Lok Sabha Question No. 2508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2508

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR FARMERS

2508. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  as  per  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,  protests  and  violent  incidents  have increased  due  to  agricultural  crisis  and  according  to  experts,  atmosphere  of  disappointment has been emerged among farmers in the absence of irrigation facilities, prevalence of drought and due to  non-obtaining  of  remunerative  prices  for  their  produce,  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;

(b)  whether the Government has assured the farmers to double their income in five years;

(c)   if so, the increase made in farmers income during the last three years along with the road map drawn by the Government to tackle existing agricultural crisis;

(d)  the number of agricultural fields in which irrigation facility has been made available by the Government;

(e)  the funds allocated to farmers by the Government under the Crop Insurance Scheme, so far; and

- (f)   whether  the  Government  proposes  to  waive  off  the  agricultural  loans,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): As  reported  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  no  specific  information  is available  with  them.  NCRB  has  as  provided  the  State/  UT-wise  cases  registered,  persons arrested,  cases  charge  sheeted,  persons    charge  sheeted,  cases  convicted  and  persons convicted  under  rioting  due  to  agrarian  disputes  in  the  country  during  2014-2016  as  per Annexure. Data on agrarian  riots  may  include  rioting  due  to  land  disputes,  water  and  crop disputes between agriculture labourers/ farmers.

(b) & (c): The Central Government is working expeditiously to achieve the target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022. For this purpose, the Government has constituted a Committee on  13.04.2016  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Chief  Executive  Officer,  National  Rainfed  Area Authority,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare  to  examine  issues relating  to  doubling  of  farmers'  income  by  the  year  2022.  As  of  now,  six  Volumes of  the  draft Reports  prepared  by  the  Committee  have  been  uploaded  on  the  website  of  this  Department (http://agricoop.nic.in/doubling-farmers) for seeking public opinion.

Parallelly    the  Committee has been making various suggestions for consideration of the Government.  The  Government  is  aiming  to  reorient  agriculture  sector  by  focusing  on  income centeredness in addition to pure production- centeredness. In order to realise net positive returns for the farmer, schemes as follows, are being promoted and implemented in a major way, viz:Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme; Neem Coated Urea (NCU); Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  (PMKSY);    Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY);  National  Agriculture  Market scheme (e-NAM); Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY); National Food Security Mission (NFSM);  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH);  National  Mission  on Oilseeds & Oilpalm (NMOOP) etc.

(d): A total of 68385 thousand hectares area has been irrigated in country.

(e): As sum of Rs. 9000.75 crore has been allocated under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during the current financial year.

(f): No, Madam.

Annexure-I State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Agrarian Riots during 2014-2016

| SL                | State/UT          | 2014    | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014    | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016      | 2016   | 2016   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|
| SL                | State/UT          | CR      | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS PCV | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR       | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 7      | 3      | 1      | 150    | 118    | 8      | 5      | 1      | 0      | 38        | 6      | 0      |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 3                 | Assam             | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 243 133 | 0      | 995    | 867    | 0       | 1156   | 718    | 30     | 2412   | 1807   | 163    | 2342   | 1669   | 61     | 5879      | 3944   | 97     |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 7       | 7 0    | 42     | 42     | 0       | 17     | 16     | 0      | 156    | 156    | 0      | 22     | 22     | 2      | 153       | 144    | 17     |
| 6                 | Goa               | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 7                 | Gujarat           | 60      | 57 0   | 437    | 437    | 0       | 126    | 105    | 0      | 809    | 772    | 0      | 123    | 120    | 0      | 755       | 673    | 0      |
| 8                 | Haryana           | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0         | 5      | 0      |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 10                | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 6      | 6      | 0      | 42     | 42     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 11                | Jharkhand         | 6       | 6 2    | 13     | 13     | 4       | 303    | 70     | 1      | 282    | 87     | 8      | 197    | 187    | 6      | 340       | 187    | 6      |
| 12                | Karnataka         | 73 40   | 0      | 256    | 210    | 0       | 52     | 61     | 0      | 84     | 100    | 0      | 231    | 123    | 1      | 549       | 405    | 4      |
| 13                | Kerala            | 0       | 0 4    | 0      | 0      | 21      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 21 21   | 4      | 164    | 164    | 47      | 28     | 26     | 7      | 186    | 186    | 47     | 38     | 34     | 2      | 262       | 261    | 6      |
| 15                | Maharashtra       | 58      | 66 2   | 472    | 542    | 14      | 85     | 81     | 0      | 515    | 608    | 0      | 57     | 58     | 3      | 382       | 328    | 24     |
| 16                | Manipur           | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 17                | Meghalaya         | 0       | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 18                | Mizoram           | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 19                | Nagaland          | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 20                | Odisha            | 21      | 16 0   | 63     | 63     | 0       | 10     | 10     | 0      | 57     | 57     | 0      | 14     | 17     | 0      | 66        | 61     | 0      |
| 21                | Punjab            | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | 38      | 33 29  | 181    | 181    | 170     | 27     | 8      | 9      | 39     | 39     | 40     | 21     | 15     | 8      | 55        | 55     | 84     |
| 23                | Sikkim            | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 24 Tamil Nadu     | 0                 | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 92     | 50     | 15     | 108    | 58     | 19     | 72     | 59     | 0      | 365       | 122    | 0      |
| 25                | Telangana         | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 2      | 1      | 0      | 10     | 5      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 21        | 21     | 0      |
| 26 Tripura        |                   | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 92      | 76 2   | 819    | 645    | 21      | 752    | 483    | 11     | 5482   | 3518   | 76     | 1709   | 1400   | 22     | 13853     | 10563  | 684    |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | 2       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 29 West           | Bengal            | 7       | 27 0   | 98     | 79     | 0       | 19     | 27     | 0      | 16     | 28     | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2         | 2      | 0      |
| TOTAL             | STATE(S)          | 628     | 482 43 | 3540   | 3243   | 277     | 2683   | 1665   | 74     | 10353  | 7581   | 361    | 4837   | 3710   | 105    | 22720     | 16777  | 922    |
| 30 A & N Islands  |                   | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0    |           | 0      | 0      |
| 31 Chandigarh     | 0                 |         | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0 0    | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 34                | Delhi UT          | 0       | 0      |        |        |         |        | 0      |        | 0      |        |        |        |        |        |           |        | 0      |
|                   |                   | 0 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0    |        | 0 0       | 0      |        |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | 0       |        | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      | 0      |
| 36                | Puducherry        | 0       | 0 0 0  | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0 0    | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0         | 0      | 0 0    |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)       | 0       | 0 482  | 43     | 0      | 0 0     |        | 0      |        | 10353  | 0      | 0      | 0      |        |        | 0         | 0      | 922    |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                   | 628     |        | 3540   | 3243   | 277     | 2683   | 1665   | 74     |        | 7581   | 361    | 4837   | 3710   |        | 105 22720 | 16777  |        |

Source: Crime in India

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