Lok Sabha Question No. 3647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Growth in Agricultural Yield
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3647

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  8 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## GROWTH IN AGRICULTURAL YIELD

3647.  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether growth in agricultural  yield is being  registered  in the  country  during  in each of the last three years, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the growth rate in foodgrains and pulses recorded in Maharashtra State during the said period;
- (c) the  name  of  districts  where  the  maximum  foodgrains  production  has  been recorded; and
- (d) whether any incentive is being provided to the districts recording low agricultural yield and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a): On account of deficit/deficient rainfall during monsoon season, unseasonal rains/hailstorms and adverse temperature conditions etc., the yield of foodgrains during 201415 and 2015-16 declined to 2,028 kg. per hectare and 2,042 kg. per hectare respectively as compared to the previous record yield of 2,129 kg. per hectare during 2012-13. However, due to the normal monsoon rainfall in 2016 and various policy initiatives, the yield of foodgrains has increased  to  a  new  record  of  2,142  kg.  per  hectare  during  2016-17  (as  per  Third  Advance Estimates) in the country.

The  State-wise  details  of  yield  of  rice,  wheat,  coarse  cereals,  pulses  and  total foodgrains  during  last  three  years  i.e.  2014-15  to  2016-17  in  the  country  are  given  in  the Annexure.

- (b) & (c): The production of pulses and foodgrains during 2014-15 to 2016-17 in the State of Maharashtra are as under:

|          | Production (000 tonnes)   | Production (000 tonnes)   |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Year     | Pulses                    | Foodgrains                |
| 2014-15  | 2053.0                    | 11311.9                   |
| 2015-16  | 1544.7                    | 8754.4                    |
| 2016-17* | 3668.8                    | 15120.7                   |

*As per third Advance Estimates

Contd…2/-

As per the latest information received from the State Government of Maharashtra, the maximum foodgrains production during 2016-17 is recorded in Nasik, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon and Latur districts.

(d): In order to boost crop production and yield in the country, Government of India through State Governments  has  been  implementing various  Crop  Development Schemes/Programmes  such  as  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  Rashtriya Krishi  Vikas  Yojana,  National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  Pradhan Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY),  Soil  Health  Card,  etc.  Further  to  ensure remunerative price to  farmers,  the  Government  has  also  increased  Minimum  Support Price (MSPs) of different crops.

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3647 due for reply on 08.08.2017

State-wise yield of rice, wheat, coarse cereals, pulses and total foodgrains during 2014-15 to 2016-17

Yield

(Kg/hectar e)

Yield

(Kg/hectar e)

Yield (Kg/Hectare)

| States           | Rice    | Rice    | Rice     | Wheat   | Wheat   | Wheat    | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Pulses   | Pulses   | Pulses   | Foodgrains   | Foodgrains   | Foodgrains   |
|------------------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| States           | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17* | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17* | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17*         | 2014-15  | 2015-16  | 2016-17* | 2014-15      | 2015-16      | 2016-17*     |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 3022    | 3465    | 3541     | NA      | NA      | NA       | 4392             | 3643             | 4329             | 911      | 848      | 724      | 2648         | 2571         | 2606         |
| Assam            | 2093    | 2062    | 2134     | 1216    | 1634    | 1240     | 2895             | 2618             | 2727             | 748      | 757      | 752      | 2021         | 1997         | 2052         |
| Bihar            | 1948    | 2104    | 2270     | 1851    | 2244    | 2252     | 3236             | 3491             | 3493             | 859      | 844      | 861      | 1964         | 2208         | 2295         |
| Chhattisgarh     | 1660    | 1517    | 2101     | 1388    | 1270    | 1337     | 1046             | 963              | 1314             | 818      | 609      | 715      | 1474         | 1334         | 1815         |
| Gujarat          | 2329    | 2205    | 2332     | 2751    | 2919    | 2950     | 1585             | 1661             | 1875             | 972      | 931      | 869      | 2016         | 2000         | 2006         |
| Haryana          | 3113    | 3061    | 3213     | 3981    | 4407    | 4390     | 1728             | 1738             | 1971             | 674      | 680      | 683      | 3427         | 3648         | 3604         |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1728    | 1763    | 1758     | 1957    | 1958    | 1915     | 1936             | 2431             | 2424             | 1232     | 1510     | 2035     | 1896         | 2122         | 2117         |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 1871    | 2123    | 2151     | 979     | 1947    | 1621     | 1131             | 1697             | 1485             | 381      | 639      | 379      | 1275         | 1898         | 1703         |
| Jharkhand        | 2238    | 1814    | 2238     | 1931    | 1835    | 2113     | 1714             | 1294             | 1849             | 1004     | 886      | 1019     | 1871         | 1546         | 1866         |
| Karnataka        | 2670    | 2722    | 2523     | 1318    | 897     | 710      | 2074             | 1740             | 1600             | 601      | 403      | 504      | 1689         | 1354         | 1267         |
| Kerala           | 2836    | 2790    | 2973     | NA      | 1500    | NA       | 824              | 924              | 897              | 1131     | 1133     | 1076     | 2823         | 2756         | 2955         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 1684    | 1752    | 1840     | 2850    | 2993    | 2993     | 1744             | 2083             | 2277             | 876      | 903      | 945      | 1856         | 1941         | 1960         |
| Maharashtra      | 1899    | 1725    | 1983     | 1226    | 1077    | 1558     | 923              | 692              | 1369             | 602      | 436      | 798      | 988          | 781          | 1250         |
| Odisha           | 1992    | 1491    | 2159     | 1650    | 1324    | 1671     | 1401             | 1165             | 1474             | 532      | 506      | 506      | 1738         | 1330         | 1872         |
| Punjab           | 3838    | 3974    | 3998     | 4294    | 4583    | 4583     | 3645             | 3688             | 3834             | 846      | 965      | 873      | 4054         | 4269         | 4283         |
| Rajasthan        | 2186    | 2022    | 2289     | 2961    | 3175    | 3175     | 1249             | 998              | 1130             | 580      | 515      | 593      | 1529         | 1390         | 1368         |
| Tamil Nadu       | 3191    | 3758    | 2792     | NA      | NA      | NA       | 3657             | 3929             | 3215             | 852      | 631      | 748      | 2720         | 3063         | 2346         |
| Telangana        | 3138    | 2913    | 3112     | 1167    | 1696    | 1500     | 3066             | 2791             | 3364             | 644      | 508      | 683      | 2723         | 2353         | 2628         |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 2072    | 2133    | 2294     | 2277    | 2636    | 3075     | 1776             | 1760             | 1879             | 612      | 619      | 858      | 1972         | 2198         | 2454         |
| Uttarakhand      | 2307    | 2420    | 2408     | 1881    | 2258    | 2324     | 1415             | 1356             | 1439             | 821      | 820      | 869      | 1811         | 1989         | 2031         |
| West Bengal      | 2730    | 2888    | 2914     | 2807    | 2825    | 2824     | 4081             | 4320             | 4276             | 941      | 1038     | 848      | 2698         | 2823         | 2812         |
| Others           | 2327    | 2089    | 2230     | 3598    | 3583    | 4006     | 1710             | 1707             | 1913             | 1044     | 1018     | 1300     | 2130         | 1963         | 2127         |
| All India        | 2391    | 2400    | 2543     | 2750    | 3034    | 3172     | 1703             | 1579             | 1798             | 728      | 656      | 765      | 2028         | 2042         | 2142         |

* As per 3rd Advance  Estimates. NA: Not available.

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