Lok Sabha Question No. 1495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1495

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## PM KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI

1495.  SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

be pleased to state;

- (a): the steps taken by the Government to assist landless farmers, agricultural labourers and sharecroppers;
- (b): the details and the number of families dependent upon agriculture who do not own land, State-wise;
- (c): whether all such families are covered under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme; and
- (d): if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The Government has extended assistance to landless farmers, agricultural labourers and  sharecroppers  through  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
- (b): The data on number and area of operational holdings (defined as all land which is wholly or partly used for agriculture production and is operated as one technical unit by one person  alone  or  with  others  without  regard  to  the  title,  legal  form,  size  or  location)  is collected as part of Agriculture Census conducted at five yearly intervals. As per the results of  latest  Agriculture  Census  2015-16, State-wise   number  of wholly leased-in  operational holdings is as under:-

| State/UT wise number of Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per   | State/UT wise number of Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per   | State/UT wise number of Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                | State/UT                                                               | Number ('000)                                                          |
| 1                                                                      | A & N Islands                                                          | Neg                                                                    |
| 2                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 30                                                                     |
| 3                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 4                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 3                                                                      |
| 5                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 4                                                                      |
| 6                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                             | 0                                                                      |
| 7                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | Neg                                                                    |
| 8                                                                      | D&N Haveli                                                             | Neg                                                                    |
| 9                                                                      | Daman & Diu                                                            | 0                                                                      |
| 10                                                                     | Delhi                                                                  | 0                                                                      |
| 11                                                                     | Goa                                                                    | 4                                                                      |
| 12                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                | 0                                                                      |
| 13                                                                     | Haryana                                                                | 0                                                                      |
| 14                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | Neg                                                                    |
| 15                                                                     | Jammu& Kashmir                                                         | 1                                                                      |
| 16                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 2                                                                      |
| 17                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | Neg                                                                    |
| 18                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 22                                                                     |
| 19                                                                     | Lakshadweep                                                            | 0                                                                      |
| 20                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 8                                                                      |
| 21                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 1                                                                      |
| 22                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 7                                                                      |
| 23                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 0                                                                      |
| 24                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                | 0                                                                      |
| 25                                                                     | Nagaland                                                               | Neg                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 283                                                                    |
| 27                                                                     | Puducherry                                                             | Neg                                                                    |
| 28                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 7                                                                      |
| 29                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 5                                                                      |
| 30                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 1                                                                      |
| 31                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 10                                                                     |
| 32                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 1                                                                      |
| 33                                                                     | Tripura                                                                | 2                                                                      |
| 34                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 21                                                                     |
| 35                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | Neg                                                                    |
| 36                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 118                                                                    |
|                                                                        | Total                                                                  | 531                                                                    |

(c) & (d): Landholding  is  the  basic  criteria  of  eligibility  for  benefit  under  PM-KISAN Scheme. No tenant farmers, sharecroppers, or landless agricultural workers are accordingly eligible for benefit under the Scheme.

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