Lok Sabha Question No. 6089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-11
Subject: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6089

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  APRIL, 2017

## IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE

## 6089.       SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI:

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

- (a) whether sudden change in weather pattern has resulted in crop damage, poor yield and loss of income to the farmers;
- (b) if  so,  the  total  loss  incurred  by  farmers  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year in each State/UT on this account;
- (c) whether the sudden change of climate has also resulted in heavy rains, deficient rains, drought etc., if so, the regions prone to this abnormal weather patterns affecting agriculture and the farmers; and
- (d) the contingency plan drawn by Government to overcome climate change?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a): As per the Ministry of Earth Science, there is no evidence of change in weather pattern over  the  country.    However,  there  have  been  extreme  weather  events  in  the  recent  past including extended dry periods, floods, hailstorm, cyclonic rains and winds etc., which caused damage to standing crops and ultimately poor yield of crops.
- (b): The State Government primarily assesses the losses incurred to the farmers on account of  crop  damage  and  poor  yield  due  to  extreme  climatic  events  and  submit  memorandum  to Government of India for providing relief to the farmers. The assistance sought by different State Governments    during    the  last  three  years  and  current  year  on  this  account  is  given  at Annexure-I.
- (c): As per the, Ministry of Earth Sciences, analysis of past more than 100 years of data by the  scientist  of  India  Meteorological  Department  and  other  institutions  has  found  significant changes in the rainfall pattern, extreme events etc. Both flood and drought are part of natural climate variability and occurrences of flood or drought in individual years does not depend on climate  change.  However,  due  to  climatic  aberrations,  the  spatial  variability,  intensity  and frequency  of  extreme  events  like  heavy  rainfall  have  increased.  Unseasonal/heavy  rains accompanied with hailstorm, cyclone etc. has affected the following States enlisted below;

| State                                                                                                                                       | Event                           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Odisha, Manipur, Meghalaya and Jharkhand                                                                   | Flood due to Heavy rainfall     |
| Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab                                                                   | Rain accompanied with hailstorm |
| Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala                                                                               | Heavy rain due to cyclone       |
| Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand | Drought                         |

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture  (CRIDA)  has  also  mapped  572  districts  of  the  country  for  their  vulnerability  to extreme events due to climate change.  The vulnerability was assessed high to very high in 230 districts, medium in 114 districts and low to very low in 228 districts.

(d): CRIDA  of  ICAR  has  prepared  district  wise  contingency  plan  for  623  districts.  Under contingency plan, the States are advised to initiate various interventions to minimise the impact of  such extreme climatic events. Besides, to insulate farmers against the loss of  crop due to natural  calamities,  Government  of  India  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana (PMFBY) from Kharif 2016-17.

## Assistance approved from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for Natural Calamities (Drought, hailstorm, pest attack & cold wave/frost) in the States

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.            | Name of State            | Calamity                                      | Assistance sought by the State Government   | Central assistance approved by GOI (under N.D.R.F)   |
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| During - 2013-2014 | During - 2013-2014       | During - 2013-2014                            | During - 2013-2014                          | During - 2013-2014                                   |
| 1.                 | Bihar                    | Drought                                       | 12564.04                                    | 931.87                                               |
| 2.                 | Karnataka                | Drought Hailstorm                             | 778.06 99.12                                | 226.57 82.77                                         |
| 3.                 | Andhra Pradesh           | Drought                                       | 638.09                                      | 254.54                                               |
| 4.                 | Maharashtra              | Hailstorm                                     | 4475.76                                     | 552.88                                               |
| 5.                 | Madhya Pradesh           | Hailstorm                                     | 5723.65                                     | 494.95                                               |
| 6.                 | Uttar Pradesh            | Hailstorm                                     | 500.53                                      | 270.55                                               |
|                    | Total:                   |                                               | 24838.96                                    | 2854.19                                              |
| During - 2014-2015 | During - 2014-2015       | During - 2014-2015                            | During - 2014-2015                          | During - 2014-2015                                   |
| 1.                 | Haryana                  | Drought Hailstorm                             | 4829.25 1925.97                             | 168.87 369.09                                        |
| 2.                 | Karnataka                | Drought Hailstorm Drought Hailstorm           | 779.20 151.28                               | 200.85 105.33 777.34                                 |
| 3.                 | Uttar Pradesh            | Drought                                       | 4819.49 7573.70 6013.28                     | 2801.59 1962.99                                      |
| 4.                 | Maharashtra              |                                               |                                             |                                                      |
| 5.                 | Andhra Pradesh           | Drought                                       | 1532.00                                     | 237.51                                               |
| 6.                 | Rajasthan                | Hailstorm                                     | 11885.45                                    | 1447.73                                              |
| 7.                 | Bihar                    | Hailstorm                                     | 2041.10                                     | 791.42                                               |
| 8.                 | Telangana                | Hailstorm                                     | 117.59                                      | 83.744                                               |
| 9.                 | Himachal Pradesh         | Hailstorm                                     | 353.395                                     | 71.534                                               |
|                    | Total:                   |                                               | 42021.71                                    | 9017.998                                             |
| During - 2015-2016 | During - 2015-2016       | During - 2015-2016                            | During - 2015-2016                          | During - 2015-2016                                   |
| 1.                 | Karnataka                | Drought                                       | 3830.84                                     | 1540.20                                              |
| 2.                 | Chhattisgarh             | Drought                                       | 6093.79                                     | 1276.25                                              |
| 3.                 | Madhya Pradesh           | Drought                                       | 5114.53                                     | 2032.68                                              |
| 4.                 | Maharashtra              | Drought-K Drought-K (Supplementary) Drought-R | 4002.82 2017.54                             | 3049.36 589.47                                       |
| 5.                 | Odisha                   | Drought                                       | 2251.66 2344.99                             | 679.54 815.00 791.21                                 |
| 6.                 | Telangana                | Drought                                       | 2601.17                                     |                                                      |
| 7.                 | Uttar Pradesh            | Drought Drought-R                             | 2057.79 1888.35                             | 1304.52 622.76                                       |
| 8.                 | Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand | Drought                                       | 2000.56 2142.78                             | 433.77 336.94                                        |
| 9.                 |                          | Drought                                       | 10537.02                                    | 1193.41                                              |
| 10.                | Rajasthan                | Drought Hailstorm                             | 4372.27                                     | 79.18 70.22                                          |
| 11.                | Uttarakhand              |                                               | 91.97                                       |                                                      |
|                    | Total:                   | Drought-R                                     |                                             |                                                      |
|                    |                          |                                               | 52765.22                                    | 15537.74                                             |
| During - 2016-2017 | During - 2016-2017       | During - 2016-2017                            | During - 2016-2017                          | During - 2016-2017                                   |
| 1.                 | Karnataka                | Drought(K) Drought( R)                        | 4702.54                                     | 1782.44                                              |
| 2.                 | Andhra Pradesh           | Drought(K)                                    | 3310.83 2281.79                             | # 518.93                                             |
| 3.                 | Kerala                   | Drought(K)                                    | 992.5                                       | #                                                    |
| 4.                 | Tamil Nadu               | Drought(K)                                    | 39565.00                                    | 1748.28                                              |
| 5.                 | Rajasthan                | Drought(K)                                    |                                             | #                                                    |
| 6.                 | Puducherry               |                                               | 3660.97 132.35                              | #                                                    |
|                    | Total                    | Drought( R)                                   |                                             | 4049.65                                              |

R:Rabi,   K: Kharif

# Under consideration

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