Lok Sabha Question No. 2555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Mining Activities on Agri-land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2555 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2ND AUGUST, 2022

## MINING ACTIVITIES ON AGRI-LAND

## 2555. MS CHANDRANI MURMU

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding agricultural land area consumed by mining activities over the last ten years across the country particularly in Odisha and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  authorities  have  any  data  of  agricultural  land  converted  for  urban, industrial and housing development over the last ten years particularly in Odisha; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  increase  food  production  in  view  of  the shrinking of agricultural land and rising population?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b)    As per the  Land Use Statistics, the state wise details of agricultural land/ cultivable land at all India level as well as in Odisha during the last 10 years (from 2009-10 to 2018-19) are given in the Annexure. The information on agricultural land area consumed by mining activities  and  agricultural  land  converted  for  urban,  industrial  and  housing  development  is not centrally maintained.
- (c) Agriculture is a State Subject. However, Government of India supports and facilitates the State Government through Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes. To increase production, acreage of agricultural crops in the country, and to encourage farmers, Government of India is implementing several Schemes/Programmes such as National Food Security Mission (NFSM),  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  India (BGREI), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana,  Soil  Health  Card,  Scheme  for  formation  of  10,000  Farmers  Producers  Organisations (FPOs),  better  insurance  coverage  to  crops  for  risk  mitigation  through  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), 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, e-NAM initiative to provide farmers an electronic transparent and competitive online trading platform, etc. Due to technological  advances  and  various  initiatives  /  schemes  of  the  Government,  the  food  grain production has shown an increasing trend and is estimated at 314.51 Million Tonnes as per the Third Advance Estimates for the year 2021-22.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2555 due for answer on 02/08/2022

Details of Agricultural Land in the Country for the last ten years (latest available)

## (in thousand hectare)

| Year    |   Agricultural land in Odisha |   Agricultural land in India |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2009-10 |                          6898 |                       182179 |
| 2010-11 |                          6866 |                       182010 |
| 2011-12 |                          6749 |                       181955 |
| 2012-13 |                          6743 |                       182086 |
| 2013-14 |                          6797 |                       181849 |
| 2014-15 |                          6784 |                       181829 |
| 2015-16 |                          6648 |                       181603 |
| 2016-17 |                          6690 |                       181133 |
| 2017-18 |                          6745 |                       181064 |
| 2018-19 |                          6675 |                       180888 |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare.

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