Lok Sabha Question No. 5457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: Distribution of Barren Land to Poor People
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KULAMANI SAMAL

(a) & (b):

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 5457 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 06.04.2017

## Distribution of Barren  Land to Poor People

5457. DR. KULAMANI  SAMAL:

wilt the Minister of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

- (b) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to make these wastelands fertile;
- (a) the total area of barren land, dry/ wet land in the country, category-wise  and State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Govemment  proposes to distribute  these  lands to the tribals or poor landless people of the country in order to provide them livelihood;  and
- (d) ifso, the details thereofl

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

Area of barren and unculturable  land in the country during 2013-14 as pel 'LAND usB STATISTICS AT A GLANCE 2004-05 TO 2013-14'(2016) is about 1695 million hectare. State / UT-wise  details are given in Annexure'

Information  on dry / wet land in the country is not centrally  maintained'

Under the Watershed  Development  Component  of the Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi SinchayeeYojana(WDC.PMK'SY)DepartmentofLandResourcesisimplementing 8214 watershed  development  projects in 28 States (except Goa) covering. an area of about 39.07 million hectare principally for development  of rainfed  portions of net cultivated area and culturabte  wastilands. The activities  being undertaken inter alia include  ridge area treatment, drainage  line treatment, soil and moisture  conservation, rain water  harvesting, nursery  raising, afforestation, horticulture,  pasture  development, livelihoods  for assetless  persons,  etc.

In addition,  other  Cential Ministries  / Departments like Ministry of Agriculture  & Farmers  Welfare are implementing  schemei and programmes  like the Per Drop More Crop component  of  pl,tt<SV  whici inter alia includes  activities  for water conservation, drought  proofing,  water  harvesting,  ground water recharge, etc'

- As per Entry 18 and Entry 45 of List II (State  List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution,  the subject oi 'Land' and its management including distribution  of land to tribals and poor landless falls in the  jurisdiction  ofthe  States' (c) & (d):

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok sabha Unstarred Question  No'

Annexure 5457 due for rePlY on 06'04'2017

State/UT-wisedetailsofbarrenandunculturableland 2013-14

| STATE / UT                            | B"t.* and Unculturable Land (Thousand Hectare)   |
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH                        | I 341                                            |
| ARIJNACHAL PRADESH                    | 38                                               |
| AAEAI\I                               | tt92                                             |
| ]IHAR                                 | 432                                              |
| r.HT{ATTISGARH                        | 289                                              |
| GOA                                   |                                                  |
| r:IIIAPAT                             | 2552                                             |
|                                       | a5                                               |
| HARYANA                               | 777                                              |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH I^Nllvll I & KASHMIR | 306                                              |
| JHARKHAND                             | 568                                              |
|                                       | 787                                              |
| ^PNATAKA                              | l4                                               |
| ERALA pnnoesu                         | 1346                                             |
| vaoHva I\/|ATJARASHTRA           | 1?24                                             |
| MANIPUR                               | 1                                                |
| MEGHALAYA                             | l3l                                              |
| MIZORAM                               | 8                                                |
|                                       | 2                                                |
| NAGALAND ETJ                          | 1 052                                            |
| PUNJAB                                | 52                                               |
| RAJASTHAN                             | 2385                                             |
| SIKKIM                                | 488                                              |
| TAMIL NADU TELANGANA                  | 615                                              |
| TRIPURA                               |                                                  |
|                                       | NR                                               |
| UTTARAKHAND UTTAR PRADFSH             | 464                                              |
| WEST BENGAL                           | ll                                               |
| A & N ISLANDS                         | 2                                                |
| 'r\lnI1l A P l-I                      |                                                  |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVBLI                  | 0                                                |
| DAMAN & DIU                           |                                                  |
| ntrl III                              | 18                                               |
| LAKSHADWEEP                           |                                                  |
| PUDUCHERRY                            | 0                                                |
| ALL INDIA                             | t6%8                                             |

Note: '0' relates to area below  500 hectares

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics' Ministry  of Agriculture & Farmers  welfare