Lok Sabha Question No. 1611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Land in Possession of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1611 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## LAND IN POSSESSION OF FARMERS

1611.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any criterion has been fixed by the Government for defining an individual as a farmer and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any survey has been conducted by the Government to know the number of farmer families in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government is aware of the total arable land in possession of farmers and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(d) whether  a  number  of  farmers  are  engaged  in  cultivation  on  rented  farms  or  on sharing basis/bataigiri and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

- (e) the schemes being run/proposed to be run by the Government for such farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a): As per the National Policy of Farmers, 2007, the term 'Farmer' will refer to a person actively engaged in the economic and/or livelihood activity of growing crops and  producing other primary agricultural commodities and will include all agricultural operational holders, cultivators,  agricultural  labourers,  sharecroppers,  tenants,  poultry  and  livestock  rearers, fishers, beekeepers, gardeners, pastoralists, non-corporate planters and planting labourers, as  well  as  persons  engaged  in  various  farming-related  occupations  such  as  sericulture, vermiculture, and agro-forestry. The term will also include tribal families/persons engaged in  shifting  cultivation  and  in  the  collection,  use  and  sale  of  minor  and  non-timber  forest produce.

(b): In the latest 'Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households' conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in its 70 th round (January,2013 -December,2013), an agricultural household is defined as a household receiving some value of  produce more than Rs.3000/- from agriculture activities (e.g., cultivation of field crops, horticultural  crops,  fodder  crops,  plantation,  animal  husbandry,  poultry,  fishery,  piggery, bee-keeping, vermiculture, sericulture etc.) and having at least one member self-employed in agriculture either in the principal status or in subsidiary status during last  365 days. As per the above  survey,  state-wise agricultural  households  in rural India during the agricultural year (July 2012-June 2013) is given at Annexure-I.

(c): As  per  the  results  (provisional)  of  latest  Agriculture  Census  2015-16,  state-wise 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)  in  the  country  is  given  at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): State-wise details of operational holdings with partly owned & partly leased-in and wholly leased-in agricultural land as per the Agriculture Census 2010-11 is given at Annexure-III.

With a view to improve the condition of farmers in the country, the Government has realigned  its  interventions  from  production-centric  approach  to  income-centric  initiatives with  focus  on  better  and  new  technological  solutions.  These  include  implementation  of schemes like Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Soil Health Card, Rainfed Area Development (RAD), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY),  Rastriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  National  Food  Security Mission  (NFSM),  National  Agriculture  Market  Scheme  (e-NAM),  Mission  for  Integrated development of Horticulture (MIDH), Kisan Credit Card etc.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1611 due for answer on 02.07.2019

| State-wise number of agricultural households in rural India during the agricultural year July, 2012 to June, 2013   | State-wise number of agricultural households in rural India during the agricultural year July, 2012 to June, 2013   | State-wise number of agricultural households in rural India during the agricultural year July, 2012 to June, 2013   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                              | State/Group of UTs                                                                                                  | Number of agricultural households (in '00)                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                      | 35968                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 1080                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                                               | 34230                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                                               | 70943                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                        | 25608                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                             | 39305                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                                             | 15693                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                    | 8811                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                     | 11283                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                                           | 22336                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                                           | 42421                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                                              | 14043                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                      | 59950                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                                         | 70970                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                                                             | 1762                                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                                           | 3544                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                             | 758                                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                            | 2621                                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                                              | 44935                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                              | 14083                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                           | 64835                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                                              | 674                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                          | 32443                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                                           | 25389                                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                                             | 2445                                                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                         | 10608                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                       | 180486                                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                         | 63624                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                  | Group of UTs                                                                                                        | 718                                                                                                                 |
| All India                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                     | 902011                                                                                                              |

Source: NSS Report No. 569: Some Characteristics of Agricultural Households in India, 2012-13.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1611 due for answer on 02.07.2019

| State-wise number and area of operational holdings as per Agriculture   | State-wise number and area of operational holdings as per Agriculture   | State-wise number and area of operational holdings as per Agriculture   | State-wise number and area of operational holdings as per Agriculture   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                  | States/UTs                                                              | Number (in '000)                                                        | Area ('000 hectare)                                                     |
| 1                                                                       | A & N Islands                                                           | 12                                                                      | 21                                                                      |
| 2                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 8524                                                                    | 8004                                                                    |
| 3                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 113                                                                     | 380                                                                     |
| 4                                                                       | Assam                                                                   | 2742                                                                    | 2976                                                                    |
| 5                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   | 16413                                                                   | 6457                                                                    |
| 6                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                              | 1                                                                       | 1                                                                       |
| 7                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            | 3960                                                                    | 4935                                                                    |
| 8                                                                       | D & N Haveli                                                            | 15                                                                      | 21                                                                      |
| 9                                                                       | Daman & Diu                                                             | 8                                                                       | 3                                                                       |
| 10                                                                      | Delhi                                                                   | 21                                                                      | 29                                                                      |
| 11                                                                      | Goa                                                                     | 56                                                                      | 46                                                                      |
| 12                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                 | 5320                                                                    | 9978                                                                    |
| 13                                                                      | Haryana                                                                 | 1628                                                                    | 3609                                                                    |
| 14                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 996                                                                     | 944                                                                     |
| 15                                                                      | Jammu & Kashmir                                                         | 1417                                                                    | 842                                                                     |
| 16                                                                      | Jharkhand*                                                              | 2732                                                                    | 3185                                                                    |
| 17                                                                      | Karnataka                                                               | 8677                                                                    | 11724                                                                   |
| 18                                                                      | Kerala                                                                  | 7583                                                                    | 1395                                                                    |
| 19                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                             | 10                                                                      | 3                                                                       |
| 20                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 10003                                                                   | 15670                                                                   |
| 21                                                                      | Maharashtra*                                                            | 14707                                                                   | 19883                                                                   |
| 22                                                                      | Manipur                                                                 | 150                                                                     | 172                                                                     |
| 23                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                               | 232                                                                     | 300                                                                     |
| 24                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                 | 90                                                                      | 112                                                                     |
| 25                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                | 197                                                                     | 998                                                                     |
| 26                                                                      | Odisha                                                                  | 4866                                                                    | 4619                                                                    |
| 27                                                                      | Puducherry                                                              | 34                                                                      | 21                                                                      |
| 28                                                                      | Punjab                                                                  | 1093                                                                    | 3953                                                                    |
| 29                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                               | 7655                                                                    | 20873                                                                   |
| 30                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | 68                                                                      | 76                                                                      |
| 31                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                              | 7938                                                                    | 5971                                                                    |
| 32                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 5948                                                                    | 5972                                                                    |
| 33                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 | 573                                                                     | 282                                                                     |
| 34                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 23822                                                                   | 17450                                                                   |
| 35                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 881                                                                     | 747                                                                     |
| 36                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 7243                                                                    | 5487                                                                    |
| All India                                                               |                                                                         | 145727                                                                  | 157142                                                                  |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1611 due for answer on 02.07.2019.

| State-wise number of Partly owned & partly leased-in and Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per Agriculture Census 2010-11   | State-wise number of Partly owned & partly leased-in and Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per Agriculture Census 2010-11   | State-wise number of Partly owned & partly leased-in and Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per Agriculture Census 2010-11   | State-wise number of Partly owned & partly leased-in and Wholly leased-in operational holdings as per Agriculture Census 2010-11   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                             | States/UTs                                                                                                                         | Number of Partly owned & partly leased-in holdings ('00)                                                                           | Number of Wholly leased-in Holdings ('00)                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                                                  | A & N Islands                                                                                                                      | Neg                                                                                                                                | Neg                                                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 237                                                                                                                                | 328                                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                              | 87                                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                              | 66                                                                                                                                 | 22                                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                  | 9                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                                  | D & N Haveli                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                                  | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                                                 | 59                                                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                  | Neg                                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                   | 97                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                                                 | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                                                  |
| 17                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                             | 332                                                                                                                                | 48                                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                                  | 104                                                                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                  | Neg                                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                            | 57                                                                                                                                 | 50                                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                          | 6                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 24                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                             | 3289                                                                                                                               | 2193                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                                             | 224                                                                                                                                | 19                                                                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                          | 204                                                                                                                                | 65                                                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                             | 6                                                                                                                                  | 9                                                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                         | 72                                                                                                                                 | 120                                                                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                            | 32                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                  | 3036                                                                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                        | 38                                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                                  |
| 35                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                        | 13788                                                                                                                              | 1124                                                                                                                               |
| All India                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                    | 18561                                                                                                                              | 7239                                                                                                                               |

Note: (1) Total may not tally due to rounding off. (2) Neg- Negligible.

(3) Telangana State came into existence in 2014.

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