Lok Sabha Question No. 3887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Agricultural Land under Special Category
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Santosh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3887 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

## Agricultural Land under Special Category

## 3887. SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  any  institutes  for  management,  development  and conservation of land resources in the country including Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  guidelines  to  the  State  Governments  to  notify agricultural land under the 'Special Category' to check its use for any other purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (c) As per the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, 'land' falls under the purview of State Government and, therefore, authority to make  policies on management, development and conservation of land lies with State Governments only. However, Government of India supplements the efforts of State Governments through various programmes.

Government  of  India  has  not  set  up  any  institution  specifically  for  the management, development and conservation of land resources in the country including Bihar.

However, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), an autonomous body of Government of India has its regional institutes in the States / UTs (as given in Annexure ). These regional institutes conduct basic and strategic researches to develop location -specific, cost effective, eco-friendly conservation  and  management  technologies for sustainable  management  of natural resources.

As  per  information  available,  no  such  direction  has  been  issued  to  State Governments  to  notify  agricultural  land  under  the  'Special  Category'  to check its use for any other purpose.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3887 for answer on 21.12.2021

## List of ICAR Research Institutes in the country

| Name of the State/UT   | Name of the Research Institutes with Location                                     |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh      | Regional Station of ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Basar   |
| Assam                  | Regional Station of National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Jorhat    |
| Bihar                  | ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna                                   |
| Bihar                  | Research Centre ( of ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region) Makhana, Darbhanga |
| Bihar                  | Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming Research Institute, Motihari                    |
| Chandigarh             | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation Chandigarh      |
| Delhi                  | Regional Station of National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Delhi     |
| Goa                    | Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa                              |
| Gujarat                | Regional Station of Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhuj                    |
| Gujarat                | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation, Valsad          |
| Gujarat                | Regional Station of Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Bharuch             |
| Haryana                | Central Soil Salinity Research Institute , Karnal                                 |
| Jharkhand              | Research Centre ( of ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region) Ranchi             |
| Karnataka              | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation, Bellary;        |
| Karnataka              | Regional Station of National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Bangaluru |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal;                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation, Datia           |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Directorate of Weed Research , Jabalpur;                                          |
| Maharashtra            | National Bureau of Soil Survey &Land Use Planning, Nagpur;                        |
| Maharashtra            | National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati                         |
| Manipur                | Regional Station of ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Imphal  |

| Meghalaya     | ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Barapani, Meghalaya                           |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Mizoram       | Regional Station of ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Kolasib                   |
| Nagaland      | Regional Station of ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Jharnapani                |
| Odisha        | Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar;                                                  |
| Odisha        | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation, Koraput                           |
| Rajasthan     | Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur with Regional Stations at Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Pali |
| Rajasthan     | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation , Kota                             |
| Rajasthan     | Regional Station of National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Udaipur;                    |
| Sikkim        | ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Gangtok                                       |
| Ladakh        | Regional Station of Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Leh                                       |
| Tamil Nadu    | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation , Ootacamund                      |
| Telangana     | Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture, Hyderabad                                      |
| Tripura       | Regional Station of ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hilly Region, Lembucherra               |
| Uttar Pradesh | Central Agro-Forestry Research Institute, Jhansi                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Indian Institute of farming Systems Research, Modipuram                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh | Regional Station of Indian Institute of Soil& Water Conservation , Agra                             |
| Uttar Pradesh | Regional Station of Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Lucknow                               |
| Uttarakhand   | Indian Institute of Soil &Water Conservation , Dehradun                                             |
| West Bengal   | Regional Station of National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Kolkata                     |
| West Bengal   | Regional Station of Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Canning Town                          |

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