Lok Sabha Question No. 345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Agricultural Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arun Sao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 345

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  JULY, 2021

## AGRICULTURAL LAND

345. SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) the percentage of agricultural land out of the total land in the country at present, State-wise;
- (b) whether small farmers/farm workers/farm labourers are migrating from rural areas to urban areas due to shrinking of agricultural land in various parts of the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  Chhattisgarh  along  with  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto; and
- (d) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to expand agricultural land,  increase  agricultural  production  and  check  migration  of  farm  workers  towards  urban areas?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): As  per  the  publication  on  Land  Use  Statistics  for  2017-18  (latest  available),  the state-wise  details  of  percentage  of  agricultural  land  out  of  the  geographical  area  in  the country is given at Annexure-I .
- (b) & (c): As per Census 2011, conducted by the Registrar General of India, the total number  of  agricultural  workers  in  the  country  have  increased  from  234.1  million  (127.3 million  cultivators  and  106.8  million  agricultural  labourers)  in  2001  to  263.1  million  (118.8 million  cultivators  and 144.3  million  agricultural  labourers)  in  2011.  However, the  share  of workforce  engaged  in  the  agriculture  sector  (comprising  of  cultivators  and  agricultural labourers) has come down from 58.2 per cent in 2001 to 54.6 per cent in 2011.  State/UTwise details of agricultural workers in India are given in Annexure-II. Migration of agricultural labour  from  rural to  urban  areas is a  general  phenomenon  and a natural part of   the

development  process.    The  reasons  for  this  shift  include,  inter  alia,  better  employment opportunities in industry and services, increasing urbanization. In a market economy like India, movement of the people for better economic opportunities is natural.

(d): As per the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, land comes under the purview of  State  Governments  and,  therefore,  it  is  for  the  State  Governments  to  make  efforts  to increase cultivable land. However, Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments through various crop development Schemes/Programmes. Also, the foodgrain production in the country has continued its upward trend and during 2020-21 the production is estimated  at 305.44  million  Tonnes  (As  Per  Third  Advance  Estimate,  2020-21). Government has been implementing various schemes viz. National Food Security Mission (NFSM),  Bringing  Green  Revolution  to  Eastern  Indian  (BGREI),  Soil  Health  Card  (SHC) scheme, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), etc to attain the production target.

To increase production, acreage of agricultural crops in the country, and encourage farmers,  Government  of India is implementing through State Governments,  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)  and  e-NAM  initiative  to  provide  farmers  an  electronic  transparent  and competitive online trading platform. Further, the latest major intervention includes the launch of  Kisan  rail  and  the  'Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  -  Agriculture'  which  includes  comprehensive market  reforms  and  creation  of  Financing  facility  under  'Agricultural  Infrastructure  Fund (AIF)' worth Rs. 1 lakh crores.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure in reference to Reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred No. 345 due for reply on 20.7.2021

As per the publication on Land Use Statistics for 2017-18 (latest available)

| STATES/Uts        |   Geographical Area ('000' hectare) |   Agricultural land ('000' hectare) |   %agricultural land out of the geographical area |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |                               16297 |                                8999 |                                             55.22 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                8374 |                                 424 |                                              5.06 |
| ASSAM             |                                7844 |                                3302 |                                             42.1  |
| BIHAR             |                                9416 |                                6573 |                                             69.8  |
| CHHATTISGARH      |                               13519 |                                5562 |                                             41.14 |
| GOA               |                                 370 |                                 197 |                                             53.3  |
| GUJARAT           |                               19602 |                               12661 |                                             64.59 |
| HARYANA           |                                4421 |                                3759 |                                             85.03 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                5567 |                                 816 |                                             14.66 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                               22224 |                                1081 |                                              4.86 |
| JHARKHAND         |                                7972 |                                4323 |                                             54.22 |
| KARNATAKA         |                               19179 |                               12777 |                                             66.62 |
| KERALA            |                                3886 |                                2246 |                                             57.8  |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |                               30825 |                               17207 |                                             55.82 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |                               30771 |                               20751 |                                             67.44 |
| MANIPUR           |                                2233 |                                 453 |                                             20.29 |
| MEGHALAYA         |                                2243 |                                1013 |                                             45.15 |
| MIZORAM           |                                2108 |                                 368 |                                             17.47 |
| NAGALAND          |                                1658 |                                 694 |                                             41.87 |
| ODISHA            |                               15571 |                                6745 |                                             43.32 |
| PUNJAB            |                                5036 |                                4235 |                                             84.09 |
| RAJASTHAN         |                               34224 |                               25493 |                                             74.49 |
| SIKKIM            |                                 710 |                                  97 |                                             13.59 |
| TAMIL NADU        |                               13006 |                                8110 |                                             62.35 |
| TELANGANA         |                               11210 |                                6770 |                                             60.39 |
| TRIPURA           |                                1049 |                                 271 |                                             25.82 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |                                5348 |                                1550 |                                             28.98 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |                               24093 |                               18826 |                                             78.14 |
| WEST BENGAL       |                                8875 |                                5625 |                                             63.38 |
| A&N ISLAND        |                                 825 |                                  28 |                                              3.37 |
| CHANDIGARH        |                                  11 |                                   1 |                                             13.25 |
| D & N HAVELI      |                                  49 |                                  24 |                                             48.51 |
| DAMAN & DIU       |                                  11 |                                   3 |                                             25.88 |
| DELHI             |                                 148 |                                  53 |                                             35.65 |
| LAKSHADWEEP       |                                   3 |                                   2 |                                             71.17 |
| PUDUCHERRY        |                                  48 |                                  29 |                                             59.6  |
| ALL INDIA         |                              328726 |                              181065 |                                             55.08 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure in reference to Reply to part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred No. 345 due for reply on 20.7.2021

## Number of Agricultural Workers in India (in Millions)

| S. No.   | State/ UTs                       | Cultivators   |   Cultivators | Agricultural Labourers   | Agricultural Labourers   | Total       | Total       |
|----------|----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UTs                       | 2001 127.31   |       2011    | 2001 106.78              | 2011 144.33              | 2001 234.09 | 2011 263.14 |
| 1        | JAMMU & KASHMIR                  | 1.59          |          1.25 | 0.25                     | 0.55                     | 1.84        | 1.80        |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                 | 1.95          |          2.06 | 0.09                     | 0.18                     | 2.04        | 2.24        |
| 3        | PUNJAB                           | 2.07          |          1.93 | 1.49                     | 1.59                     | 3.56        | 3.52        |
| 4        | CHANDIGARH                       | 0.00          |          0    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 5        | UTTARAKHAND                      | 1.57          |          1.58 | 0.26                     | 0.40                     | 1.83        | 1.98        |
| 6        | HARYANA                          | 3.02          |          2.48 | 1.28                     | 1.53                     | 4.30        | 4.01        |
| 7        | DELHI                            | 0.04          |          0.03 | 0.02                     | 0.04                     | 0.06        | 0.07        |
| 8        | RAJASTHAN                        | 13.14         |         13.62 | 2.52                     | 4.94                     | 15.66       | 18.56       |
| 9        | UTTAR PRADESH                    | 22.17         |         19.06 | 13.40                    | 19.94                    | 35.57       | 39.00       |
| 10       | BIHAR                            | 8.19          |          7.2  | 13.42                    | 18.35                    | 21.61       | 25.55       |
| 11       | SIKKIM                           | 0.13          |          0.12 | 0.02                     | 0.03                     | 0.15        | 0.15        |
| 12       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                | 0.28          |          0.3  | 0.02                     | 0.04                     | 0.30        | 0.34        |
| 13       | NAGALAND                         | 0.55          |          0.54 | 0.03                     | 0.06                     | 0.58        | 0.60        |
| 14       | MANIPUR (Excl. 3 Sub- divisions) | 0.38          |          0.57 | 0.11                     | 0.11                     | 0.49        | 0.69        |
| 15       | MIZORAM                          | 0.26          |          0.23 | 0.03                     | 0.04                     | 0.29        | 0.27        |
| 16       | TRIPURA                          | 0.31          |          0.3  | 0.28                     | 0.35                     | 0.59        | 0.65        |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA                        | 0.47          |          0.49 | 0.17                     | 0.20                     | 0.64        | 0.69        |
| 18       | ASSAM                            | 3.73          |          4.06 | 1.26                     | 1.85                     | 4.99        | 5.91        |
| 19       | WEST BENGAL                      | 5.65          |          5.12 | 7.36                     | 10.19                    | 13.01       | 15.31       |
| 20       | JHARKHAND                        | 3.89          |          3.81 | 2.85                     | 4.44                     | 6.74        | 8.25        |
| 21       | ORISSA                           | 4.25          |          4.1  | 5.00                     | 6.74                     | 9.25        | 10.84       |
| 22       | CHHATTISGARH                     | 4.31          |          4    | 3.09                     | 5.09                     | 7.40        | 9.09        |
| 23       | MADHYA PRADESH                   | 11.04         |          9.84 | 7.40                     | 12.19                    | 18.44       | 22.03       |
| 24       | GUJARAT                          | 5.80          |          5.45 | 5.16                     | 6.84                     | 10.96       | 12.29       |
| 25       | DAMAN & DIU                      | 0.00          |          0    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.01        | 0.00        |
| 26       | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI             | 0.04          |          0.03 | 0.01                     | 0.02                     | 0.05        | 0.05        |
| 27       | MAHARASHTRA                      | 11.81         |         12.57 | 10.82                    | 13.49                    | 22.63       | 26.06       |
| 28       | ANDHRA PRADESH                   | 7.86          |          6.49 | 13.83                    | 16.97                    | 21.69       | 23.46       |
| 29       | KARNATAKA                        | 6.88          |          6.58 | 6.23                     | 7.16                     | 13.11       | 13.74       |
| 30       | GOA                              | 0.05          |          0.03 | 0.04                     | 0.03                     | 0.09        | 0.06        |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP                      | 0.00          |          0    | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 32       | KERALA                           | 0.72          |          0.67 | 1.62                     | 1.32                     | 2.34        | 1.99        |
| 33       | TAMIL NADU                       | 5.12          |          4.25 | 8.64                     | 9.61                     | 13.76       | 13.86       |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY                       | 0.01          |          0.01 | 0.07                     | 0.07                     | 0.08        | 0.08        |
| 35       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                | 0.02          |          0.02 | 0.01                     | 0.00                     | 0.03        | 0.02        |

Note: The Census 2001 figures for India and Manipur exclude that of Mao Maram, Paomata and

Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur

Source: PCA, Census of India, 2011

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