Lok Sabha Question No. 3237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Subsidy on Diesel, Seeds and Fertilizers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3237

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH   DECEMBER, 2016

## SUBSIDY ON DIESEL, SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS

## 3237.      SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiatives  to  provide  financial  assistance including subsidy on diesel, seeds and fertilizers to reduce the impact of drought;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give work for 150 days instead of 100 days under MNREGA in such drought affected areas; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  to  various States in this regard during the last one year and the current year, State-wise?

## 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): The  State  Governments  undertake  necessary  relief  measures  in  the  wake  of natural  calamities  including  drought,  with  the  funds  available  in  the  State  Disaster  Response Fund  (SDRF).  Additional  financial  assistance,  over  and  above  SDRF,  is  considered  from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) on the basis of Memorandum received from State Government. Assistance to farmers is provided as per  guidelines on the items and norms of assistance  from  SDRF/  NDRF  dated  8 th April,  2015  of  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  available  at ndmindia.nic.in. Subsidy on diesel and seeds was provided during the Financial Years 2014-15 and 2015-16 in drought affected areas.

Government of India is also implementing yield based Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) which has replaced the National Agricultural  Insurance  Scheme  (NAIS)  &  Modified National  Agricultural  Insurance  Scheme  (MNAIS),  from  Kharif  2016  season.   Comprehensive risk  insurance  is  provided  under  PMFBY  to  cover  yield  loss  due  to  non-preventable  risks including  drought.      On  the  other  hand,  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance  Scheme  (WBCIS) provides insurance protection to the farmers against adverse weather incidence, such as deficit and  excess  rainfall,  high  or  low  temperature,  humidity  etc.  which  are  deemed  to  impact adversely the crop production.

(c) & (d): The Ministry of Rural development provides 50 days of additional employment in notified  areas  of  drought  affected  States  under  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS).    Provision  of  Additional  employment  of  50  days  over  and above 100 days per household under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)  made in the notified drought affected areas of the States during 2015-16 and 2016-17  (as on 29.11.2016) is at Annexure-I.

MGNREGA is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme, hence no  State/Union Territory- wise allocation of fund is made.  Funds for programme implementation are released to the States including drought affected States as per the agreed to Labour Budget and shelf of projects. Funds released under MGNREGS to notified drought affected States during 2015-16 and 2016-17 (As on 29.11.2016) is at Annexure-II.

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3237 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016 'Subsidy on Diesel, Seeds and Fertilizers'

Provision  of  Additional employment of 50 days  over and above 100 days per household under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  has  been  made  in  the following notified drought affected areas.

|         |                | F Y 2015-16                     | F Y 2016-17*                    |
|---------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| SI. No. | State          | No. of districts/ talukas, etc. | No. of districts/ talukas, etc. |
| 1.      | Karnataka      | 136 taluks                      | 62 taluks of 12 districts       |
| 2.      | Chhattisgarh   | 93 tehsils                      | --                              |
| 3.      | Madhya Pradesh | 268 tehsils                     | 268 tehsils of 42 districts     |
| 4.      | Odisha         | 215 blocks                      | --                              |
| 5.      | Andhra Pradesh | 359 mandals                     |                                 |
| 6.      | Uttar Pradesh  | 50 districts                    | 08 districts                    |
| 7.      | Telangana      | 231 mandals                     | --                              |
| 8.      | Maharashtra    | 12183 Gram Panchayats(GPs)      | --                              |
| 9.      | Jharkhand      | All the 24 districts            | --                              |
| 10.     | Rajasthan      | 2900 GPs                        | 14487 villages of 19 districts  |
| 11.     | Uttarakhand    | --                              | 07 districts                    |

*Status as on 29.11.2016

F Y- Financial Year

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## Annexure-II

Funds released under Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to notified drought affected States

## (Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State          | F Y 2015-16 Central fund Release   | F Y 2016-17* Central fund Release   |
|-----------|----------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 307380.33                          | --                                  |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 106341.30                          | --                                  |
| 3         | Jharkhand      | 97879.90                           | --                                  |
| 4         | Karnataka      | 99155.27                           | 149754.84                           |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh | 236732.20                          | 257252.95                           |
| 6         | Maharashtra    | 123834.73                          | --                                  |
| 7         | Odisha         | 147941.05                          | --                                  |
| 8         | Rajasthan      | 269583.23                          | 380382.65                           |
| 9         | Telangana      | 182484.92                          | --                                  |
| 10        | Uttar Pradesh  | 269569.44                          | 274195.21                           |
| 11        | Uttarakhand    | --                                 | 44248.32                            |
|           | Total          | 1840902.37                         | 1105833.97                          |

*Status as on 29.11.2016

F Y- Financial Year