Lok Sabha Question No. 435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Decline in the Area under Cultivation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.435

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## DECLINE IN THE AREA UNDER CULTIVATION

435. DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

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

- (a) whether there has been an alarming decline in the area under cultivation of major food crops in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof crop and State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the slow pace of growth in the crucial agriculture sector is a matter of concern for food security in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): The first comprehensive assessment of area under cultivation of major food crops in the  country  during  whole  agriculture  year  including  rabi  crops  is  available  with  Second  Advance Estimates  normally  released  around  mid-February.  Area  under  cultivation  of  major  food  crops  has been fluctuating during 2015-16 to 2017-18. State / UT-wise details of area under cultivation of major food crops in the country during the last three years and the current year i.e. 2015-16 to 2018-19 are given at Annexure .

(c) to (e): During  last  three  years,  the  percentage  increase  of    Gross  Value  Added  (GVA)  of agriculture and allied sector in the country at constant (2011-12) prices was 6.3, 5 and 3.8 during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, respectively.

The  Government  is  aiming  to  reorient  the  agriculture  sector  by  focusing  on  an  incomecenteredness in addition to pure production centeredness approach. The Department has, therefore, been  implementing  various  schemes  to  meet  this  objective  viz.  National  Food  Security  Mission (NFSM),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  Soil  Health  Card  (SHC)  scheme, Neem  Coated  Urea,  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), National Agriculture Market Scheme (e-NAM), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Interest Subvention Scheme, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) etc.

Further, giving a major boost for the farmers' income, Government has substantially increased MSPs for all mandated crops for the season 2018-19. This decision of the Government was a historic one as it fulfills the commitment to the farmers to provide 50 per cent return over cost of production for the first time for all mandated crops.

## Annexure (Continued)

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and  (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.435 due for reply on 05.02.2019

## Area of major Foodgrains during 2015-16 to 2018-19

| States/UTs        | Rice    | Rice    | Rice     | Rice      | Wheat   | Wheat   | Wheat    | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   | Coarse Cereals   |
|-------------------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| States/UTs        | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18* | 2018-19** | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18* | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2017-18*         | 2018-19**        |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 2161.0  | 2105.0  | 2156.0   | 1515.0    | 0.0     | 0.0 0.0 | 0.0 0.0  | 526.0            | 452.0            | 580.0            | 191.0            |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 128.8   | 131.0   | #        | #         | 3.9     | 3.9     | #        | 76.3             | 55.6             | #                | #                |
| Assam             | 2485.0  | 2467.1  | 2451.0   | 2071.0    | 21.0    | 17.5    | 21.0     | 35.0             | 36.1             | 35.0             | 36.0             |
| Bihar             | 3232.3  | 3339.8  | 3284.4   | 2914.5    | 2110.8  | 2105.8  | 2038.7   | 730.0            | 745.1            | 694.7            | 258.7            |
| Chhattisgarh      | 3816.0  | 3830.0  | 3761.1   | 3760.5    | 108.2   | 114.7   | 101.4    | 223.7            | 222.5            | 233.3            | 221.9            |
| Goa               | 41.3    | 40.8    | #        | #         | 0.0     | 0.0     | #        | 0.0              | 0.0              | #                | #                |
| Gujarat           | 772.0   | 837.0   | 857.0    | 805.0     | 851.0   | 995.0   | 1058.0   | 933.0            | 1028.0           | 917.0            | 536.0            |
| Haryana           | 1354.0  | 1386.0  | 1422.0   | 1329.0    | 2576.0  | 2558.0  | 2530.0   | 458.0            | 565.0            | 524.0            | 646.0            |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 73.7    | 74.5    | 73.8     | 75.3      | 341.0   | 346.4   | 338.3    | 319.6            | 321.8            | 307.6            | 293.8            |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 304.5   | 283.4   | 288.6    | 287.2     | 278.1   | 290.3   | 289.5    | 315.5            | 333.2            | 335.9            | 313.5            |
| Jharkhand         | 1589.0  | 1714.3  | 1735.4   | 1501.1    | 156.6   | 211.5   | 221.0    | 305.6            | 322.3            | 316.5            | 273.2            |
| Karnataka         | 1110.0  | 1034.0  | 968.0    | 926.3     | 174.0   | 168.0   | 190.0    | 3223.0           | 3179.0           | 3417.0           | 2132.8           |
| Kerala            | 196.9   | 171.4   | 189.1    | 57.0      | 0.0     | 0.0     | 0.0      | 0.3              | 0.2              | 0.4              | 0.1              |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 2024.0  | 2289.0  | 2035.0   | 2165.0    | 5911.0  | 6028.0  | 5316.0   | 1848.0           | 2086.6           | 2211.0           | 1890.0           |
| Maharashtra       | 1503.0  | 1535.3  | 1472.8   | 1495.0    | 911.0   | 1272.1  | 919.4    | 5254.0           | 5211.7           | 4158.0           | 1776.0           |
| Manipur           | 237.0   | 244.0   | #        | #         | 2.3     | 2.3     | #        | 26.7             | 26.8             | #                | #                |
| Meghalaya         | 110.5   | 111.2   | #        | #         | 0.4     | 0.5     | #        | 21.0             | 21.1             | #                | #                |
| Mizoram           | 37.2    | 36.9    | #        | #         | 0.0     | 0.0     | #        | 7.7              | 5.8              | #                | #                |
| Nagaland          | 201.0   | 206.7   | #        | #         | 3.3     | 3.4     | #        | 79.5             | 80.8             | #                | #                |
| Odisha            | 3941.5  | 3854.8  | 3699.3   | 3654.0    | 0.4     | 0.1     | 0.1      | 135.0            | 154.1            | 126.0            | 137.6            |
| Punjab            | 2975.0  | 2898.0  | 3065.0   | 3042.0    | 3508.0  | 3495.0  | 3507.0   | 124.0            | 125.5            | 122.5            | 124.0            |
| Rajasthan         | 182.9   | 197.8   | 190.6    | 182.2     | 3109.0  | 2830.0  | 2810.0   | 5818.3           | 5938.9           | 5906.6           | 5583.4           |
| Sikkim            | 10.7    | 10.7    | #        | #         | 0.3     | 0.3     | #        | 45.8             | 46.1             | #                | #                |
| Tamil Nadu        | 2000.2  | 1442.8  | 1855.2   | 517.5     | 0.0     | 0.0     | #        | 867.2            | 718.0            | 915.9            | 440.4            |
| Telangana         | 1046.0  | 1682.2  | 1968.0   | 1025.0    | 5.0     | 5.0     | 4.0      | 657.0            | 911.0            | 709.0            | 493.0            |
| Tripura           | 269.8   | 277.1   | #        | #         | 0.2     | 0.2     | #        | 8.7              | 15.7             | #                | #                |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 5862.0  | 5992.0  | 5814.0   | 5812.0    | 9645.0  | 9655.0  | 9753.0   | 1966.0           | 2008.0           | 1992.0           | 1740.0           |
| Uttarakhand       | 264.1   | 261.0   | 252.0    | 247.0     | 342.1   | 341.0   | 333.0    | 208.5            | 214.0            | 203.0            | 186.0            |
| West Bengal       | 5524.0  | 5496.5  | 5115.8   | 4250.0    | 339.9   | 321.6   | 117.0    | 169.6            | 176.4            | 253.9            | 62.4             |
| A & N Islands     | 6.1     | 4.9     | #        | #         | NA      | NA      | #        | 0.1              | 0.1              | #                | #                |
| Chandigarh        | 0.0     | 0.0     | #        | #         | 0.1     | 0.1     | #        | NA               | NA               | #                | #                |
| D & N Haveli      | 15.8    | 14.4    | #        | #         | 0.0     | 0.0     | #        | 0.9              | 0.9              | #                | #                |
| Delhi             | 6.0     | 6.0     | #        | #         | 19.4    | 19.7    | #        | 4.9              | 4.8              | #                | #                |
| Daman & Diu       | 1.8     | 1.8     | #        | #         | NA      | NA      | #        | 0.4              | 0.4              | #                | #                |
| Puducherry        | 16.3    | 16.2    | #        | #         | NA      | NA      | #        | 0.0              | 0.1              | #                | #                |
| Others            | NA      | NA      | 1134.5   | 787.8     | NA      | NA      | 28.5     | NA               | NA               | 245.9            | 199.3            |
| All India         | 43499.2 | 43993.4 | 43788.6  | 38419.2   | 30417.8 | 30785.2 | 29575.8  | 24389.3          | 25007.6          | 24205.2          | 17535.1          |

(000 Hectares)

## Annexure (Concluded)

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.435 due for reply on 05.02.2019

## Area of major Foodgrains during 2015-16 to 2018-19

| States/UTs        | Total Pulses   | Total Pulses   | Total Pulses   | Total Pulses   | (000 Hectares)   | (000 Hectares)   | (000 Hectares)   | (000 Hectares)   |
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| States/UTs        | 2015-16        | 2016-17        | 2017-18*       | 2018-19**      | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2017-18*         | 2018-19**        |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1449.0         | 1413.0         | 1407.0         | 296.0          | 4136.0           | 3970.0           | 4143.0           | 2002.0           |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 12.8           | 13.0           | #              | #              | 221.8            | 203.5            | #                | #                |
| Assam             | 142.1          | 146.4          | 157.0          | 60.0           | 2683.1           | 2667.0           | 2664.0           | 2167.0           |
| Bihar             | 497.9          | 493.1          | 489.7          | 54.9           | 6571.0           | 6683.8           | 6507.5           | 3228.1           |
| Chhattisgarh      | 841.1          | 883.8          | 784.1          | 223.6          | 4989.0           | 5051.0           | 4879.8           | 4206.0           |
| Goa               | 0.3            | 5.9            | #              | #              | 41.7             | 46.7             | #                | #                |
| Gujarat           | 584.0          | 942.0          | 910.0          | 435.0          | 3140.0           | 3802.0           | 3742.0           | 1776.0           |
| Haryana           | 96.6           | 84.6           | 56.2           | 26.0           | 4484.6           | 4593.6           | 4532.2           | 2001.0           |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 26.9           | 31.4           | 33.2           | 18.4           | 761.2            | 774.1            | 752.9            | 387.5            |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 14.8           | 18.8           | 15.7           | 15.5           | 912.8            | 925.7            | 929.7            | 616.1            |
| Jharkhand         | 595.1          | 804.6          | 793.3          | 405.9          | 2646.3           | 3052.7           | 3066.2           | 2180.2           |
| Karnataka         | 2823.0         | 2965.7         | 3021.0         | 1535.2         | 7330.0           | 7346.7           | 7596.0           | 4594.2           |
| Kerala            | 3.8            | 1.7            | 2.2            | 0.0            | 200.9            | 173.4            | 191.6            | 57.2             |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 5875.0         | 6664.2         | 7480.0         | 2491.0         | 15658.0          | 17067.8          | 17042.0          | 6546.0           |
| Maharashtra       | 3544.0         | 4358.3         | 4351.5         | 2053.0         | 11212.0          | 12377.4          | 10901.7          | 5324.0           |
| Manipur           | 30.9           | 31.1           | #              | #              | 296.9            | 304.2            | #                | #                |
| Meghalaya         | 8.1            | 8.2            | #              | #              | 140.0            | 140.9            | #                | #                |
| Mizoram           | 3.7            | 3.5            | #              | #              | 48.5             | 46.2             | #                | #                |
| Nagaland          | 37.5           | 38.7           | #              | #              | 321.2            | 329.5            | #                | #                |
| Odisha            | 742.0          | 874.7          | 765.8          | 602.2          | 4818.9           | 4883.6           | 4591.3           | 4393.7           |
| Punjab            | 45.1           | 37.2           | 30.6           | 10.3           | 6652.1           | 6555.7           | 6725.1           | 3176.3           |
| Rajasthan         | 3866.7         | 5271.2         | 5329.3         | 3519.8         | 12976.9          | 14237.8          | 14236.6          | 9285.3           |
| Sikkim            | 5.7            | 5.7            | #              | #              | 62.5             | 62.7             | #                | #                |
| Tamil Nadu        | 879.7          | 785.1          | 865.2          | 176.7          | 3747.0           | 2945.9           | 3636.3           | 1134.6           |
| Telangana         | 472.0          | 695.0          | 572.0          | 468.0          | 2180.0           | 3293.2           | 3253.0           | 1986.0           |
| Tripura           | 16.2           | 24.3           | #              | #              | 294.9            | 317.4            | #                | #                |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 1882.0         | 2509.0         | 2268.0         | 992.0          | 19355.0          | 20164.0          | 19827.0          | 8544.0           |
| Uttarakhand       | 62.9           | 61.0           | 65.0           | 47.0           | 877.7            | 877.0            | 853.0            | 480.0            |
| West Bengal       | 345.3          | 268.1          | 457.9          | 70.1           | 6378.8           | 6262.6           | 5944.7           | 4382.5           |
| A & N Islands     | 1.4            | 1.5            | #              | #              | 7.6              | 6.5              | #                | #                |
| Chandigarh        | NA             | NA             | #              | #              | 0.1              | 0.1              | #                | #                |
| D & N Haveli      | 2.2            | 2.8            | #              | #              | 18.9             | 18.1             | #                | #                |
| Delhi             | 0.4            | 0.0            | #              | #              | 30.6             | 30.4             | #                | #                |
| Daman & Diu       | 0.0            | 0.0            | #              | #              | 2.2              | 2.2              | #                | #                |
| Puducherry        | 3.3            | 1.6            | #              | #              | 19.6             | 17.8             | #                | #                |
| Others            | NA             | NA             | 138.5          | 51.0           | NA               | NA               | 1547.3           | 1038.1           |
| All India         | 24911.5        | 29445.0        | 29993.2        | 13551.5        | 123217.7         | 129231.2         | 127562.8         | 69505.8          |

NA: Not applicable.

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