Lok Sabha Question No. 1319 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Foodgrain Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1319

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION

## 1319.      SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

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

- (a) the estimates of foodgrain production during the current financial year;
- (b) the estimates of crop production, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the efforts made to increase the production of crops?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी ( SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a)  & (b): The estimates of foodgrain production in the country are maintained agriculture year  wise  (i.e.  July  to  June)  and  not  financial  year  wise.  In  an  agriculture  year,  total production  of  agricultural  crops  including  foodgrains  is  assessed  in  the  Second  Advance Estimates  normally  released  in  February.      Therefore,  it  is  too  early  to  arrive  at  firm assessment of production of agricultural crops for the whole year 2018-19.  However, as per first  Advance  Estimates  released  on  26 th September,  2018,  total  production  of  kharif foodgrains during 2018-19 is estimated at 141.59 million tonnes. The State-wise details of production of major kharif agricultural crops including foodgrains, oilseed, sugarcane, cotton, jute and mesta in the current year 2018-19 are given at Annexure .

(c): To  increase  production  of  all  agricultural  crops  in  the  country,  Government  is implementing  various  crop  development  schemes/programmes  such  as  National  Food Security Mission (NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Bringing Green Revolution to  Eastern  India  (BGREI),  National  Mission  on  Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm  (NMOOP),  National Mission on Agriculture Extension & Technology (NMAET), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), Soil Health Card Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY).

In  addition,  to  achieve  higher  agricultural  productivity,  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research (ICAR) is conducting basic and strategic research relating to crop improvement, production and protection technologies suitable to different situations including development of location-specific varieties/hybrids and technologies.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1319 for reply on 18.12.2018

State-wise Production of Foodgrains, Oilseeds, Sugarcane, Cotton, Jute and Mesta for 2018-19 (Kharif Only)

Production

('000 Tonnes)

| States           |   Foodgrains |   Oilseeds |   Sugarcane |   Cotton# |   Jute@ |   Mesta@ |
|------------------|--------------|------------|-------------|-----------|---------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |       5779.1 |      508.1 |      7601.4 |      1754 |     0   |     26   |
| Assam            |       4059.4 |       13.1 |      1106.7 |         0 |   826.9 |     25   |
| Bihar            |       7516   |        3.8 |     12991.6 |         0 |  1300.5 |    265.6 |
| Chhattisgarh     |       6741.9 |      145.9 |      1427.9 |         0 |     0   |      1.9 |
| Gujarat          |       3159.4 |     4152.2 |     12967.7 |      8828 |     0   |      0   |
| Haryana          |       5299.3 |       13   |     10893.5 |      2638 |     0   |      0   |
| Himachal Pradesh |        773.7 |        1.2 |        30.3 |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |       1131.9 |        1.9 |         0.1 |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| Jharkhand        |       4974.6 |       39   |       520   |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| Karnataka        |       8675.9 |      648   |     34200   |      1522 |     0   |      0   |
| Kerala           |        139.9 |        0.2 |        49.8 |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| Madhya Pradesh   |      13509   |     7324.7 |      4556.7 |      2000 |     5.9 |      4.6 |
| Maharashtra      |       7351.4 |     4625.5 |     93040   |      7831 |     0   |      0   |
| Odisha           |       7419.8 |       63   |       313.5 |       446 |    11.1 |     46.8 |
| Punjab           |      13823.1 |        5.4 |      8780   |      1169 |     0   |      0   |
| Rajasthan        |       8094.8 |     3394.4 |       294.1 |      1734 |     0   |      0   |
| Tamilnadu        |       3450.3 |      438.9 |     11472.1 |       433 |     0   |      0   |
| Telangana        |       5915.8 |      333.2 |      2939   |      4010 |     0   |      0   |
| Uttar Pradesh    |      18416.3 |      185.4 |    171834   |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| Uttarakhand      |        912   |       15.8 |      6565.8 |         0 |     0   |      0   |
| West Bengal      |      11890.7 |      213.1 |      1440   |         0 |  7446   |    103.5 |
| Others           |       2552.7 |       62.9 |       867.9 |       118 |    74.8 |     30.8 |
| All-India        |     141587   |    22188.8 |    383892   |     32483 |  9665.2 |    504.2 |

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