Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Production of Lychee
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 312

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  JULY, 2017

## PRODUCTION OF LYCHEE

312.   DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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

- (a) the  details  of  lychee  production  in  various  States  of  the  country  including  Jharkhand during the last three years and the current year, State and rank-wise; and
- (b) the various measures undertaken by the Government to raise the production of lychee in the country along with the details of the related research and new schemes implemented 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 PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The details of lychee production in various states of the country including Jharkhand during the last three years and the current year, State and rank-wise is at Annexure-I.
- (b): Several steps taken by the Government to increase the Country's production of fruits and vegetables including lychee are as under:
-  Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme is being implemented during XII Plan w.e.f. 2014-15, for holistic growth of the  horticulture  sector  covering  all  the  horticulture  crops  including  fruits  and vegetables.
-  The  Mission  envisages  production  and  productivity  improvement  of  horticulture crops including fruit and vegetable crops through increased coverage of area with improved cultivars, rejuvenation of senile orchards, protected cultivation, creation of water  resources,  adoption  of  Integrated  Pest  Management  (IPM),  Integrated Nutrient Management (INM), organic farming, including insitu generation of organic inputs. Capacity buildings of farmers and technicians is also provided for adopting improved technologies.

Details of related research and new schemes implemented by the Government are as under:

-  The Government of India,  Ministry  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  welfare has established National Research Centre on Lychee at Muzaffarpur in 2001 which

is taking care of research needs for improving production and productivity of litchi in the  Country  along  with  monitoring  and  management  of  pests  and  diseases  and development of protocol to reduce the post-harvest loss in lychee fruits.

-  The  Centre  in  collaboration  with  AICRP-Fruits,  is  monitoring  the  location  specific research on litchi in six states which are Sabour in Bihar, Mohanpur in West Bengal, Ranchi in Jharkhand and Firojpur in Punjab, Kodugu in Karnataka along with central monitoring of research activities from ICAR-NRC on Litchi, Muzaffarpur wherein the Director of the Centre is functioning as Crop Coordinator for Lychee.  Additionally, the  Govt.  has  also  opened/in  process  of  opening  voluntary  Centres  of  lychee research  in  Ambikapur  (Chhattisgarh),  Medjifema  (Nagaland),  Araku  (Andhra Pradesh), Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
-  For improvement in production, the ICAR-NRC on Litchi has developed protocol for Good  Agricultural  Practices  and  also  imparting  training  and  developing  skills  to various stakeholders for development of quality plant material and adopting Good Agricultural Practices.
-  The  Centre  is  operating  network  project  on  management  of  fruit  borers,  National Training  Programme  on  rejuvenation  of  litchi  orchard,  AICRP  on  Honey  Bee  for improvement in pollination, collaborative programme with BARC to enhance shelf life  of  litchi  fruits  and  area  expansion  scheme  in  non-traditional  and  tribal regions which in turn will improve the production of litchi in different parts of the Country.

## State wise and Rank- wise Production of Lychee in the Country

Production in '000 Tonnes

| Sl. No.   | STATES/UTs       | 2013- 14   | 2014-15   |   2015- 16 |   2016-17 (Provisional) |
|-----------|------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | BIHAR            | 234.20     | 198.00    |     198    |                 199.98  |
| 2         | WEST BENGAL      | 93.90      | 76.75     |      75.28 |                  77.65  |
| 3         | ASSAM            | 48.08      | 48.73     |      49.6  |                  55.72  |
| 4         | CHHATISGARH      | 37.63      | 39.15     |      45.38 |                  49.88  |
| 5         | JHARKHAND        | 58.24      | 58.81     |      40.01 |                  45.32  |
| 6         | PUNJAB           | 28.00      | 32.11     |      34.88 |                  38.93  |
| 7         | UTTAR PRADESH    | 1.98       |           |      35.87 |                  36.09  |
| 8         | UTTARAKHAND      | 30.71      | 19.74     |      23.74 |                  23.76  |
| 9         | ODISHA           | 20.32      | 20.30     |      20.32 |                  20.36  |
| 10        | TRIPURA          | 20.18      | 20.58     |      20.32 |                  20.12  |
| 11        | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 3.28       | 3.49      |       6.07 |                   5.39  |
| 12        | NAGALAND         | 3.22       | 3.22      |       3.54 |                   3.84  |
| 13        | JAMMU &KASHMIR   | 1.07       | 2.13      |       2.25 |                   2.25  |
| 14        | HARYANA          | 2.75       | 3.41      |       1.84 |                   2.25  |
| 15        | MIZORAM          | 1.73       | 1.85      |       1.63 |                   1.85  |
| 16        | SIKKIM           | 0.03       |           |       0.03 |                   0.03  |
|           | Others           |            |           |       0    |                   0.075 |
|           | TOTAL            | 585.30     | 528.26    |     558.77 |                 583.48  |

Source: Horticulture Statistics Division, Department of Agriculture, Coopn & FW

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