Lok Sabha Question No. 4057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Drought Assistance
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, TARIQ ANWAR, M. B. RAJESH, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4057

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## DROUGHT ASSISTANCE

4057.      SHRI RAJU SHETTY: SHRI TARIQ ANWAR: SHRI M.B. RAJESH: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) the total cultivable land area in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the districts in  various States  of  the  country  including  Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand which are declared drought affected, Statewise;
- (c) the  number  of farmers  who  committed  suicide  due  to  drought  in  various  States  of  the country, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has received any suggestions from these States to deal with the  problem  of  drought,  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  along  with  the  response  of  the Government thereto; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  grant  any  special  package  to  mitigate  the situation arising out of the deficit rainfall/weak monsoon in various States of the country, if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated and released by the Government to various States of the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## 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): As  per  the  latest  data  available  on  land  use  statistics,  State-wise  details  of  cultivable land (agricultural land) in the country for the year 2014-15 is given at Annexure I.
- (b): During 2017-18, the State Governments  of Chhattisgarh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and Rajasthan had declared drought in 21 districts, 18 districts and 13 districts respectively. They had  submitted  Memoranda  seeking  assistance  from  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  for drought relief, details of which are indicated below:

| State          |   No. of districts declared as drought affected |   Assistance sought from NDRF | Assistance approved by Government of India (GoI)   |
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh   |                                              21 |                       4401    | 395.31                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh |                                              18 |                       3705.95 | 836.09                                             |
| Rajasthan      |                                              13 |                       3078.26 | *                                                  |

Contd…2/-

During  2017-18,  the  State  Government  of  Odisha  has  intimated  that  it  has  declared drought  in  15  districts.  No  other  State  has  so  far  intimated  regarding  declaration  of  drought during 2017-18.

(c): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs compiles and  disseminates  information  on  suicides,  in  its  publication  titled  'Accidental  Deaths  and Suicides in India' (ADSI). These Reports on suicides upto 2015 are available at its website. The Report  for  the  year  2016  has  not  been  published  yet.  The  State  wise  details  of  suicides  in farming/ agriculture sector during the years 2014 and 2015 as per NCRB Report may be seen at Annexure-II. Further, as per this Report, 'Bankruptcy or Indebtedness' and 'Farming Related Issues' are reported as major causes of suicides among farmers/ cultivators. Other prominent causes of farmers/cultivators suicides are family problems, illness etc.

(d) & (e): Government has received detailed memorandum for drought relief from the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya  Pradesh  and  Rajasthan indicating the requirement of funds. Government  of  Odisha  has  provided  funds  from  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)  for disbursement  towards  Agriculture  Input  Subsidy  to  the  affected  farmers  as  per  the  existing guidelines.

Government provides assistance to the states to mitigate the situation arising out of the drought/deficit  rainfall/weak  monsoon  in  various  States  of  the  country.  State-wise  details  of assistance  sought  and  approved  (by  Government  of  India)  from  NDRF  during  the  last  three years  and  the  current  year  i.e.  2014-15  to  2017-18  (so  far)  for  drought  and  hailstorm,  is  at Annexure-III.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4057 due for reply on 20.03.2018

State-wise details of Cultivable land/ Agricultural Land in the country for the year 2014-15 (latest available)

(Thousand Hectares)

| STATES/Uts                |   2014-15 |
|---------------------------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            |      9047 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |       423 |
| ASSAM                     |      3364 |
| BIHAR                     |      6579 |
| CHHATTISGARH              |      5558 |
| GOA                       |       197 |
| GUJARAT                   |     12661 |
| HARYANA                   |      3656 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          |       812 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           |      1075 |
| JHARKHAND                 |      4343 |
| KARNATAKA                 |     12827 |
| KERALA                    |      2266 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            |     17252 |
| MAHARASHTRA               |     21099 |
| MANIPUR                   |       390 |
| MEGHALAYA                 |      1056 |
| MIZORAM                   |       367 |
| NAGALAND                  |       694 |
| ODISHA                    |      6784 |
| PUNJAB                    |      4285 |
| RAJASTHAN                 |     25511 |
| SIKKIM                    |        97 |
| TAMIL NADU                |      8112 |
| TELANGANA                 |      6877 |
| TRIPURA                   |       272 |
| UTTARAKHAND               |      1549 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             |     18939 |
| WEST BENGAL               |      5655 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |        28 |
| CHANDIGARH                |         1 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |        24 |
| DAMAN & DIU               |         3 |
| DELHI                     |        53 |
| LAKSHADWEEP               |         2 |
| PUDUCHERRY                |        29 |
| ALL INDIA                 |    181886 |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4057 due for reply on 20.03.2018

State-wise details of Suicide by Farmers during the years 2014 and 2015 (latest available)

| State/UT                  | 2014    | 2014      | 2014   | 2015    | 2015      | 2015   |
|---------------------------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|-----------|--------|
| State/UT                  | Farmers | Labourers | Total  | Farmers | Labourers | Total  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 160     | 472       | 632    | 516     | 400       | 916    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 0       | 3         | 3      | 7       | 3         | 10     |
| ASSAM                     | 21      | 38        | 59     | 84      | 54        | 138    |
| BIHAR                     | 0       | 10        | 10     | 0       | 7         | 7      |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 443     | 312       | 755    | 854     | 100       | 954    |
| GOA                       | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| GUJARAT                   | 45      | 555       | 600    | 57      | 244       | 301    |
| HARYANA                   | 14      | 105       | 119    | 28      | 134       | 162    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 32      | 31        | 63     | 0       | 46        | 46     |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 12      | 25        | 37     | 0       | 21        | 21     |
| JHARKHAND                 | 0       | 4         | 4      | 0       | 21        | 21     |
| KARNATAKA                 | 321     | 447       | 768    | 1197    | 372       | 1569   |
| KERALA                    | 107     | 700       | 807    | 3       | 207       | 210    |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 826     | 372       | 1198   | 581     | 709       | 1290   |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 2568    | 1436      | 4004   | 3030    | 1261      | 4291   |
| MANIPUR                   | 0       | 0         | 0      | 1       | 0         | 1      |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 0       | 2         | 2      | 2       | 1         | 3      |
| MIZORAM                   | 0       | 5         | 5      | 0       | 1         | 1      |
| NAGALAND                  | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| ODISHA                    | 5       | 97        | 102    | 23      | 27        | 50     |
| PUNJAB                    | 24      | 40        | 64     | 100     | 24        | 124    |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 0       | 373       | 373    | 3       | 73        | 76     |
| SIKKIM                    | 35      | 0         | 35     | 15      | 3         | 18     |
| TAMIL NADU                | 68      | 827       | 895    | 2       | 604       | 606    |
| TELANGANA                 | 898     | 449       | 1347   | 1358    | 42        | 1400   |
| TRIPURA                   | 0       | 32        | 32     | 1       | 48        | 49     |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 63      | 129       | 192    | 145     | 179       | 324    |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 2         | 2      |
| WEST BENGAL               | 0       | 230       | 230    | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 8       | 0         | 8      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| CHANDIGARH                | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| DAMAN & DIU               | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| DELHI                     | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| PUDUCHERRY                | 0       | 16        | 16     | 0       | 12        | 12     |
| ALL INDIA                 | 5650    | 6710      | 12360  | 8007    | 4595      | 12602  |

Source : Report on 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India' for relevant years, National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs

## Annexure III

## Annexure referred in reply to part (d & e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4057 due for reply on 20.03.2018

Assistance approved from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for Natural Calamities (Drought & hailstorm) in the States for the years 2014-15 to 2017-18

(Rs. in crores)

| During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015   | During - 2014-2015     | During - 2014-2015         | During - 2014-2015   |
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| S.No.                | State                | Calamity               | Amount sought by the state | Amount approved      |
| 1.                   | Haryana              | Drought Hailstorm      | 4829.25 1925.97            | 168.87 369.09        |
| 2.                   | Karnataka            | Drought Hailstorm      | 779.20 151.28              | 200.85 105.33        |
| 3.                   | Uttar Pradesh        | Drought Hailstorm      | 4819.49 7573.70            | 777.34 2801.59       |
| 4.                   | Maharashtra          | Drought                | 6013.28                    | 1962.99              |
| 5.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought                | 1532.00                    | 237.51               |
| 6.                   | Rajasthan            | Hailstorm              | 11886.00                   | 1447.73              |
| 7.                   | Bihar                | Hailstorm              | 2041.10                    | 791.42               |
| 8.                   | Telangana            | Hailstorm              | 117.59                     | 83.744               |
| 9.                   | Himachal Pradesh     | Hailstorm              | 353.395                    | 71.534               |
|                      | Total:               |                        | 42022.255                  | 9017.998             |
| During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016   | During - 2015-2016     | During - 2015-2016         | During - 2015-2016   |
| 1.                   | Karnataka            | Drought-K Drought-R    | 3830.84 1417.14            | 1540.20 723.23       |
| 2.                   | Chhattisgarh         | Drought                | 6093.79                    | 1276.25              |
| 3.                   | Madhya Pradesh       | Drought                | 5114.53                    | 2032.68              |
| 4.                   | Maharashtra          | Drought Drought-R      | 6020.36 2251.66            | 3638.83 679.54       |
| 5.                   | Odisha               | Drought                | 2344.99                    | 815.00               |
| 6.                   | Telangana            | Drought                | 2601.17                    | 791.21               |
| 7.                   | Uttar Pradesh        | Drought Drought-R      | 2057.79 1888.35            | 1304.52 622.76       |
| 8.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought                | 2000.56                    | 433.77               |
| 9.                   | Jharkhand            | Drought                | 2142.78                    | 336.94               |
| 10.                  | Rajasthan            | Drought                | 10537.02                   | 1193.41              |
| 11.                  | Uttarakhand Total:   | Hailstorm Drought-R    | 91.97 52765.22             | 70.22 15537.74       |
| During - 2016-2017   | During - 2016-2017   | During - 2016-2017     | During - 2016-2017         | During - 2016-2017   |
| 1.                   | Karnataka            | Drought(K) Drought( R) | 4702.54 3310.83            | 1782.44 795.54       |
| 2.                   | Andhra Pradesh       | Drought(K)             | 2513.97                    | 518.93               |
| 3.                   | Kerala               | Drought(K)             | 1019.90                    | 112.05               |
| 4.                   | Tamil Nadu           | Drought(K)             | 39565.00                   | 1748.28              |
| 5.                   | Rajasthan            | Drought(K)             | 3660.97                    | 588.34               |
| 6.                   | Puducherry           | Drought( R)            | 132.35                     | 17.70                |
|                      | Total                |                        | 54905.56                   | 5563.28              |
|                      | Grand Total          |                        | 149663.035                 | 30119.018            |
| During - 2017-2018   | During - 2017-2018   | During - 2017-2018     | During - 2017-2018         | During - 2017-2018   |
| 1.                   | Madhya Pradesh       | Drought(K)             | 3705.95                    | 836.09               |
| 2.                   | Chhattisgarh         | Drought(K)             | 4401.00                    | 395.91               |
| 3.                   | Rajasthan            | Drought(K)             | 3078.26                    | #                    |

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