Lok Sabha Question No. 540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Crop Loss due to Adverse Weather
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 540

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH   JUNE, 2019

## CROP LOSS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER

540. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) whether there has been loss of crop or less production of crops due to sudden change in weather during the last one year;
- (b) if  so,  the  crop  loss  borne  by the farmers in each State  and Union territory during  the last  one  year  due  to  climate change; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government so  far  to  compensate  the  losses  suffered by the farmers due to climate change?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (c): The Government monitor calamity-wise / crop-wise / season-wise crop loss due to sudden  change  in  weather  on  regular  basis.    Based  on  the  information  received  from  the States/UTs, details of the area having crop loss due to adverse weather during 2018-19 is given at Annexure-I.

Against  the  crop  loss  as  reported  in  Annexure-I,  an  amount    of  Rs.8170.81crore  has been  approved  as  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  assistance  to  the  States  of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.

The Government has been taking various steps to compensate the crop loss suffered by the farmers.  These include:

-  The  Government  has  introduced  yield  based  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana (PMFBY)  and  weather  index  based  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) from Kharif 2016 to provide financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of natural calamities, adverse weather incidence to stabilize the income of farmers.
-  PMFBY provides for comprehensive risk insurance against crop damage from pre-sowing to post harvest of food crops, oilseeds and annual commercial horticultural crops notified by  the  concerned  state  government.    This  scheme  not  only  safeguards  against  wide spread yield loss due to non-preventable natural risks but also against farm level yield loss due to localized risks, prevented sowing and post-harvest losses.
-  Immediate  relief  is  also  provided  to  insured  farmers  in  case  of  adverse  seasonable conditions during the crop season due to which expected yield during the season is likely to be less than 50% of the threshold yield in the concerned insurance unit.

Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 540 for 25.6.2019.

| Sl.No.   | States             | 2018-19                             | 2018-19                                                        |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | States             | Cropped area affected (in lakh ha.) | Central assistance approved by GoI (under NDRF) (Rs. In crore) |
| 1.       | Karnataka (Kharif) | 21.22                               | 949.49                                                         |
| 1.       | (Rabi)             | 19.39                               | *                                                              |
| 2.       | Maharashtra        | 72.64                               | 4714.28                                                        |
| 3.       | Andhra Pradesh     | 12.81                               | 900.40                                                         |
| 4.       | Gujarat            | 1.11                                | 127.60                                                         |
| 5.       | Jharkhand          | 5.30                                | 272.42                                                         |
| 6.       | Rajasthan          | 29.65                               | 1206.62                                                        |
|          | Total              | 161.12                              | 8170.81                                                        |

*Sent to MHA for placing the recommendation of SC-NEC before High Level Committee.

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