Lok Sabha Question No. 981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Drought affected States
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 981

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  JULY, 2018

## DROUGHT AFFECTED STATES

981.   SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

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

- (a) the  details  of  drought  affected  districts  in  various  States  of  the  country  including Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  drought  affected  areas  declared  and  notified  so  far  district  and State-wise  and  the  details  of  the  funds  released  by  the  Government  and  spent  in  drought affected districts including Anantapur so far?

## 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 details of the drought affected districts in various States of the country during 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are placed at Annexure -I.  Further, the details of the assistance sought  by  the  States  and  the  assistance  approved  from  National  Disaster  Response  Fund (NDRF)  by  the  High  Level  Committee  during  the  above  mentioned  periods  are  placed  at Annexure-II. None of the State has reported drought in 2018-19 so far. The State Government is  primarily  responsible  for  providing  necessary  relief  measures  in  the  wake  of  natural calamities,  including  drought.  For  undertaking  relief  measures,  funds  are  available  with  the State  Government in the form of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). Additional financial assistance, over and above SDRF, is considered from NDRF for natural calamities of severe nature and is approved on the basis of Memorandum received from the State Government, in accordance with established procedures. The State Governments are responsible for disbursement of funds in drought affected areas.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure referred to in parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 981 for reply on 24.07.2018

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | Name of District declared as Drought Affected                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Name of District declared as Drought Affected                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Name of District declared as Drought Affected                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                     | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 1.      | Karnataka           | Kharif Bangalore Rural, Ramanagara, Kolar, Chickballapur,Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Mandya, Ballari, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijyapura, Gadag, Haveri, Dharwad, Shivamogga, Hassan, Kodagu, Uttara Kannada,Chikkamagaluru (27 districts) Rabi Ballari, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Gadag, Haveri,Dharwad (12 districts) | 2016-17 Kharif Bagalkote, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Ballari, Belagavi, Chamarajnagar, Chickballapur, Chikkamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura, Yadgir (26 districts) Rabi Bagalkote, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban, Ballari, Belagavi, Bidar, Chamarajnagar, Chickballapur, Chikkamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kalaburgi, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Dakshin Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura, Yadgir (30 districts) | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2.      | Chhattisgarh        | Raipur, Gariband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Baster, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewara, Sukma, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Janjgir Champa, Korba, Balrampur, Surajpur, Koriya, Raigarh, Jashpur (25 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Raipur, Baloda Bazaar, Gariyaband, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Kondagaon, Dantewada, Kanker, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Jajgir-Champa, Korba, Raigarh, Koriya, Narayanpur, Bijapur (21 districts) |
| 3.      | Madhya Pradesh      | Katni, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Tikamgarh, Rewa, Jabalpur, Sidhi, Sagar, Damoh, Seoni, Sigroli, Sheopur, Chhatarpur, Bhind, Panna, Satna, Dindori, Shivpuri, Mandsaur, Morena, Jhabua, Bhopal, Ujjain, Neemuch, Vidishia, Raisen, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Ratlam, Narsinghpur, Guna, Betul, Burhanpur, Agar Malwa, Sehore, Indore, Dhar, Shajapur, Harda, Chhindwara, Dewas (42 districts)                                                             | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ashoknagar, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Gwalior, Panna, Sagar, Satna, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Vidisha, Sheopur, Morena, Datia, Shajapur, Shahdol, Umaria (18 districts)                                                          |
| 4.      | Maharashtra         | Nashik, Dhule, Nadurbar, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Akola, Yeotmal, Nagpur, Gadchiroli (21 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5.      | Odisha              | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bolangir, Bundhgarh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Khurdha, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nawapara, Nawrangpur, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Suharanapur, Sundergarh (26 districts)                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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|   6. | Andhra Pradesh   | Anantapur, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Kurnool, Prakasam, SPSR Nellore, Guntur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Krishna (10 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram (8 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | YSR Kadapa, Anantapur, Kurnool, Chitoor, Prakasam (5                                                                                                   |
|------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    7 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sant Ravidas Nagar, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Mirzapur, Ballia, Sidhartha Nagar, Shajahanpur, Banda, Pratapgarh, Chandauli, Etawah, Basti, Baghpat, Jaunpur, Faizabad, Gonda, Kannauj, Barabanki, Sant Kabir Nagar, Jhansi, Jalaun, Gorakhpur, Hathras, Etah, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Farukhabad, Mau, Unnao, Rampur, Hamirpur, Lalitpur, Chitrakoot, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Deoria, Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Agra, Auraiya, Pilibhit, Amethi, Mahoba, Rai Bareily, Kushi Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Balrampur (50 districts) | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | districts) Jhansi, Sonbhadra, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Mirzapur) (5 districts) -                                                                              |
|    8 | Telangana        | Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Warangal (7 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                                      |
|    9 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi, Khunti, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, West Singhbhum, Saraikela, East Singhbhum, Palamu, Garhwa, Latehar, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Koderma, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Chatra, Dumka, Godda, Pakur, Sahebganj, Deoghar, Jamtara, Giridih (24 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                        |
|   10 | Rajasthan        | Ajmer, Banswada, Bara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Chittourgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jallour, Jaiusalmer, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagour, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pali, Pratapgarh (19 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Ajmer, Barmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Udaipur (13 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Churu, Dungarpur, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Sawai Madhopur (13 districts) |
|   11 | Uttarakhand      | Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri (8 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                                      |
|   12 | Tamil Nadu       | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Ariyalur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivagangai, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar (32 districts) | -                                                                                                                                                      |
|   13 | Kerala           | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaraagode, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad (14 districts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                      |

Annexure-I concluded

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in  parts (a)  & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 981 for reply on 24.07.2018

(Rs in Crores)

| State          | 2015-16               | 2015-16              | 2016-17               | 2016-17              | 2017-18           | 2017-18             |
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|                | Assistance Sought     | Assistance Approved  | Assistance Sought     | Assistance Approved  | Assistance Sought | Assistance Approved |
| Haryana        | -                     | -                    | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 2057.79(K) 1888.35(R) | 1304.52(K) 622.76(R) | -                     | -                    | 678.98(R)         | Under consideration |
| Karnataka      | 3830.84(K) 1417.14(R) | 1540.20(K) 723.23(R) | 4702.54(K) 3310.83(R) | 1782.44(K) 795.54(R) | -                 | -                   |
| Maharashtra    | 6020.36(K) 2251.66(R) | 3638.83(K) 679.54(R) | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2000.56(K)            | 433.77(K)            | 2513.97(K)            | 518.93(K)            | 679.19(R)         | 113.14(R)           |
| Rajasthan      | 10537.02(K)           | 1193.41(K)           | 3660.97(K)            | 588.34(K)            | 3078.26(K)        | 526.14(K)           |
| Telangana      | 2601.17               | 791.21               | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Chhattisgarh   | 6093.79               | 1276.25              | -                     | -                    | 4401.00(K)        | 395.91(K)           |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5114.53               | 2032.68              | -                     | -                    | 3705.95(K)        | 836.09(K)           |
| Odisha         | 2344.99               | 815.00               | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Jharkhand      | 2142.78               | 336.94               | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Uttarakhand    | 91.97(R)              | 70.22(R)             | -                     | -                    | -                 | -                   |
| Kerala         | -                     | -                    | 1019.90               | 112.05               | -                 | -                   |
| Tamilnadu      | -                     | -                    | 39565.00              | 1748.28              | -                 | -                   |

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