Lok Sabha Question No. 5766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Production of Paddy
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5766

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD   APRIL, 2018

## PRODUCTION OF PADDY

## 5766.    SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any record regarding the production of paddy in the country during the last four years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ year-wise;
- (c) whether the paddy production is declining in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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) & (b): The  State-wise  details  of  production  of  rice  during  the  last  four  years  i.e.  from 2013-14 to 2016-17 in the country is given at Annexure.
- (c) & (d): As per the Second Advance Estimates for 2017-18, the total production of rice in the country is estimated at record 111.01 million tonnes. Production of rice has increased by 1.31 million tonnes than the production of 109.70 million tonnes during 2016-17. It is also higher by 4.71 million tonnes than the average production of 106.29 million tonnes during the last five years i.e. 2012-13 to 2016-17.
- (e): In  order  to  increase  the  foodgrain  production  including  rice,  Government  implements various schemes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Soil Health Card, promotion of Neem Coated  Urea,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, etc.

NFSM-Rice is implemented in 194 districts of 25 States, in which various technologies / interventions  are  promoted  amongst  the  farmers.  BGREI  programme  is  also  implemented  in eastern states of India (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) to address the productivity constraints of rice based cropping systems.

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Annexure

| State-wise Production of Rice during 2013-14 to 2016-17   | State-wise Production of Rice during 2013-14 to 2016-17   | State-wise Production of Rice during 2013-14 to 2016-17   | State-wise Production of Rice during 2013-14 to 2016-17   | State-wise Production of Rice during 2013-14 to 2016-17   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                     | Production ('000 Tonnes)                                  | Production ('000 Tonnes)                                  | Production ('000 Tonnes)                                  | Production ('000 Tonnes)                                  |
|                                                           | 2013-14                                                   | 2014-15                                                   | 2015-16                                                   | 2016-17                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh                                            | 12724.7                                                   | 7233.9                                                    | 7488.7                                                    | 7452.4                                                    |
| Assam                                                     | 4927.1                                                    | 5222.7                                                    | 5125.1                                                    | 4727.4                                                    |
| Bihar                                                     | 5505.8                                                    | 6356.7                                                    | 6802.2                                                    | 8239.3                                                    |
| Chattisgarh                                               | 6716.4                                                    | 6322.1                                                    | 5789.4                                                    | 8048.4                                                    |
| Gujarat                                                   | 1636.0                                                    | 1830.9                                                    | 1702.0                                                    | 1930.0                                                    |
| Haryana                                                   | 3998.0                                                    | 4006.0                                                    | 4145.0                                                    | 4453.0                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                          | 120.8                                                     | 125.2                                                     | 129.9                                                     | 146.6                                                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                           | 610.9                                                     | 517.2                                                     | 646.4                                                     | 572.2                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                 | 2810.6                                                    | 3361.9                                                    | 2882.2                                                    | 3841.8                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                 | 3572.6                                                    | 3541.0                                                    | 3021.0                                                    | 2604.8                                                    |
| Kerala                                                    | 509.2                                                     | 562.1                                                     | 549.3                                                     | 437.1                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                            | 2844.8                                                    | 3625.3                                                    | 3546.7                                                    | 4226.8                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                               | 3120.0                                                    | 2946.0                                                    | 2593.0                                                    | 3109.5                                                    |
| Odisha                                                    | 7613.4                                                    | 8298.2                                                    | 5875.4                                                    | 8325.9                                                    |
| Punjab                                                    | 11267.0                                                   | 11107.0                                                   | 11823.0                                                   | 11586.2                                                   |
| Rajasthan                                                 | 312.6                                                     | 366.7                                                     | 369.8                                                     | 452.7                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                                | 5349.8                                                    | 5727.8                                                    | 7517.1                                                    | 2369.4                                                    |
| Telangana                                                 | #                                                         | 4440.8                                                    | 3047.0                                                    | 5173.4                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                             | 14636.0                                                   | 12167.9                                                   | 12501.0                                                   | 13754.0                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                               | 578.6                                                     | 603.7                                                     | 639.1                                                     | 630.0                                                     |
| West Bengal                                               | 15370.7                                                   | 14677.2                                                   | 15953.9                                                   | 15302.5                                                   |
| Others                                                    | 2420.5                                                    | 2441.7                                                    | 2261.1                                                    | 2315.0                                                    |
| All India                                                 | 106645.5                                                  | 105482.1                                                  | 104408.2                                                  | 109698.4                                                  |

#: Included with Andhra Pradesh.