

(As on 30th September 2018)

A. Climate Change

Under Adaptation Fund (AF), six projects have been approved with a total outlay of US$9.8 million, benefitting 57,802 vulnerable people in six States viz. West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu & Rajasthan, thereby exhausting the country cap of USD 10.0 million fixed by Adaptation Fund Board on an interim basis.

Projects details are available at:

https://www.nabard.org/content1.aspx?id=583&catid=8&mid=489

NABARD was accredited as Direct Access Entity (DAE) in the 10th Board meeting of GCF in July 2015. NABARD is eligible to submit large size projects having outlay of more than USD 250 million. Under GCF, two proposals submitted by NABARD have been sanctioned by GCF Board.

The details of the projects are as under:

SN	Name of the Project	Executing Entity	total project outlay(USD)	Project Co-Financing details(in USD)	Grant/Loan
1	Line of credit for solar rooftop segment for commercial, industrial and residential housing sectors	Tata Cleantech Capital Limited (TCCL)	250 million	GCF- 100	Loan
				TCCL- 100	senior Loans
				Project Developer’s equity- 50	Equity
2	Ground water recharge & solar micro-irrigation to ensure food security and enhance resilience in vulnerable areas of Odisha	Deptt of Water Resources, Govt of Odisha	166.3 million	GCF- 34.35	Grant
				World Bank- 7.1 million	Loan
				State Convergence fund and community- 124.9 million	Grant/co financing

Projects details are available at:

https://www.nabard.org/content1.aspx?id=584&catid=8&mid=489

Under NAFCC, 27 projects with a grant assistance of Rs. 673.66 cr. have been sanctioned in 26 States viz. viz. Punjab, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Meghalaya, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam, Maharasthra, Gujarat, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Nagaland and 01 UT viz. Puducherry which include major sectors like water management, agriculture, livestock, coastal and forest eco-system. One Regional Project on ‘Climate Resilience Building in Rural Areas through Crop Residue Management” with aggregate grant assistance of Rs. 120.66 cr. to be implemented in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan over a period of three years (2018-19 to 2020 – 21) is also under implementation.

Projects Details are available at:

https://www.nabard.org/content1.aspx?id=585&catid=8&mid=489

B. Centre for Climate Change

The Centre for Climate Change setup by NABARD was formally inaugurated on 20 July 2018 at BIRD, Lucknow. The objectives of the Centre are to address capacity building needs of the stakeholders concerned, policy advocacy, promoting national and international collaboration by bringing in the knowledge, technology and finance for addressing the climate change related challenges and harnessing the opportunities emerging from climate change, particularly in rural areas and for vulnerable communities.
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C. Climate Change Fund

Climate Change Fund (CCF) was set up in the year 2015-16 with the outlay of Rs 5 crore out of profit of NABARD. The Fund is being used for promoting and supporting activities relating to Climate Change. Various interventions that would further NABARD’s interest in the areas of climate change adaptation and mitigation will receive priority under the fund. The cumulative disbursement from this fund till date stood at Rs. 1.11 Crore.

a. 2 write shops covering 40 participants

b. 11 state level sensitization workshops/ meeting with State government departments

c. 6 State level training programmes for State Government Officials for DPR preparation

d. 2 Regional Workshops for State Government officials on NAFCC & GCF project development

e. 1 two day's training programme on emerging area of “Green Finance”

B. Umbrella Programme for Natural Resource Management (UPNRM)

Far Reaching: Cumulatively 315 projects have been sanctioned under UPNRM covering 21 states and one union territory of India with total financial assistance of Rs.617.01 crores with loan of Rs. 578.00 crores and grants of Rs.38.08 crores. Cumulative disbursement stands at Rs.389.80 crores with loan of Rs.366.84 crores and grants of Rs.22.96 crores
Pro-poor: There has been a near threefold (175%) increase in mean income in all interventions which have been implemented under UPNRM
Environmentally sustainable: Project interventions have substituted chemical fertilizers and fostered green farming on approximately 3,000 hectares of land. UPNRM interventions have facilitated production of around 16,000 tons of organic manure and fostered 3,000 hectares of green farming
Gender friendly and inclusive: 45% of all project participants are women and around 80% are from scheduled castes and tribes and other backward castes
Climate friendly: Agro forestry projects in Odisha registered as Clean Development Mechanism project (CDM) and assisting in carbon sequestration to the tune of 33,400 annually. 1,229 biogas plants set up saving 12,500 trees.
Water efficient: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and drip irrigation systems have saved 96 m.m3 of water, 13,000 t of CO2 mitigated

C. Policy, Digitization and Risk Management

Issue guidelines for ensuring implementation of environmental, social and gender Policy of NABARD and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana .
Completed digitization of 2865 Farmers Clubs and 22754 Members of Farmers Clubs under pilot phase in 17 districts of Seven States.

D. Corporate Social responsibility & Technical Advisory Group

Central Technical Advisory Group (C-TAG) has been constituted at Head Office under eleven disciplines
Regional Technical Advisory Groups (R-TAG) has been constituted at 10 major ROs by pooling the resources available at these regions
To cater to the needs of the Regional Offices, 30 corporates are collaborating with NABARD with 134 projects with an outlay of Rs. 18,719 lakh, spread across various States

4. Ongoing Projects and Schemes:

Under Adaptation Fund, five projects are under implementation in the states of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu & Rajasthan
Under National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC), twelve projects from the states viz. Punjab, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Meghalaya, Puducherry and Telangana are under implementation
Out of total 315 projects sanctioned under UPNRM, 198 are ongoing projects

5. Additional Information

For more details please visit

Climate Change : Click here

UPNRM : Click here

Or contact our Regional Offices.

Contact Information:

Shri K Venkateswara Rao

Chief General Manager

5th Floor, 'A' Wing

C-24, 'G' Block

Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East)

Mumbai 400 051

Tel: (91) 022-2653 0094

Fax: (91) 022-26530009

E-mail: fspd@nabard.org

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