Lok Sabha Question No. 4048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Production of Pulses and Foodgrains
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4048

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## PRODUCTION OF PULSES AND FOODGRAINS

4048.      SHRI NIHAL CHAND: SHRI  A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the production and acreage of pulses and paddy have increased in the country and if so, the details thereof along with their percentage increased during the last year, Statewise;
- (b) whether the Government has set a target for bumper production of foodgrains, pulses and horticulture crops in the year 2017-18 and if so, the details thereof and the measures taken to achieve the target; and
- (c) the likely ratio of the demand and production of pulses in the year 2019?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): State-wise details of area coverage and production of pulses and rice during 2016-17 to 2017-18 (as per Second Advance Estimates) along with percentage change in 2017-18 over 2016-17 is given at Annexures-I and II.
- (b): The crop-wise target for production of foodgrains and  pulses during 2017-18 is as under:

(in million tonnes)

| Crop           |   Production Target for 2017-18 |
|----------------|---------------------------------|
| Rice           |                          108.5  |
| Wheat          |                           97.5  |
| Coarse Cereals |                           45.65 |
| Pulses         |                           22.9  |
| Foodgrains     |                          274.55 |

However, no targets for production of horticulture crops for the year 2017-18 has been fixed.

The  Government  is  implementing  a  number  of  schemes  to  increase  production  and productivity  of  foodgrains  and  horticulture  crops  to  achieve  its  production  targets,  such  as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Soil Health Card Scheme, Pradhan Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY), etc.

(c): There  are  no  official  estimates  available  for  demand  and  production  of  pulses  in  the country for the year 2019. However, as per Twelfth Plan Working Group on Crop Husbandry, Demand and Supply Projections, Agricultural Inputs and Agricultural Statistics, the demand for pulses during 2020-21 is projected at 25 million tonnes.

## Annexure -I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part(a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4048 for reply on 20.03.2018

## Estimates of Area and Production of Total Pulses

| State/UT         | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Area ('000 Hectares)   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016- 17   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016- 17   |
|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| State/UT         | 2016-17                | 2017-18*               | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016- 17   | 2016-17                    | 2017-18*                   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016- 17   |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 1413.0                 | 1371.0                 | -3.0                               | 931.0                      | 1144.0                     | 22.9                               |
| Assam            | 146.4                  | 157.0                  | 7.2                                | 107.5                      | 114.0                      | 6.0                                |
| Bihar            | 493.1                  | 338.0                  | -31.5                              | 461.7                      | 340.9                      | -26.2                              |
| Chhattisgarh     | 883.8                  | 773.4                  | -12.5                              | 758.7                      | 532.9                      | -29.8                              |
| Gujarat          | 942.0                  | 882.0                  | -6.4                               | 818.0                      | 857.0                      | 4.8                                |
| Haryana          | 84.6                   | 77.0                   | -9.0                               | 75.9                       | 58.9                       | -22.4                              |
| Himachal Pradesh | 31.4                   | 29.1                   | -7.3                               | 63.3                       | 60.7                       | -4.1                               |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | 18.9                   | 20.7                   | 9.5                                | 10.2                       | 8.6                        | -15.9                              |
| Jharkhand        | 804.6                  | 753.3                  | -6.4                               | 806.5                      | 784.7                      | -2.7                               |
| Karnataka        | 2967.7                 | 3075.0                 | 3.6                                | 1737.9                     | 1844.8                     | 6.1                                |
| Kerala           | 1.7                    | 0.7                    | -56.2                              | 1.7                        | 1.0                        | -40.5                              |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 6664.2                 | 7150.0                 | 7.3                                | 6291.3                     | 7793.1                     | 23.9                               |
| Maharashtra      | 4358.3                 | 4185.7                 | -4.0                               | 3768.1                     | 3303.1                     | -12.3                              |
| Odisha           | 874.6                  | 754.7                  | -13.7                              | 479.1                      | 429.9                      | -10.3                              |
| Punjab           | 37.2                   | 20.7                   | -44.4                              | 33.0                       | 21.7                       | -34.2                              |
| Rajasthan        | 5271.2                 | 4949.1                 | -6.1                               | 3181.2                     | 3108.9                     | -2.3                               |
| Tamil Nadu       | 785.1                  | 833.9                  | 6.2                                | 427.1                      | 545.4                      | 27.7                               |
| Telangana        | 694.0                  | 534.0                  | -23.1                              | 536.0                      | 448.4                      | -16.4                              |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 2509.0                 | 2361.0                 | -5.9                               | 2184.1                     | 1985.0                     | -9.1                               |
| Uttarakhand      | 61.0                   | 68.0                   | 11.5                               | 53.0                       | 60.0                       | 13.2                               |
| West Bengal      | 268.1                  | 370.0                  | 38.0                               | 259.7                      | 354.5                      | 36.5                               |
| Others           | 136.7                  | 127.2                  | -7.0                               | 146.2                      | 150.1                      | 2.7                                |
| All India        | 29446.7                | 28831.4                | -2.1                               | 23131.1                    | 23947.6                    | 3.5                                |

* As per 2nd Advance Estimates.

Annexure - II

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part(a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.4048  for  reply  on 20.03.2018

Estimates of Area and Production of Rice

| State/ UT        | Area ('000 Hectares)   | Area ('000 Hectares)   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016-17   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016-17   |
|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| State/ UT        | 2016-17                | 2017-18*               | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016-17   | 2016-17                    | 2017-18*                   | %Change in 2017-18 over 2016-17   |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2105.0                 | 2152.0                 | 2.2                               | 7452.4                     | 8051.3                     | 8.0                               |
| Assam            | 2467.1                 | 2482.0                 | 0.6                               | 4727.4                     | 5158.0                     | 9.1                               |
| Bihar            | 3339.8                 | 3180.3                 | -4.8                              | 8239.3                     | 7296.4                     | -11.4                             |
| Chattisgarh      | 3830.0                 | 3792.1                 | -1.0                              | 8048.4                     | 6910.6                     | -14.1                             |
| Gujarat          | 837.0                  | 805.0                  | -3.8                              | 1930.0                     | 1762.0                     | -8.7                              |
| Haryana          | 1386.0                 | 1281.0                 | -7.6                              | 4453.0                     | 3946.8                     | -11.4                             |
| Himachal Pradesh | 74.5                   | 73.7                   | -1.1                              | 146.6                      | 130.5                      | -11.0                             |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | 283.4                  | 286.6                  | 1.1                               | 572.2                      | 596.3                      | 4.2                               |
| Jharkhand        | 1714.3                 | 1533.4                 | -10.6                             | 3841.8                     | 3775.2                     | -1.7                              |
| Karnataka        | 1034.0                 | 874.0                  | -15.5                             | 2604.8                     | 2359.0                     | -9.4                              |
| Kerala           | 171.4                  | 141.2                  | -17.6                             | 437.1                      | 418.7                      | -4.2                              |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 2289.0                 | 2023.0                 | -11.6                             | 4226.8                     | 3908.4                     | -7.5                              |
| Maharashtra      | 1535.3                 | 1446.6                 | -5.8                              | 3109.5                     | 2660.5                     | -14.4                             |
| Odisha           | 3854.8                 | 3793.0                 | -1.6                              | 8325.9                     | 7619.0                     | -8.5                              |
| Punjab           | 2898.0                 | 2926.0                 | 1.0                               | 11586.2                    | 12283.3                    | 6.0                               |
| Rajasthan        | 197.8                  | 190.6                  | -3.6                              | 452.7                      | 428.8                      | -5.3                              |
| Tamil Nadu       | 1442.8                 | 1844.7                 | 27.9                              | 2369.4                     | 6395.9                     | 169.9                             |
| Telangana        | 1682.2                 | 1719.9                 | 2.2                               | 5173.4                     | 5825.0                     | 12.6                              |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 5992.0                 | 5814.0                 | -3.0                              | 13754.0                    | 13345.9                    | -3.0                              |
| Uttarakhand      | 261.0                  | 254.0                  | -2.7                              | 630.0                      | 663.0                      | 5.2                               |
| West Bengal      | 5496.5                 | 5240.0                 | -4.7                              | 15302.5                    | 14990.0                    | -2.0                              |
| Others           | 1101.5                 | 1096.8                 | -0.4                              | 2315.0                     | 2483.0                     | 7.3                               |
| All India        | 43993.4                | 42949.8                | -2.4                              | 109698.4                   | 111007.8                   | 1.2                               |

* As per 2nd Advance Estimates.

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