Lok Sabha Question No. 21 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bache Gowda B.N., Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 21

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## DOUBLING OF FARMERS' INCOME BY 2022

- *21.     SHRI B.N. BACHE GOWDA: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the plight of farmers in the country and if so, the steps taken by the Government to enhance their income;
- (b) whether the Government has set a target of doubling of farmers' income by the year 2022,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  in  this  regard  along  with  the progress made so far in achieving the said target;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the Government would be giving Rs. 3,000/- each to all farm landholders under a contributory pension scheme, if so, whether the Government is aware that many of the farm landholders in the country are absentee farmers and are not entitled to this scheme;
- (d) if  so, the manner in which the Government would ensure that the income of actual farmers and not just that of absentee landholders is increased;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  details  regarding  the  number  of  farmers  who  have been facilitated since the said scheme started and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (f) whether  the  growth  in  agriculture  trails  that  of  the  economy  and  the  share  of agriculture in the national output has declined drastically over time from around 50 per cent in the early 1950s to 15.4 per cent in 2018-19 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 21  DUE FOR REPLY ON 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019.

(a) & (b):      The Government is aware of the plight of the farmers and to address this issue the Government constituted an Inter-ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating  to  'Doubling  of  Farmers  Income'  and  recommend  strategies  to  achieve  the same.  The  Committee  submitted  its  Report  to  the  Government  in  September,  2018  and thereafter,  an  Empowered  Body  was  set  up  on  23.01.2019  to  monitor  and  review  the progress  against  the  recommendations.  Due  to  the  efforts  made  as  part  of  schemes/ programmes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare which also aligns with the  strategy  of  doubling  farmers'  income,  there  has  been  an    appreciable  improvement  in efficiency bringing about a positive impact in the agriculture sector. The details of   these new schemes and initiatives by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare are placed at Annexure-I .

(c)  to  (e): The  Government  has  launched  a  pension  scheme,  namely,  the  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), w.e.f. 12 th September, 2019 for all Small and Marginal  Farmers  in  the  country  holding  cultivable  land  upto  2  hectare,  subject  to  certain exclusion clauses, with a view to provide them social security net as they have minimal or no savings  to  provide  for  old  age  and  to  support  them  in  the  event  of  consequent  loss  of livelihood.  The  Scheme  is  expected  to  benefit  about  3  crore  farmer  families.  The  scheme provides  for  payment  of  a  minimum  fixed  pension  of  Rs.3,000/-  per  month  to  the  eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60 years. It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40 years. Landholding is the basic criteria for the PM-KMY and hence only farmers  holding  cultivable land are eligible  for  the  benefit  under  this  Scheme, irrespective of whether they actually reside in the villages or not. As on 13.11.2019, a total of 18,29,469 farmers have joined the Scheme. A statement containing State/UT-wise number of farmers enrolled into the Scheme is at Annexure-II .

(f): As per the estimates released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and  Programme  Implementation  on  31st  May,  2019,  the  share  of  Agriculture  and  Allied Sectors in Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country at current prices was 16.1 percent in the year 2018-19. The share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of agriculture and allied sector in total economy in 1951-52 (at current prices) was 50.7%.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 21* due for answer on 19.11.2019 regarding 'Doubling of farmers' income by 2022'

## New Schemes and new initiatives by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

The  Committee  on  Doubling  Farmers  Income  (DFI)  recognises  major  seven sources of growth which are:

1.  Improvement on crop productivity
2.  Improvement on livestock productivity
3.  Resource use efficiency of saving in the cost of production
4.  Increase the cropping intensity
5.  Diversification towards high value crops
6.  Improvement in the real prices received by farmers
7.  Shift from farm to non-farm occupation

Apart  from  the  seven  sources  of  growth,  there  are  also  three  Primary  Pillars recommended by the DFI Committee. These are

- (A) (1) Productivity gains-
- a)  For    the  period  from  2009-14  average  annual  production  of  cereals was  248.81  Million  Ton  whereas  in  the  period  from  2014-19  the average production rose by 8.40% to 269.72 Million Ton
- b)  For  the period from 2009-14 average annual production of pulses was 17.52  Million  Ton  whereas  in  the  period  from  2014-19  the  average production rose by 20.31 % to 21.08 Million Ton
- (2)    Diversification to high value crops-
- a)   For the period from 2009-14 average annual production of horticulture crops was 253.4 Million Ton whereas in period 2018-19 production rose by 17.86 % to 298.67 Million Ton.

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- b)  Bee  keeping  mission  have  been  launched  recently.  The  honey  in the  period  2009-14  was  351.95  thousand  metric  tons  and  in  the period 2014-19 it was 488.93 thousand metric tons, an increase of 38.92%
- c)  As part of diversification Animal Husbandry , Dairy, Fishery etc are being promoted.
3. (B)      Ensure remunerative prices to farmers-
4. (a)  Market reforms
5. (i) Model APML Act: The Government is advocating marketing reforms to provide  farmers  alternative  channels  to  sell  their  produce.  With  the objective of ensuring better prices to farmers by promoting transparency,  barrier free agriculture market  as  well  as  multiple alternative competitive marketing channels, the  Government  has released  Model Act  'The  Agricultural  Produce  &  Livestock  Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017' for its adoption by States/UTs
6. (ii) Grams: As per Union Budget Announcement, 2018-19, the Government has announced to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 Gramin Haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs)  to  work as centres of aggregation and for direct purchase of agricultural commodities from the farmers.
7. (iii) Export policy: For the first time, an Agriculture  Export Policy has been announced by the Govt.
8. (iv) Contract  Farming:  The  Government  has  formulated  and  released  a progressive  and  facilitative  Model  Act  'The  Agricultural  Produce  & Livestock  Contract  Farming  and  Services  (Promotion  &  Facilitation) Act, 2018' in May, 2018 for its adoption by the states/Union Territories (UTs).  The  aforesaid  Model  Contract  Farming  Act  covers  the  entire value and supply chain from pre-production to post harvest marketing including services contract for the agricultural produce and livestock

- (v) e-NAM- 585 eNAMs have been created. This is a very important step for  agricultural  marketing.  More  than  1.65  crore  farmers  are  already registered in the portal.
- (vi) FPOs : In the Budget 2019-20 emphasis has been laid on formation of 10000 FPOs.

(b).   Higher MSP and Procurement : To ensure that farmers get appropriate price for their produce , the Govt of India increase the MSP of 14 Kharif crops by 1.5 times. In the Years 2009-14 only 7.24 lakh MT of pulses and oil seeds were procured whereas in the period from 2014-19, 91.47 lakh MT were procured under Price Support Scheme.

## (C) Reduced Cost of Production

(a)        Soil  Health  Card  :  In  the  first  cycle  (2015-17)  10.73  crore,  in  the  second  cycle (2017-19) 11.34 crore i.e. a total of 22.07 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed. Under  the  Soil  Health  Management  Scheme  10,825  Soil  Test  Laboratories  were approved as compared to 171 Laboratories in the period 2009-14 i.e. an increase of 63 times.  National  Productivity  Council  (NPC)  carried  out  a  study  on  'Soil  Testing Infrastructure for Faster Delivery of Soil Health Card in India' and submitted its report in February  ,  2017  and  reported  that  there  has  been  a  decrease  of  use  of  chemical fertilizer application in the range of 8-10% and there has been an overall increase in the yield of  crops to the tune of 5-6% due to application of fertilizer and micro nutrients as per recommendations available in the Soil Health Cards.

(b)    Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) : In the period 2009-14, 29.01 Lakh  Hectare  area  was  brought  under  Micro  Irrigation  as  compared  to  40.45  Lakh Hectare in the period 2014-19.

(c)    As part of agricultural mechanization, in the period 2009-14. 1012904 machines were  distributed  were  as  in  the  period  form  2014-19,  2925403  machines  were distributed, an increase of 188%.

There are also three support pillars recommended as part of the DFI report:

## A.  Risk Management

- (a) Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  :  In  the  period  2012-14,  6.66 Crore  farmers  were  brought  under  insurance  cover  whereas  in  the  period 2016-18,  11.06  crore  farmers  were  brought  under  insurance  cover-  an increase of 66%. The coverage for non loanee farmers in 2012-14 was 0.29 crore which increased to 2.78 crore farmers in 2016-18, an increase of 859%. The coverage for loanee farmers in 2012-14 was 6.37 crore which increased to  8.29  crore  farmers  in  2016-18,  an  increase  of  30%.  Insured  sum  in  the period 2012-14 was 1.53 lakh crores which increased in the period 2016-18 to 4.10 lakh crores.
- (b) Intimation about post harvest losses to crops (upto a maximum period of two weeks from harvesting, for those crops which are required to be dried in cut and  spread/small  bundled  condition  in  the  field  after  harvesting  against specific perils of hailstorm from cyclone, cyclonic rains and unseasonal rains may  be  given  within  72  hours  by  farmer  either  directly  to  the  insurance company, concerned bank, local agriculture department, Govt./district officials or through toll free number.
- (c)  The flow of credit to agricultural in the period 2009-14 was Rs. 27.01 lakhs crores  whereas  in  the  period  2014-19  it  was  Rs  52.50  lakh  crores,  an increase 94%
- (d)  Till  31 st March  2014,  3.80  crores  Kisan  Credit  Cards  have  been  issued whereas till 30 th Sep, 2019, 7.03 crores Credit Card have been issued.
- (e)  The  facility  of  KCC  has  been  extended  to  Animal  husbandry  an  Fishery farmers also
- B.  Organic Farming: It  was promoted for the first time since 2014 under Prapragat Krishi Vikas Yojana and Mission Organic Value Chain for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) and third party certification by APEDA and the total area under Organic cultivation in the country is 27.70 lakh Hectare.
- C.  Welfare schemes for farmers

## (a) PM Kisan

With a view to provide income support to all farmers' families across the country, to  enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs, the Central Government started a new Central Sector Scheme, namely,  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN).  The  scheme  aims  to provide a payment of Rs. 6000/- per year, in three 4-monthly installments of Rs. 2000/to the farmers families, subject to certain exclusions relating to higher income groups.

## (b)      PM KMY

The Government has launched a pension scheme, namely, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan  Maan-Dhan  Yojana  (PM-KMY),  w.e.f.  12th September,  2019  for  all  Small  and Marginal  Farmers  in  the  country  holding  cultivable  land  upto  2  hectare,  subject  to certain exclusion clauses, with a view to provide them social security net as they have minimal  or  no  savings  to  provide  for  old  age  and  to  support  them  in  the  event  of consequent loss of livelihood. The Scheme is expected to benefit about 3 crore farmer families. The scheme provides for payment of a minimum fixed pension of Rs.3,000/per month to the eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60 years. It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40 years. Landholding is the basic criteria for the PM-KMY and hence only farmers holding cultivable land are eligible for the  benefit  under  this  Scheme,  irrespective  of  whether  they  actually  reside  in  the villages or not. As on 13.11.2019, a total of 18,29,469 farmers have joined the Scheme. In addition many others steps are taken for the growth of the sector-

- (a)  Budget allocation for the year 2009-14 was Rs. 121082 crore whereas in the  period  2014-19  the  allocation  was  Rs.  211694  crore, an  increase  of 74.8%
- (b) The  Budget  allocation  for  only  2019-20  is  Rs  1,38,564  crores  which  is more than 14.44% for the whole Budget provision for 5 years( 2009-14) of Rs 1,21,082 crores

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## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c), (d) & (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.21*  due  for  answer  on  19.11.2019  regarding  'Doubling  of  farmers'  income  by 2022'.

## State/UT-wise enrollment figure under PM-KMY

| State                       |   Registration |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Haryana                     |         400604 |
| Jharkhand                   |         241971 |
| Bihar                       |         240854 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |         238248 |
| Chhattisgarh                |         198344 |
| Odisha                      |         136319 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |          94519 |
| Maharashtra                 |          72556 |
| Gujarat                     |          61458 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |          51727 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |          30077 |
| Karnataka                   |          29815 |
| Rajasthan                   |          27934 |
| Punjab                      |          11559 |
| Telangana                   |           7267 |
| Assam                       |           5014 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |           2345 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |           2043 |
| West Bengal                 |           1894 |
| Uttarakhand                 |           1562 |
| Kerala                      |            751 |
| Nagaland                    |            704 |
| Chandigarh                  |            528 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |            519 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |            435 |
| Tripura                     |            386 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |            159 |
| Goa                         |            136 |
| Daman and Diu               |            118 |
| Manipur                     |            117 |
| Delhi                       |             89 |
| Puducherry                  |             87 |
| Mizoram                     |             84 |
| Lakshadweep                 |             71 |
| Meghalaya                   |             26 |
| Sikkim                      |             23 |
| Total                       |        1829469 |

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