Lok Sabha Question No. 1591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Landless Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1591

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY 2022

## LANDLESS FARMERS

1591. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the number of the landless farmers engaged in agriculture in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether any target has been set by the Government to make farm lands available to the landless farmers practicing agriculture; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  land  distributed  among  the  landless  farmers  by  the  Central Government during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): No specific census/survey of landless farmers has been conducted, however, details of wholly leased-in operational holdings in the country as per Agriculture Census 2015-16 are given in the Annexure .
- (b) &(c): As per Entry 18 and Entry 45 of List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution,  the  subject  'Land'  and  its  management  falls  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  States. Power to enact laws relating to 'Land' vests in the Legislatures of the States.

Annexure Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1591 due for reply on 26.07.2022

|   S. No. | States/UTs        |   No. of Wholly Leased-in Holdings (in absolute number) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | A&N Islands       |                                                      12 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                   30445 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                       0 |
|        4 | Assam             |                                                    3012 |
|        5 | Bihar             |                                                    4090 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |                                                       0 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      |                                                     377 |
|        8 | D&N Haveli        |                                                       2 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu       |                                                       0 |
|       10 | Delhi             |                                                       0 |
|       11 | Goa               |                                                    4121 |
|       12 | Gujarat           |                                                       0 |
|       13 | Haryana           |                                                       0 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                     200 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                     960 |
|       16 | Jharkhand         |                                                    2392 |
|       17 | Karnataka         |                                                      98 |
|       18 | Kerala            |                                                   21853 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep       |                                                       0 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                    8340 |
|       21 | Maharashtra       |                                                     776 |
|       22 | Manipur           |                                                    6627 |
|       23 | Meghalaya         |                                                       0 |
|       24 | Mizoram           |                                                       0 |
|       25 | Nagaland          |                                                     317 |
|       26 | Odisha            |                                                  283071 |
|       27 | Puducherry        |                                                     223 |
|       28 | Punjab            |                                                    6576 |
|       29 | Rajasthan         |                                                    5486 |
|       30 | Sikkim            |                                                    1037 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu        |                                                    9899 |
|       32 | Telangana         |                                                     763 |
|       33 | Tripura           |                                                    1575 |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                   21220 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand       |                                                     148 |
|       36 | West Bengal       |                                                  117665 |

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