Lok Sabha Question No. 1323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Horticulture Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1323

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION

1323.    SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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 Horticulture production has exceeded the foodgrain production in the country in the last one-year 2017-18;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details regarding the total Horticulture production and foodgrain production in the country in the last four years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (d) the details regarding the total production of pulses in the country in the last four years, year-wise and State-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in the last four years to double farmers income in the country?

## 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)  & (b): Yes, Madam. Total Horticulture production during 2017-18 (as per 3 rd Advance Estimates) was 306.8 Million Tonnes and total Foodgrain production during 2017-18 (as per 4 th Advance Estimates) was 284.8 Million Tonnes.
- (c): The details regarding the total Horticulture production and Foodgrain production in the country  in  the  last  four  years  for  2014-15,  2015-16,  2016-17  and    2017-18  (Advance Estimates) state-wise, is at Annexure-I and Annexure-II, respectively.
- (d): The details  regarding  total  production  of  Pulses  in  the  country  for  2014-15,  2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Advance Estimates), state-wise, is at Annexure-III.

(e): Envisaging  to  double  the  income  of  farmers  by  2022,  Government  has  been reorienting  the  agriculture  sector  by  emphasizing  on  an  income-centeredness  approach which focuses on achieving high productivity, reduced cost of cultivation and remunerative price on the produce, with a view to earn higher profits from farming.

In this regard, several initiatives inter-alia include:

- (i) Initiating  market  reforms  through  the  State  Governments  by  amending  the agriculture marketing regime.
- (ii) Encouraging contract farming through the State Governments by promulgating of Model Contract Farming Act.
- (iii) 22,000 Gramin Haats are to be upgraded to work as centers of aggregation and for direct purchase of agricultural commodities from the farmers.
- (iv) Launch of eNAM initiative to provide farmers an electronic online trading platform.
- (v) Implementation of flagship scheme of distribution of Soil Health Cards to farmers so  that  the  use  of  fertilizers  can  be  optimized.    So  far  more  than  15  crore  Soil Health Cards have been distributed in two cycles.
- (vi) 'Per  drop  more  crop'  initiative  under  which  drip/sprinkler  irrigation  is  being encouraged for optimal utilization of water.
- (vii)    'Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)' under which organic farming is being promoted.  North East is being developed as organic hub.
- (viii)  A revised farmer friendly 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)' has been launched. The scheme covers various types of risks from pre-sowing to post harvest and the farmers have to pay very nominal premium.
- (ix) Under 'Har Medh Par Ped', agro forestry is being promoted.  With the amendment of Indian Forest Act, 1947 Bamboo grown outside forest area has been removed from the definition of trees and a mission have been launched to promote bamboo plantation.
- (x) Launch of PM-Asha scheme which will ensure MSP to farmers for oilseeds, pulses and copra.
- (xi) Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  is  notified  by  the  Government  for  certain  crops. Giving a major boost for the farmers income, the Government has approved the increase in the MSPs for all Kharif & Rabi crops for 2018-19 season at a level of at least 150 percent of the cost of production.
- (xii)   Bee  keeping  has  been  promoted  under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture  (MIDH)  to  increase  the  productivity  of  crops  through  pollination  and increase the honey production as an additional source of income of farmers.
- (xiii)  Rashtriya  Gokul Mission has been implemented to enhance milk production and productivity  of  bovines  and  to  make  milk  production  more  remunerative  to  the farmers.
- (xiv) National  Livestock  Mission  has  been  implemented  to  increase  productivity  and genetic improvement of livestock.
- (xv)  Foreseeing high potential in fisheries sector, a Blue Revolution with multi dimensional  activities  mainly  focusing  on  fisheries  production,  both  inland  and marine is being implemented.

## Annexure-I

## Statewise Production of  Total Horticulture Crops

## Production in '000 MT

| Sl. No.   | STATE/UTs         |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (3 rd Advance Estimates) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    |  15883.4  |  17534.2  |  24082.9  |                           24897.8  |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |    547.72 |    417.41 |    208.7  |                             210.26 |
| 3         | ASSAM             |   7115.21 |   6481.49 |   5913.97 |                            7060.51 |
| 4         | BIHAR             |  18592.2  |  18757.9  |  18881    |                           18348.3  |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      |   8028.56 |   8820.75 |   9438.52 |                            9802.18 |
| 6         | GUJARAT           |  21590.3  |  23362.3  |  23401.8  |                           23661.9  |
| 7         | HARYANA           |   6164.43 |   7023.98 |   7093.26 |                            7507.59 |
| 8         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |   2403.77 |   2708.81 |   2452.04 |                            2459.21 |
| 9         | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |   3178.33 |   3534.06 |   3683.69 |                            3801.16 |
| 10        | JHARKHAND         |   5257.94 |   4357.61 |   4468.05 |                            4568.59 |
| 11        | KARNATAKA         |  20371.2  |  19570.2  |  21299    |                           20496.9  |
| 12        | KERALA            |   7956.46 |  10047    |   9926.36 |                            9909.12 |
| 13        | MADHYA PRADESH    |  21642.9  |  22777.2  |  26643.7  |                           26769.4  |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA       |  20410.2  |  20159.9  |  21994.3  |                           22634.1  |
| 15        | MANIPUR           |    814.17 |    808.95 |    872.37 |                             830.43 |
| 16        | MEGHALAYA         |   1027.06 |   1014.07 |   1075.93 |                            1009.84 |
| 17        | MIZORAM           |    882.2  |    586.97 |    625.02 |                             622.55 |
| 18        | NAGALAND          |    954.33 |    995.05 |   1069.92 |                            1026.2  |
| 19        | ODISHA            |  12145.1  |  11686.2  |  11800.2  |                           11743.9  |
| 20        | PUNJAB            |   5931.16 |   6221.16 |   6512.22 |                            6958.49 |
| 21        | RAJASTHAN         |   2944.08 |   3921.71 |   4387.99 |                            4936.67 |
| 22        | SIKKIM            |    209.86 |    212.1  |    299.8  |                             338.76 |
| 23        | TAMILNADU         |  19093.4  |  18819.5  |  18148.4  |                           17549.8  |
| 24        | TELANGANA         |   8832.11 |   7976.11 |   3654.87 |                            4876.25 |
| 25        | TRIPURA           |   1680.22 |   1698.56 |   1431.5  |                            1492.25 |
| 26        | UTTAR PRADESH     |  33962.2  |  36827.5  |  38863.4  |                           38480.9  |
| 27        | UTTARAKHAND       |   1955.37 |   1658.72 |   1661.39 |                            1663.56 |
| 28        | WEST BENGAL       |  30398.1  |  27246.2  |  30008.2  |                           32344.4  |
| 29        | OTHERS            |   1014.11 |    962.19 |    744.39 |                             816.75 |
|           | TOTAL             | 280986    | 286188    | 300643    |                          306818    |

## Production of Total Foodgrains

| State/UT          | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| State/UT          | 2014-15                    | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                    | 2017-18*                   |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 10494.1                    | 10633.7                    | 10365.4                    | 12155.2                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 409.0                      | 327.5                      | 343.3                      | #                          |
| Assam             | 5458.8                     | 5358.6                     | 4952.5                     | 5395.0                     |
| Bihar             | 13208.6                    | 14507.9                    | 16530.8                    | 16540.3                    |
| Chhattisgarh      | 7463.1                     | 6654.3                     | 9324.1                     | 5746.4                     |
| Goa               | 128.6                      | 115.3                      | 119.1                      | #                          |
| Gujarat           | 7109.3                     | 6279.3                     | 7422.0                     | 7776.0                     |
| Haryana           | 15235.1                    | 16358.7                    | 17162.7                    | 16574.7                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 1432.0                     | 1615.0                     | 1740.6                     | 1421.1                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 1220.3                     | 1732.6                     | 1618.9                     | 1617.5                     |
| Jharkhand         | 4777.0                     | 4092.1                     | 5664.4                     | 6000.8                     |
| Karnataka         | 12138.0                    | 9924.0                     | 9794.7                     | 11135.5                    |
| Kerala            | 563.8                      | 553.8                      | 439.0                      | 501.5                      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 28687.0                    | 30386.6                    | 33224.4                    | 33450.4                    |
| Maharashtra       | 11311.9                    | 8754.4                     | 15331.6                    | 13727.5                    |
| Manipur           | 429.3                      | 435.7                      | 525.1                      | #                          |
| Meghalaya         | 353.8                      | 357.7                      | 260.1                      | #                          |
| Mizoram           | 75.3                       | 77.4                       | 75.2                       | #                          |
| Nagaland          | 649.6                      | 515.8                      | 536.9                      | #                          |
| Odisha            | 8980.5                     | 6408.1                     | 9061.3                     | 7118.2                     |
| Punjab            | 26698.0                    | 28400.8                    | 28536.9                    | 31711.7                    |
| Rajasthan         | 19621.9                    | 18039.9                    | 19353.6                    | 19601.5                    |
| Sikkim            | 102.2                      | 94.1                       | 101.3                      | #                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 9623.7                     | 11478.5                    | 4141.6                     | 11409.2                    |
| Telangana         | 7114.8                     | 5129.0                     | 8484.6                     | 9410.8                     |
| Tripura           | 761.5                      | 818.3                      | 859.6                      | #                          |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 39594.0                    | 42550.8                    | 49903.4                    | 51252.7                    |
| Uttarakhand       | 1626.0                     | 1746.0                     | 1873.0                     | 1905.0                     |
| West Bengal       | 16531.8                    | 17980.6                    | 17146.3                    | 16877.5                    |
| A & N Islands     | 14.6                       | 14.7                       | 13.3                       | #                          |
| Chandigarh        | 0.0                        | 0.3                        | 0.3                        | #                          |
| D & N Haveli      | 33.2                       | 41.1                       | 38.9                       | #                          |
| Delhi             | 118.1                      | 111.7                      | 111.2                      | #                          |
| Daman & Diu       | 6.3                        | 2.6                        | 2.5                        | #                          |
| Puducherry        | 54.0                       | 44.7                       | 52.8                       | #                          |
| Others            | NA                         | NA                         | NA                         | 3499.8                     |
| All India         | 252025.0                   | 251541.6                   | 275111.7                   | 284828.4                   |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics

NA - Not Applicable # included in others

## Annexure-II

## Production of Total Pulses

|                   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   | Production ('000 tonnes)   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| State/UT          | 2014-15                    | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                    | 2017-18*                   |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 950.0                      | 1229.0                     | 931.0                      | 1224.0                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 14.5                       | 13.0                       | 13.1                       | 111.0                      |
| Assam             | 111.0                      | 107.6                      | 107.5                      | 433.1                      |
| Bihar             | 493.9                      | 420.7                      | 461.7                      | 543.3                      |
| Chhattisgarh      | 738.5                      | 511.9                      | 758.7                      | #                          |
| Goa               | 8.1                        | 0.3                        | 5.9                        | #                          |
| Gujarat           | 574.5                      | 543.6                      | 818.0                      | 926.0                      |
| Haryana           | 56.1                       | 65.7                       | 75.9                       | 55.0                       |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 38.3                       | 40.5                       | 63.3                       | 46.3                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 9.2                        | 9.3                        | 10.3                       | 8.3                        |
| Jharkhand         | 597.1                      | 527.0                      | 806.5                      | 845.0                      |
| Karnataka         | 1390.0                     | 1138.8                     | 1737.9                     | 1855.5                     |
| Kerala            | 1.4                        | 4.3                        | 1.7                        | 2.0                        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 4828.3                     | 5302.5                     | 6291.3                     | 8111.6                     |
| Maharashtra       | 2053.0                     | 1544.7                     | 3768.1                     | 3303.8                     |
| Manipur           | 30.8                       | 29.8                       | 30.3                       | #                          |
| Meghalaya         | 11.3                       | 11.7                       | 11.8                       | #                          |
| Mizoram           | 6.0                        | 5.0                        | 4.8                        | #                          |
| Nagaland          | 42.4                       | 43.1                       | 44.5                       | #                          |
| Odisha            | 439.3                      | 375.1                      | 479.1                      | 420.1                      |
| Punjab            | 41.6                       | 43.5                       | 33.0                       | 27.7                       |
| Rajasthan         | 1951.8                     | 1990.2                     | 3181.2                     | 3386.4                     |
| Sikkim            | 5.8                        | 5.4                        | 5.5                        | #                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 753.2                      | 554.8                      | 427.1                      | 549.7                      |
| Telangana         | 263.0                      | 239.6                      | 536.0                      | 506.0                      |
| Tripura           | 8.4                        | 10.9                       | 23.2                       | #                          |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 1438.7                     | 1164.6                     | 2184.4                     | 2208.0                     |
| Uttarakhand       | 54.6                       | 51.6                       | 53.0                       | 57.0                       |
| West Bengal       | 236.5                      | 334.0                      | 259.5                      | 443.8                      |
| A & N Islands     | 0.9                        | 0.9                        | 0.5                        | #                          |
| D & N Haveli      | 5.2                        | 2.6                        | 5.7                        | #                          |
| Delhi             | 0.0                        | 1.2                        | 0.1                        | #                          |
| Daman & Diu       | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | 0.0                        | #                          |
| Puducherry        | 1.2                        | 0.8                        | 0.6                        | #                          |
| Others            | NA                         | NA                         | NA                         | 171.1                      |
| All India         | 17154.4                    | 16323.5                    | 23130.9                    | 25234.8                    |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics

NA - Not Applicable

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## Annexure-III