Lok Sabha Question No. 589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Benefit of Agricultural Schemes to Farmers in Delhi
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.589

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURAL SCHEMES TO FARMERS IN DELHI

589.   SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a) whether farmers in Delhi receive all benefits of the schemes of the Union Government that all other farmers across India are entitled for and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has a record of the total number of farmers in Delhi and total area of agricultural land in Delhi, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  share  of  Delhi  in  total  annual  agriculture  revenue  of  the  country  for  the  last  ten years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): Agriculture  is  a  State  Subject.  However,  Government  of  India  facilitates  the  State Governments through many Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes for the welfare of farmers in the country on an all India basis.  Farmers in Delhi are entitled to benefits of many of the schemes of the DAC&FW including  Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension  Reforms,  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana-RAFTAAR,  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas Yojana,    Interest  Subvention  Scheme,  Sub-Mission  on  Agricultural  Mechanisation,  In-situ Management of Crop Residue, PM-KISAN, Sub-Mission Seed and Planting Material, Mission on  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  etc. However, assistance under these schemes are based on the Annual Action plan submitted by State Governments. During the last five financial years the Delhi Government availed financial assistance      once  during  the  year  2017-18      to  the  tune  of  Rs.  4.7  crore  under  the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY).

(b): As  per  the  decennial  Census  conducted  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India,  the  total number of cultivators in Delhi in 2011 were 33398. Moreover, the operated area of Delhi as per the results of Agriculture Census 2015-16 (Phase-I) is 28974.82 hectares (provisional).

(c): The share of Delhi in total annual agriculture revenue of the country for last ten years is not  centrally  maintained.  However,  a  statement  indicating  share  of  Agriculture  Gross  State Value Added (GSVA) of Delhi to the Agriculture Gross Value Added (GVA) of the Economy as per the New Series with Base Year 2011-12 is as follows:-

|         | (Rs. In Crore)   | (Rs. In Crore)   | (Percentage)                                                         |
|---------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year    | Delhi            | All India        | Share of Agriculture GSVA of Delhi to the Agriculture GVA of Economy |
| 2011-12 | 2857             | 1501947          | 0.19                                                                 |
| 2012-13 | 2236             | 1524288          | 0.15                                                                 |
| 2013-14 | 2085             | 1609198          | 0.13                                                                 |
| 2014-15 | 1815             | 1605715          | 0.11                                                                 |
| 2015-16 | 1662             | 1616146          | 0.10                                                                 |
| 2016-17 | 1713             | 1717467          | 0.10                                                                 |
| 2017-18 | 1856             | 1803039          | 0.10                                                                 |
| 2018-19 | 2157             | 1855632          | 0.12                                                                 |

Source: CSO, MoSPI

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