Lok Sabha Question No. 888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Target for Agriculture Credit
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

## LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No. 888

To be answered on Friday, December 14, 2018/Agrahayana 23, 1940 (Saka)

## Target for Agriculture Credit

## 888. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  a  practice  to  fix  target  for  agriculture  credit  for  each  financial year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the target of agricultural credit for the year 2018-19 both for Kharif and Rabi seasons, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time bound deadline for the distribution of agricultural credit and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of number of beneficiaries of agricultural credit during the year 201718 along with the total amount disbursed, State-wise?

## Answer

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla)

(a)  to  (c):  In  order  to  boost  the  agriculture  sector  with  the  help  of  effective  and hassle-free  agriculture  credit,  the  Government  has  been  fixing  agriculture  credit disbursement targets for the banking sector every year and banks have consistently surpassed  these  targets.  The  details  of  agriculture  credit  targets  fixed  by  the Government, for the last three years (2015-16 to 2017-18) as reported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) are given as under:

## (Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Year    | Target allotted by GoI   |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 8,50,000.00              |
| 2016-17 | 9,00,000.00              |
| 2017-18 | 10,00,000.00             |

Agriculture credit target for year 2018-19 has been set at Rs.11,00,000 crore. Statewise agriculture credit target for the year 2018-19, as reported by NABARD, is given in Annexure I.

- (d):  State-wise  details  of  agriculture  credit  disbursement  along  with  number  of accounts  during  2017-18,  as  reported  by  NABARD,  is  given  in  Annexure  II.

Annexure I to Lok Sabha USQ No. 888 for 14.12.2018

| AGRICULTURE CREDIT TARGET FOR THE YEAR 2018-19   | AGRICULTURE CREDIT TARGET FOR THE YEAR 2018-19   | AGRICULTURE CREDIT TARGET FOR THE YEAR 2018-19   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                           | State / UT                                       | (Rs. Crore) Total Agri Loan                      |
| 1                                                | NEW DELHI                                        | 684                                              |
| 2                                                | HARYANA                                          | 67,012                                           |
| 3                                                | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                 | 6,665                                            |
| 4                                                | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                   | 7,556                                            |
| 5                                                | PUNJAB                                           | 87,182                                           |
| 6                                                | RAJASTHAN                                        | 80,738                                           |
| 7                                                | CHANDIGARG UT                                    | 113                                              |
| 8                                                | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                | 448                                              |
| 9                                                | ASSAM                                            | 8,537                                            |
| 10                                               | MANIPUR                                          | 779                                              |
| 11                                               | MEGHALAYA                                        | 790                                              |
| 12                                               | MIZORAM                                          | 326                                              |
| 13                                               | NAGALAND                                         | 458                                              |
| 14                                               | SIKKIM                                           | 296                                              |
| 15                                               | TRIPURA                                          | 2,117                                            |
| 16                                               | A &NISLAND                                       | 267                                              |
| 17                                               | BIHAR                                            | 40,221                                           |
| 18                                               | JHARKHAND                                        | 7,835                                            |
| 19                                               | ORISSA                                           | 32,256                                           |
| 20                                               | WEST BENGAL                                      | 64,071                                           |
| 21                                               | CHATTISGARH                                      | 14,116                                           |
| 22                                               | MADHYA PRADESH                                   | 74,005                                           |
| 23                                               | UTTARAKHAND                                      | 10,678                                           |
| 24                                               | UTTAR PRADESH                                    | 1,17,350                                         |
| 25                                               | GOA                                              | 1,515                                            |
| 26                                               | GUJARAT                                          | 59,410                                           |
| 27                                               | MAHARASHTRA                                      | 81,335                                           |
| 28                                               | D &NHAVELI UT                                    | 132                                              |
| 29                                               | DAMAN &DIU UT                                    | 58                                               |
| 30                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                   | 65,666                                           |
| 31                                               | TELANGANA                                        | 55,785                                           |
| 32                                               | KARNATAKA                                        | 60,506                                           |
| 33                                               | KERALA                                           | 44,805                                           |
| 34                                               | PONDICHERRY                                      | 4,711                                            |
| 35                                               | TAMILNADU                                        | 1,01,514                                         |
| 36                                               | LAKSHADWEEP UT                                   | 63                                               |
|                                                  | TOTAL                                            | 11,00,000                                        |

Source: NABARD

## Annexure II to Lok Sabha USQ 888 for 14.12.2018

## Agriculture Credit Disbursement Data for the period 2017-18  (Provisional)

(No. of A/cs in absolute) (Amount Rs. In Lacs) *

| S.No.   | State/UT                   | All Agencies                          | All Agencies                          |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|         |                            | Total Agriculture Credit Disbursement | Total Agriculture Credit Disbursement |
|         |                            | No. of Accounts                       | Amount                                |
| 1       | DELHI                      | 25,637                                | 1,952,779.80                          |
| 2       | HARYANA                    | 2,931,443                             | 5,538,147.31                          |
| 3       | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 1,423,165                             | 1,433,840.16                          |
| 4       | JAMMU & KASHMIR            | 876,525                               | 1,130,387.79                          |
| 5       | PUNJAB                     | 3,118,799                             | 7,316,887.29                          |
| 6       | RAJASTHAN                  | 7,252,971                             | 8,091,360.30                          |
| 7       | CHANDIGARH UT              | 14,406                                | 235,719.57                            |
| 8       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 5,791                                 | 8,174.32                              |
| 9       | ASSAM                      | 1,040,412                             | 675,530.48                            |
| 10      | MANIPUR                    | 22,213                                | 25,458.92                             |
| 11      | MEGHALAYA                  | 44,657                                | 35,073.62                             |
| 12      | MIZORAM                    | 16,020                                | 17,493.61                             |
| 13      | NAGALAND                   | 35,180                                | 20,501.71                             |
| 14      | SIKKIM                     | 10,089                                | 12,497.20                             |
| 15      | TRIPURA                    | 334,196                               | 232,572.61                            |
| 16      | A & N ISLAND               | 12,367                                | 12,023.51                             |
| 17      | BIHAR                      | 4,638,626                             | 2,921,293.66                          |
| 18      | JHARKHAND                  | 821,516                               | 377,879.80                            |
| 19      | ODISHA                     | 4,945,450                             | 2,277,105.56                          |
| 20      | WEST BENGAL                | 5,188,082                             | 4,086,784.83                          |
| 21      | CHHATTISGARH               | 1,944,766                             | 1,513,440.90                          |
| 22      | MADHYA PRADESH             | 7,215,847                             | 6,003,693.54                          |
| 23      | UTTARAKHAND                | 613,385                               | 787,648.65                            |
| 24      | UTTAR PRADESH              | 9,454,474                             | 8,404,809.48                          |
| 25      | GOA                        | 57,769                                | 123,814.87                            |
| 26      | GUJARAT                    | 3,717,273                             | 6,255,789.85                          |
| 27      | MAHARASHTRA                | 5,146,646                             | 7,247,875.54                          |
| 28      | D & N HAVELI UT            | 2,141                                 | 6,584.22                              |
| 29      | DAMAN & DIU UT             | 1,391                                 | 3,325.96                              |
| 30      | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 12,876,637                            | 11,235,535.15                         |
| 31      | TELANGANA                  | 4,888,825                             | 5,883,137.03                          |
| 32      | KARNATAKA                  | 7,355,987                             | 7,914,371.62                          |
| 33      | KERALA                     | 7,536,627                             | 8,417,633.33                          |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY                 | 333,677                               | 260,631.65                            |
| 35      | TAMILNADU                  | 19,286,920                            | 15,801,388.52                         |
| 36      | LAKSHADWEEP UT GRAND TOTAL | 363 113,190,273                       | 505.70 116,261,698.06                 |

Source: NABARD