Lok Sabha Question No. 2401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Area under Cultivation of Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ANWHAR RAAJHAA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2401

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## AREA UNDER CULTIVATION OF CROPS

2401.     SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

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

- (a) whether area under cultivation of crops such as rice, pulses and oilseeds has declined due to severe floods or drought in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether it is also true that more than 4 million hectares of agricultural land have fallen victims to the vagaries of nature this monsoon across the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether any steps have been taken or proposed to be taken to overcome the expected foodgrain shortage in the country and to compensate the farmers to overcome from the loss; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (c): The area coverage under field crops like rice, pulses and oilseeds fluctuates from season  to  season  and  this  is  attributed  to  various  reasons,  which  include  monsoon  rains, preference  of  farmers  to    crops,  soil  moisture  availability,  prices  of  commodities  and  natural calamities, like drought and floods. The State-wise details of total area coverage under various crops  during  Kharif  2017-18  (as  per  1 st Advance  Estimates)  and  Kharif  2016-17  (as  per  4 th Advance Estimates), including rice, pulses and oilseeds, are given at Annexure.
- (d)  &  (e):        As  against  the  likely  foodgrains  production  of  275.68  million  tonnes,  as  per  4 th Advance Estimates for 2016-17  (138.52  million  tonnes  for  Kharif  +  137.16  million  tonnes  for Rabi),  the  likely  foodgrains  production  during  Kharif  2017-18  is  134.67  million  tonnes.  The anticipated reduction in foodgrains production during Kharif 2017-18 is due to various factors, including natural calamities like drought and floods. While compensation for damage to crops is considered  from  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY),  items  and  norms  for  relief assistance  from  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)/National  Disaster  Response  Fund (NDRF)  in  the  wake  of  natural  calamities,  including  drought and  floods,  inter-alia,  include assistance towards input subsidy for crop loss of 33% and above for all categories of farmers (which was earlier admissible for crop loss of 50% and above). The scale of assistance towards input  subsidy  for  crop  loss  has  been  enhanced  by  about  50%,  which  is  now  Rs.6800/-  per hectare  (ha.)  for  rainfed  areas,  Rs.13500/-  per  ha.  for  areas  with  assured  irrigation  and Rs.18000/- per ha. for all types of perennial crops.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2401 for reply on 02.01.2018

{Area in lakh hectares (ha.)}

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Kharif 2017-18 (1 st Advance Estimates) |   Kharif 2016-17 (4 th Advance Estimates) |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh |                                     35.73 |                                     38.04 |
| 2.        | Assam          |                                     22.92 |                                     22.23 |
| 3.        | Bihar          |                                     38.86 |                                     39.04 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh   |                                     46.13 |                                     44.95 |
| 5.        | Gujarat        |                                     70.83 |                                     74.62 |
| 6.        | Haryana        |                                     26.57 |                                     26.54 |
| 7.        | Jharkhand      |                                     22.28 |                                     23.69 |
| 8.        | Karnataka      |                                     63.44 |                                     68.84 |
| 9.        | Madhya Pradesh |                                    127.7  |                                    131.01 |
| 10.       | Maharashtra    |                                    148.15 |                                    152.47 |
| 11.       | Odisha         |                                     46.61 |                                     45.15 |
| 12.       | Punjab         |                                     35.69 |                                     32.67 |
| 13.       | Rajasthan      |                                    118.28 |                                    118.65 |
| 14.       | Tamil Nadu     |                                     26.26 |                                     25.77 |
| 15.       | Telangana      |                                     36.39 |                                     39.75 |
| 16.       | Uttar Pradesh  |                                    109.54 |                                    111.18 |
| 17.       | West Bengal    |                                     50.13 |                                     47.88 |
| 18.       | Others         |                                     28.64 |                                     30.15 |
| Total     | Total          |                                   1054.14 |                                   1072.69 |

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