Lok Sabha Question No. 3387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Demand Supply Projection of Rice
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3387

TO BE ANSWER ON THE 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

## DEMAND SUPPLY PROJECTION OF RICE

## 3387.  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

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

- (a)  the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet the 'Demand Supply Projection towards 2033' to gain surplus rice;
- (b)  the details of farmers who do not own land andwork on wages on the land on others land, State-wise; and
- (c)  the steps taken by the Government to address the current situation of shrinking land in agriculture?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) To  meet  the  growing  demand  of  rice  in  the  country,  the  Government  of  India  is implementing  crop  production  oriented  schemes  like  National  Food  Security  Mission (NFSM),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI) a  sub-scheme  of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and crop specific projects under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY).  The  current  production  of  rice  is  estimated  at  120.32  million tonne as per 2 nd Advance Estimates of 2020-21 which is sufficient to meet the domestic demand.  The  technologies,  increasing  production  and  productivity,  large  mass  of cultivable  land,  adaptation  of  rice  to  all  Indian  ecologies  have  potential  to  meet  the future demand as well.
- (b) The total agricultural labour (Main & Marginal), in rural India, is estimated at 13.69 crore as  per  statistics  available  for  classification  of  agricultural  workers-2011  (Registrar General of India). The details of State-wise rural agricultural labour are as under;
- (c) As per Second Advance Estimates for 2020-21, the production of foodgrain has been achieved at an all-time record of 303.34 million tonnes. Further, to ensure sustainable agriculture, enhancing  production and productivity of crops, the Government is already implementing schemes viz;  National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) which aims at promoting location specific improved agronomic practices through soil health management,  enhanced  water  use  efficiency,  judicious  use of chemicals, crop diversification,  progressive  adoption  of  crop-livestock  farming systems and integrated approaches  like  crop-sericulture,  agro-forestry,  fish  farming,  besides  crop  production programme under NFSM, BGREI & RKVY etc.

|   S.No . | State\UTs                 |   Rural Agricultural Labour (Main and Marginal) |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                            4620 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                        16102617 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                           33558 |
|        4 | Assam                     |                                         1814075 |
|        5 | Bihar                     |                                        17831900 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                |                                             168 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh              |                                         4894820 |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                           16569 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu               |                                             551 |
|       10 | Delhi                     |                                            8528 |
|       11 | Goa                       |                                           20508 |
|       12 | Gujarat                   |                                         6481295 |
|       13 | Haryana                   |                                         1405956 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                          170279 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                          498531 |
|       16 | Jharkhand                 |                                         4339302 |
|       17 | Karnataka                 |                                         6737213 |
|       18 | Kerala                    |                                         1083003 |

| S.No .   | State\UTs      |   Rural Agricultural Labour (Main and Marginal) |
|----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 19       | Lakshadweep    |                                               0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh |                                        11691203 |
| 21       | Maharashtra    |                                        12720993 |
| 22       | Manipur        |                                           90644 |
| 23       | Meghalaya      |                                          192223 |
| 24       | Mizoram        |                                           19085 |
| 25       | Nagaland       |                                           55677 |
| 26       | Odisha         |                                         6618943 |
| 27       | Puducherry     |                                           58259 |
| 28       | Punjab         |                                         1474732 |
| 29       | Rajasthan      |                                         4733917 |
| 30       | Sikkim         |                                           24880 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu     |                                         8408101 |
| 32       | Tripura        |                                          338922 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh  |                                        18910579 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand    |                                          372841 |
| 35       | West Bengal    |                                         9843816 |
|          | India          |                                       136998308 |

Government  is  also  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY) with the motto of 'Har Khet Ko Paani' for providing end-to-end solutions in irrigation supply chain viz. water sources, distribution network and farm level applications. The components of PMKSY are Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), PMKSY -Har Khet Ko Paani, PMKSY - Per Drop More Crop (PMKSY - PDMC) and  PMKSY  (Watershed).  The  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers Welfare  is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  PMKSY-PDMC  from

2015-16  in  all  the  States  of  the  country  which  focuses  on  enhancing  water  use efficiency  at  farm  level  through  Micro  Irrigation viz., Drip  and  Sprinkler  irrigation systems. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/State Agriculture Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are also working on different  advanced technologies  including  high  yielding  varieties/hybrids  for  increasing  the  per  unit  area production using techniques of vertical, urban farming, nano and drone technology etc.

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