Lok Sabha Question No. 40 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Compensation to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, BHARAT SINGH

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 40

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## COMPENSATION TO FARMERS

- *40.     SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

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

- (a) whether in the absence of sufficient number of irrigation projects in various parts of the country, a large part of cultivable land has been left without sowing (Rabi Season), especially in Bundelkhand area in Uttar Pradesh as this area is totally dependent upon rains;
- (b) if so, whether there is any proposal to start a centrally sponsored irrigation project to reduce the dependency of these areas on the rains;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, area, State and project-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to give any compensation to the farmers who were unable to do any sowing in this Rabi Season; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

- (a) to (e):

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 40   DUE FOR REPLY ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019.

(a) to (c): Water Resources Projects are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priority.

As per the Report of the 'Working Group on Major & Medium Irrigation and Command Area Development for the XII Five Year Plan', 326 projects were indicated as ongoing at the end of XI Plan out of which 250 projects were started before 2008.  Out of above mentioned 250  projects,  104  projects  were  included  under  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme (AIBP)  for  Central  Assistance  (CA).  Out  of  these  104  projects,  23  projects  have  been reported  to  be  completed,  19  projects  have  been  reported  by  the  States  to  be  almost complete/closed/taken out of purview of AIBP, etc., one project namely Polavaram Project has  been  declared  as  National  Project  as  per  Andhra  Pradesh  reorganization  Act.The balance 61 projects along with other 38 projects have been prioritized during 2016-17 under Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)-AIBP  for  completion  along  with  their Command  Area  Development  &  Water  Management  (CADWM)  works  in  phases  by December, 2019, in consultation with States.Out of these 99 priority projects, Arjunsahayak project  is  benefitting  Mahoba,  Hamirpur  and  Banda  districts  in  Bundelkhand  area  of  Uttar Pradesh.

(d) & (e): The  Government  is  implementing  flagship  schemes  namely  Pradhan  Mantri Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  and  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance  Scheme (RWBCIS)  from  April,  2016  with  a  view  to  provide  comprehensive  crop  insurance  cover against  non-preventable  natural  risks  at  an  affordable  rate  to  farmers. Under  the  PMFBY scheme, comprehensive risk insurance from pre-sowing to post-harvest is provided to cover yield   loss   to notified     crops in notified areas, due to non-preventable natural risks. On the

-2- other  hand, WBCIS  provide  insurance  protection/claims  to  the  farmers  against  defined adverse  weather  incidence,  such  as  deficit  and  excess  rainfall,  high  or  low  temperature, humidity etc. which are deemed to impact adversely the crop production.

In addition to comprehensive coverage, if insured area is prevented from sowing/planting due to deficit rainfall or adverse seasonal conditions, is also covered under the scheme subject to issuance of notification by the concerned States.

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