Lok Sabha Question No. 628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Sowing of Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.628

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH   DECEMBER, 2017

## SOWING OF CROPS

628.   SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

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

- (a) whether it  is  a  fact  that  despite  rain,  lack  of  water  in  reserviors  is  affecting  sowing  of crops in Andhra Pradesh and other States in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the reasons for such a situation; and
- (c) the corrective steps being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): The sowing of rabi crops fluctuates due to various reasons like, available soil moisture, time of harvesting of kharif crops, farmers preference to a particular crops and availability of irrigation  water  etc.    The  area  coverage  under  rabi  crops  in  the    country  including  Andhra Pradesh as on 15/12/2017 vis-à-vis  rabi 2016-17 is as under;

(Area in lakh ha)

| State          |   Area sown as on 15/12/2017 |   2016-17 |   %change (+/-) |
|----------------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                        10.83 |      6.62 |              63 |
| All India      |                       514.22 |    509.12 |               1 |

- (b) & (c): The State -wise sowing of rabi crops as on 15/12/2017 vis-à-vis rabi 2016-17 is at Annexure.

The sowing of rabi crops is continue in various States.

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 628 due for 19.12.2017

| Sl.No.   | States                  | Area Sown as on 15.12.2017 (Area in lakh ha)   | Area Sown as on 15.12.2017 (Area in lakh ha)   |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | States                  | 2017-18 (Current Year)                         | 2016-17 (Last Year)                            |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh          | 10.83                                          | 6.62                                           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 0.16                                           | 0.39                                           |
| 3        | Assam                   | 3.67                                           | 3.53                                           |
| 4        | Bihar                   | 25.45                                          | 25.13                                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | 7.74                                           | 7.40                                           |
| 6        | Gujarat                 | 14.68                                          | 11.38                                          |
| 7        | Haryana                 | 29.60                                          | 30.47                                          |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh        | 3.14                                           | 3.22                                           |
| 9        | Jharkhand               | 5.85                                           | 2.43                                           |
| 10       | J&K                     | 1.28                                           | 1.57                                           |
| 11       | Karnataka               | 30.49                                          | 22.76                                          |
| 12       | Kerala                  | 0.58                                           | 0.53                                           |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh          | 91.81                                          | 87.77                                          |
| 14       | Maharashtra             | 39.35                                          | 46.69                                          |
| 15       | Odisha                  | 5.55                                           | 7.06                                           |
| 16       | Punjab                  | 34.45                                          | 34.77                                          |
| 17       | Rajasthan               | 64.64                                          | 73.70                                          |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu              | 17.33                                          | 14.18                                          |
| 19       | Telangana               | 3.31                                           | 3.65                                           |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh           | 112.17                                         | 113.05                                         |
| 21       | Uttarkhand              | 3.68                                           | 3.75                                           |
| 22       | West Bengal             | 7.67                                           | 8.51                                           |
| 23       | Total (22 major states) | 513.44                                         | 508.57                                         |
|          | All - India             | 514.22                                         | 509.12                                         |

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