Lok Sabha Question No. 990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Loan to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.990

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  JULY, 2018

## LOAN TO FARMERS

990. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

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

- (a) the number of farmers who have been provided loan during the last three years and the amount thereof;
- (b) the details of new policies proposed to be formulated by the Union Government for the welfare of the farmers;
- (c) the  details  of  policies  and  schemes  formulated  by  the  Government  during  the  said period;
- (d) the number of self help groups in the country, State-wise; and
- (e) the number of the said groups out of these, which have been provided loans during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a):    The number of farmers who have been provided loan, both term loan and short term crop loan during the last three years and the amount thereof is as under :

| Year                  | Number of Accounts (in lakhs)   | Agriculture Credit Disbursed (in crores)   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16               | 899.06                          | 9,15,509.92                                |
| 2016-17               | 1,070.68                        | 10,65,755.67                               |
| 2017-18 (Provisional) | 1,139.13                        | 11,68,502.83                               |

(b)  &  (c):          Policy  formulation  is  an  ongoing  process.    Number  of  policies  were  formulated during  the  said  period  with  a  view  to  benefitting  the  farmers  and  these  included    interalia Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM),  Soil  Health  Card  Scheme.    Beside  these,  the  National Livestock  Mission,  Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme,  Dairy  Processing  and Infrastructure Development Fund etc. were also implemented.

- (d)  &  (e):        As  on  31  March  2018  there  are  87.44  lakh  savings linked  SHGs  in  the  country. The state-wise details are Annexed.

| The number of Saving linked Self Help Groups in the country, State-wise (as on 31 st March, 2018)   | The number of Saving linked Self Help Groups in the country, State-wise (as on 31 st March, 2018)   | The number of Saving linked Self Help Groups in the country, State-wise (as on 31 st March, 2018)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr.No.                                                                                              | State                                                                                               | Number of SHGs savings linked                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                                   | Central Region Chhattisgarh                                                                         | 190513                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                      | 256178                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                         | 48141                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                       | 407390                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Eastern Region                                                                                      |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                    | 5257                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                               | 594790                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                                           | 153192                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                              | 530489                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                         | 847269                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | North Eastern Region                                                                                |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 6000                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                               | 375986                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                                             | 16960                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                           | 11427                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                             | 8934                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                            | 6533                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                              | 6077                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                             | 53674                                                                                               |
| Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Northern Region                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Chandigarh                                                                                          | 357                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                             | 38216                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                    | 49353                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                   | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                   | 17980                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                   | New Delhi                                                                                           | 4331                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                              | 37734                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                           | 330912                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Southern Region                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                      | 927556                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                           | 835643                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                                              | 296289                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                                         | 166                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                   | Puducherry                                                                                          | 24722                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                          | 1047103                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                                           | 517817                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Western Region                                                                                      |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Daman &Diu                                                                                          | 43                                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                                   | Dadra Nagar Haveli                                                                                  | 599                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                 | 8218                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                             | 240297                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                         | 848291                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Grand Total:                                                                                        | 8744437                                                                                             |