Lok Sabha Question No. 373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Agrarian Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Chandra Prakash Choudhary

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.373

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## AGRARIAN LAND

373.   SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the percentage of the existing agrarian land out of the total land in the country, Statewise including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand;
- (b) whether  small  farmers/agriculture  workers/  agriculture  labourers  are  migrating  from rural areas to urban areas due to shrinking of agrarian land in various parts of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/proposed  to be taken by the Government to bring more land under agriculture to increase agricultural production and to stop the migration of agriculture workers towards urban areas?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): As  per  the  latest  data  available  on  land  use  statistics,  State-wise  details  of percentage of agrarian/ cultivable land  in the country out of the geographical area for the year 2014-15 is at Annexure I .
- (b) & (c): As  per  Census  2011,  conducted  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India,  the  total number of agricultural workers in the country have increased from 234.1 million (127.3 million cultivators  and  106.8  million  agricultural  labourers)  in  2001  to  263.1  million  (118.8  million cultivators and 144.3 million agricultural labourers) in 2011. However, the share of workforce engaged in the agriculture sector (comprising of cultivators and agricultural labourers) has come down from 58.2 per cent in 2001 to 54.6 per cent in 2011.  State/UT-wise details of agricultural workers in India are given in Annex-II. Migration of agricultural labour from rural to urban areas is a general phenomenon and a natural part of the development process.  The reasons  for  this  shift  include,  inter  alia,  better  employment  opportunities  in  industry  and services,  increasing  urbanization,  low  income  in  agriculture  etc.  In  a  market  economy  like India, movement of the people for better economic opportunities is inexorable. However, the foodgrain production in the country has continued its upward trend and during 2018-19 also the  production  is  estimated  at  284.95  million  Tonnes  (As  Per  Fourth  Advance  Estimate, 2018-19).

(d):     As per the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, land comes under the purview of State Governments and, therefore, it is for the State Governments to make efforts to increase cultivable  land.  However,  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State Governments  through  various  crop  development  Schemes/Programmes  and  it  has  taken several steps to increase total cropped area and to increase agricultural production through increased investment, improving farm practices, rural infrastructure, areas under protective irrigation,  delivery  of  credit,  technology,  other  inputs,  extension,  marketing  etc. Further, Government  has  taken  measures  to  retain  farmers  in  agriculture  and  improve  returns  to farmers  by  enhancing  institutional  credit  to  farmers;  promotion  of  scientific  warehousing infrastructure  for  increasing  shelf  life  of  agricultural  produce;  improved  access  to  irrigation through Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY); provision of Price Stabilization Fund(PSF) to mitigate price volatility in agricultural produce, Scheme for Soil Health Cards; setting  up  of  Agri-tech  Infrastructure  Fund  for  making  farming  competitive  and  profitable; developing commercial organic farming in North East Region, etc.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Q. NO. 373 due for answer on 04/02/20

State-wise details of percentage of Agrarian/ Cultivable land out of the geographical area for the year 2014-15

| STATES/UTs                |   Geographical Area |   Agrarian / Cultivable land |   percentage of Agrarian/Cultivable Land out of the geographical area |
|---------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            |               16276 |                         9047 |                                                                 55.58 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                8374 |                          423 |                                                                  5.06 |
| ASSAM                     |                7844 |                         3364 |                                                                 42.88 |
| BIHAR                     |                9416 |                         6579 |                                                                 69.87 |
| CHHATTISGARH              |               13519 |                         5558 |                                                                 41.11 |
| GOA                       |                 370 |                          197 |                                                                 53.3  |
| GUJARAT                   |               19602 |                        12661 |                                                                 64.59 |
| HARYANA                   |                4421 |                         3656 |                                                                 82.69 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                5567 |                          812 |                                                                 14.58 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           |               22224 |                         1075 |                                                                  4.84 |
| JHARKHAND                 |                7972 |                         4343 |                                                                 54.48 |
| KARNATAKA                 |               19179 |                        12827 |                                                                 66.88 |
| KERALA                    |                3886 |                         2266 |                                                                 58.32 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            |               30825 |                        17252 |                                                                 55.97 |
| MAHARASHTRA               |               30771 |                        21099 |                                                                 68.57 |
| MANIPUR                   |                2233 |                          390 |                                                                 17.45 |
| MEGHALAYA                 |                2243 |                         1056 |                                                                 47.08 |
| MIZORAM                   |                2108 |                          367 |                                                                 17.43 |
| NAGALAND                  |                1658 |                          694 |                                                                 41.85 |
| ODISHA                    |               15571 |                         6784 |                                                                 43.57 |
| PUNJAB                    |                5036 |                         4285 |                                                                 85.08 |
| RAJASTHAN                 |               34224 |                        25511 |                                                                 74.54 |
| SIKKIM                    |                 710 |                           97 |                                                                 13.59 |
| TAMIL NADU                |               13006 |                         8112 |                                                                 62.37 |
| TELANGANA                 |               11231 |                         6877 |                                                                 61.23 |
| TRIPURA                   |                1049 |                          272 |                                                                 25.97 |
| UTTARAKHAND               |                5348 |                         1549 |                                                                 28.96 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             |               24093 |                        18939 |                                                                 78.61 |
| WEST BENGAL               |                8875 |                         5655 |                                                                 63.72 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |                 825 |                           28 |                                                                  3.37 |
| CHANDIGARH                |                  11 |                            1 |                                                                 13.25 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |                  49 |                           24 |                                                                 48.67 |
| DAMAN & DIU               |                  11 |                            3 |                                                                 26.92 |
| DELHI                     |                 148 |                           53 |                                                                 35.65 |
| LAKSHADWEEP               |                   3 |                            2 |                                                                 78.17 |
| PUDUCHERRY                |                  48 |                           29 |                                                                 60.87 |
| ALL INDIA                 |              328726 |                       181886 |                                                                 55.33 |

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

## Annexure in reference to Reply to part (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred No. 373 due for reply on 04.02.20

## Number of Agricultural Workers in India (in Millions)

| S. No.   | State/ UTs                      |   Cultivators |   Cultivators |   Agricultural Labourers |   Agricultural Labourers |   Total |   Total |
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------|---------|
| S. No.   | State/ UTs                      |       2001    |       2011    |                  2001    |                  2011    | 2001    | 2011    |
| S. No.   | ALL INDIA                       |        127.31 |        118.81 |                   106.78 |                   144.33 |  234.09 |  263.14 |
| 1        | JAMMU &KASHMIR                  |          1.59 |          1.25 |                     0.25 |                     0.55 |    1.84 |    1.8  |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                |          1.95 |          2.06 |                     0.09 |                     0.18 |    2.04 |    2.24 |
| 3        | PUNJAB                          |          2.07 |          1.93 |                     1.49 |                     1.59 |    3.56 |    3.52 |
| 4        | CHANDIGARH                      |          0    |          0    |                     0    |                     0    |    0    |    0    |
| 5        | UTTARAKHAND                     |          1.57 |          1.58 |                     0.26 |                     0.4  |    1.83 |    1.98 |
| 6        | HARYANA                         |          3.02 |          2.48 |                     1.28 |                     1.53 |    4.3  |    4.01 |
| 7        | DELHI                           |          0.04 |          0.03 |                     0.02 |                     0.04 |    0.06 |    0.07 |
| 8        | RAJASTHAN                       |         13.14 |         13.62 |                     2.52 |                     4.94 |   15.66 |   18.56 |
| 9        | UTTAR PRADESH                   |         22.17 |         19.06 |                    13.4  |                    19.94 |   35.57 |   39    |
| 10       | BIHAR                           |          8.19 |          7.2  |                    13.42 |                    18.35 |   21.61 |   25.55 |
| 11       | SIKKIM                          |          0.13 |          0.12 |                     0.02 |                     0.03 |    0.15 |    0.15 |
| 12       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH               |          0.28 |          0.3  |                     0.02 |                     0.04 |    0.3  |    0.34 |
| 13       | NAGALAND                        |          0.55 |          0.54 |                     0.03 |                     0.06 |    0.58 |    0.6  |
| 14       | MANIPUR (Excl. 3 Sub-divisions) |          0.38 |          0.57 |                     0.11 |                     0.11 |    0.49 |    0.69 |
| 15       | MIZORAM                         |          0.26 |          0.23 |                     0.03 |                     0.04 |    0.29 |    0.27 |
| 16       | TRIPURA                         |          0.31 |          0.3  |                     0.28 |                     0.35 |    0.59 |    0.65 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA                       |          0.47 |          0.49 |                     0.17 |                     0.2  |    0.64 |    0.69 |
| 18       | ASSAM                           |          3.73 |          4.06 |                     1.26 |                     1.85 |    4.99 |    5.91 |
| 19       | WEST BENGAL                     |          5.65 |          5.12 |                     7.36 |                    10.19 |   13.01 |   15.31 |
| 20       | JHARKHAND                       |          3.89 |          3.81 |                     2.85 |                     4.44 |    6.74 |    8.25 |
| 21       | ORISSA                          |          4.25 |          4.1  |                     5    |                     6.74 |    9.25 |   10.84 |
| 22       | CHHATTISGARH                    |          4.31 |          4    |                     3.09 |                     5.09 |    7.4  |    9.09 |
| 23       | MADHYAPRADESH                   |         11.04 |          9.84 |                     7.4  |                    12.19 |   18.44 |   22.03 |
| 24       | GUJARAT                         |          5.8  |          5.45 |                     5.16 |                     6.84 |   10.96 |   12.29 |
| 25       | DAMAN &DIU                      |          0    |          0    |                     0    |                     0    |    0.01 |    0    |
| 26       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI              |          0.04 |          0.03 |                     0.01 |                     0.02 |    0.05 |    0.05 |
| 27       | MAHARASHTRA                     |         11.81 |         12.57 |                    10.82 |                    13.49 |   22.63 |   26.06 |
| 28       | ANDHRA PRADESH                  |          7.86 |          6.49 |                    13.83 |                    16.97 |   21.69 |   23.46 |
| 29       | KARNATAKA                       |          6.88 |          6.58 |                     6.23 |                     7.16 |   13.11 |   13.74 |
| 30       | GOA                             |          0.05 |          0.03 |                     0.04 |                     0.03 |    0.09 |    0.06 |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP                     |          0    |          0    |                     0    |                     0    |    0    |    0    |
| 32       | KERALA                          |          0.72 |          0.67 |                     1.62 |                     1.32 |    2.34 |    1.99 |
| 33       | TAMIL NADU                      |          5.12 |          4.25 |                     8.64 |                     9.61 |   13.76 |   13.86 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY                      |          0.01 |          0.01 |                     0.07 |                     0.07 |    0.08 |    0.08 |
| 35       | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS        |          0.02 |          0.02 |                     0.01 |                     0    |    0.03 |    0.02 |

Note: The Census 2001 figures for India and Manipur exclude that of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur

Source: PCA, Census of India, 2011

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