The
President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, presented Krishi Karman Awards for the
year 2012-13 on 10 February 2014.
The awards were presented during inaugural
function of World Congress on Agro-Forestry (WCA-2014) held in New Delhi.
The awards were presented in
two categories. In the Total food grain production category, the awards were
presented to Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Manipur states. In the excellence
in the Individual food grains crops category, the awards were presented to Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar States.
Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura got
commendation prizes for total food grain production. Maharashtra got
commendation prize for rice, Assam for pulses and Punjab and Haryana for rice
and wheat.
Total
food grain production
|
Category
|
States
|
|
more than 10 million tonnes
(large)
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
1 to 10 million tonnes (medium )
|
Odisha
|
|
Less than 1 million tonnes (small )
|
Manipur
|
Individual
food grain crops
|
Crops
|
States
|
|
Rice
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
Wheat
|
Bihar
|
|
Pulses
|
Jharkhand
|
|
Coarse cereals
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
KRISHI KARMAN AWARDS
Krishi
Karman awards were instituted in 2010-11 by the Government of India,
Ministry of Agriculture. Krishi Karman awards are given to States for their effort and
contribution towards raising the country’s food grain production. Krishi Karman
Awards comprises of three awards for total food grain production and four
awards for production of rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses – the crops
that constitute the food grain basket. Each award winning State gets a trophy,
a citation and cash award. The cash award is 2 crore rupees for total food
grain production and 1 crore rupees for each of the four crops included in
food grains.