Lok Sabha Question No. 374 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Agro-Climatic Zones
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 374 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/03/2017

## AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES

## *374. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  different  agro-climatic  zones  in  the  country  and  the  crops cultivated in such areas;
- (b) the  details  of  crops  requiring  more  water  and  those  requiring  less  water, separately;
- (c) the land area in hectares dependent upon rainfall and those irrigated through ground water sources like wells, tube-wells, canals and tanks separately;
- (d) the allocation made and funds utilized so far for irrigation by various States during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to educate the farmers to conserve water and grow crops as per the availability of water in the respective regions, and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e)

:

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 374 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/03/2017 REGARDING 'AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES'

(a) The Planning Commission has grouped the country into 15 agro-climatic zones, based on agro-climatic features, particularly soil type, climate including temperature and rainfall.  The  agro-climatic  classification  attempted  by  the  Planning  Commission  is primarily for developmental purpose. The details of different agro-climatic zones in the country and the crops cultivated in such areas is given in Annexure -I .

(b) The  details  of  crops  requiring  more  water  and  those  requiring  less  water  is provided in Annexure-II .

(c) As  per  latest  information  available  (2013-14),  out  of  net  sown  area  of  141.4 million  ha  in  the  country,  only  68.1  million  ha  area  is  irrigated  and  remaining  73.3 million ha area is rainfed. The major sources of irrigation used in the country includes canals in 16.28 million ha, tanks in 1.84 million ha, wells in 42.44 million ha and other sources in 7.54 million ha area.

(d) The Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD & GR) provides financial assistance to the State Governments to encourage sustainable  development  and  efficient  management  of  water  resources  through  various schemes  such  as  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP)  under  Pradhan Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY).  Under  AIBP,  the  MoWR-RD&GR  has released  Rs.  2048.45  crores  in  2013-14,  Rs.  1901.67  crores  in  2014-15,  Rs.  2327.82 crores in 2015-16, and Rs. 2969.26 crores in 2016-17 to different states. The details of fund released to different states are given in Annexure-III .

Similarly, under Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY, Rs 1556.73 crores during  2015-16  and  Rs  1975.68  crores  during  2016-17  have  been  released  to  different states. Details of state wise fund released under Per Drop More Crop component is given in Annexure-IV .

(e) Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  through  its  research  institutes, Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  and  All  India  Co-ordinated  Research  Programme  on Irrigation Water Management located across different agro-climatic zones of the country is  educating  farmers  through  training  and  demonstrations  on  location  specific  water conservation techniques, judicious use of water and growing crops as per the availability of water.

Furthermore, the National Water Mission (NWM) is conducting Human Resource Development  and  Capacity  Building,  training  and  mass  awareness  programmes  under Goal-II  for  various  stakeholders  including  representatives  of  Water  Users  Associations (WUA).  NWM has organised 51 trainings/mass awareness programmes for about 3600 persons  during  2015-16  and  23  trainings/mass  awareness  programmes  for  about  800 persons  during  2016-17  on  water  conservation  and  water  use  efficiency.  NWM  has organized one National Convention of Water User Associations (WUAs) on Participatory Irrigation  Management  (PIM)  and  three  Regional  Conventions  covering  WUAs  and officials  from    Northern  (States  of  J&K,  HP,  Uttarakhand,  Punjab,  Rajasthan  and Haryana),  Western  (Maharashtra,  M.P.,  Gujarat,  Chhattisgarh  and  Goa)  and  Southern (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala) regions  to identify the problems  being  faced  by  WUAs  with  the  overall  objective  of  water  conservation, increasing water use efficiency in irrigation.

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## Description of agro-climatic zones and their major cultivated crops

| Zone No.   | Name of zone                      | States                                                                                                                            | Crops cultivated                                                                | Crops cultivated                                             |
|------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|            |                                   |                                                                                                                                   | Kharif                                                                          | Rabi                                                         |
| 1.         | Western Himalayan Region          | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand                                                                                 | Rice, maize, sorghum, tomato, brinjal                                           | Wheat, rapeseed potato, barley, cauliflower, cabbage         |
| 2.         | Eastern Himalayan Region          | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal (3 districts)                       | Rice, maize, jute, finger millet                                                | Wheat, potato, rapeseed                                      |
| 3.         | Lower- Gangetic Plains Region     | West Bengal (15 districts)                                                                                                        | Rice, jute                                                                      | Potato, mustard, wheat, groundnut                            |
| 4.         | Middle- Gangetic Plains Region    | Eastern Uttar Pradesh (23 districts), Bihar (37 districts)                                                                        | Rice, maize, pigeon pea, mung bean                                              | Wheat, gram, lentil, green pea, sesamum, groundnut           |
| 5.         | Upper- Gangetic Plains region     | Western and Central Uttar Pradesh (40 districts)                                                                                  | Rice, maize, pigeon pea, sorghum, pearlmillet, mung bean, groundnut, sugarcane* | Wheat, gram, rapeseed and mustard, lentil, potato, green pea |
| 6.         | Trans- Gangetic Plains Region     | Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan (Ganganagar district)                                                               | Rice, maize, pearl millet, cotton, sugarcane*                                   | Wheat, rapeseed and mustard, gram,                           |
| 7.         | Eastern- Plateau and Hills Region | Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh (3 districts), Maharashtra (4 districts), Orissa (15 districts), West Bengal (1 district) | Rice, pigeon pea, jute, maize, groundnut, fingermillet                          | Gram, mung bean, urdbean, sorghum, sesame, sunflower,        |
| 8.         | Central- Plateau and Hills Region | Madhya Pradesh (31 districts), Rajasthan (20 districts), Uttar Pradesh (7 districts)                                              | Sorghum, rice, pearlmillet, soybean, Tomato                                     | Wheat, gram, potato, okra, rapeseed                          |
| 9.         | Western- Plateau and Hills Region | Madhya Pradesh (14 districts), Maharashtra (25 districts)                                                                         | Sorghum, pearlmillet, cotton, soybean, maize,                                   | Wheat, gram, potato                                          |

| Zone No.   | Name of zone                        | States                                                                                      | Crops cultivated                                                                                         | Crops cultivated                           |
|------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|            |                                     |                                                                                             | Kharif                                                                                                   | Rabi                                       |
| 10.        | Southern- Plateau and Hills Region  | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (4districts), Karnataka (21 districts) ,Tamil Nadu (13 districts) | Sorghum, rice, pearlmillet, ragi, groundnut, maize, cotton, castor, turmeric*                            | Wheat, maize, gram                         |
| 11.        | East-Coast Plains and Hills Region  | Andhra Pradesh (9 districts), Orissa (15 districts), Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu (15 districts) | Rice, sorghum, maize, groundnut, , fingermillet, cotton, sugarcane*                                      | Mungbean, rice, urdbean, potato, gram      |
| 12.        | West- Coast Plains and Ghats Region | Goa, Karnataka (6 districts), Kerala, Maharashtra (6 districts), Tamil Nadu.                | Rice, fingermillet, cotton, coconut*, turmeric*, ginger*, tea*, Tapioca*, cashewnut*, arecanut*, banana* | Maize, mungbean, urdbean, cowpea           |
| 13.        | Gujarat- Plains and Hills Region    | Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu                                                   | Cotton, groundnut, rice, pearlmillet, castor, pigeon pea                                                 | Sesamum, rapeseed and mustard, cauliflower |
| 14.        | Western Dry Region                  | Rajasthan (9 districts)                                                                     | Pearlmillet                                                                                              | Wheat, rapeseed and mustard, ram           |
| 15.        | Islands Region                      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep                                                      | Rice                                                                                                     | Coconut*, arecanut*, oilpalm*              |

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The details of crops requiring more and less water.

| Crops requiring more water                                          | Crops requiring less water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| The crops requiring more water includes rice, sugarcane and banana. | The less water requiring crops includes greengram, cowpea, blackgram, horsegram, bengalgram, green pea, moth bean, cluster bean, lentil, sunflower, safflower, sesamum, groundnut, castor, linseed, maize, sorghum, peal millet, finger millet, foxtail millets, barley, oats, wheat, water melon, okra, datepalm, ber, pomegranate, amla, citrus species (sweet orange, acid lime), and guava etc.. |

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| CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   | CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   | CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   | CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   | CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   | CENTRAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED UNDER AIBP DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (Rs. in Crore)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| States                                                                                           | States                                                                                           | 2013-14                                                                                          | 2014-15                                                                                          | 2015-16                                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                | Assam                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                             | 89.22                                                                                            | 107.92                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                | Bihar                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                             | 41.51                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                                     | 37.53                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                          | 607.57                                                                                           | 1033.94                                                                                          | 128.00                                                                                           | 961.88                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                   | 13.85                                                                                            | 14.21                                                                                            | 34.31                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                             | 281.62                                                                                           | 145.75                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                        | 199.84                                                                                           | 150.82                                                                                           | 208.16                                                                                           | 131.34                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                   | 314.41                                                                                           | 96.01                                                                                            | 188.21                                                                                           | 265.85                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                      | 279.52                                                                                           | 32.00                                                                                            | 307.81                                                                                           | 361.33                                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                               | Manipur                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                             | 82.68                                                                                            | 142.38                                                                                           | 89.25                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                               | Odisha                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                             | 19.98                                                                                            | 173.80                                                                                           | 308.29                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                               | Punjab                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                             | 1.05                                                                                             | 47.17                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                             | 9.49                                                                                             | 45.51                                                                                            | 45.90                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                             | 65.33                                                                                            | 112.50                                                                                           | 538.87                                                                                           |
| 15                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                    | 595.73                                                                                           | 307.99                                                                                           | 555.04                                                                                           | 73.63                                                                                            |
|                                                                                                  |                                                                                                  | 2048.45                                                                                          | 1901.67                                                                                          | 2327.82                                                                                          | 2969.26                                                                                          |

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## Annexure-IV

## [Part (d) to Lok Sabha SQ No.374 for 28/03/2017]

| S.No.   | State             |   PMKSY, ( Rs. in Crore) 2015-16* |   2016-17* |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            206.47 |     295    |
| 2       | Bihar             |                             28.6  |      21.6  |
| 3       | Chattisgarh       |                             20.3  |      44.8  |
| 4       | Goa               |                              0.3  |       0.8  |
| 5       | Gujarat           |                            213.05 |     274    |
| 6       | Haryana           |                             34.97 |      27    |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  |                              7.6  |       8.5  |
| 8       | Jharkhand         |                             14.97 |      30.7  |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                              4.87 |       5.4  |
| 10      | Karnataka         |                            213.12 |     229    |
| 11      | Kerala            |                              8.53 |       0    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    |                            161.74 |     121.1  |
| 13      | Maharashtra       |                            107.26 |     305.7  |
| 14      | Odisha            |                             28.7  |      39.7  |
| 15      | Punjab            |                             43    |       1.18 |
| 16      | Rajasthan         |                            142.84 |     129    |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        |                            129.78 |     143.5  |
| 18      | Telangana         |                            111.32 |     189    |
| 19      | Uttrakhand        |                              9.6  |      15    |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             37.51 |      41.4  |
| 21      | West Bengal       |                              4.8  |      19.9  |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh |                              2.6  |       2    |
| 23      | Assam             |                              5.03 |      11    |
| 24      | Manipur           |                              2.76 |       3.6  |
| 25      | Meghalaya         |                              1.43 |       0    |
| 26      | Mizoram           |                              3.27 |       6.3  |
| 27      | Nagaland          |                              2.34 |       4.5  |
| 28      | Sikkim            |                              4.86 |       5.4  |
| 29      | Tripura           |                              1.55 |       0    |
| 30      | A&N Islands       |                              0.2  |       0    |
| 31      | Puducherry        |                              2.03 |       0    |
|         | NCPAH (TSG)/ HQ   |                              1.35 |       0.6  |
|         | Grand Total       |                           1556.73 |    1975.68 |

Note:

The RE for 2015-16 was Rs. 1550.00 Cr

The RE for 2016-17 is Rs. 1990.00 Cr

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