Lok Sabha Question No. 1483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Crop Loss due to Adverse Weather Conditions
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1483

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## CROP LOSS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

1483.    SHRI  BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) whether there are reports of loss of crops due to adverse weather conditions such as cold wave, frost, flood and seasonal rains in the country;
- (b) if    so,  the    extent    of    loss  suffered  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State and crop-wise both for Rabi and Kharif seasons; and
- (c) the financial assistance sought and actually provided to various States/UTs for the same during the said period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The Government of India does not maintain centrally calamitywise/crop-wise/season-wise  damage  to  crops  caused  due  to  adverse  weather  conditions including  cold  wave,  frost  and  seasonal  rains  etc.    However,  based  on  the  information received  from  the  States/UTs,  details  of  areas  having  crop  loss  due  to  listed  natural calamities  including  floods/landslides/cloudburst/cyclonic  storm  etc.  during  2015-16  to 2018-19 are given at Annexure-I .
- (c):      The details of allocation and release from SDRF and NDRF to different States and Union  Territories      for  the  purpose  of  relief,  during  2015-16  to  2018-19  is  given  at Annexure-II .

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1483 for 12.02.2019

## (Provisional) (As on 29.01.2019)

|     |               | Years                               | Years                               | Years                  | Years                             |
|-----|---------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|     | States        | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                             | 2017-18 affected (in   | 2018-19 Cropped area affected (in |
| Sl. |               | Cropped area affected (in lakh ha.) | Cropped area affected (in lakh ha.) | Cropped area lakh ha.) | lakh ha.)                         |
| 1   | Andhra Pr.    | 2.17                                | 0.48                                | 0.45                   | 1.67                              |
| 2   | Arunachal Pr. | 0.14                                | 0.235                               | 0.41                   | 0.007                             |
| 3   | Assam         | 2.86                                | 2.82                                | 2.80                   | 0.31                              |
| 4   | Bihar         | 8.08                                | 3.72                                | 8.10                   | --                                |
| 5   | Chhattisgarh  | --                                  | 2.98                                | --                     | --                                |
| 6   | Gujarat       | 2.59                                | --                                  | 6.45                   | --                                |
| 7   | Himachal Pr.  | 0.13                                | 0.20                                | 0.80                   | 0.45                              |
| 8   | Karnataka     | --                                  | 3.76                                | --                     | 3.63                              |
| 9   | Kerala        | --                                  | 0.017                               | 0.078                  | 1.00                              |
| 10  | Maharashtra   | --                                  | 0.15                                | --                     | --                                |
| 11  | Manipur       | 0.39                                | 0.018                               | 0.89                   | 0.06                              |
| 12  | Meghalaya     | --                                  | --                                  | --                     | 0.02                              |
| 13  | Mizoram       | --                                  | --                                  | 0.11                   | --                                |
| 14  | Nagaland      | 0.04                                | 0.42                                | 0.05                   | 0.05                              |
| 15  | Odisha        | --                                  |                                     | 0.42                   | 3.90                              |
| 16  | Punjab        | --                                  | 0.005                               | --                     | 0.52                              |
| 17  | Rajasthan     | 0.32                                | --                                  | 7.34                   | --                                |
| 18  | Sikkim        | --                                  | 0.018                               | 0.02                   | --                                |
| 19  | Tamil Nadu    | 3.83                                | 0.34                                | 0.05                   | 1.22                              |
| 20  | Telangana     | --                                  | 2.59                                | --                     | --                                |
| 21  | Tripura       | --                                  | --                                  | --                     | 0.32                              |
| 22  | Uttar Pradesh | --                                  | 5.96                                | 3.81                   | 2.90                              |
| 23  | Uttarakhand   | --                                  | 0.10                                | --                     | 0.55                              |
| 24  | West Bengal   | 13.02                               | 4.48                                | 6.74                   | 0.49                              |
| 25  | Lakshadweep   | --                                  | --                                  | 0.002                  | --                                |

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## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1483 for 12.02.2019

(Rs. in crore)

|           |               | Allocation under SDRF   | Allocation under SDRF   | Allocation under SDRF   | Allocation under SDRF   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Released from NDRF   | Released from NDRF   | Released from NDRF   | Released from NDRF       |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|           |               | 2015-16                 | 2016-17                 | 2017-18                 | 2018-19                 | 2015-16                           | 2016-17                           | 2017-18                           | 2018-19 (as on 03.12.18)          |                                   | 2015-16              | 2016-17              | 2017-18              | 2018-19 (as on 01.01.19) |
| Sl. No. 1 | State 2       | 3                       | 4                       | 5                       | 6                       | 7                                 | 8                                 | 9                                 | 10                                | 11                                |                      | 12                   | 13                   | 14                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pr.    | 440.00                  | 462.00                  | 485.00                  | 509.00                  | 330.00                            | 346.50                            | 363.75                            | 458.10                            |                                   | 356.74               | 702.72               | --                   | 592.74                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pr. | 52.00                   | 55.00                   | 57.00                   | 60.00                   | 46.80                             | 49.50                             | 51.30                             | 27.00                             |                                   | --                   | 51.06                | 32.44                | 132.49                   |
| 3         | Assam         | 460.00                  | 483.00                  | 507.00                  | 532.00                  | 414.00                            | 434.70                            | 456.30                            | 478.80                            | --                                |                      | --                   | --                   | --                       |
| 4         | Bihar         | 469.00                  | 492.00                  | 517.00                  | 543.00                  | 351.745                           | 369.00                            | 489.56                            |                                   | *                                 | --                   | --                   | 1363.47              | --                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh  | 241.00                  | 253.00                  | 265.00                  | 278.00                  | 249.725                           | 94.875                            | 194.25                            | # 349.575                         | #                                 | 522.31               | 313.385              | 49.31                | --                       |
| 6         | Goa           | 4.00                    | 4.00                    | 4.00                    | 4.00                    | 3.00                              | 3.00                              | 3.00                              | 1.80                              | --                                |                      | --                   | --                   | --                       |
| 7         | Gujarat       | 705.00                  | 740.00                  | 777.00                  | 816.00                  | 528.75                            | 555.00                            | 500.00                            | 449.95                            | --                                |                      | --                   | --                   | --                       |
| 8         | Haryana       | 308.00                  | 323.00                  | 339.00                  | 356.00                  | 203.43                            | 357.75                            | 254.25                            | 320.00                            | --                                |                      | --                   | --                   | --                       |
| 9         | Himachal Pr.  | 236.00                  | 248.00                  | 260.00                  | 273.00                  | 212.40                            | 223.20                            | 234.00                            | 245.70                            | 82.215                            |                      | 81.22                | 63.23                | 84.13                    |
| 10        | J & K         | 255.00                  | 268.00                  | 281.00                  | 295.00                  | 229.50                            | 241.20                            | --                                | 252..90                           | #                                 | --                   | --                   | --                   | --                       |
| 11        | Jharkhand     | 364.00                  | 382.00                  | 401.00                  | 421.00                  | 273.00                            | 286.50                            | 300.75                            | 189.45                            | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | --                       |
| 12        | Karnataka     | 276.00                  | 290.00                  | 305.00                  | 320.00                  | 207.00                            | 217.50                            | 228.75                            | 288.00                            | 1645.53                           |                      | 2292.50              | 913.044              | 525.22                   |
| 13        | Kerala        | 185.00                  | 194.00                  | 204.00                  | 214.00                  | 138.75                            | 145.50                            | 153.00                            | 192.60                            | --                                | --                   |                      | 164.72               | 2904.85                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pr.    | 877.00                  | 921.00                  | 967.00                  | 1016.00                 | 657.75                            | 690.75                            | 725.25                            | 914.40                            | 1011.99                           | 863.81               |                      | 502.09               | 334.00                   |
| 15        | Maharashtra   | 1483.00                 | 1557.00                 | 1635.00                 | 1717.00                 | 1112.25                           | 583.875                           | 1810.125                          | # 772.65                          | 1592.96                           | 2224.78              |                      | --                   | --                       |
| 16        | Manipur       | 19.00                   | 20.00                   | 21.00                   | 22.00                   | 21.05                             | 18.00                             | 18.90                             | 9.90                              | 38.71                             | 14.65                |                      | 110.82               | --                       |
| 17        | Meghalaya     | 24.00                   | 25.00                   | 27.00                   | 28.00                   | 21.60                             | 22.50                             | 24.30                             | 12.60                             | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | --                       |
| 18        | Mizoram       | 17.00                   | 18.00                   | 19.00                   | 20.00                   | 15.30                             | 16.20                             | 17.10                             | 9.00                              | --                                | --                   |                      | 35.97                | --                       |
| 19        | Nagaland      | 10.00                   | 10.00                   | 11.00                   | 11.00                   | 9.00                              | 9.00                              | 9.90                              | 9.90                              | 15.11                             | 0.96                 |                      | 25.01                | 195.99                   |
| 20        | Odisha        | 747.00                  | 785.00                  | 824.00                  | 865.00                  | 560.25                            | 588.75                            | 618.00                            | 778.50                            | 574.6925                          | 425.66               |                      | --                   | 341.72                   |
| 21        | Punjab        | 390.00                  | 409.00                  | 430.00                  | 451.00                  | 292.50                            | 306.75                            | 203.465                           | 321.99                            | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | --                       |
| 22        | Rajasthan     | 1103.00                 | 1158.00                 | 1216.00                 | 1277.00                 | 827.25                            | 868.50                            | 912.00                            | 574.65                            | 1378.13                           | 990.82               |                      | 607.77               | 526.14                   |
| 23        | Sikkim        | 31.00                   | 33.00                   | 34.00                   | 36.00                   | 27.90                             | 29.70                             | 30.60                             | 32.40                             | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | 54.93                    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu    | 679.00                  | 713.00                  | 748.00                  | 786.00                  | 643.045                           | 534.75                            | 561.00                            | 707.40                            | 1000.00 $                         | 1813.66              |                      | 351.81               | 900.31                   |
| 25        | Telangana     | 274.00                  | 288.00                  | 302.00                  | 317.00                  | 205.50                            | 216.00                            | --                                | 226.50                            | *                                 | 468.20               | 328.16               | 58.40                | --                       |
| 26        | Tripura       | 31.00                   | 33.00                   | 34.00                   | 36.00                   | 27.90                             | 29.70                             | 30.60                             | 32.40                             | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | 171.74                   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh | 675.00                  | 709.00                  | 744.00                  | 781.00                  | 506.25                            | 531.75                            | 558.00                            | 351.45                            | 3305.66                           |                      | 1062.09              | 119.67               | 157.23                   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand   | 210.00                  | 220.00                  | 231.00                  | 243.00                  | 253.36                            | 198.00                            | 207.90                            | 109.35                            | --                                | --                   |                      | --                   | --                       |
|           |               | 516.00                  | 542.00                  | 569.00                  | 598.00                  |                                   | 406.50                            | 426.75                            | 269.10                            | 459.71                            | 275.82               |                      |                      | --                       |
| 29        | West Bengal   |                         |                         |                         |                         | 387.00                            |                                   |                                   |                                   |                                   |                      |                      | 324.78               |                          |
|           | Total         | 11081.00                | 11635.00                | 12214.00                | 12825.00                | 8756.00                           | 8374.95                           | 9382.80                           | 8386.465                          | 12451.96                          |                      | 11441.30             | 4722.53              | 6921.49                  |

Centre's share of SDRF not released for want of information relating to crediting of earlier released funds, utilisation certificate and annual report.

#    Including arrears of SDRF for the previous ye