Lok Sabha Question No. 4959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Agricultural Welfare Schemes
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4959

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## AGRICULTURAL  WELFARE  SCHEMES

4959.  SHRI  ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  efforts  made  and  under  consideration  of  the  Government  for  the implementation  of  the recommendations  of  the Ashok  Dalvai Committee;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is considering/working  on  any  scheme  to assist Haryana to check  the  depleting  ground  water  level  of  the  agricultural  land  in  the  State    particularly    in Rohtak  and  Jhajjar districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is making any specific efforts for setting up of any grievances redressal  cell  for  redressal of complaints of farmers who could not get proper  compensation or    got    less    amount  of  compensation  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  due  to certain reasons and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the farmers have availed the benefit of Rupees 6,000 per annum to be provided to them under the agricultural welfare scheme announced by the Prime Minister and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if  not,  the  effective  measures proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a): The Government had constituted an Inter-ministerial Committee in April, 2016 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Ashok Dalwai to examine issues relating to 'Doubling of Farmers Income' and recommend strategies to achieve the same.  The Committee has submitted its Report to the Government in September, 2018. An Empowered Body has also been set up to monitor and review  the  progress  against  the  recommendations.  The  Committee  on  Doubling  Farmers' Income (DFI) recognises agriculture as a value led enterprise and has identified seven major sources of growth, viz., improvement in crop productivity; improvement in livestock productivity; resource use efficiency or savings in the cost of production; increase in the cropping intensity; diversification  towards  high value crops; improvement in real prices received by farmers; and shift from farm to non-farm occupations. Several initiatives have already been rolled out on the recommendations  of  DFI  Committee.  All  programmes  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare are aligned to achieving these recommendations.

(b): Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conservation and artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States' responsibility.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) - Per Drop More Crop is implemented in all States including Haryana to focus on water use efficiency at farm level through precision/Micro  Irrigation  technologies,  viz;  drip  and  sprinkler  irrigation  systemes.  Besides promoting precision irrigation and better on-farm water management practices to optimize the use of available water resources, the scheme also supports micro level water storage or water conservation/management activities to supplement source creation. An area of 30,101 hactor has been covered under Micro Irrigation in Haryana including Rohtak (145 ha) and Jhajjar (439 ha) during 2015-16 to 2018-19.

A  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan-  a  campaign  for  water  conservation  and  water  security  which includes  81  blocks  of  19  Districts  in  Haryana  has  been  launched  throughout  the  country. Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  is  participating  for  increasing  awareness  about micro irrigation, changing cropping pattern, promotion of alternate crops, mechanization, among others for more production with less water.

(c): With a view to ensure better transparency, accountability,  timely payment of claims to the farmers and to make the scheme more farmer friendly, Government has comprehensively revised the Operational Guidelines of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) which have  become  effective  from  Rabi  2018-19.    These  revised  guidelines  interalia  provides stratified  grievance  redressal  mechanism  viz.  District  Level  Grievance  Redressal  Committee (DGRC),  State  Level  Grievance  Redressal  Committee  (SGRC)  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

(d) & (e): With  a  view  to  provide  income  support  to  all  Small  and  Marginal  landholder farmers'  families  across  the  country,  to  enable  them  to  take  care  of  expenses  related  to agriculture  and  allied  activities  as  well  as  domestic  needs,  the  Central  Government  started  a new Central  Sector  Scheme,  namely,  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAmman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN) The Scheme aims to provide a payment of Rs.6000/- per year, in three 4-monthly instalments of Rs.2000/-, to the farmers' families with cultivable land holding upto 2 hectare, subject to certain exclusions  relating  to  higher  income  groups.  The  ambit  of  the  Scheme  is  now  expanded  to cover all farmers in the country.

As  on  15.07.2019,  First  instalment  for  the  4-monthly  trimester  of  December  2018  to March  2019  was  released  to  4,14,53,071  beneficiaries  and  the  Second  instalment  for  the trimester of April to July, 2019 has been released to 3,17,79,287 beneficiaries.

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