Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state: .

• whether the Government proposes to take steps to cut down on the administrative cost incurred in implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); .
• if so, the details thereof; . whether the NREGA has been implemented with IT support; and .
• if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution be pleased to state: .

• the detail of all the food security programmes run by the Government, state-wise; and .
• the reaction of the Government over providing additional nutritional support to the beneficiaries of the food security programmes, especially children, women and old aged?

Will the Minister of Human resource Development be pleased to state: 0th.

• whether the Government proposes to introduce vocational training in government run or government aided schools to particularly benefit the students from the less privileged background; .
• if so, the details thereof; and . if not, the reasons therefore?

Will the Minister of Agriculture be pleased to state: .

• whether the Government proposes to take steps to optimise irrigation support to the crops out of existing facilities; .
• if so, the details thereof; and .
• the steps proposed/taken by the Government in adopting quick maturing irrigation schemes and ensuring water flow in the medium-term?

Will the Minister of Forest and Environment be pleased to state: .

• whether the Government has been taking steps for rain water conservation; .
• if so, the details thereof; . whether the Government proposes afforestation of exposed hill-slopes as per ‘Ridge to Valley’ Watershed Development approach and increasing forest canopy cover in order to ensure conservation of rain water; .
• if so, the details thereof; and .
• if not, the reasons thereto?

Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state: .

• whether the Government proposes to construct check dams in the drought prone areas with actual participation of the beneficiaries/NGOs so that the stored water could be used for various purposes during drought; and .
• if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister of Agriculture be pleased to state: .

• the steps taken by the Government to promote modern farm practices amongst the farmers; .
• whether the Government proposes to conduct regular seminars in Gram Panchayats on modern farm practices (crop-specific approach) and provide free agricultural assistance to the farmers; .
• if so, the details thereof; and . if not, the reasons thereto?

Will the Minister of Agriculture be pleased to state: .

• the district-wise productivity of rice, pulses and coarse grains in the past three year; .
• whether the Government has taken steps/proposes to develop drought resistant varieties of rain fed crops and propagate their spread; and .
• if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister of Agriculture be pleased to state: .

• the detail of the breeder, foundation and certified seeds production in the last three years; .
• the detail of seed banks in India, state-wise; .
• whether the Government proposes to avail seeds to the farmers at reasonable price and check the supply of spurious seeds in the market through the creation of seed banks; and .
• if so, the details thereof?