Lok Sabha Question No. 2654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Expansion of PM-Kisan Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nitesh Ganga Deb, K. Subbarayan, M. Selvaraj

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2654

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH   JULY, 2019

## EXPANSION OF PM-KISAN YOJANA

2654.     SHRI  NITESH GANGA DEB: SHRI  SUBBARAYAN K.: SHRI  M. SELVARAJ:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the ambit of Assured Income Support Scheme PM-Kisan Yojana for farmers has been expanded to include all the farmers who have own land;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the estimated  beneficiary  farmers  of  the scheme,  Statewise  along  with  measures being  taken  to  identify  the  potential beneficiaries;
- (c) whether the number of beneficiary farmers have been increased after removing the limit of five acres of land holdings for getting Assured  Income Support  Scheme under  PM-Kisan Yojana  by  the Government,  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether    the    Union    Government  has    asked    all  States    and    Union    Territory Governments    to  provide    the    updated    list  of  farmers  to  get  this  benefit,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (e) whether it  is  a  fact  that  the  farmers  who  do  not  own  any  land  are  not  eligible  for  this scheme; and
- (f) if  so,  the  number  of  such  farmers  in  the    country,    State-wise    and    whether    the Government  is  considering any  proposal to evolve a scheme to help such landless farmers  in the  country,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (d) Yes, Sir. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme was initially started  to  provide  income  support  to  all  landholding  Small  and  Marginal  landholder  farmers' families  across  the  country,  numbering  about  12.5  crore,  subject  to  certain  excusion  criteria relating to higher income status, to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and  allied  activities  as  well  as  domestic  needs.  The  ambit  of  the  Scheme  has  now  been expanded  to  cover  all  farmers  in  the  country  irrespective  of  the  size  of  their  land  holdings, subject to all other existing exclusions. It is expected that an additional 2 crore farmers will be covered. A statement showing the estimated number of State/UT-wise operational holdings is laid on the table of the House.

As per the provisions of the Scheme, the entire responsibility of identifying the eligible beneficiary farmers and uploading their data on PM-KISAN Portal is entrusted to the State/UT Governments only. The financial benefit under the Scheme is transferred to the bank accounts of  the  identified  beneficiaries  as  and  when  their  correct  and  verified  data  is  uploaded  by  the concerned States / UTs on PM-Kisan web-portal.

(e)  &  (f):        Ownership  of  cultivable  land  is  the  basis  of  the  Scheme.  The  survey  of  landless farmers has not been conducted, therefore, their exact numbers are not available. However, a Statement  showing  State-wise  number  of  wholly  leased-in  operational  holdings  as  per  the Agriculture  Census  2010-11  is  available.      Various  schemes  run  by  the  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare aim at benefitting the cultivators irrespective of the ownership status.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( a ) TO  ( c ) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 2654 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 09.07.2019

## Number of operational holdings as per

## Agriculture Census 2015-16 (provisional)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   Number in ('000) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | A&N Islands       |                 12 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |               8524 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                113 |
| 4         | Assam             |               2742 |
| 5         | Bihar             |              16413 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                  1 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |               3960 |
| 8         | D & N Haveli      |                 15 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu       |                  8 |
| 10        | Delhi             |                 21 |
| 11        | Goa               |                 56 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |               5320 |
| 13        | Haryana           |               1628 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |                996 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir   |               1417 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |               2732 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |               8677 |
| 18        | Kerala            |               7583 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       |                 10 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    |              10003 |
| 21        | Maharashtra       |              14707 |
| 22        | Manipur           |                150 |
| 23        | Meghalaya         |                232 |
| 24        | Mizoram           |                 90 |
| 25        | Nagaland          |                197 |
| 26        | Odisha            |               4866 |
| 27        | Puducherry        |                 34 |
| 28        | Punjab            |               1093 |
| 29        | Rajasthan         |               7655 |
| 30        | Sikkim            |                 68 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        |               7938 |
| 32        | Telangana         |               5948 |
| 33        | Tripura           |                573 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     |              23822 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       |                881 |
| 36        | West Bengal       |               7243 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |             145727 |

| State-wise approximate number of wholly leased-in operational holdings as per the Agriculture Census 2010-11   | State-wise approximate number of wholly leased-in operational holdings as per the Agriculture Census 2010-11   | State-wise approximate number of wholly leased-in operational holdings as per the Agriculture Census 2010-11   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                        | States/Uts                                                                                                     | Approximate number of operational holdings ('00)                                                               |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                        | States/Uts                                                                                                     | Number                                                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                              | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 328                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                              | ASSAM                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                              | BIHAR                                                                                                          | 22                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                              | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                   | 9                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                              | GOA                                                                                                            | 59                                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                              | GUJARAT                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                              | HARYANA                                                                                                        | Negligible                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                               | 14                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                             | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                             | JHARKHAND                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                             | KARNATAKA                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                             | KERALA                                                                                                         | 48                                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                             | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                 | 104                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                    | Negligible                                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                                             | MANIPUR                                                                                                        | 50                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                             | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                             | MIZORAM                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                             | NAGALAND                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                             | ODISHA                                                                                                         | 2193                                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                                             | PUNJAB                                                                                                         | 19                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                             | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                      | 65                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                                             | SIKKIM                                                                                                         | 9                                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                                             | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                     | 120                                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                                             | TELANGANA                                                                                                      | State created in 2014                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                                             | TRIPURA                                                                                                        | 14                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                             | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                  | 3036                                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                                             | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                                             | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                    | 1124                                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                                             | A & N ISLANDS                                                                                                  | Negligible                                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                                             | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                              |
| 32                                                                                                             | D &NHAVELI                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                                             | DAMAN&DIU                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                              |
| 34                                                                                                             | DELHI                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                              |
| 35                                                                                                             | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                              |
| 36                                                                                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                              |
| ALL INDIA                                                                                                      | ALL INDIA                                                                                                      | 7239*                                                                                                          |

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