Lok Sabha Question No. 4422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Income of Farmers in Jharkhand
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4422

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  JANUARY, 2019

## INCOME OF FARMERS IN JHARKHAND

4422.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the income of the farmers is decreasing over time in comparison to inflation in Jharkhand;
- (b) the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (c) the efforts made by the Government to increase the income of the farmers of Jharkhand along with the names of the Centrally sponsored schemes; and
- (d) the outcome of the said efforts?

## 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): The average monthly income of agricultural households in the country is estimated by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) through the 'Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households' conducted from time to time. The last such Survey was conducted by NSSO during its 70 th round with reference to the agricultural year July 2012-June 2013. As per the results of this Survey, the average monthly income per agricultural household in Jharkhand is estimated to have increased from Rs. 2069 in 2002-03 to Rs. 4721 in 2012-13. However, Statewise inflation adjusted income estimates are not available in the Survey.

The Government has been reorienting the agriculture sector by focusing on an incomecentric  approach  which  goes  beyond  achieving  the  targeted  production.  An  Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted to examine issues relating to doubling of farmers' income and recommend a strategy to achieve the same by 2022. The Committee, alongside a comprehensive strategy, has suggested various interventions for consideration of the Government which are being implemented.

(c) & (d): Agriculture  being  a  State  subject,  State  Governments  take  appropriate  steps  for development of agriculture in the State. Government of India, however, supplements their efforts through  implementation  of  various  schemes/programmes.  The  major  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes being implemented by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) in Jharkhand are Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)- Per Drop More Crop,  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),  NFSM-Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm,  Rainfed  Area Development & Climate Change, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Soil Heath Card, Soil Health Management, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY),          Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension, Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material, Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization, etc.

Government  is  also  promoting  integrated  farming  systems  to  supplement  agricultural households'  income from  traditional  crops.  Besides,  Government  has  adopted  the  principle  of fixing  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSP)  at  a  level  of  50  per  cent  over  the  all-India  weighted average cost of production of crops. Various measures taken by the Government are aimed at improving net returns to the farmers by enabling them to realize higher yields at lower cost and benefit from better market prices.

As a result of the measures taken by the Government at Centre and State level, the level of  foodgrains  production  in  Jharkhand  has  increased  from  42.9  lakh  tonnes  in  2013-14  to 60.0 lakh tonnes in 2017-18 (Fourth Advance Estimates).

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