Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: KCC under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 210

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## KCC UNDER ATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT PACKAGE

## *210.    SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  plans  to  provide  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  to  2.5  crore farmers under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  number  of  farmers  who  have  been  given  these  credit  cards under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the amount of loan availed by farmers who have been given these cards under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package, State-wise;
- (d) the  size  of  land-holding  of  the  farmers  to  whom  these  cards  have  been  distributed under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package;
- (e) the number of agriculture credit agencies available in districts in which more than 50 of these cards have been distributed under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package; and
- (f) whether the target of 2.5 crore cards include the 1.5 crore dairy farmers covered under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  210    DUE FOR REPLY ON 9 TH  MARCH, 2021.

- (a) to (c): Yes Sir. Under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat (ANB) package, the target is to provide KCC to 2.5 crore new farmers.  Around 1.96 crore  KCC  have  been  sanctioned  to farmers under ANB package. The state-wise details of the same are at Annexure. The details of the amount of loan availed by farmers who have been given these cards under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package, State-wise is not available. However, loans are availed by the farmers as per the KCC limit sanctioned to them based on scale of finance for the crop under cultivation, post  harvest/household/consumption  requirements,  maintenance  expenses  of  farm  assets, as also working capital requirement for animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries. Total amount of  Rs.  1.87  lakh  crore  credit  limits  has  been  sanctioned  which  works  out  to  an  average sanctioned limit of around 0.95 lakh per farmer.
- (d): All  farmers  irrespective  of  the  size  of  land, practicing  Crop  Husbandry (including sharecroppers and tenant farmers) Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries are eligible for KCC.
- (e): All the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks  can  issue  KCC  to  the  eligible  farmers.  Farmers  can  also  apply  through  Common Service Centers (CSCs) for KCC.
- (f): The target set under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package includes farmers practicing Crop Husbandry, Animal Husbandry, Dairying& Fisheries.

## Annexure

| KCC issued under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package as on 26-02-2021   | KCC issued under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package as on 26-02-2021   | KCC issued under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package as on 26-02-2021   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                         | State/UT                                                        | Number                                                          |
| 1                                                               | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                     | 3,237                                                           |
| 2                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                  | 1,296,853                                                       |
| 3                                                               | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                               | 2,204                                                           |
| 4                                                               | ASSAM                                                           | 257,555                                                         |
| 5                                                               | BIHAR                                                           | 395,718                                                         |
| 6                                                               | CHANDIGARH                                                      | 6,411                                                           |
| 7                                                               | CHHATTISGARH                                                    | 223,975                                                         |
| 8                                                               | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI                                          | 208                                                             |
| 9                                                               | DAMAN AND DIU                                                   | 789                                                             |
| 10                                                              | DELHI                                                           | 3,364                                                           |
| 11                                                              | GOA                                                             | 7,901                                                           |
| 12                                                              | GUJARAT                                                         | 1,109,583                                                       |
| 13                                                              | HARYANA                                                         | 275,219                                                         |
| 14                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                | 106,863                                                         |
| 15                                                              | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                               | 657,068                                                         |
| 16                                                              | JHARKHAND                                                       | 180,231                                                         |
| 17                                                              | KARNATAKA                                                       | 1,330,817                                                       |
| 18                                                              | KERALA                                                          | 745,706                                                         |
| 19                                                              | LADAKH                                                          | 5,973                                                           |
| 20                                                              | LAKSHADWEEP                                                     | 56                                                              |
| 21                                                              | MADHYA PRADESH                                                  | 1,356,915                                                       |
| 22                                                              | MAHARASHTRA                                                     | 2,956,591                                                       |
| 23                                                              | MANIPUR                                                         | 4,485                                                           |
| 24                                                              | MEGHALAYA                                                       | 13,543                                                          |
| 25                                                              | MIZORAM                                                         | 14,013                                                          |
| 26                                                              | NAGALAND                                                        | 10,067                                                          |
| 27                                                              | ODISHA                                                          | 481,364                                                         |
| 28                                                              | PUDUCHERRY UT                                                   | 7,125                                                           |
| 29                                                              | PUNJAB                                                          | 367,681                                                         |
| 30                                                              | RAJASTHAN                                                       | 1,693,410                                                       |
| 31                                                              | SIKKIM                                                          | 2,546                                                           |
| 32                                                              | TAMIL NADU                                                      | 825,191                                                         |
| 33                                                              | TELENGANA                                                       | 860,150                                                         |
| 34                                                              | TRIPURA                                                         | 148,764                                                         |
| 35                                                              | UTTAR PRADESH                                                   | 2,402,010                                                       |
| 36                                                              | UTTARAKHAND                                                     | 497,663                                                         |
| 37                                                              | WEST BENGAL                                                     | 1,376,107                                                       |
|                                                                 | Total                                                           | 19,627,357                                                      |

## Source: Reported by Public sector banks and NABARD on FI Plan Portal

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