Lok Sabha Question No. 4084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Agricultural Output Affected by Deficit Rainfall
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4084

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AFFECTED BY DEFICIT RAINFALL

4084.  SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI): DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

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

- (a) whether the cultivation of agriculture production/Rabi crops has been affected in the States including Andhra Pradesh due to deficit rainfall during January and February, 2018 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to save Rabi crops and meet the shortage of agricultural output in the State?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a)  &  (b):          There  was  deficit/deficient  rainfall  during  January  and February,  2018 in most  of  the  States  in  the  country  including  Andhra  Pradesh.  However,  it  has  not impacted the production of Rabi crops during 2017-18.

As per the Second Advance Estimates for 2017-18, the production of foodgrains for  Rabi  season is estimated at 139.02 million tonnes which is higher  by 2.24 million tonnes  than  the  previous  record  production  of  136.78  million  tonnes  during  2016-17. Whereas, the production of Rabi oilseeds has been estimated at 9.52 million tonnes in 2017-18 which is marginally lower by 0.24 million tonnes than the production of  9.76 million  tonnes  during  2016-17.  State-wise  details  of  production  of  foodgrains  and oilseeds  during  rabi  season  of  2016-17  and  2017-18  (as  per  Second  Advance

Estimates) are given at Annexure.

Most  of  the  Rabi  crops  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  are  sown  in  irrigated areas. As such, rainfall during January-February, 2018 has not impacted the standing crops in the State much.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4084 for reply on 20.03.2018

## Production of foodgrains and oilseeds during Rabi Season

| States           | Foodgrains ('000 Tonnes)   | Foodgrains ('000 Tonnes)   | Oilseeds ('000 Tonnes)   | Oilseeds ('000 Tonnes)   |
|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| States           | 2016-17                    | 2017-18*                   | 2016-17                  | 2017-18*                 |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 4801.4                     | 5786.7                     | 229.0                    | 216.0                    |
| Assam            | 1257.9                     | 1304.0                     | 192.3                    | 195.0                    |
| Bihar            | 7816.6                     | 7712.7                     | 120.3                    | 111.5                    |
| Chhattisgarh     | 831.3                      | 555.1                      | 30.5                     | 34.7                     |
| Gujarat          | 3423.0                     | 3641.5                     | 457.0                    | 551.2                    |
| Haryana          | 11668.3                    | 11306.7                    | 957.4                    | 949.0                    |
| Himachal Pradesh | 790.4                      | 790.4                      | 4.7                      | 4.7                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 481.4                      | 511.4                      | 25.1                     | 33.1                     |
| Jharkhand        | 841.5                      | 815.0                      | 223.6                    | 235.4                    |
| Karnataka        | 2077.0                     | 2731.7                     | 214.8                    | 286.7                    |
| Kerala           | 115.1                      | 108.8                      | 0.0                      | 0.0                      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 22918.2                    | 20733.8                    | 998.0                    | 1064.0                   |
| Maharashtra      | 6432.4                     | 4788.0                     | 221.8                    | 119.9                    |
| Orissa           | 995.2                      | 1084.8                     | 62.3                     | 84.3                     |
| Punjab           | 16495.0                    | 16683.8                    | 54.4                     | 56.7                     |
| Rajasthan        | 11365.2                    | 12003.6                    | 3684.4                   | 3227.7                   |
| Tamilnadu        | 763.8                      | 2246.7                     | 284.9                    | 446.9                    |
| Telengana        | 3618.7                     | 4465.0                     | 307.0                    | 265.0                    |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 32233.1                    | 34033.0                    | 879.0                    | 826.0                    |
| Uttarakhand      | 980.0                      | 919.0                      | 11.0                     | 11.0                     |
| West Bengal      | 6015.1                     | 5885.0                     | 685.9                    | 686.6                    |
| Others           | 863.6                      | 915.2                      | 119.0                    | 114.7                    |
| All-India        | 136784.4                   | 139022.0                   | 9762.4                   | 9520.1                   |

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