Lok Sabha Question No. 2634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Production of Coarse Cereals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2634 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## PRODUCTION OF COARSE CEREALS

2634   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

(a) the  details  of  the production of  coarse cereals  during each  of the last three  years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b)  whether  the  Government  is  making  efforts  or  considering  to  develop  the agriculture sector of coarse cereals and their MSP as it is an important source of nutrition for poor farmers and also highly resource efficient;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the achievements made so far; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ िष एवं कसान कल् याण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a):      For  an  agriculture  year  (July-June),  the  1st  advance  estimates  (Kharif  only)  is released  in  the  month  of  September.  Hence,  it  is  too  early  to  estimate  production  of Coarse Cereals for current year 2022-23. However, the details of production of coarse cereals during last three years, State/UT-wise are given at Annexure.

(b) to (d):  In order to develop the agriculture sector of coarse cereals , the National Food Security Mission - Coarse Cereals is being implemented with the objective of increasing production of Coarse Cereal through area expansion and productivity enhancement in the  identified  districts  of  the  country. Under  NFSM-Coarse  Cereals,  Maize  is  being implemented in 237 districts of 26 states & 2 UTs viz .  Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and Barley in 39 districts of 4 states of the country. Under NFSM, assistance is given through state  governments to farmers for  interventions like cluster  demonstrations  on improved  package  of  practices,  demonstrations  on  cropping  system,  distribution  of certified  seeds  of  High  Yielding  Varieties  (HYVs)/hybrids,  plant  protection/nutrient management/soil ameliorants, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system based trainings etc. The mission also provides support to Indian Council  of Agricultural Research  (ICAR)  &  State  Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  for  technology  back  stopping  and  transfer  of technology to the farmers under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists.

Further, ICAR is continuously working on development of high yielding climate resilient  new  varieties/hybrid  which  are  tolerant  to  various  biotic  and  a  biotic  stresses with  enhanced  quality.  During  2017  to  2021,  a  total  of 691 crop  varieties/hybrids of Cereals including Coarse Cereals have been released for various agro-climatic region of the country.

Also,  the  Government  in  Union  Budget  for  2018-19  had  announced  the  predetermined  principle  to  keep  MSP  at  levels  of  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSPs for all mandated crops including Coarse Cereals with a return of at least 50 per cent over all India weighted average cost of production from the agricultural year 2018-19 onwards.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2634 due for reply on 02/08/2022

## Production of Coarse Cereals

|                   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   | Production ('000 Tonnes)   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| State/UT          | 2019-20                    | 2020-21                    | 2021-22*                   |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 2531.17                    | 2321.57                    | 2583.26                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 107.63                     | 107.95                     | #                          |
| Assam             | 131.27                     | 151.17                     | 131.16                     |
| Bihar             | 2020.88                    | 2109.08                    | 2570.96                    |
| Chhattisgarh      | 370.51                     | 368.45                     | 423.69                     |
| Gujarat           | 1786.28                    | 1759.59                    | 1802.24                    |
| Haryana           | 1098.40                    | 1417.58                    | 1180.64                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 767.72                     | 764.49                     | 768.50                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 551.67                     | 519.57                     | #                          |
| Jharkhand         | 525.12                     | 669.51                     | 625.87                     |
| Karnataka         | 6813.62                    | 7931.22                    | 7553.48                    |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 5029.43                    | 4953.65                    | 5412.42                    |
| Maharashtra       | 4392.59                    | 6082.11                    | 5585.51                    |
| Manipur           | 4.94                       | 59.73                      | #                          |
| Meghalaya         | 44.47                      | 44.55                      | #                          |
| Mizoram           | 10.97                      | 12.55                      | #                          |
| Nagaland          | 149.05                     | 149.42                     | #                          |
| Odisha            | 237.06                     | 281.81                     | 331.08                     |
| Punjab            | 433.29                     | 417.63                     | 424.52                     |
| Rajasthan         | 7333.29                    | 8360.94                    | 7289.56                    |
| Sikkim            | 70.73                      | 70.49                      | #                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3493.23                    | 3469.99                    | 3308.77                    |
| Telangana         | 3138.89                    | 1922.90                    | 2280.88                    |
| Tripura           | 24.07                      | 44.20                      | #                          |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 4388.53                    | 4604.39                    | 4344.75                    |
| Uttarakhand       | 265.77                     | 270.32                     | 276.75                     |
| West Bengal       | 2018.05                    | 2443.60                    | 2673.21                    |
| Others            | 9.73                       | 15.36                      | 1128.89                    |
| All India         | 47748.37                   | 51323.80                   | 50696.14                   |

* As per 3rd Advance Estimates # Included in Others

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