Lok Sabha Question No. 823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Foodgrain Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, ANTO  ANTONY

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.823

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017

## FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION

823.       SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL: SHRI V. ELUMALAI: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment of the agricultural production in the country following a healthy monsoon spell during the year 2016;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  indicating  the  area  under  cultivation  and estimated/actual production of various crops, crop and State-wise;
- (c) whether there has been any shortage of foodgrains in the market during the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether there has been a record increase in the production of foodgrains due to use of high yielding seed varieties and the efforts of agriculture scientists in the country in the recent past; and
- (e) whether various research institutions and Central/State universities of the country have develop a number of drought and water logging resistant varieties of seeds and if so, the details thereof along with the status of their mass cultivation?

## ANSWER

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

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a) & (b): Yes,  Madam.    As  per  first  Advance  Estimate,  the  State-wise  details  of  area coverage and production of major Kharif crops for 2016-17 are given in the Annexure.

The first assessment of area and production of Rabi crops is available with the Second Advance Estimates, normally released around mid-February every year.  As such, presently, the official estimates of area and the production of rabi crops for 2016-17 are not available.

- (c): As per details of projected demand and supply (production) during 2013-14 to 2016-17 given below, the production of food grains has been excess of their projected demand and there is no shortage of foodgrains in the country.

(million tones)

| Year    |   Projected Demand* | Projected Supply (Production)   |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                 246 | 265.04                          |
| 2014-15 |                 249 | 252.02                          |
| 2015-16 |                 253 | 252.22#                         |
| 2016-17 |                 257 | 135.03##                        |

*As per the Report of the Sub-Group of Working Group of Planning Commission for the Twelfth Five   Year Plan (2012-2017) #As per Fourth Advance Estimates for 2015-16 ## As per First Advance Estimates for 2016-17 (Kharif only)

However, the Government has been constantly endeavoring to increase production and productivity  of  all  agricultural  crops  including  foodgrain  in  the  country  through  various  Crop Development Schemes/Programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India  (BGREI),  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Soil Health Card etc.

(d): The systematic efforts of Indian agriculture scientists have resulted in the development of high yielding varieties, tolerant to  biotic and abiotic stress along with improved  package and practices  and  have  contributed  significantly  in  achieving  the  ever  highest  production  of foodgrain i.e.265.04 million tones in 2013-14.

(e): The  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  institutes  and  State  Agricultural Universities have developed a number of drought tolerant varieties in various food grain crops such as rice (9), wheat (19), maize (3), sorghum (3), pearlmillet (11) chickpea (4) and water logging tolerant varieties in rice (21) and maize (4).  These varieties are cultivated by farmers in the respective recommended areas/regions and popularized through frontline demonstrations.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.823 due for reply on 07.02.2017 Area and Production of major agricultural crops for the year 2016-17

| States             | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | ('000 Hectares)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   |
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| States             | Rice              | Coarse Cereals    | Pulses            | Total Foodgrains  | Oilseeds          | Sugarcane         | Cotton            | Jute & Mesta      | Rice                       | Coarse Cereals             | Pulses                     | Total Foodgrains           | Oilseeds                   | Sugarcane                  | Cotton*                    | Jute & Mesta#              |
| Andhra Pradesh     | 1455.0            | 185.0             | 367.0             | 2007.0            | 1015.2            | 103.0             | 449.0             | 6.0               | 4501.8                     | 425.0                      | 196.0                      | 5122.8                     | 553.2                      | 7962.0                     | 1321.0                     | 49.0                       |
| Assam              | 2088.0            | 32.0              | 59.0              | 2179.0            | 20.0              | 29.0              |                   | 75.0              | 3994.0                     | 84.0                       | 38.0                       | 4116.0                     | 14.0                       | 1069.0                     |                            | 810.0                      |
| Bihar              | 2954.4            | 279.3             | 55.3              | 3289.1            | 5.3               | 251.1             |                   | 111.8             | 6083.5                     | 685.3                      | 58.5                       | 6827.3                     | 5.7                        | 14220.8                    |                            | 1454.0                     |
| Chhattisgarh       | 3809.7            | 245.3             | 211.1             | 4266.1            | 204.1             | 35.5              |                   | 1.2               | 6560.3                     | 256.1                      | 89.8                       | 6906.2                     | 141.1                      | 88.7                       |                            | 2.2                        |
| Gujarat            | 772.0             | 622.6             | 698.0             | 2092.6            | 2593.4            | 190.0             | 2400.0            |                   | 1824.0                     | 834.3                      | 567.0                      | 3225.3                     | 4566.6                     | 13216.0                    | 9600.0                     |                            |
| Haryana            | 1313.0            | 629.0             | 80.0              | 2022.0            | 9.0               | 115.0             | 498.0             |                   | 4124.0                     | 1015.0                     | 79.5                       | 5218.5                     | 8.4                        | 8534.0                     | 2094.0                     |                            |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 75.2              | 302.2             | 17.9              | 395.3             | 2.7               | 1.7               |                   |                   | 132.1                      | 661.4                      | 10.9                       | 804.4                      | 1.8                        | 21.1                       |                            |                            |
| Jammu & Kashmir    | 267.8             | 335.5             | 21.2              | 624.4             | 3.4               | 0.2               |                   |                   | 624.3                      | 469.4                      | 12.4                       | 1106.1                     | 1.9                        | 0.0                        |                            |                            |
| Jharkhand          | 1470.0            | 310.5             | 350.3             | 2130.8            | 27.6              | 6.7               |                   |                   | 3342.8                     | 594.5                      | 300.1                      | 4237.4                     | 21.5                       | 464.0                      |                            |                            |
| Karnataka          | 925.0             | 2225.0            | 1640.0            | 4790.0            | 962.0             | 440.0             | 464.0             |                   | 2350.4                     | 5496.0                     | 975.5                      | 8821.9                     | 763.1                      | 33440.0                    | 1444.0                     |                            |
| Kerala             | 156.7             | 0.1               | 0.0               | 156.9             | 0.3               | 0.4               |                   |                   | 450.4                      | 0.1                        | 0.0                        | 450.5                      | 0.4                        | 44.9                       |                            |                            |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 2260.0            | 1948.0            | 2117.0            | 6325.0            | 6113.6            | 75.6              | 599.0             | 8.0               | 3995.7                     | 4165.1                     | 1663.9                     | 9824.7                     | 7757.0                     | 3146.2                     | 2117.0                     | 7.0                        |
| Maharashtra        | 1379.0            | 2375.4            | 2529.0            | 6283.4            | 4190.0            | 633.0             | 3806.0            |                   | 2795.0                     | 3886.3                     | 1725.0                     | 8406.3                     | 5420.6                     | 49665.0                    | 8059.0                     |                            |
| Orissa             | 3796.0            | 183.6             | 727.3             | 4706.9            | 144.9             | 12.5              | 136.0             | 8.3               | 6343.1                     | 268.9                      | 408.3                      | 7020.2                     | 75.5                       | 818.1                      | 496.0                      | 52.5                       |
| Punjab             | 3010.0            | 149.0             | 26.7              | 3185.7            | 26.7              | 100.0             | 256.0             |                   | 12034.0                    | 539.0                      | 23.3                       | 12596.3                    | 41.2                       | 7500.0                     | 1099.0                     |                            |
| Rajasthan          | 164.8             | 5457.1            | 2987.5            | 8609.3            | 2222.3            | 6.3               | 442.0             |                   | 412.9                      | 5910.4                     | 1414.0                     | 7737.3                     | 2815.8                     | 446.7                      | 1586.0                     |                            |
| Tamilnadu          | 1614.0            | 453.2             | 321.5             | 2388.7            | 262.7             | 166.9             | 150.0             |                   | 5063.1                     | 1348.8                     | 195.2                      | 6607.1                     | 569.8                      | 17689.3                    | 494.0                      |                            |
| Telangana          | 659.0             | 596.0             | 435.0             | 1690.0            | 286.6             | 27.0              | 1250.0            |                   | 1829.0                     | 1573.0                     | 183.0                      | 3585.0                     | 280.9                      | 2238.0                     | 3713.0                     |                            |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 5839.8            | 1834.0            | 787.0             | 8460.8            | 582.0             | 2193.0            |                   |                   | 13168.7                    | 3262.8                     | 591.0                      | 17022.5                    | 223.2                      | 135747.0                   |                            |                            |
| Uttarakhand        | 250.0             | 200.0             | 42.0              | 492.0             | 13.0              | 96.0              |                   |                   | 587.5                      | 280.5                      | 36.8                       | 904.8                      | 17.8                       | 5808.0                     |                            |                            |
| West Bengal Others | 4315.0 702.1      | 64.3 241.3        | 69.3 66.9         | 4448.6 1010.3     | 10.5 58.5         | 20.0 14.2         | 50.0              | 530.0 16.0        | 11832.7 1831.0             | 151.6 541.5                | 49.5 80.6                  | 12033.7 2453.1             | 9.1 74.2                   | 2300.0 827.8               | 100.0                      | 7925.0 105.6               |
| All-India          | 39276.4           | 18668.2           | 13609.1           | 71553.7           |                   | 4517.1            | 10500.0           | 756.3             | 93880.2                    | 32448.8                    | 8698.5                     | 135027.5                   | 23362.8                    | 305246.5                   | 32123.0                    | 10405.3                    |
|                    |                   |                   |                   |                   | 18753.8           |                   |                   |                   |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |

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