Lok Sabha Question No. 893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Household Income of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 893

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF FARMERS

893. SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact th          at income earned by farm households from agriculture has been reducing in the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether increased expenditure for various Central sector schemes such as PMKISAN, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) etc., has resulted in a corresponding increase in farmers income and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is also a fact that the amount allocated for agricultural research has not seen a significant rise in the last five years; and
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) and (b) National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) conducted a Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural  Households  during  NSS  77 th   round  (January  2019-  December  2019)  with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019 in the rural areas of the country. Similar survey was also conducted during 70 th  round by NSO. As per result of SASs, the average monthly income per agricultural household during 2012-13 and 2018-19 is given below.

|   S. No. | Round       | Period   | Average Monthly Income (in Rs.)   |
|----------|-------------|----------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | 70 th Round | 2012-13  | 6,426                             |
|        2 | 77 th Round | 2018-19  | 10,218                            |

Source:  NSS  Report  No.  576  SAS(70th  Round  -2013)  and  NSS  Report  No.  587,  SAS (77th Round-2019), MoSPI.

- (c)  : Government has adopted and implemented several policies, reforms, developmental  programmes  and  schemes  for  achieving  higher  incomes  for  the  farmers directly or indirectly. These include:
- (i) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN of Rs 6000 in three equal instalments.
- (ii) Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production,
- (iii) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri FasalBimaYojna (PMFBY),
- (iv) Better access  to irrigation under  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana (PMKSY),
- (v) Special attention for creation of infrastructure through Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore,
- (vi) New procurement policy under PM-AASHA in addition to FCI operations,
- (vii) Kisan  Credit  Cards  (KCC)  offering  production  loan  to  even  dairy  &  fishery farmers besides agricultural crops,
- (viii) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs,
- (ix) National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  which  aims  to  evolve and  implement  strategies  to  make  Indian  agriculture  more  resilient  to  the changing climate.
- (x) Adoption  of drone  technologies in agriculture which  has  a  potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture.
- (xi) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution,  Interest  Subvention  Scheme,  agro-forestry,  restructured  bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc
- (xii) Focus  on  application  of  digital  technology  at  all  stages  of  agricultural  value chain.
- (xiii) Supply of fertilizer to farmer at subsidized price so as to reduce input cost.

The efforts of Government at positive implementation of these schemes have yielded remarkable results towards augmenting the income of the farmers. As part of the 'Azadi ka Amrit  Mahotsav',  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  has  released  a  book, which  contains  compilation  of  success  stories  of  75,000  farmers  out  of  innumerable successful farmers who have increased their income more than two times.

## (d) and (e): Details of fund allocated to DARE and ICAR during the year 2018-19 to 2022-23 are as under:

| Year    | Fund Allocated (Rs. in Crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------|
| 2018-19 | 7,952.73                        |
| 2019-20 | 7,846.17                        |
| 2020-21 | 7,762.38                        |
| 2021-22 | 8,513.62                        |
| 2022-23 | 8,658.89                        |

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