Lok Sabha Question No. 736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Deficient Rains in Northern Plains
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 736

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## DEFICIENT RAINS IN NORTHERN PLAINS

736. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  cognizant  of  the  deficient  rains  received  in  the  northern plains; (b) if so, the details of the steps being taken by the Government to address the same; and (c)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  specifically  address  the  distress
- among the paddy farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to  (c):  During  2022  South-West  Monsoon  Season  (01.06.2022  to  30.09.2022),  the country  as  a  whole  received  6%  excess  rainfall.  Cumulative  rainfall  during  01.06.2022  to 30.09.2022 in respect States in the Northern plains is as under:

| S.   | Name of the State   | Cumulative Rainfall for the period 01.06.2022 to 30.09.2022   | Cumulative Rainfall for the period 01.06.2022 to 30.09.2022   | Cumulative Rainfall for the period 01.06.2022 to 30.09.2022   | Category of Rainfall   |
|------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| No.  | Name of the State   | Normal (in mm)                                                | Actual (in mm)                                                | Deviation (in %)                                              | Category of Rainfall   |
| 1.   | Uttar Pradesh       | 746.2                                                         | 533.8                                                         | -28                                                           | Deficient              |
| 2.   | Bihar               | 992.2                                                         | 683.4                                                         | -31                                                           | Deficient              |
| 3.   | West Bengal         | 1344.2                                                        | 1112.1                                                        | -17                                                           | Normal                 |

The State Government is primarily responsible for providing necessary relief measures in the wake  of  natural  calamities.  For  undertaking  relief  measures,  funds  are  available  with  the State  Government  in  the  form  of  the  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF).  Additional financial  assistance,  over  and  above  SDRF,  is  considered  from  the  National  Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for natural calamities of a severe nature and is approved on the basis  of  a  Memorandum  received  from  the  State  Government,  in  accordance  with established procedures. No Memorandum has been received from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal seeking financial assistance from NDRF for drought during Kharif 2022.

Allocation and Release of Funds under State Disaster Response Fund to the States during 2022-23 are at Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.736 due for answer on 07.02.2023

Allocation and Release of Funds under State Disaster Response Fund during 2022-23 (As on 11.01.2023)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl.   | Name of the       | Allocation of SDRF   | Allocation of SDRF   | Allocation of SDRF   | Release from SDRF   | Release from SDRF   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| No.   | State             | Central Share        | State Share          | Total                | 1 st Installment    | 2 nd Installment    |
| 1     | 2                 | 3                    | 4                    | 5                    | 6                   | 7                   |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh    | 940.00               | 312.80               | 1252.80              | 470.00              | 470.00              |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh | 210.40               | 23.20                | 233.60               |                     |                     |
| 3.    | Assam             | 648.80               | 72.00                | 720.80               | 324.40              | 324.40              |
| 4.    | Bihar             | 1189.60              | 396.80               | 1586.40              | 594.80              |                     |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh      | 363.20               | 120.80               | 484.00               |                     |                     |
| 6.    | Goa               | 9.60                 | 3.20                 | 12.80                | 4.80                |                     |
| 7.    | Gujarat           | 1112.00              | 370.40               | 1482.40              | 556.00              |                     |
| 8.    | Haryana           | 412.80               | 137.60               | 550.40               | 206.40              | 206.40              |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh  | 342.40               | 38.40                | 380.80               | 171.20              | 171.20              |
| 10.   | Jharkhand         | 476.80               | 158.40               | 635.20               |                     |                     |
| 11.   | Karnataka         | 664.00               | 221.60               | 885.60               | 332.00              | 332.00              |
| 12.   | Kerala            | 264.00               | 88.00                | 352.00               | 132.00              |                     |
| 13.   | Madhya Pradesh    | 1528.80              | 509.60               | 2038.40              | 764.40              | 764.40              |
| 14.   | Maharashtra       | 2706.40              | 902.40               | 3608.80              | 1353.20             |                     |
| 15.   | Manipur           | 35.20                | 4.00                 | 39.20                | 17.60               |                     |
| 16.   | Meghalaya         | 54.40                | 6.40                 | 60.80                | 27.20               |                     |
| 17.   | Mizoram           | 39.20                | 4.00                 | 43.20                | 19.60               |                     |
| 18.   | Nagaland          | 34.40                | 4.00                 | 38.40                | 17.20               | 17.20               |
| 19.   | Odisha            | 1348.00              | 448.80               | 1796.80              | 674.00              | 674.00              |
| 20.   | Punjab            | 416.00               | 138.40               | 554.40               | 208.00              |                     |
| 21.   | Rajasthan         | 1244.80              | 414.40               | 1659.20              | 622.40              | 622.40              |
| 22.   | Sikkim            | 42.40                | 4.80                 | 47.20                | 21.20               | 21.20               |
| 23.   | Tamil Nadu        | 856.80               | 285.60               | 1142.40              | 428.40              |                     |
| 24.   | Telangana         | 377.60               | 125.60               | 503.20               | 188.80              |                     |
| 25.   | Tripura           | 56.80                | 6.40                 | 63.20                | 28.40               |                     |
| 26.   | Uttar Pradesh     | 1624.00              | 541.60               | 2165.60              | 812.00              |                     |
| 27.   | Uttarakhand       | 787.20               | 87.20                | 874.40               | 393.60              | 393.60              |
| 28.   | West Bengal       | 849.60               | 283.20               | 1132.80              | 424.80              |                     |
|       | Total             | 18635.20             | 5709.60              | 24344.80             | 8792.40             | 3996.80             |

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