Lok Sabha Question No. 3580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Agricultural Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3580

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   AUGUST, 2017

## AGRICULTURAL LAND

3580.      SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

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

- (a) the quantum of agriculture land for cultivation of crops in the year 1991 in various States and Union Territories of the country along with number of population during that period;
- (b) the names of States and the quantum of land of which land use was changed after the year 1991 in the country;
- (c) the  quantum  of  land  out  of  agricultural  land  which  was  changed  to  commercial  and residential land along with the details; and
- (d) the  quantum  of  land  encroached  and  the  number  from  which  encroachment  was removed along with details?

## 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): As per report on Land Use Statistics and Census of India, the details of State/UTs-wise area under Agricultural Land / Cultivable Land and State/UTs-wise number of population in the country in 1991 are at Annexure-I.
- (b): While  there  is  shift  in  agricultural  land  for  non-agricultural  purposes,  the  details  of agricultural  land  put  to  non-agricultural  uses  are  not  maintained  separately.  However,  as  per report on Land Use Statistics for 2014-15 (latest available), the State-wise details of area under non-agricultural uses in the country during 1991 and 2014-15 are at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d): As per Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, land comes under the purview of State Governments and, therefore, it is for the State Governments to take suitable steps to check diversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes.  However, under the National Policy  for  Farmers  -  2007  (NPF  -2007),  State  Governments  have  been  advised  to  earmark lands with low biological potential such as uncultivable land, land affected by salinity, acidity, etc.,  for  non-agricultural development activities, including industrial and construction activities. National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy - 2007 (NRRP-2007) has also recommended that  as  far  as  possible,  projects  may  be  set  up  on  waste  land,  degraded  land  or  un-irrigated land.  Acquisition of irrigated, multi-cropped agricultural land for non-agricultural uses may be kept  to  the  minimum  and  avoided,  to  the  extent  possible.    Further,  Ministry  of  Rural Development is implementing an Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) for development  of  rainfed/  degraded  areas.    The  IWMP  has  been  converted  to  the  Watershed Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) from the financial year 2015-16.

Further, since land comes under the purview of State Governments, the information on quantum of land encroached and encroachment removed is not maintained.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3580 due for reply on 08.08.2017

Details of State/UTs-wise Agricultural Land and population in the country

| States/UTs                |   Agricultural Land/Cultivable land in 1991-92 (Thousand Hectares) |   Population in 1991 (In thousand) |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh            |                                                              15903 |                              66508 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                267 |                                865 |
| Assam                     |                                                               3228 |                              22414 |
| Bihar                     |                                                              11110 |                              86374 |
| Goa                       |                                                                221 |                               1170 |
| Gujarat                   |                                                              12360 |                              41310 |
| Haryana                   |                                                               3811 |                              16464 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                805 |                               5171 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                               1049 |                               7719 |
| Karnataka                 |                                                              12886 |                              44977 |
| Kerala                    |                                                               2446 |                              29099 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                                                              22812 |                              66181 |
| Maharashtra               |                                                              21686 |                              78937 |
| Manipur                   |                                                                164 |                               1837 |
| Meghalaya                 |                                                               1078 |                               1775 |
| Mizoram                   |                                                                583 |                                690 |
| Nagaland                  |                                                                649 |                               1210 |
| Orissa                    |                                                               8085 |                              31660 |
| Punjab                    |                                                               4364 |                              20282 |
| Rajasthan                 |                                                              25704 |                              44006 |
| Sikkim                    |                                                                114 |                                406 |
| Tamil Nadu                |                                                               8389 |                              55859 |
| Tripura                   |                                                                310 |                               2757 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                                                              20833 |                             139112 |
| West Bengal               |                                                               5926 |                              68078 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                                 77 |                                281 |
| Chandigarh                |                                                                  2 |                                642 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                                                 25 |                                138 |
| Daman & Diu               |                                                                  7 |                                102 |
| Delhi                     |                                                                 70 |                               9421 |
| Lakshadweep               |                                                                  3 |                                 52 |
| Pondicherry               |                                                                 34 |                                808 |
| INDIA                     |                                                             185000 |                             846303 |

Source - 1: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare.

Source-2 : Census of India, Series-1, Paper 2 of 1992- Final Population Totals - Brief Analysis of Primary Census Abstracts.

Note :    The Census was not conducted in J&K in 1991. The figures for J&K are projected population figures for the year 1991.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3580 due for reply on 08.08.2017

State-wise details of Area under non-Agricultural Uses for the years 1991-92 and 2014-15 (latest available)

(thousand hectares)

| States/Uts                | 1991-92                  |   2014-15 |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 2352                     |      2002 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 29                       |        25 |
| ASSAM                     | 914                      |      1271 |
| BIHAR                     | 2127                     |      1712 |
| CHHATTISGARH              | State was formed in 2000 |       741 |
| GOA                       | 20                       |        37 |
| GUJARAT                   | 1121                     |      1171 |
| HARYANA                   | 277                      |       534 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 203                      |       350 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 291                      |       266 |
| JHARKHAND                 | State was formed in 2000 |       706 |
| KARNATAKA                 | 1192                     |      1461 |
| KERALA                    | 301                      |       526 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 2403                     |      2149 |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 1166                     |      1482 |
| MANIPUR                   | 27                       |        26 |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 84                       |       111 |
| MIZORAM                   | 10                       |        69 |
| NAGALAND                  | 28                       |        93 |
| ORISSA                    | 748                      |      1318 |
| PUNJAB                    | 382                      |       430 |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 1638                     |      1940 |
| SIKKIM                    | 97                       |        10 |
| TAMIL NADU                | 1853                     |      2199 |
| TELANGANA                 | State was formed in 2014 |       885 |
| TRIPURA                   | 133                      |       146 |
| UTTARAKHAND               | State was formed in 2000 |       224 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 2473                     |      3046 |
| WEST BENGAL               | 1495                     |      1842 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 15                       |         7 |
| CHANDIGARH                | 8                        |         5 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 3                        |         4 |
| DAMAN & DIU               | 1                        |         0 |
| DELHI                     | 64                       |        75 |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 0                        |         1 |
| PONDICHERRY               | 14                       |        19 |
| ALL INDIA                 | 21465                    |     26883 |

Note:'0' relates to the area below 500 Hectares

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

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