Lok Sabha Question No. 1604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Landless Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1604 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## LANDLESS FARMERS

1604.  SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of landless farmers in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  special  scheme  to  safeguard the interest of landless farmers and labourers;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the time by which the scheme is likely to be formulated by the Government; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): No Specific census/survey of landless farmers has been conducted and as such the exact  number  of  landless  farmers  in  the  country  is  not  available.  However,  State-wise number  of  wholly  leased-in  operational  holdings  as  per  Agriculture  Census  2010-11  is given in the Annexure.
- (b) to (e): Government is providing guaranteed employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act and implementing other developmental programmes to benefit rural people, including farm workers by supplementing their income.

Moreover,  there  are  various  welfare  schemes/programmes  being  implemented  by the  Government  which,  among  others,  aim  to  benefit  landless  farmers  and  agricultural labourers. These include Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), Atal Pension Yojana (APY), Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Integrated Programme of Older Persons (IPOP) and Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY).

## Annexure

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question NO. 1604 due for reply on 02.07.2019.

| S.No.                                      | State/UT                                   | Number of Wholly Leased-in-Operational Holdings ('00 Units)   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                          | Andhra Pradesh                             | 328                                                           |
| 2                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                          | 0                                                             |
| 3                                          | Assam                                      | 4                                                             |
| 4                                          | Bihar                                      | 22                                                            |
| 5                                          | Chhattisgarh                               | 9                                                             |
| 6                                          | Goa                                        | 59                                                            |
| 7                                          | Gujarat                                    | 0                                                             |
| 8                                          | Haryana                                    | Negligible                                                    |
| 9                                          | Himachal Pradeesh                          | 14                                                            |
| 10                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                            | 6                                                             |
| 11                                         | Jharkhand                                  | 7                                                             |
| 12                                         | Karnataka                                  | 0                                                             |
| 13                                         | Kerala                                     | 48                                                            |
| 14                                         | Madhya Pradesh                             | 104                                                           |
| 15                                         | Maharashtra                                | Negligible                                                    |
| 16                                         | Manipur                                    | 50                                                            |
| 17                                         | Meghalaya                                  | 0                                                             |
| 18                                         | Mizoram                                    | 0                                                             |
| 19                                         | Nagaland                                   | 3                                                             |
| 20                                         | Odisha                                     | 2193                                                          |
| 21                                         | Punjab                                     | 19                                                            |
| 22                                         | Rajasthan                                  | 65                                                            |
| 23                                         | Sikkim                                     | 9                                                             |
| 24                                         | Tamil Nadu                                 | 120                                                           |
| 25                                         | Telangana                                  | State created in 2014                                         |
| 26                                         | Tripura                                    | 14                                                            |
| 27                                         | Uttar Pradesh                              | 3036                                                          |
| 28                                         | Uttarakhand                                | 3                                                             |
| 29                                         | West Bengal                                | 1124                                                          |
| 30                                         | A&N Islands                                | Negligible                                                    |
| 31                                         | Chandigarh                                 | 0                                                             |
| 32                                         | D & N Haveli                               | 0                                                             |
| 33                                         | Daman & Diu                                | 0                                                             |
| 34                                         | Delhi                                      | 0                                                             |
| 35                                         | Lakshadweep                                | 0                                                             |
| 36                                         | Puducherry                                 | 2                                                             |
|                                            | All India                                  | 7239*                                                         |
| * Total may not tally due to rounding off. | * Total may not tally due to rounding off. | * Total may not tally due to rounding off.                    |

Source: Agriculture Census 2010-11.

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