Lok Sabha Question No. 137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Target for Doubling Farmers Income
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria, Abdul Majeed Ariff, Rahul Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.137

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## TARGET FOR DOUBLING FARMERS INCOME

137.   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: ADV. A.M. ARIFF: SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is on track to meet its target to double farm income by 2022, if so, the details thereof including the steps taken to achieve the target;
- (b) the details of the monthly average income of agricultural households since 2015-2016, the total MSP paid annually for wheat and paddy and the number of farmers selling wheat and paddy at MSP, State-wise;
- (c) whether  measures  have  been  initiated  to  ensure  that  farmers  receive  remunerative prices like providing legal guarantee for MSP for various crops, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has initiated any studies on the impact of contract farming in farmers income and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has consulted the State Governments on agricultural reforms in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to provide some additional facilities to farmers in the States where MSP is very low apart from the reforms made in the Agricultural Bills to free the farmers from the clutches of Mandis and the middlemen; and
- (g) the details of farmers who have died by suicide during the past five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष

एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher incomes for the farmers. All these policies & programmes

are  being  supported  by  higher  budgetary  allocations,  non-budgetary  financial  resources  by way of creating Corpus Funds and supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN. The latest  major  intervention  includes  the  'Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  -  Agriculture'  which  includes comprehensive market reforms and creation of 'Agricultural Infrastructure Fund (AIF)' worth Rs.1 lakh crore.

(b): The details of procurement and MSP paid to farmers for Paddy and Wheat since 201516  is  at Annexure - I to III. Since  2015-16  information  about  monthly  average  income  of agricultural households is not available. NSSO had conducted last study in the year 2012-13.

(c): The Government declares MSP which is fixed at a pre-determined principle by keeping MSP at a level of one and half times of the cost of production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSPs for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of atleast 50 percent over all India weighted average cost of production ( Annexure-IV ).

- (d): The details of studies conducted by ICAR on contract farming are listed below:
1. A Case Study on Suguna Poultry Production through Contract Farming in Andhra Pradesh conducted by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad
-  Poultry growers entered into contract farming model were benefited in terms of
- a)  higher income
- b)  assured market
- c) price stability
- d)  credit facility in kind
-  This study highlighted the following advantages:
- a)  good income opportunity
- b)  quick realization of working capital
- c)  marketing of the produce
- d)  price incentives in case of fluctuations
- e)  improving the living standards of farmers
2. Assessment  of  Socio-Economic  Status  of  Contract  and  Non-Contract  Goat  Farmers  of Odisha:  A  Comparative  Study  by  ICAR-Indian  Veterinary  Research  Institute,  IzzatnagarBareily, Uttar Pradesh

The study demonstrated the following advantages:

-  Under contract farming in goat husbandry, the net returns are more as compared to non-contract farming.
-  Contract goat farming was adopted by the landless and marginal tribal farmers.
-  Contract  goat  farming  had  encouraged  resource  poor  people  to  adopt  goat  farming whose ancestors had not reared goat.

3.  Study  carried  out  contract  and  non-contract  broiler  farming  system  in  Azamgarh  and Varanasi districts of Uttar Pradesh  by ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research  Institute, Izzatnagar- Bareily, Uttar Pradesh
2.  The study highlighted the following:
- a)  Contract farmers were assured of genuine inputs in the form of feed, chick crops and veterinary aids
- b)  Compared to contract farmers, the non-contract farmers were affected by marketing related problems
5.  Non-contract farmers have faced the following risks:
- a)  investment risk,
- b)  production risk and
- c)  market risk.
4.  Study on contract dairy farming by ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, IzzatnagarBareily, Uttar Pradesh
10.  The role of contract dairy farming involves government and private participation along with the rural workers.
11.  It helps in getting good quality, sufficient, timely and cost-effective raw material.
12.  It  increases  the  cost  efficiency  and  uniformity  of  products  by  coordination  and management at each production stage.
13.  Contract farming in dairy sector helps in infrastructure facility development, transfer of technology  and  sectoral  cum  target  oriented  policies  and  programme  with  a  basic thrust towards food security, poverty alleviation and rural livelihood.
5. Impact of contract farming on basmati rice cultivation by ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
15.  Major factors responsible for farmers' participation in the contract farming were:
- a)  Company guidance for scientific method of cultivation
- b)  Higher price for produce received from contracting firm
18.  Farmers  were  found  willing  to  go  for  the  contract  farming  if  it  includes  buy-back arrangement.
19.  Net returns over total cost was Rs 99,587/ha in contract farming as compared to noncontract (Rs 86,920/ha) farming.

(e): The  Government  consulted  stake  holders  from  time  to  time.  The  details  of  such consultations are at Annexure-V .

(f): The  Government fixes  uniform  MSP  which  is  applicable  for  all  States  based  on  the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP).

(g): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  under  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs compiles and disseminates information on suicides in its publication titled 'Accidental Deaths and  Suicides  in  India'  (ADSI).  These  Reports  on  suicides  upto  2019  are  available  on  its website. The state-wise data on suicide committed by farmers and farm labourers during 2015 to 2019 is at Annexure-VI . The Report for the year 2020 is not published.

## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT SHOWING STATE WISE PADDY PROCUREMENT & MSP PAID TO FARMERS

Procurement Fig. in LMT , MSP in Rs. Crores

| STATES           | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2015-16       | KMS 2016-17   | KMS 2016-17       | KMS 2017-18   | KMS 2017-18       | KMS 2018-19   | KMS 2018-19       | KMS 2019-20   | KMS 2019-20       | KMS 2020-21   | KMS 2020-21       |
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
| STATES           | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1450/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1510/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1590/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1770/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1835/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1888/Qtl) |
| A.P.             | 64.72         | 9384.40           | 55.59         | 8394.09           | 59.70         | 9492.30           | 71.73         | 12696.21          | 82.58         | 15153.43          | 29.41         | 5552.61           |
| TELANGANA        | 23.57         | 3417.65           | 53.67         | 8104.17           | 54.00         | 8586.00           | 77.46         | 13710.42          | 111.26        | 20416.21          | 47.81         | 9026.53           |
| ASSAM            | 0.63          | 91.35             | 0.69          | 104.19            | 0.53          | 84.27             | 1.53          | 270.81            | 3.15          | 578.03            | 0.12          | 22.66             |
| BIHAR            | 18.26         | 2647.70           | 18.42         | 2781.42           | 11.84         | 1882.56           | 14.16         | 2506.32           | 20.02         | 3673.67           | 20.45         | 3860.96           |
| CHANDIGARH       | 0.24          | 34.80             | 0.19          | 28.69             | 0.21          | 33.39             | 0.19          | 33.63             | 0.22          | 40.37             | 0.28          | 52.86             |
| CHHATISGARH      | 51.37         | 7448.65           | 60.03         | 9064.53           | 47.87         | 7611.33           | 58.40         | 10336.80          | 77.39         | 14201.07          | 59.35         | 11205.28          |
| GUJARAT          | 0.01          | 1.45              | 0.01          | 1.51              | 0.01          | 1.59              | 0.14          | 24.78             | 0.21          | 38.54             | 1.00          | 188.80            |
| HARYANA          | 42.70         | 6191.50           | 53.48         | 8075.48           | 59.58         | 9473.22           | 58.83         | 10412.91          | 64.28         | 11795.38          | 56.12         | 10595.46          |
| H. P.            | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              |
| JHARKHAND        | 3.03          | 439.35            | 2.07          | 312.57            | 2.14          | 340.26            | 2.28          | 403.56            | 3.80          | 697.30            | 1.47          | 277.54            |
| J&K              | 0.10          | 14.50             | 0.12          | 18.12             | 0.19          | 30.21             | 0.14          | 24.78             | 0.15          | 27.53             | 0.38          | 71.74             |
| KARNATAKA        | 0.81          | 117.45            | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.88          | 155.76            | 0.61          | 111.94            | 0.41          | 77.41             |
| KERALA           | 5.62          | 814.90            | 4.53          | 684.03            | 4.84          | 769.56            | 6.94          | 1228.38           | 7.09          | 1301.02           | 1.82          | 343.62            |
| M. P             | 12.67         | 1837.15           | 19.61         | 2961.11           | 16.35         | 2599.65           | 20.82         | 3685.14           | 25.97         | 4765.50           | 37.27         | 7036.58           |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 3.43          | 497.35            | 4.61          | 696.11            | 2.67          | 424.53            | 8.66          | 1532.82           | 17.42         | 3196.57           | 5.18          | 977.98            |
| ODISHA           | 50.29         | 7292.05           | 54.18         | 8181.18           | 49.06         | 7800.54           | 65.41         | 11577.57          | 70.57         | 12949.60          | 41.49         | 7833.31           |
| PUNJAB           | 139.56        | 20236.20          | 164.96        | 24908.96          | 176.61        | 28080.99          | 169.16        | 29941.32          | 162.33        | 29787.56          | 202.78        | 38284.86          |
| NEF (Tripura)    | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.10          | 17.70             | 0.21          | 38.54             | 0.00          | 0.00              |
| TAMIL NADU 17.79 |               | 2579.55           | 2.11          | 318.61            | 14.87         | 2364.33           | 19.03         | 3368.31           | 32.41         | 5947.24           | 6.86          | 1295.17           |
| UTTAR PRADESH    | 43.43         | 6297.35           | 35.14         | 5306.14           | 42.90         | 6821.10           | 48.25         | 8540.25           | 56.57         | 10380.60          | 62.83         | 11862.30          |
| UTTRAKHAND       | 8.93          | 1294.85           | 10.54         | 1591.54           | 0.57          | 90.63             | 6.89          | 1219.53           | 10.18         | 1868.03           | 10.14         | 1914.43           |
| WEST BENGAL      | 23.06         | 3343.70           | 28.28         | 4270.28           | 24.60         | 3911.40           | 29.11         | 5152.47           | 27.03         | 4960.01           | 6.46          | 1219.65           |
| TOTAL            | 510.22        | 73981.90          | 568.23        | 85802.73          | 568.54        | 90397.86          | 660.11        | 116839.47         | 773.45        | 141928.08         | 591.63        | 111699.74         |

## PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT FOR CENTRAL POOL

## Annexure-II

Procurement Fig. in LMT , MSP in Rs. Crores

| SL No          | STATES/ UTs   | RMS 2015-16    | RMS 2015-16       | RMS 2016-17   | RMS 2016-17       | RMS 2017-18   | RMS 2017-18       | RMS 2018-19     | RMS 2018-19       | RMS 2019-20   | RMS 2019-20       | RMS 2020-21   | RMS 2020-21       |
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
| SL No          | STATES/ UTs   | Procurement    | MSP (Rs 1450/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1525/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1625/Qtl) | Procurement     | MSP (Rs 1735/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1840/Qtl) | Procurement   | MSP (Rs 1925/Qtl) |
| 1              | Punjab        | 103.44 14998.8 | 106.49            | 16239.73      | 117.06            | 19022.25      | 126.92            | 22020.62        | 129.12            | 23758.08      | 127.14            | 24474.45      |                   |
| 2 Haryana      | 67.78         | 9828.1         | 67.52             | 10296.80      | 74.32             | 12077.00      | 87.84             | 15240.24        | 93.20             | 17148.80      | 74.00             | 14245.00      |                   |
| 3 UP           | 22.67         | 3287.15        | 7.97              | 1215.43       | 36.99             | 6010.88       | 52.94             | 9185.09         | 37.00             | 6808.00       | 35.77             | 6885.73       |                   |
| 4 M.P.         | 73.09         | 10598.05       | 39.92             | 6087.80       | 67.25             | 10928.13      | 73.13             | 12688.06        | 67.25             | 12374.00      | 129.42            | 24913.35      |                   |
| 5 Bihar        | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.18              | 31.23           | 0.03              | 5.52          | 0.05              | 9.63          |                   |
| 6 Rajasthan    | 13.00         | 1885           | 7.62              | 1162.05       | 12.45             | 2023.13       | 15.32             | 2658.02         | 14.11             | 2596.24       | 22.25             | 4283.13       |                   |
| 7 Uttrakhand   | 0.04          | 5.8            | 0.02              | 3.05          | 0.02              | 3.25          | 1.10              | 190.85          | 0.42              | 77.28         | 0.38              | 73.15         |                   |
| 8 Chandigarh   | 0.11          | 15.95          | 0.07              | 10.68         | 0.08              | 13.00         | 0.14              | 24.29           | 0.13              | 23.92         | 0.11              | 21.18         |                   |
| Delhi          | 0.02          | 2.9            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 9                 |
| 10 Gujarat     | 0.73          | 105.85         | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.07              | 11.38         | 0.37              | 64.20           | 0.05              | 9.20          | 0.77              | 148.23        |                   |
| 11 Jharkhand   | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          |                   |
| Maharashtra    | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 12                |
| 13 H.P.        | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.01              | 1.74            | 0.01              | 1.84          | 0.03              | 5.78          |                   |
| 14 J&K         | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          |                   |
| 15 West Bengal | 0.00          | 0              | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00            | 0.00              | 0.00          | 0.00              | 0.00          |                   |
| TOTAL          | TOTAL         | 280.88         | 40727.6           | 229.61        | 35015.53          | 308.24        | 50089.00          | 357.95 62104.33 | 341.32            | 62802.88      | 389.92            |               | 75059.60          |

As on 28.01.2021

| S.No.                 | STATES/ UTs   | KMS 2015-16   | KMS 2016-17   | KMS 2017-18   |   KMS 2018-19 | KMS 2019-20   | KMS 2020- 21*   | RMS 2016-17   | RMS 2017-18   | RMS 2018-19   | RMS 2019-20   | RMS 2020-21   |
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1 A.P.                | 276699        | 544570        | 498100        | 581839        |        679789 | 362767        | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |               |
| 2 Telangana           | 535007        | 1088312       | 1077667       | 1474828       |       1988630 | 875078        | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |               |
| 3 Assam               | 7288          | 6960          | 4332          | 12921         |         26537 | 1662          | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |               |
| 4 Bihar               | 275484        | 287830        | 163425        | 210028        |        279402 | 275021        | 0               | 0             | 4311          | 554           |               | 1002          |
| 5 Chandigarh          | 3468          | 2235          | 3148          | 3028          |          1537 | 1575          | 1025            | 935           | 1557          | 1691          |               | 1410          |
| 6 Chhattisgarh        | 1110163       | 1327944       | 1014195       | 1571414       |       1838593 | 2020129       | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 0             |
| 7 Delhi               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |             0 | 0             | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 6             |
| 8 Gujarat             | 335           | 1316          | 462           | 4370          |          5115 | 22167         | 14              | 1700          | 20768         | 922           |               | 18824         |
| 9 Haryana             | 212351        | 556654        | 681984        | 830792        |       1891622 | 549466        | 472313          | 690448        | 883783        | 902937        |               | 780962        |
| 10 HP                 | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |             0 | 0             | 127             | 167           | 318           | 335           |               | 1061          |
| 11 Jharkhand          | 53945         | 39480         | 42346         | 34595         |         53305 | 27233         | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 0             |
| 12 J&K                | 2812          | 2693          | 3856          | 3034          |          3143 | 7385          | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 3             |
| 13 Karnataka          | 14587         | 0             | 0             | 25120         |         27123 | 10837         | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |               |
| 14 Kerala             | 162737        | 125530        | 140777        | 172795        |        220066 | 64120         | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |               |
| 15 M.P.               | 199984        | 287759        | 278898        | 362089        |        436399 | 587223        | 532907          | 738895        | 958417        | 961338        |               | 1594383       |
| 16 Maharashtra        | 111503        | 149279        | 116641        | 269148        |        526476 | 184926        | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 0             |
| 17 Odisha             | 1078596       | 1101193       | 798619        | 1010390       |       1161796 | 709983        | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 0             |
| 18 Puducherry         |               |               |               |               |            84 | 0             |                 |               |               |               |               |               |
| 19 Punjab             | 1206216       | 940560        | 1142621       | 1143713       |       1125238 | 1489986       | 834655          | 843446        | 897905        | 830528        | 1049982       |               |
| 20 Rajasthan          | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |             0 | 0             | 38942           | 110338        | 123939        | 102031        |               | 219873        |
| 21 Tamilnadu          | 850640        | 73367         | 413076        | 498097        |        585241 | 125415        | 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |               | 0             |
| 22 U.P.               | 433556        | 435320        | 492913        | 684013        |        706549 | 947619        | 166073          | 800646        | 1070044       | 749858        |               | 663810        |
| 23 Uttrakhand         | 51772         | 79470         | 7618          | 62564         |         83910 | 75172         | 710             | 654           | 15987         |               | 6886          | 4656          |
| 24 WB                 | 721273        | 634696        | 350181        | 733357        |        805186 | 233876        | 0               | 0             |               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 25 Tripura            | 0             | 0             | 0             | 5506          |         13613 |               |                 | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| Total 7308416 7685168 |               |               | 7230859       |               |       9693641 | 12459354      | 8571640         | 2046766       | 3187229       | 3977029       | 3557080       | 4335972       |

*KMS 2020-21 are under progress. Data is available from KMS 2015-16 and RMS 2016-17 onwards.

## Annexure-III

## Cost*, Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Return

| Commodity              | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21           |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
|                        | Cost*     | MSP       | %Return over Cost |
| KHARIF CROPS           |           |           |                   |
| PADDY(Common)          | 1245      | 1868      | 50                |
| (Grade A) ^            |           | 1888      |                   |
| JOWAR (Hybrid)         | 1746      | 2620      | 50                |
| (Maldandi) ^           |           | 2640      |                   |
| BAJRA                  | 1175      | 2150      | 83                |
| RAGI                   | 2194      | 3295      | 50                |
| MAIZE                  | 1213      | 1850      | 53                |
| ARHAR(Tur)             | 3796      | 6000      | 58                |
| MOONG                  | 4797      | 7196      | 50                |
| URAD                   | 3660      | 6000      | 64                |
| COTTON (Medium Staple) | 3676      | 5515      | 50                |
| (Long Staple) ^        |           | 5825      |                   |
| GROUNDNUT              | 3515      | 5275      | 50                |
| SUNFLOWER SEED         | 3921      | 5885      | 50                |
| SOYABEAN(Yellow)       | 2587      | 3880      | 50                |
| SESAMUM                | 4570      | 6855      | 50                |
| NIGERSEED              | 4462      | 6695      | 50                |
| RABI CROPS             |           |           |                   |
| WHEAT                  | 960       | 1975      | 106               |
| BARLEY                 | 971       | 1600      | 65                |
| GRAM                   | 2866      | 5100      | 78                |
| MASUR (LENTIL)         | 2864      | 5100      | 78                |
| RAPESEED and MUSTARD   | 2415      | 4650      | 93                |
| SAFFLOWER              | 3551      | 5327      | 50                |
| TORIA ^                |           | 4650      |                   |
| OTHER CROPS            |           |           |                   |
| COPRA (Milling)        | 6639      | 9960      | 50                |
| (Ball)^                |           | 10300     |                   |
| DE-HUSKED COCONUT^     |           | 2700      |                   |
| JUTE                   | 2709      | 4225      | 56                |

*Includes  all  paid  out  costs  such  as  those  incurred  on  account  of  hired  human  labour, bullock  labour/machine  labour,  rent  paid  for  leased  in  land,  expenses  incurred  on  use  of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges, depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets etc, miscellaneous expenses & imputed value of family labour.

^  Cost  is  not  separately  compiled  for  Paddy  (Grade  A),  Jowar  (Maldandi),  Cotton  (long staple) Toria, Copra (ball) and De-Husked Coconut.

(Rs per quintal)

## AGRICULTURE MARKETING REFORMS-CHRONOLOGY

- 1)    An Expert Committee was appointed on 19 th December, 2000 under the Chairmanship of Shri Shankarlal Guru to review and recommend measures to make agriculture marketing system more efficient and competitive.
- 2)    The  Committee submitted  it's  report to Agriculture  Minister  Shri  Nitish  Kumar  on 29 th June, 2001 and suggested various Legislative Reforms as well as the re-orientation of the policies and programmes for  development  and  strengthening  of  agricultural marketing in the country.
- 3)    To  examine  recommendations  of  the  Expert  Committee  and  to  suggest  measures  to implement them, an ' Inter-Ministerial  Task  Force  was  constituted  on  04.07.2001  under the Chairmanship of Shri R.C.A Jain, Additional Secretary, DAC&FW, with representatives  of  various  Ministries/Departments  i.e;  Consumer  Affairs,  Legal  Affairs, Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying,  Food  &  PD,  Food  Processing  Industries,  Planning Commission, Finance & Commerce.
- 4)    The  Inter  Ministerial  Task  Force  submitted  its  report  on  28 th June,  2002  to  the  Union Agriculture  Minister,        Sh.  Ajit  Singh  outlining  several  measures  for  strengthening agricultural marketing system in the country.
- 5)    Govt. of  India  formulated  a  Model  APMC  Act/Rules  on  agricultural  marketing  in consultation with the State Governments and circulated the same to the States/UTs for their  adoption  during  2003  'The  State  Agricultural  Produce  Marketing  (Development &Regulation)  Act,  2003'  (Hon'ble  Shri  Rajnath  Singh,  Union  Agriculture  Minister)and subsequently Models APMC Rules 2007 (Hon'ble Shri Sharad Pawar).
- 6)    Department  has  since  been  engaging  with  the  States  for  nearly  two  decades  to implement reforms in the sector based on Model Act/ Rules.  As part of the engagement, several  letters  were  written  at  Minister's  level  and  official  level  to  all  States  and  stake holders consultations were held on regular basis. In the Year 2010, the then Agriculture Minister wrote to All Chief Ministers.
- 7)    National  Commission  on  Agriculture  (Chairman:  Shri  M.S.  Swaminathan)  submitted  it's report in 2006 and recommended   promotion of Unified National Market.

## 8) Constitution  of Committee  of  State  Ministers  in-charge  of  Agricultural  Marketing on  Marketing  Reforms :

- i. To persuade   States/UTs to implement the reforms in agricultural marketing and to suggest further market reforms, Minister for Agriculture and Cooperation  (  Shri  Sharad  Pawar)   constituted  an  Empowered  Committee under  the  Chairmanship  of  Shri  Harshwardhan  Patil,   (Agriculture  Minister, Government  of Maharashtra of  Congress  Government) and 10 State Ministers, in-charge of Agriculture Marketing  on 2 nd March 2010.
- ii. Extensive  consultations  with  various  stake  holders  and  member-States  and farmers were carried out by Patil Committee.
- iii. The Committee in it's report in 2013, suggested simplification of procedure of contract  farming,  investment  in  development  of  post-harvest  infrastructures, barrier free national markets, waiving off of market fee on fruits and vegetables etc.

## 9) Formulation of  Model Act 'The---- State/ Union Territory  Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017'

- (i)    On  States'  persistent  request  for  some  model  template, a  Committee  under Chairmanship  of  Dr.  Ashok  Dalwai,  Additional  Secretary,  was  constituted  to formulate  such  Model  Act.,  with  members  from  States  of  Odisha,  Bihar, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

- (ii)    The  Committee  after  extensive  consultation,  recommended  adoption  of  'The Model APLM Act, 2017 in April, 2017  with the approval of Hon'ble Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
- (iii) In order to protect the interests of producers and sponsors of Contract Farming, again Dalwai Committee was set up which had representation  from states of Punjab, Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh. The Committee formulated and recommended Model Act The----State/UT Agricultural Produce  &  Livestock  Contract  Farming  and  Services  (  Promotion   & Facilitation)  Act, 2018 , which was circulated to States/UTs in May 2018  with the  approval  of  Hon'ble  Shri  Radhamohan  Singh,  Minister  for  Agriculture  & Farmers' Welfare.
- 10)  Further, despite all efforts and regular engagement with States by Government of India, the reform process by States had been slow. Consequently, Farmers were forced to sell their  produce  to  limited  licensed  buyers  of  mandi  thus  having  limited  price  realisation. There is also a need to promote Export and Processing of surplus produce by attracting private investment for the benefit of farmers.
- 11)  In view of above reasons, the Union Cabinet after consulting States on the Ordinances (on  21  May  2020)  approved  promulgation of  Ordinances,  which were  promulgated  on 5 th June 2020 as follows:
1. 'The  Farmers'  Produce  Trade  and  Commerce  (Promotion  and  Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020'; and
2. 'The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020'.
- 12) After promulgation of both Ordinances, Government of India again took extensive steps to sensitize, farming communities, FPOs and Cooperatives   etc.  to raise awareness about advantages and explain direct  benefits of Ordinances  to farmers.
- 13) In  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  the 'The  Farmers  (Empowerment  and  Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020', the 'Guidelines for Farming Agreement' were uploaded on the website of the Department on 06.07.2020.
- 14) Subsequently the Rules for 'the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020' &'The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement On Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020'   had been published on 20th July, 2020 in the Gazette of India.
- 15) Thereafter, Lok Sabha (Lower house) had passed both the bills on 17 th September, 2020 and  Rajya  Sabha  (Upper  House)  on  20 th September,  2020  to bring positive  and transformative changes in the lives of Indian Farmers and on 24th September, 2020.
- 16) 'The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020' and 'The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement On Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020'  were notified  on 27th September, 2020 in the Gazette of India. And then Rules were notified on 20 th / 21 st October 2020.

## Annexure-VI

## State-wise and year-wise details of Farmers suicide, for the year 2015-2019

|    | State/UT          | 2015           | 2015    | 2016           | 2016    | 2017           | 2017    | 2018           | 2018    | 2019           | 2019    |
|----|-------------------|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|
|    | State/UT          | Farm Labourers | Farmers | Farm Labourers | Farmers | Farm Labourers | Farmers | Farm Labourers | Farmers | Farm Labourers | Farmers |
| 1  | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 400            | 516     | 565            | 239     | 400            | 516     | 565            | 239     | 401            | 628     |
| 2  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 3              | 7       | 0              | 6       | 3              | 7       | 0              | 6       | 1              | 0       |
| 3  | ASSAM             | 54             | 84      | 64             | 6       | 54             | 84      | 64             | 6       | 81             | 26      |
| 4  | BIHAR             | 7              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 7              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 5  | CHHATTISGARH      | 100            | 854     | 97             | 585     | 100            | 854     | 97             | 585     | 266            | 233     |
| 6  | GOA               | 0              | 0       | 1              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 1              | 0       | 1              | 0       |
| 7  | GUJARAT           | 244            | 57      | 378            | 30      | 244            | 57      | 378            | 30      | 115            | 3       |
| 8  | HARYANA           | 134            | 28      | 250            | 0       | 134            | 28      | 250            | 0       | 219            | 0       |
| 9  | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 46             | 0       | 14             | 0       | 46             | 0       | 14             | 0       | 4              | 12      |
| 10 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 21             | 0       | 21             | 0       | 21             | 0       | 21             | 0       | 31             | 0       |
| 11 | JHARKHAND         | 21             | 0       | 0              | 3       | 21             | 0       | 0              | 3       | 55             | 0       |
| 12 | KARNATAKA         | 372            | 1197    | 867            | 1212    | 372            | 1197    | 867            | 1212    | 661            | 1331    |
| 13 | KERALA            | 207            | 3       | 298            | 23      | 207            | 3       | 298            | 23      | 128            | 22      |
| 14 | MADHYA PRADESH    | 709            | 581     | 722            | 599     | 709            | 581     | 722            | 599     | 399            | 142     |
| 15 | MAHARASHTRA       | 1261           | 3030    | 1111           | 2550    | 1261           | 3030    | 1111           | 2550    | 1247           | 2680    |
| 16 | MANIPUR           | 0              | 1       | 0              | 1       | 0              | 1       | 0              | 1       | 0              | 0       |
| 17 | MEGHALAYA         | 1              | 2       | 3              | 2       | 1              | 2       | 3              | 2       | 1              | 0       |
| 18 | MIZORAM           | 1              | 0       | 7              | 0       | 1              | 0       | 7              | 0       | 4              | 22      |
| 19 | NAGALAND          | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 1              | 0       |
| 20 | ODISHA            | 27             | 23      | 101            | 20      | 27             | 23      | 101            | 20      | 0              | 0       |
| 21 | PUNJAB            | 24             | 100     | 48             | 232     | 24             | 100     | 48             | 232     | 63             | 239     |
| 22 | RAJASTHAN         | 73             | 3       | 39             | 4       | 73             | 3       | 39             | 4       | 24             | 2       |
| 23 | SIKKIM            | 3              | 15      | 2              | 12      | 3              | 15      | 2              | 12      | 2              | 0       |
| 24 | TAMIL NADU        | 604            | 2       | 345            | 36      | 604            | 2       | 345            | 36      | 421            | 6       |
| 25 | TELANGANA         | 42             | 1358    | 13             | 632     | 42             | 1358    | 13             | 632     | 8              | 491     |
| 26 | TRIPURA           | 48             | 1       | 18             | 4       | 48             | 1       | 18             | 4       | 38             | 0       |
| 27 | UTTAR PRADESH     | 179            | 145     | 115            | 69      | 179            | 145     | 115            | 69      | 153            | 108     |
| 28 | UTTARAKHAND       | 2              | 0       | 3              | 0       | 2              | 0       | 3              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 29 | WEST BENGAL       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 30 | A & N ISLANDS     | 0              | 0       | 0              | 3       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 3       | 0              | 5       |
| 31 | CHANDIGARH        | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 32 | D & N HAVELI      | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 7       |
| 33 | DAMAN & DIU       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 34 | DELHI (UT)        | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 35 | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       | 0              | 0       |
| 36 | PUDUCHERRY        | 12             | 0       | 27             | 2       |                | 0       | 27             | 2       | 0              | 0       |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 4595           | 8007    | 5109           | 6270    | 12 4595        | 8007    | 5109           | 6270    | 4324           | 5957    |

Source : Report on 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India' for relevant years, National Crime Records Bureau.

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