Lok Sabha Question No. 3313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Increase in Income of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3313

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  AUGUST,  2018

## INCREASE IN INCOME OF FARMERS

3313.   SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to raise the income of farmers of the country by  two  times  by  2022,  if  so,  the  details  of  the  results  which  have  been  achieved  under  the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), State-wise including Himachal Pradesh, so far;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to wind up Food Corporation of India and create Food Trading Corporation (FTC) to facilitate in stabilising the rise and fall in prices of produce due to less/more production; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The Government has set a target of doubling of farmers' income by the year 2022. The Government has constituted  an  Inter-Ministerial  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare to examine issues relating to doubling of farmers' income and recommend a strategy to achieve doubling of farmers' income in real terms by the year 2022.

At  present,  thirteen  draft  volumes  of  'Strategy  for  Doubling  Farmers'  Income  by  2022' prepared by the Committee  have  been  uploaded  on  the  website  of  this  Department (http://agricoop.nic.in/doubling-farmers) for seeking public opinion.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched on 1st July, 2015 with the motto of 'Har Khet Ko Paani' for providing end-to end solutions in irrigation supply chain, viz. water  sources,  distribution  network  and  farm  level  applications.  PMKSY  not  only  focuses  on creating sources for assured irrigation, but also creating protective irrigation by harnessing rain water  at  micro  level  through  'Jal  Sanchay'  and  'Jal  Sinchan'.  Main  components/works  under PMKSY are as under:

-  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP)  &  Command  Area  Development  & Water  Management  (CADWM):  To  focus  on  faster  completion  of  ongoing  Major  and Medium  Irrigation,  including  National  Projects.  Implemented  by  Ministry  of  Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.

-  PMKSY  (Har Khet Ko Pani): Source augmentation, distribution, ground water development, lift irrigation, diversion of water from water plenty to water scarce areas, supplementing  rain  water  harvesting  beyond  IWMP  &  MGNREGA,  repair,  restoration, renovation of traditional water bodies implemented by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
-  PMKSY(Per Drop More Crop): Micro level storage structures, efficient water conveyance & application, precision irrigation systems, topping up of input cost beyond MGNREGA permissible limits, secondary storage, water lifting devices, extension activities, coordination & management. Implemented by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
-  PMKSY (Watershed): Ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, water harvesting structure, livelihood support activities and other watershed  works.  Implemented  by  Department  of  Land  Resources,  Ministry  of  Rural Development.

Further,  during  2016-17,  ninety-nine  (99)  on-going  Major/Medium  irrigation  projects under  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  -  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits Programme (AIBP), having ultimate irrigation potential of 76.03 lakh ha. and balance estimated cost of Rs.77595 cr. have been prioritized in consultation with States, for completion in phases up  to  December,  2019  along  with  their  Command  Area  Development  & Water  Management (CADWM)  works. Funding mechanism through NABARD  has  been  approved by the Government for both Central and State share.

## State/year-wise details of Central Assistance released under PMKSY are at Annexure-I.

## State/year-wise details of physical achievement under PMKSY are at Annexure-II

(b) & (c): Government of India has no proposal to wind up Food Corporation of India (FCI) and  create  Food  Trading  Corporation.  For  price  Stabilization  of  wheat  and  rice,  FCI,  on  the instructions from the Government of India, sells excess stock out of Central Pool through Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) in the open market from time to time at predetermined prices.

## Lok Sabha UnStarred Q.No. 3313 for  07.08.2018 regarding 'Increase in Income of Farmers'

## Funds released under PMKSY during 2015-16 to 2017-18

(Rs. in Crore)

| States            | MoWR,RD&GR*   | MoWR,RD&GR*   | MoWR,RD&GR*   | MoRD (DoLR)   | MoRD (DoLR)   | MoRD (DoLR)   | MoA&FW   | MoA&FW   | MoA&FW   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|
| States            | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2017-18       | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2017-18       | 2015-16  | 2016-17  | 2017-18  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | -             | 7.46          | 15.23         | 86.73         | 120.96        | 123.35        | 206.47   | 308.69   | 517.10   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 45.53         | 20.52         | 10.26         | 18.0          | 23.12         | -             | 2.60     | 2.0      | 8.30     |
| Assam             | 271.65        | 87.86         | 375.77        | 45.0          | -             | 65.09         | 5.03     | 11.0     | 3.00     |
| Bihar             | 55.62         | 12.64         | 55.08         | 5.00          | 28.26         | 19.21         | 28.60    | 21.60    | 12.50    |
| Chhattisgarh      | 32.77         | 13.29         | 29.03         | 20.0          | 34.96         | 33.45         | 20.30    | 44.80    | 55.00    |
| Goa               | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | 0.30     | 0.80     | -        |
| Gujarat           | 482.72        | 1643.52       | 2100.96       | 100.00        | 115.04        | 87.51         | 213.05   | 274.0    | 300.00   |
| Haryana           | 77.39         | -             | -             | 6.91          | 12.82         | 10.94         | 34.97    | 27.0     | 14.01    |
| HP                | 1.67          | 1.13          | 49.28         | 20.00         | 35.40         | 26.83         | 7.60     | 8.50     | 19.25    |
| J&K               | 146.01        | -             | 114.05        | -             | 25.59         | 43.66         | 4.87     | 5.40     | 3.00     |
| Jharkhand         | 281.62        | 145.75        | 305.10        | 20.0          | 17.69         | -             | 14.97    | 30.70    | 25.00    |
| Karnataka         | 269.25        | 166.90        | 474.76        | 125.00        | 145.72        | 175.69        | 213.12   | 229.0    | 385.00   |
| Kerala            | 1.93          | -             | -             | 20.0          | 16.62         | 17.83         | 8.53     | -        | 25.00    |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 292.51        | 377.94        | 284.06        | 150.0         | 129.44        | 134.84        | 161.74   | 121.10   | 150.00   |
| Maharashtra       | 312.59        | 395.05        | 395.85        | 250.00        | 186.95        | 279.21        | 107.26   | 305.80   | 362.50   |
| Manipur           | 210.30        | 147.0         | 47.65         | 9.0           | 11.29         | 13.84         | 2.76     | 3.60     | 7.50     |
| Meghalaya         | 72.99         | -             | 47.10         | 18.0          | 11.56         | 8.95          | 1.43     | -        | 3.30     |
| Mizoram           | 1.98          | -             | 8.25          | 8.87          | 16.06         | 22.35         | 3.27     | 8.10     | 12.30    |
| Nagaland          | 61.45         | 18.50         | 9.25          | 27.0          | 60.84         | 32.08         | 2.34     | 4.50     | 11.80    |
| Odisha            | 286.50        | 492.93        | 526.28        | 67.5          | 91.99         | 94.48         | 28.70    | 39.80    | 48.00    |
| Punjab            | 156.97        | 52.42         | -             | 7.95          | -             | 7.96          | 43.00    | 1.18     | -        |
| Rajasthan         | 194.65        | 45.89         | 233.65        | 200.00        | 199.35        | 243.59        | 142.84   | 129.0    | 107.50   |
| Sikkim            | 4.34          | -             | 9.00          | 6.3           | -             | 1.40          | 4.86     | 5.40     | 4.00     |
| Tamil Nadu        | 38.49         | -             | -             | 75.00         | 62.36         | 82.75         | 129.78   | 143.50   | 369.55   |
| Telangana         | 157.38        | 545.45        | 83.14         | 70.0          | -             | 51.14         | 111.32   | 189.0    | 257.00   |
| Tripura           | -             | -             | -             | 20.89         | 27.12         | 16.66         | 1.55     | -        | 3.75     |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 648.38        | 135.63        | 65.60         | 75.0          | 58.38         | 63.93         | 37.51    | 41.20    | 55.00    |
| Uttarakhand       | 121.37        | -             | 32.40         | 25.68         | 16.15         | 9.97          | 9.60     | 15.0     | 27.20    |
| West Bengal       | 7.56          | -             | -             | 10.0          | 24.06         | 15.48         | 4.80     | 19.90    | 31.00    |
| Others            | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | -             | 2.63     | 0.60     | 1.50     |
| Total             | 4233.64       | 4309.83       | 5271.75       | 1487.83       | 1471.73       | 1691.81       | 1556.23  | 1991.17  | 2819.06  |

ANNEXURE-II Lok Sabha UnStarred Q.No. 3313 for  07.08.2018 regarding 'Increase in Income of Farmers'

## Physical achievements under PMKSY during  2015-16 to  2017-18(Area in Th. Ha.)

| States            | MoWR,RD&GR             | MoWR,RD&GR             | MoWR,RD&GR             | MoWR,RD&GR               | MoWR,RD&GR               | MoWR,RD&GR               | MoRD (DoLR)                         | MoRD (DoLR)                         | MoRD (DoLR)                         | MoA&FW                        | MoA&FW                        | MoA&FW                        |
|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| States            | IPC created under AIBP | IPC created under AIBP | IPC created under AIBP | & HKKP CCA covered under | & HKKP CCA covered under | & HKKP CCA covered under | Addl. Area brought under Irrigation | Addl. Area brought under Irrigation | Addl. Area brought under Irrigation | Area brought under irrigation | Area brought under irrigation | Area brought under irrigation |
| States            | 2015-16                | 2016-17                | 2017-18*               | 2015-16                  | 2016-17                  | 2017-18*                 | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                             | 2017-18*                            | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                       | 2017-18*                      |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 29.11                  | 11.89                  | 10.41                  | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 51.58                               | 86.33                               | 67.01                               | 94.10                         | 141.10                        | 186.44                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2.80                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.07                                | 0.13                                | 0.05                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Assam             | 36.00                  | 39.76                  | 5.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 20.57                               | 35.08                               | 10.77                               | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.78                          |
| Bihar             | 13.20                  | 10.31                  | 0.40                   | 0.00                     | 2.24                     | 0.00                     | 3.41                                | 11.26                               | 2.34                                | 5.16                          | 4.23                          | 3.14                          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 13.61                  | 15.40                  | 9.96                   | 2.88                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 4.07                                | 1.77                                | 4.46                                | 8.06                          | 19.23                         | 13.09                         |
| Goa               | 0.00                   | 0.05                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                                | 0.00                                | 0.00                                | 0.09                          | 0.12                          | 0.24                          |
| Gujarat           | 185.91                 | 116.50                 | 312.18                 | 258.82                   | 385.28                   | 290.00                   | 0.08                                | 7.76                                | 7.67                                | 142.68                        | 165.95                        | 143.13                        |
| Haryana           | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 58.75                    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 27.97                               | 3.24                                | 2.02                                | 3.12                          | 5.70                          | 10.69                         |
| HP                | 1.60                   | 1.62                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 2.74                                | 1.04                                | 1.05                                | 3.31                          | 0.94                          | 1.20                          |
| J&K               | 8.20                   | 7.00                   | 0.00                   | 5.04                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.03                                | 7.93                                | 2.06                                | 4.53                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Jharkhand         | 0.00                   | 79.19                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 1.10                                | 0.81                                | 0.15                                | 0.00                          | 5.81                          | 1.54                          |
| Karnataka         | 100.31                 | 24.62                  | 81.00                  | 0.00                     | 11.00                    | 11.00                    | 14.81                               | 15.14                               | 16.41                               | 64.22                         | 139.41                        | 236.11                        |
| Kerala            | 0.47                   | 0.07                   | 0.24                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 6.90                                | 5.54                                | 7.70                                | 0.56                          | 0.31                          | 0.36                          |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 62.84                  | 79.45                  | 72.28                  | 15.81                    | 75.00                    | 85.00                    | 20.32                               | 26.91                               | 25.50                               | 75.22                         | 54.32                         | 38.77                         |
| Maharashtra       | 17.82                  | 57.94                  | 31.49                  | 0.76                     | 19.00                    | 16.00                    | 28.82                               | 15.95                               | 11.56                               | 35.24                         | 106.17                        | 132.83                        |
| Manipur           | 8.00                   | 4.00                   | 3.24                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.25                                | 0.53                                | 0.67                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Meghalaya         | 0.90                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 1.51                                | 1.26                                | 0.18                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Mizoram           | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 27.92                               | 16.66                               | 18.49                               | 0.40                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Nagaland          | 2.90                   | 0.50                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.01                                | 0.95                                | 0.81                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Odisha            | 7.76                   | 33.42                  | 17.61                  | 72.66                    | 10.00                    | 24.00                    | 3.86                                | 9.95                                | 19.87                               | 2.91                          | 4.61                          | 3.04                          |
| Punjab            | 2.89                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 82.05                    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 3.82                                | 2.03                                | 0.41                                | 1.80                          | 1.95                          | 0.60                          |
| Rajasthan         | 6.48                   | 7.00                   | 7.05                   | 46.22                    | 6.80                     | 7.00                     | 5.72                                | 17.31                               | 14.84                               | 56.35                         | 47.65                         | 48.21                         |
| Sikkim            | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                                | 0.03                                | 0.00                                | 0.77                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 5.14                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 5.03                                | 15.62                               | 18.37                               | 32.29                         | 44.78                         | 105.70                        |
| Telangana         | 69.22                  | 20.82                  | 84.12                  | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 9.27                                | 0.01                                | 14.70                               | 39.86                         | 61.98                         | 89.74                         |
| Tripura           | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.75                                | 0.69                                | 1.33                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                          |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 63.78                  | 67.40                  | 61.13                  | 23.41                    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 3.73                                | 20.47                               | 53.98                               | 1.60                          | 32.51                         | 28.24                         |
| Uttarakhand       | 4.88                   | 1.71                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 1.35                                | 0.31                                | 0.06                                | 0.72                          | 3.20                          | 1.43                          |
|                   |                        |                        |                        |                          | 0.00                     |                          |                                     |                                     | 1.63                                |                               |                               |                               |
| West Bengal Total | 0.00 638.68            | 0.00 578.64            | 0.00 691.12            | 0.00 571.54              | 509.38                   | 0.00 438.00              | 1.14 246.81                         | 2.19 306.90                         | 287.46                              | 0.00 572.98                   | 0.00 839.96                   | 2.14 1047.13                  |

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