Lok Sabha Question No. 4984 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Special Package for Farmers affected by Natural Calamities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff, Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan, H. Vasanthakumar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4984

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR FARMERS AFFECTED BY NATURAL CALAMITIES

4984.  ADV. A.M. ARIFF: SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN: SHRI H. VASANTHAKUMAR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  welfare  schemes  launched  by  the  Union  Government  during  the  last three years for the welfare of farmers hit by natural calamities, State-wise including Kerala;
- (b) the number of disaster-affected farmers getting benefited by these schemes, districtwise in Kerala;
- (c) whether Government would consider to undertake a survey in this regard to provide benefits to affected farmers;
- (d) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  is  considering  to  provide/has  made  any provision for giving a special package/financial assistance in districts where agriculture has been  affected  due  to  natural  calamities,  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  including Kerala, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has received any demand in this regard, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the details of the funds spent under the PM- AASHA scheme for welfare of farmers during the last year and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a)  to  (c):            The  State  Government is primarily responsible for providing necessary relief measures  in  the  wake  of  natural  calamities.  For  undertaking  relief  measures,  funds  are available with the State Government in the form of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). Additional financial assistance, over and above SDRF, is considered from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for natural calamities of severe nature and is approved on the basis of  Memorandum  received  from  the  State  Government,  in  accordance  with  established procedures.

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is concerned with providing relief under NDRF to farmers who have lost their crops due to drought, hailstorm, pest attack and cold wave/frost. An amount of Rs.15823.36 crore has been approved from NDRF  during  2016-17  to  2018-19  to  the  States  affected  by  the  above  said  calamities (Annexure -I).

The Government of India has evolved several schemes/programmes to address the need  for  drought  mitigation  and  other  requirements  of  the  farmers  under  Rashtriya  Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), besides implementation  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  and  National  Agriculture Market Scheme (e-NAM), etc. for protecting farmers' interests. The States have been given flexibility under RKVY to plan region specific interventions for the farmers.

Agriculture is a state subject. The State Governments are responsible for disbursement of funds to the affected farmers.  All individual beneficiary-oriented assistance is mandatorily/necessarily disbursed through the bank account of the beneficiary.  In order to improve  the  disbursement  and  transparency  in  providing  relief  to  the  beneficiaries  under various  items,  the  State  Government  has  to  prepare  a  consolidated  list  of  individual beneficiaries  in  whose  bank  account  funds  have  been  transferred.    The  list  so  prepared should be displayed on their website as well as the State/District and block/taluk levels for the purpose of verification and social audit.

(d) & (e): Based on the memorandum submitted by the State Government of Kerala after flood  and  landslide  in  July-August  2018,  the  Government  of  India  had  approved  an assistance of Rs. 3048.39 crore from NDRF for flood and Landslide and air bills for utilizing the services of Air force helicopter for rescue and relief as per actuals.

The Government of India, in order to mitigate damages to the horticulture crops in the wake of flood in Kerala in 2018, had approved a special package of Rs.93.39 crore (Central share of Rs.56.03  &  State share  of Rs.37.36  crore) under  Mission For Integrated Development  Horticulture  (MIDH)  on  23 rd August,  2018  and  the  entire  amount  of  central share was released on 28.08.2018. During 2017-18 & 2018-19, Government of Kerala has not  submitted  any  Memorandum  seeking  financial  assistance  from  NDRF  in  the  wake  of drought.  However,  during  2016-17,  Government  of  Kerala  has  submitted  Memorandum seeking financial assistance from NDRF in the wake of drought. In response Government of India has approved Rs.112.05 crore from NDRF to the State Government (Annexure-I).

(f): Under PM-AASHA, the procurement of Pulses and Copra has to be made under Price Support  Scheme  and  for  oilseeds,  State/Union  Territory  (UT)  Governments  are  offered  a bouquet of Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and Price Support Scheme, with the flexibility to choose either of them in a given marketing season for particular oilseeds for the entire  State/UT. Details of procurement made under price support system and numbers of farmers benefited are at Annexure -II.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4984 due for answer on 23.07.2019

State-wise details of National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) assistance from 2016-17 to 201819 (drought, hailstorm, pest attack and cold wave/frost)

(Rs. in crore)

5563.28

| Sl. No.            | Name of State      | Calamity                  | Assistance sought by the State Government   | Central assistance approved by GOI (under N.D.R.F)   |
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| During - 2016-2017 | During - 2016-2017 | During - 2016-2017        | During - 2016-2017                          | During - 2016-2017                                   |
| 1.                 | Karnataka          | Drought(K) Drought( R)    | 4702.54 3310.83                             | 1782.44 795.544                                      |
| 2.                 | Andhra Pradesh     | Drought(K)                | 2513.97                                     | 518.93                                               |
| 3.                 | Kerala             | Drought(K)                | 1019.90                                     | 112.05                                               |
| 4.                 | Tamil Nadu         | Drought(K)                | 39565.00                                    | 1748.28                                              |
| 5.                 | Rajasthan          | Drought(K)                | 3660.97                                     | 588.34                                               |
| 6.                 | Puducherry         | Drought( R)               | 150.52                                      | 17.70                                                |
|                    | Total              |                           | 54923.73                                    | 5563.28                                              |
| During - 2017-18   | During - 2017-18   | During - 2017-18          | During - 2017-18                            | During - 2017-18                                     |
| 1.                 | Chhattisgarh       | Drought(K)                | 4401.00                                     | 395.91                                               |
| 2.                 | Madhya Pradesh     | Drought(K)                | 3705.95                                     | 836.09                                               |
| 3.                 | Rajasthan          | Drought(K)                | 3078.26                                     | 526.14                                               |
| 4.                 | Andhra Pradesh     | Drought (R)               | 679.19                                      | 113.14                                               |
| 5.                 | Maharashtra        | Pest Attack/Ockhi Cyclone | 3373.31                                     | 60.76                                                |
| 6.                 | Uttar Pradesh      | Drought (R)               | 678.98                                      | 157.23                                               |
| Total              | Total              |                           | 15916.69                                    | 2089.27                                              |

| During - 2018-19   | During - 2018-19   | During - 2018-19   |   During - 2018-19 | During - 2018-19   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1.                 | Andhra Pradesh     | Drought (K)        |            1466.91 | 900.40             |
| 2.                 | Karnataka          | Drought (K)        |            2434    | 949.49             |
| 3.                 | Maharashtra        | Drought (K)        |            7902.77 | 4714.28            |
| 4.                 | Rajasthan          | Drought (K)        |            2819.58 | 1206.62            |
| 5.                 | Gujarat            | Drought (K)        |            4547.85 | 127.60             |
| 6.                 | Jharkhand          | Drought (K)        |            1535.29 | 272.42             |
| 7.                 | Karnataka          | Drought (R)        |            2064.3  | *                  |
| Total              | Total              |                    |           22770.7  | 8170.81            |

## ANNEXURE-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4984 due for answer on 23.07.2019

| Sl. No.        | Name of State   | Quantity Procured (pulses and oilseeds) (in MT)   | MSP Value (Rs. in Crore)   | Number of Farmers benefited   |
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Kharif 2017-18 | Kharif 2017-18  | Kharif 2017-18                                    | Kharif 2017-18             | Kharif 2017-18                |
| 1              | Telangana       | 124343.42                                         | 594.60                     | 93581                         |
| 2              | Andhra Pradesh  | 132498.28                                         | 660.79                     | 96421                         |
| 3              | Karnataka       | 382270.88                                         | 2073.58                    | 330346                        |
| 4              | Rajasthan       | 547916.86                                         | 2839.90                    | 293516                        |
| 5              | Maharashtra     | 423940.13                                         | 2245.57                    | 375980                        |
| 6              | Gujarat         | 918692.18                                         | 4176.97                    | 512758                        |
| 7              | Uttar Pradesh   | 22568.00                                          | 121.87                     | 13858                         |
| 8              | West Bengal     | 6789.37                                           | 36.66                      | 9029                          |
|                | Grand Total     | 2559019.12                                        | 12749.94                   | 1725489                       |
| Rabi 2018-19   | Rabi 2018-19    | Rabi 2018-19                                      | Rabi 2018-19               | Rabi 2018-19                  |
| 1              | Telangana       | 52239.62                                          | 231.79                     | 39351                         |
| 2              | Andhra Pradesh  | 172656.95                                         | 840.64                     | 110156                        |
| 3              | Karnataka       | 136013.05                                         | 598.46                     | 103491                        |
| 4              | Rajasthan       | 1051586.54                                        | 4438.34                    | 392958                        |
| 5              | Maharashtra     | 194726.89                                         | 856.80                     | 139792                        |
| 6              | Gujarat         | 143659.55                                         | 611.04                     | 78092                         |
| 7              | Uttar Pradesh   | 29263.69                                          | 126.22                     | 22114                         |
| 8              | West Bengal     | 826.60                                            | 3.31                       | 2170                          |
| 9.             | Haryana         | 236337                                            | 946                        | 116199                        |
| 10.            | Tamil Nadu      | 1561.57                                           | 8.43                       | 1309                          |
| 11.            | Madhya Pradesh  | 1964964.98                                        | 8562.96                    | 842502                        |
| 12.            | Odisha          | 9432.97                                           | 48.94                      | 12485                         |
|                | Grand Total     | 3993269.41                                        | 17272.93                   | 1860619                       |
| Kharif 2018-19 | Kharif 2018-19  | Kharif 2018-19                                    | Kharif 2018-19             | Kharif 2018-19                |
| 1              | Telangana       | 99489.90                                          | 547.27                     | 99867                         |
| 2              | Andhra Pradesh  | 5415.47                                           | 31.01                      | 6107                          |
| 3              | Karnataka       | 154904.2                                          | 916.70                     | 215246                        |
| 4              | Rajasthan       | 549162.16                                         | 3228.62                    | 286312                        |
| 5              | Maharashtra     | 84873.53                                          | 501.58                     | 110278                        |
| 6              | Gujarat         | 491302.47                                         | 2438.61                    | 243134                        |
| 7              | Uttar Pradesh   | 38505.55                                          | 209.41                     | 33248                         |
| 8.             | Haryana         | 224.9                                             | 1.57                       | 227                           |
| 9.             | Tamil Nadu      | 764.80                                            | 4.81                       | 1011                          |
| 10.            | Madhya Pradesh  | 379709.53                                         | 2110.56                    | 345801                        |
|                | Grand Total     | 1804352.51                                        | 9990.14                    | 1341231                       |

| Rabi 2019-20 (As on 15.07.2019)   | Rabi 2019-20 (As on 15.07.2019)   |   Rabi 2019-20 (As on 15.07.2019) |   Rabi 2019-20 (As on 15.07.2019) |   Rabi 2019-20 (As on 15.07.2019) |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1                                 | Telangana                         |                   36211.8         |                            168.82 |                             23000 |
| 2                                 | Andhra Pradesh                    |                   28697           |                            174.39 |                             18961 |
| 3                                 | Karnataka                         |                      33.4         |                              0.15 |                                38 |
| 4                                 | Rajasthan                         |                  728970           |                           3112.24 |                            347353 |
| 5                                 | Maharashtra                       |                   22392.3         |                            103.45 |                             17954 |
| 6                                 | Gujarat                           |                   60443           |                            266.76 |                             31413 |
| 7                                 | Uttar Pradesh                     |                    2362           |                             10.28 |                              1308 |
| 8.                                | Haryana                           |                  253568           |                           1067.89 |                            122568 |
| 9.                                | Tamil Nadu                        |                    8769.08        |                             56.53 |                              7515 |
| 10.                               | Madhya Pradesh                    |                  815304           |                           3681.93 |                            354026 |
| 11.                               | Odisha                            |                    5863.03        |                             38.89 |                              6545 |
|                                   | Grand Total                       |                       1.96261e+06 |                           8681.33 |                            930681 |

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