Lok Sabha Question No. 2669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Cultivable Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2669

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  JULY, 2019

## CULTIVABLE LAND

## 2669. SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

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 agriculture mainly depends on monsoon and if so, the details of area of cultivable land dependent on monsoon, State-wise;

(b) the  details  of  population  engaged  in  agriculture  sector  in  the  country  including Karnataka, State-wise; and

(c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reduce  the  dependency  of  agriculture  on monsoon and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a):      As per publication on Land Use Statistics for 2014-15 (latest available), out of 140.13 million  hectare  (Mha)  of  net  area  sown  in  the  country,  68.38    million  hectare  falls  under irrigated  condition  and  remaining  71.75  Mha  constituting    51.2  % of  the  net area  sown,  are unirrigated  (which may be considered as rainfed). The rainfed agriculture is largely dependent on southwest monsoon and contributes about 40% of the country's food grain production and supports about 2/3 of livestock population. State-wise details of irrigated and un-irrigated area out of the net area sown are at Annex I.

(b):     As  per  the  census,  2011,  conducted  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India,  nearly  263.1 million workers are engaged in agriculture sector.  This includes 118.9 million cultivators and 144.3  million  agricultural  labours.  State-wise  details  of  number  of  agriculture  workers  are placed at Annex II.

(c): Agriculture being a State subject, the State Governments are primarily responsible for the  growth  and  development  of  agriculture  sector,  developing  perspective  plans  for  their respective States and ensuring effective implementation of the  programmes/schemes. However, Government of India supplements the efforts of States, through appropriate policy measures and budgetary support.

Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)  on 1st July, 2015 with the motto of 'Har Khet Ko Paani' for providing end-to end solutions in irrigation supply chain, viz. water sources, distribution network and farm level applications. PMKSY not only focuses on creating sources for assured irrigation, but also creating protective irrigation by harnessing rain water at micro level through 'Jal Sanchay' and 'Jal Sinchan'.  The components of PMKSY are :

- (i) Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme(AIBP)  with the focus on faster completion of ongoing Major and Medium Irrigation projects;
- (ii) Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (HKKP)  which  deals  with  Source  augmentation,  distribution, ground water development, lift irrigation, diversion of water from water plenty to water scarce  areas,  supplementing  rain  water  harvesting,  repair,  restoration,  renovation  of traditional water bodies etc;
- (iii) Per  Drop  More  Crop  which  relates  to  Micro  level  storage  structures,  efficient water conveyance & application, precision irrigation systems etc. and
- (iv) Watershed development which focuses on Ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, water harvesting structure, livelihood support activities and other watershed works.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2669 due for answer on 9/07/19

State-wise details of  Net Area Sown, Net Irrigated Area and Net Un-Irrigated Area in 2014-15 (latest available)

(thousand hectares)

| STATES / UTs             |   Net Area Sown |   Net Irrigated Area |   Net Un-Irrigated Area |
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH           |            6236 |                 2927 |                    3309 |
| ARUNACHALPRADESH         |             225 |                   56 |                     169 |
| ASSAM                    |            2827 |                  296 |                    2532 |
| BIHAR                    |            5278 |                 2987 |                    2291 |
| CHHATTISGARH             |            4681 |                 1466 |                    3215 |
| GOA                      |             129 |                   39 |                      90 |
| GUJARAT                  |           10302 |                 4233 |                    6069 |
| HARYANA                  |            3522 |                 2974 |                     548 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH         |             550 |                  113 |                     437 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR           |             758 |                  331 |                     427 |
| JHARKHAND                |            1385 |                  207 |                    1178 |
| KARNATAKA                |           10044 |                 3589 |                    6455 |
| KERALA                   |            2043 |                  414 |                    1629 |
| MADHYAPRADESH            |           15351 |                 9584 |                    5767 |
| MAHARASHTRA              |           17345 |                 3244 |                   14101 |
| MANIPUR                  |             383 |                   69 |                     314 |
| MEGHALAYA                |             286 |                   81 |                     205 |
| MIZORAM                  |             145 |                   16 |                     129 |
| NAGALAND                 |             384 |                   97 |                     287 |
| ODISHA                   |            4474 |                 1259 |                    3215 |
| PUNJAB                   |            4119 |                 4118 |                       1 |
| RAJASTHAN                |           17521 |                 7882 |                    9640 |
| SIKKIM                   |              77 |                   12 |                      65 |
| TAMILNADU                |            4819 |                 2726 |                    2093 |
| TELANGANA                |            4377 |                 1726 |                    2650 |
| TRIPURA                  |             255 |                   79 |                     177 |
| UTTARAKHAND              |             700 |                  330 |                     370 |
| UTTAR PRADESH            |           16598 |                14389 |                    2209 |
| WEST BENGAL              |            5238 |                 3102 |                    2137 |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |              15 |                    0 |                      15 |
| CHANDIGARH               |               1 |                    0 |                       1 |
| DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       |              19 |                    4 |                      14 |
| DAMAN &DIU               |               3 |                    0 |                       3 |
| DELHI                    |              22 |                   22 |                       0 |
| LAKSHADWEEP              |               2 |                    0 |                       2 |
| PUDUCHERRY               |              16 |                   13 |                       2 |
| ALL INDIA                |          140130 |                68383 |                   71747 |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No.2669 due for answer on 9/07/19

State-wise details of number of workers engaged in Agriculture in 2011 (latest available)

| STATES / UTs       | Cultivators (Main and Marginal)     | Agricultural Labour (Main and Marginal)   | Total Agricultural Wokers           |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH     | 6491522                             | 16967754                                  | 23459276                            |
| ARUNACHALPRADESH   | 302723                              | 36171                                     | 338894                              |
| ASSAM              | 4061627                             | 1845346                                   | 5906973                             |
| BIHAR              | 7196226                             | 18345649                                  | 25541875                            |
| CHHATTISGARH       | 4004796                             | 5091882                                   | 9096678                             |
| GOA                | 31354                               | 26760                                     | 58114                               |
| GUJARAT            | 5447500                             | 6839415                                   | 12286915                            |
| HARYANA            | 2480801                             | 1528133                                   | 4008934                             |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 2062062                             | 175038                                    | 2237100                             |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     | 1245316                             | 547705                                    | 1793021                             |
| JHARKHAND          | 3814832                             | 4436052                                   | 8250884                             |
| KARNATAKA          | 6580649                             | 7155963                                   | 13736612                            |
| KERALA             | 670253                              | 1322850                                   | 1993103                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH     | 9844439                             | 12192267                                  | 22036706                            |
| MAHARASHTRA        | 12569373                            | 13486140                                  | 26055513                            |
| MANIPUR            | 574031                              | 114918                                    | 688949                              |
| MEGHALAYA          | 494675                              | 198364                                    | 693039                              |
| MIZORAM            | 229603                              | 41787                                     | 271390                              |
| NAGALAND           | 537702                              | 62962                                     | 600664                              |
| ODISHA             | 4103989                             | 6739993                                   | 10843982                            |
| PUNJAB             | 1934511                             | 1588455                                   | 3522966                             |
| RAJASTHAN          | 13618870                            | 4939664                                   | 18558534                            |
| SIKKIM             | 117401                              | 25986                                     | 143387                              |
| TAMILNADU          | 4248457                             | 9606547                                   | 13855004                            |
| TELANGANA          | State was constituted in June, 2014 | State was constituted in June, 2014       | State was constituted in June, 2014 |
| TRIPURA            | 295947                              | 353618                                    | 649565                              |
| UTTARAKHAND        | 1580423                             | 403301                                    | 1983724                             |
| UTTAR PRADESH      | 19057888                            | 19939223                                  | 38997111                            |
| WEST BENGAL        | 5116688                             | 10188842                                  | 15305530                            |
| A &N ISLANDS       | 16567                               | 4781                                      | 21348                               |
| CHANDIGARH         | 2578                                | 1687                                      | 4265                                |
| DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 28164                               | 17799                                     | 45963                               |
| DAMAN&DIU          | 2316                                | 772                                       | 3088                                |
| DELHI              | 33398                               | 39475                                     | 72873                               |
| LAKSHADWEEP        | 0                                   | 0                                         | 0                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY         | 12099                               | 68391                                     | 80490                               |
| ALL INDIA          | 118808780                           | 144333690                                 | 263142470                           |

Note 1 : India and Jammu & Kasmir exclude population of those portion of Jammu & Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.

Source: Registrar General  of India.

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