Lok Sabha Question No. 647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Rainfed Area Development Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Anto  Antony

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.647

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## RAINFED AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

647.   SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing a scheme called Rainfed Area Development (RAD) Scheme in the country and if so, the details and the salient  features of the programme;
- (b) whether the Government has any statistics regarding the funds released to various States under RAD Scheme; and
- (c) if so, the details of such funds released to various States, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): Yes  Sir,  Rainfed  Area  Development  (RAD)  Scheme  is  being  implemented  as  a component of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) since the year 2014-15 in the  country.  The  salient  feature of  RAD  is  to  promote  Integrated  Farming  System  (IFS)  for enhancing productivity and minimizing risks associated with climatic variability.

Under  this  system,  crops    are  integrated  with  activities,  such  as,  horticulture, livestock, fisheries, agro-forestry, apiculture, green house, water harvesting and management, vermi  compost  ,  silage  making,  village  level  storage  &  processing  units  undertaken  on  a cluster  basis.      Since  inception  of  the  scheme,  an  area  of  3.85  lakh  ha  has  been  brought under Integrated Farming System.

- (b) & (c):      A sum of Rs. 1121.00 crore have been  released to States since inception to 2018-19.  State-wise  details  are  annexed.    During  2019-20  an  outlay  of  Rs  250  crore  is provided for implementation of Rainfed Area Development scheme in the country.

## Annexure - I

## Annexure to the Lok Sabha USQ No. 647 for reply on 25.06.2019

State-wise details of funds released under Rainfed Area Development (RAD) in the last 5 years.

(Rs. in crores)

| S.No.   | State             |   2014-15 |   2015- 16 |   2016-17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |     13    |      19.5  |     18    |      20    |      17.5  |    88   |
| 2       | Telangana         |     10    |      12.6  |      9.6  |       9    |       4.2  |    45.4 |
| 3       | Bihar             |      5    |       2.5  |      0    |       1.13 |       0.97 |     9.6 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      |     11.44 |       5.5  |      2.4  |       6    |       6.5  |    31.8 |
| 5       | Gujarat           |     22.5  |       5    |      5.46 |       8    |      11.6  |    52.6 |
| 6       | Haryana           |      0    |       1.57 |      0    |       0    |       0    |     1.6 |
| 7       | Jharkhand         |     10    |       6.02 |      7    |       5.6  |       6.71 |    35.3 |
| 8       | Karnataka         |     15    |       5    |      4    |       7.5  |       5.54 |    37   |
| 9       | Kerala            |      5    |       1.5  |      0    |       0.78 |       0    |     7.3 |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh    |     24.98 |      11    |      0    |       2    |       0    |    38   |
| 11      | Maharashtra       |     40    |      25    |     26.63 |      17.5  |      25    |   134.1 |
| 12      | Odisha            |     13    |      15.27 |     18.35 |      13.48 |      20.93 |    81   |
| 13      | Rajasthan         |     25    |       0    |      0    |       0    |       0    |    25   |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu        |     30    |      31.83 |     33.5  |      40    |      35.5  |   170.8 |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh     |     20    |      11.82 |     16.43 |      20    |      25.08 |    93.3 |
| 16      | West Bengal       |      5    |       6    |     10.51 |       9.92 |       8    |    39.4 |
| 17      | Himachal Pradesh  |      7.58 |       7    |      6.83 |       7.3  |       8    |    36.7 |
| 18      | Jammu & Kashmir   |      2.5  |       1    |      0    |       0.5  |       1    |     5   |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       |      7    |       7    |      8    |       6.45 |       8    |    36.5 |
| 20      | Assam             |      3    |       0    |      0    |       0.69 |       0    |     3.7 |
| 21      | Arunachal Pradesh |      4.73 |       3    |      4    |       0    |       1.2  |    12.9 |
| 22      | Manipur           |      5    |       3.5  |      4.25 |       1.38 |       0    |    14.1 |
| 23      | Meghalaya         |      4.84 |       1.5  |      1.5  |       1.95 |       3.99 |    13.8 |
| 24      | Mizoram           |      4.88 |       3    |      6.53 |       9.5  |       7    |    30.9 |
| 25      | Nagaland          |      5.46 |       6    |      9    |      11    |       9    |    40.5 |
| 26      | Sikkim            |      4.6  |       1.04 |      3    |       1    |       2.4  |    12   |
| 27      | Tripura           |      4.5  |       3.5  |      5.2  |       5.32 |       6    |    24.5 |
|         | Total             |    304    |     196.65 |    200.19 |     205.99 |     214.12 |  1121   |

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