Lok Sabha Question No. 215 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Chemical Pesticides
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 215

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   3 RD  DECEMBER, 2019

## CHEMICAL PESTICIDES

- *215.     SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI:

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 the consumption/usage of chemical pesticides in the country has increased over the past few years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  farmers  are  using  low  quality  pesticides  due  to  lack  of awareness about the use of pesticides; and
- (d) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

- (a) to (d):

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 215  DUE FOR REPLY ON 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2019.

(a) & (b): State Governments and Union Territories report data related to consumption of pesticide  to  Central  Government.  As  per  the  provided  data,  the  trend  of  consumption  of chemical pesticides has varied from year to year and State to State. Pesticide use depends on several factors like area under cultivation, type of crop, cropping intensity, agro climatic conditions,  soil  condition,  weed,  insect  and  disease  situation  etc.  State-wise  details  of consumption of chemical pesticides (Technical  Grade in MT) during last 5  years may  be seen at Annexure-1.

It  is  pertinent  to  mention  that  during  the  same  period;  the  use  of  bio-pesticides  is showing  increasing  trend  in  the  various  States.  State-wise  details  of  consumption  Biopesticides (Technical  Grade in MT) during last 5 years may be seen at Annexure-2.

(c) & (d):      Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing 'Sub-Mission on Plant Protection  and  Plant  Quarantine'  Scheme,  under  which  Integrated  Pest  Management approach  is  being  promoted  to  educate  the  farmers  about  judicious  use  of  chemical pesticides  and  to  recommend  use as per  the  directions  prescribed  on  the  label  claim  and leaflets.  Integrated  Pest  Management  seeks  to  promote  cultural,  mechanical,  biological methods of pest control and recommends use of chemical pesticides as a measure of last resort.  During the last 5 years (2014-15 to 2019-20), 3730 Farmer Field Schools and 732 HRD  programmes  were  conducted  under  Integrated  Pest  Management  and  1,41,180 farmers, pesticide dealers and officials have been trained.

## Annexure-1

## CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL PESTICIDES IN VARIOUS STATES/UTs DURING 2014-15 to 2018-19

Unit: Metric Ton Technical  Grade

|   S. No. | States/UTs           | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2017-18       | 2018-19       |
|----------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 4050          | 2713          | 2015          | 1738          | 1689          |
|        2 | Bihar                | 787           | 831           | 790           | 840           | 981           |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh         | 1589          | 1625          | 1660          | 1685          | 1398          |
|        4 | Goa                  | 12            | 48            | 22            | 24            | 25            |
|        5 | Gujarat              | 1730          | 1980          | 1713          | 1692          | 1558          |
|        6 | Haryana              | 4070          | 4100          | 4050          | 4025          | 4015          |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh     | 379           | 450           | 341           | 467           | 407           |
|        8 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 1921          | 2251          | 2188          | 2430          | 2459          |
|        9 | Jharkhand            | 650           | 493           | 541           | 619           | 650           |
|       10 | Karnataka            | 1793          | 1434          | 1288          | 1502          | 1458          |
|       11 | Kerala               | 910           | 1123          | 895           | 1067          | 1037          |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh       | 696           | 732           | 694           | 502           | 540           |
|       13 | Maharashtra          | 8663          | 11665         | 13496         | 15568         | 11746         |
|       14 | Orissa               | 1278          | 994           | 1050          | 1633          | 1609          |
|       15 | Punjab               | 5689          | 5743          | 5843          | 5835          | 5543          |
|       16 | Rajasthan            | 2694          | 2475          | 2269          | 2307          | 1280          |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu           | 2096          | 2096          | 2092          | 1929          | 462           |
|       18 | Telangana            | 2806          | 993           | 3436          | 4866          | 4894          |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh        | 9736          | 10457         | 10614         | 10824         | 11116         |
|       20 | Uttarakhand          | 172           | 217           | 198           | 210           | 102           |
|       21 | West Bengal          | 3060          | 3712          | 2624          | 2982          | 3190          |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 18            | 17            | 18            | NR            | 14            |
|       23 | Assam                | 190           | 185           | 306           | 241           | 385           |
|       24 | Manipur              | 31            | 30            | 33            | 27            | NR            |
|       25 | Meghalaya            | 28            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       26 | Mizoram              | 805           | NR            | 9             | NR            | 74            |
|       27 | Nagaland             | 20            | 20            | 20            | 20            | NR            |
|       28 | Sikkim               | Organic State | Organic State | Organic State | Organic State | Organic State |
|       29 | Tripura              | 346           | 293           | 298           | 330           | 349           |
|       30 | Andaman & Nicobar    | 8             | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       31 | Chandigarh           | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       33 | Daman & Diu          | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       34 | Delhi                | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       35 | Lakshadweep          | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            | NR            |
|       36 | Pondicherry          | 42            | 43            | 43            | 43            | 41            |

Source: States/UTs Zonal Conferences on Inputs (Plant Protection) for Kharif & Rabi Seasons.

NR = Not Reported

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## Annexure-2

## CONSUMPTION OF BIO PESTICIDES FORMULATIONS IN VARIOUS STATES DURING 2014-15 to 2018-19

Unit: Metric Ton Technical Grade

|   S. No. | States/UTs           | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 53        | 25        | 9         | 5         | 38        |
|        2 | Bihar                | 252       | 286       | 314       | 320       | 554       |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh         | 284       | 370       | 380       | 405       | 455       |
|        4 | Goa                  | 12        | 14        | 3         | 5         | 6         |
|        5 | Gujarat              | 279       | 273       | 305       | 354       | 306       |
|        6 | Haryana              | 330       | 340       | 380       | 390       | 410       |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh     | 15        | 16        | 2         | 1         | 2         |
|        8 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 0.05      | 0.50      | 1         | 1         | 2         |
|        9 | Jharkhand            | 3         | 7         | 11        | 38        | 60        |
|       10 | Karnataka            | 530       | 505       | 473       | 544       | 520       |
|       11 | Kerala               | 631       | 606       | 662       | 717       | 733       |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh       | 309       | 395       | 1063      | 326       | 767       |
|       13 | Maharashtra          | 486       | 1173      | 1454      | 1271      | 1164      |
|       14 | Orissa               | 267       | 271       | 310       | 310       | 310       |
|       15 | Punjab               | 136       | 138       | 134       | 259       | 174       |
|       16 | Rajasthan            | 157       | 9         | 9         | 10        | 10        |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu           | 286       | 286       | 294       | 630       | 677       |
|       18 | Telangana            | 82        | 94        | 85        | 77        | 102       |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh        | 43        | 46        | 46        | 46        | 48        |
|       20 | Uttarakhand          | 22        | 30        | 31        | 50        | 28        |
|       21 | West Bengal          | 680       | 950       | 838       | 951       | 997       |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh    | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | 18        |
|       23 | Assam                | 130       | 150       | 188       | 217       | 217       |
|       24 | Manipur              | 0.75      | 0.85      | 1         | 1         | NR        |
|       25 | Meghalaya            | 16        | NR        | 24        | 75        | NR        |
|       26 | Mizoram              | NR        | 23        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       27 | Nagaland             | 12        | 12        | 12        | 14        | NR        |
|       28 | Sikkim               | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       29 | Tripura              | 122       | 95        | 146       | 142       | 138       |
|       30 | A& N islands         | 0.70      | 0.88      | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       31 | Chandigarh           | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       33 | Daman & Diu          | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       34 | Delhi                | NR        | NR        | 1         | NR        | NR        |
|       35 | Lakshadweep          | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        | NR        |
|       36 | Pondicherry          | 16        | 33        | 14        | 14        | 10        |

Source: States/UTs Zonal Conferences on Inputs (Plant Protection) for Kharif & Rabi Seasons.

NR = Not Reported