Lok Sabha Question No. 2416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Irrigated Agricultural Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2416

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  AUGUST, 2021

## IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL LAND

2416.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

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

- (a)         the total amount of agricultural land in the country, State-wise;
- (b)        the percentage of irrigated land and the sources of irrigation; and
- (c) the  per  acre  productivity  of  irrigated  and  non-irrigated  agricultural  land  of  major crops like paddy, wheat, maize, etc.?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) The latest State-wise details of the total amount of agricultural land in the country for the year 2017-18, available with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is at Annexure -I.
- (b) As per the latest  data available on  Land  Use  Statistics,  the  percentage of  Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown in the country for the year 2017-18 is 49.9 %. The details of area irrigated by various sources is given below:

## (thousand hectares)

| Source of Irrigation   |   Area irrigated |
|------------------------|------------------|
| Government Canals      |            15548 |
| Private Canals         |              171 |
| Tanks                  |             1707 |
| Tube-wells             |            33778 |
| Other wells            |            11014 |
| Other Sources          |             7260 |
| Net Irrigated Area     |            69478 |

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, MoA&FW

- (c) As  per  the  Third  Advance  Estimates  for  the  year  2020-21,  details  of  per  acre productivity / yield of major crops is at Annexure-II .

## Annexure in reference to Reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred No. 2416 due for reply on 03.08.2021

As per the publication on Land Use Statistics for 2017-18 (latest available) (in '000' hectare)

| STATES/UTs        |   Agricultural land |
|-------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                8999 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                 424 |
| Assam             |                3302 |
| Bihar             |                6573 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                5562 |
| Goa               |                 197 |
| Gujarat           |               12661 |
| Haryana           |                3759 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                 816 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                1081 |
| Jharkhand         |                4323 |
| Karnataka         |               12777 |
| Kerala            |                2246 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |               17207 |
| Maharashtra       |               20751 |
| Manipur           |                 453 |
| Meghalaya         |                1013 |
| Mizoram           |                 368 |
| Nagaland          |                 694 |
| Odisha            |                6745 |
| Punjab            |                4235 |
| Rajasthan         |               25493 |
| Sikkim            |                  97 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                8110 |
| Telangana         |                6770 |
| Tripura           |                 271 |
| Uttarakhand       |                1550 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |               18826 |
| West Bengal       |                5625 |
| A&N Island        |                  28 |
| Chandigarh        |                   1 |
| D & N Haveli      |                  24 |
| Daman & Diu       |                   3 |
| Delhi             |                  53 |
| Lakshadweep       |                   2 |
| Puducherry        |                  29 |
| All India         |              181065 |

Note: Total Agricultural land consists of net area sown, current fallows, fallow lands other than current fallows, culturable waste and land under miscellaneous tree crops. Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, DA&FW.

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2416 due for answer on 03/08/2021

All India Estimates of Yield of major crops for the year 2020-21 (As per the third advance estimates)

| Crop                |   Yield kg/acre |
|---------------------|-----------------|
| Rice                |            1112 |
| Wheat               |            1386 |
| Jowar               |             449 |
| Bajra               |             557 |
| Maize               |            1294 |
| Ragi                |             693 |
| Small Millets       |             306 |
| Barley              |            1209 |
| Coarse Cereals      |             852 |
| Tur                 |             355 |
| Gram                |             489 |
| Urad                |             230 |
| Moong               |             221 |
| Lentil              |             350 |
| Other Kharif Pulses |             197 |
| Other Rabi Pulses   |             378 |
| Groundnut           |             683 |
| Castorseed          |             825 |
| Sesamum             |             189 |
| Nigerseed           |             127 |
| Soyabean            |             424 |
| Sunflower           |             422 |
| Rapesees & Mustard  |             595 |
| Linseed             |             245 |
| Safflower           |             258 |
| Sugarcane           |           32854 |
| Cotton *            |             191 |
| Jute **             |            1073 |
| Mesta **            |             830 |

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, MoA&FW

* Thousand bales of 170 kgs each.

**  Thousand Bales of 180 kgs each.

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