Lok Sabha Question No. 2597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Cultivation of Mustard
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2597

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH   JULY, 2019

## CULTIVATION OF MUSTARD

2597.     SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a) whether  the  area  under  mustard cultivation has declined; and

(b) if so, the details thereof particularly in regard to Uttar Pradesh for each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a)  &  (b):      The  area  under  mustard  cultivation  is  estimated  along  with  rapeseed  by  the Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare.  Depending  upon  several  factors  including availability  of  cultivable  land,  vagaries  of  nature,  temperature,  weather  and  rainfall  scenario, availability  of  water  in  reservoir,  inter-crop  relative  profitability,  etc,  the  area  coverage  of rapeseed  and  mustard  during  last  three  years  i.e.  2016-17  to  2018-19  (as  per  3 rd Advance Estimate) has been fluctuating. The first comprehensive assessment of area under cultivation of major crops (both kharif and rabi) in the country during whole agriculture year (i.e. July to June) including rapeseed and mustard is available with Second Advance Estimates normally released around mid-February.

The  details  of  area  coverage  of  rapeseed  and  mustard  in  the  country  including  Uttar Pradesh during the last three years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19 (as per 3 rd Advance Estimate) are given at Annexure .

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2597 due for reply on 09.07.2019

## State-wise area coverage of rapeseed and mustard during 2016-17 to 2018-19

|                  | Area (in '000 Hectares)   | Area (in '000 Hectares)   | Area (in '000 Hectares)   |
|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| STATES           | 2016-17                   | 2017-18                   | 2018-19*                  |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 5.00                      | 3.00                      | 5.00                      |
| Assam            | 294.02                    | 290.29                    | 290.00                    |
| Bihar            | 82.77                     | 79.13                     | 83.85                     |
| Chhattisgarh     | 51.00                     | 43.63                     | 37.40                     |
| Gujarat          | 201.00                    | 221.00                    | 195.33                    |
| Haryana          | 510.00                    | 549.00                    | 548.00                    |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8.77                      | 8.33                      | 8.33                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 47.61                     | 47.40                     | 52.80                     |
| Jharkhand        | 273.35                    | 305.05                    | 236.85                    |
| Karnataka        | 4.00                      | 2.00                      | 0.10                      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 708.00                    | 748.00                    | 778.00                    |
| Maharashtra      | 9.50                      | 7.70                      | 6.00                      |
| Odisha           | 9.70                      | 8.65                      | 7.79                      |
| Punjab           | 31.70                     | 30.50                     | 39.00                     |
| Rajasthan        | 2563.60                   | 2210.43                   | 2463.60                   |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0.20                      | 0.29                      | 0.33                      |
| Telangana        | 3.00                      | 3.00                      | 4.00                      |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 689.00                    | 679.00                    | 708.00                    |
| Uttarakhand      | 13.00                     | 16.00                     | 17.00                     |
| West Bengal      | 459.11                    | 615.00                    | 615.00                    |
| Others #         | 109.50                    | 109.79                    | 114.07                    |
| All India        | 6073.82                   | 5977.16                   | 6210.44                   |

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