Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Damage to Crops by Wild Animals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 312

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## DAMAGE TO CROPS BY WILD ANIMALS

312. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

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

- (a): whether the Government is aware of the damage incurred by farmers due to attack of wild animals on their agriculture land;
- (b): if  so,  the  number  of  cases  reported  in  this  regard  along  with  the  volume  of  loss involved;
- (c): if  not,  the  reasons  as  to  why  the  Government  has  turned  a  blind  eye  towards  the farmers plight;
- (d): whether there is any effective law in the country to assess the damage incurred and to further compensate the farmers for such loss incurred due to wild animals; and
- (e): if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The wild animals causes damage to crops in many states of the country.
- (b) & (c): The  quantum  loss  of  Crops  destroyed  by  wild  animals  is  assessed  by concerned State/Union Territories.  The number of cases reported along with the volume of loss involved as reported time to time by the State is at Annexure-I
- (d) & (e): The  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare  does  not conduct  assessment  for  the  value  of  loss  to  the  field  crops  by  wild  animals.  The compensation to the farmers for their crop loss, by wild animals, is paid by the concerned state governments as per cost norms prescribed by State.  The compensation paid by the States as reported time to time is given at Annexure-II.

The Ministry  Environment,  Forests  and  Climate  Change also  provides  the financial assistance  to  States/Union  Territories  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats, 'Project Tiger', and 'Project Elephant' for management of wildlife and its habitats in the country.

Besides, Ministry of Agriculture & farmers Welfare have given liberty to the states to consider providing add-on coverage under 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for crop loss due to attack by wild animals wherever the risk is perceived to be substantial and identifiable.

## Annexure -I

## Annexure as referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 312 due for answer on 15.09.2020

The number of cases reported and the volume of loss to the farmers due to Wild Animals

| Sl. No.   | States            | No of Cases reported                  | No of Cases reported                  | No of Cases reported                  | No of Cases reported                  | Volume of Loss   | Volume of Loss   | Volume of Loss   | Volume of Loss   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | 2017-18                               | 2018-19                               | 2019-20                               | 2020-21                               | 2017-18          | 2018-19          | 2019-20          | 2020-21          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1051                                  | 2794                                  | 3744                                  | NA                                    | 582 acre         | 1855 acre        | 3106 acre        | NA               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 345                                   | 345                                   | 101                                   | NA                                    | 282.85 acre      | 282.85 acre      | 288.20 acre      | NA               |
| 3         | Bihar             | NA                                    | NA                                    | 22                                    | 78                                    | NA               | NA               | 19.28 ha.        | 3.93 ha.         |
| 4         | Tamil Nadu        | 1976                                  | 2158                                  | 3428                                  | 0                                     | NA               | NA               | NA               | NA               |
| 5         | Uttarakhand       | NA                                    | NA                                    | NA                                    | NA                                    | 270.764 ha.      | 242.578 ha.      | 306.073 ha       | 29.419 ha.       |
| 6         | Meghalaya         | 1037                                  | 543                                   | 209                                   | NA                                    | NA               | NA               | NA               | NA               |
| 7         | Goa               | NA                                    | NA                                    | 100                                   | Rs. 2.48 Lakh                         | Rs. 2.48 Lakh    | Rs. 2.48 Lakh    | Rs. 2.48 Lakh    | Rs. 2.48 Lakh    |
| 8         | Telangana         | 952 ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | 952 ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | 952 ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | 952 ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | Rs. 1.52 lakh    | Rs. 1.52 lakh    | Rs. 1.52 lakh    | Rs. 1.52 lakh    |
| 9         | Meghalaya         | 1037                                  | 543                                   | 209                                   | NA                                    | NA               | NA               | NA               | NA               |
| 10        | Punjab            | NA                                    | NA                                    | NA                                    | 1                                     | NA               | NA               | NA               | 3 acre           |

NA= Not Available

Annexure -II Annexure as referred to in part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 312 due for answer on 15.09.2020 Compensation provided to the farmers for the losses incurred due to Wild Animals (Rs. In lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Compensation paid States   | 2017-18                                         | 2018-19                                         | 2019-20                                         | 2020-21                                         |
|-----------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh             | 34.96                                           | 111.34                                          | 117.2                                           |                                                 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh          | 10.17                                           | 10.14                                           | (proposal of Rs. 10.00 lakh received)           | NA                                              |
|         3 | Assam                      | 87.49                                           | 0.00                                            | 38.34                                           | NA                                              |
|         4 | Bihar                      | 4.07                                            | 2.37                                            | 1.99                                            | NA                                              |
|         5 | Karnataka                  | 1369.16                                         | 1028.13                                         | NA                                              | NA                                              |
|         6 | Maharashtra                | 1306.74                                         | 1410.17                                         | 559.73 (as on October 19)                       | NA                                              |
|         7 | Mizoram                    | 2.33                                            | NA                                              | NA                                              | NA                                              |
|         8 | Meghalaya                  | 51.85                                           | 79.95                                           | 16.50                                           | 42.55                                           |
|         9 | Tamil Nadu                 | 186.41                                          | 215.51                                          | 41.22 (as on 8.11.2019)                         | NA                                              |
|        10 | Uttarakhand                | 78.75                                           | 94.34                                           | 83.93                                           | 27.08                                           |
|        11 | Meghalaya                  | 51.85                                           | 79.95                                           | 16.50                                           | 42.55( as on August 2020)                       |
|        12 | Goa                        | NA                                              | NA                                              | 6.47                                            | 2.48 ( as on August 2020)                       |
|        13 | Telangana                  | Rs. 1.52 Lakh ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | Rs. 1.52 Lakh ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | Rs. 1.52 Lakh ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) | Rs. 1.52 Lakh ( from 29.05.2014 to as on date ) |

NA = Not Available

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