Lok Sabha Question No. 3893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Crop Damage due to Stray Animals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara, Keshari Devi Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3893

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 st  DECEMBER, 2021

## CROP DAMAGE DUE TO STRAY ANIMALS

†3893.       SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  number  of  stray  animals  is  increasing  day  by  day  which  is  causing damage to the crops of the farmers;
- (b) if so, the district-wise details thereof in respect of Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether there is any scheme to compensate the farmers for the loss of their crops caused by wild animals;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the farmers are likely to be compensated for the loss of their crops through the insurance companies and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): In the  19 th Livestock  Census 2012, the number of stray cattle in the country was 52.87 Lakhs. In the 20 th Livestock Census 2019, the number of stray cattle declined to 50.21 lakhs. However as per the Livestock Census 2019, the number of stray cattle in Uttar Pradesh have increased as compared to Livestock Census of 2012. The district-wise details of number of Stray Cattle of Uttar Pradesh provided by Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAH&D) is given at Annexure .
- (c) to (e): Under the  Revamped Operational Guidelines  of Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal Bima Yojana  (PMFBY)  effective  from  Kharif  2020,  the  States  may  consider  providing  add-on coverage for crop loss due to attack by notified wild animals wherever the risk is perceived to  be  substantial  and  identifiable.  Ministry  of  Environment  Forest  &  Climate  Change (MoEF&CC)   also    provide    financial     assistance  to   the States/Union Territories under

O.I.H.

Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats,  'Project  Tiger'  and 'Project Elephant' for  management of wildlife and its habitats  including ex-gratia relief for crop damage caused by wild animals as per the cost norms prescribed by the concerned state governments.The state governments also make provision to compensate farmers for the crop losses due to wild animals as per extant law of the respective states.

Annexure as referred in part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3893 due for answer on 21.12.2021 regarding Crop Damage due to Stray Animals.

District-wise details of Stray cattle of Uttar Pradesh State (Figures in actual number)

| S.No.   | Name of Districts      | Stray Cattle               | Stray Cattle               |         |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------|
| S.No.   | Name of Districts      | 20th Livestock Census 2019 | 19th Livestock Census 2012 | %Change |
| 1       | Agra                   | 16916                      | 28723                      | -41.11  |
| 2       | Aligarh                | 28559                      | 13754                      | 107.64  |
| 3       | Allahabad              | 29045                      | 33887                      | -14.29  |
| 4       | Ambedkar Nagar         | 6353                       | 2888                       | 119.98  |
| 5       | Amethi                 | 8569                       | 1890                       | 353.39  |
| 6       | Amroha                 | 1697                       | 804                        | 111.07  |
| 7       | Auraiya                | 11525                      | 3577                       | 222.20  |
| 8       | Azamgarh               | 4924                       | 5481                       | -10.16  |
| 9       | Baghpat                | 3754                       | 3473                       | 8.09    |
| 10      | Bahraich               | 18988                      | 5175                       | 266.92  |
| 11      | Ballia                 | 7836                       | 5421                       | 44.55   |
| 12      | Balrampur              | 9248                       | 8461                       | 9.30    |
| 13      | Banda                  | 47658                      | 14590                      | 226.65  |
| 14      | Barabanki              | 10097                      | 12143                      | -16.85  |
| 15      | Bareilly               | 6972                       | 10378                      | -32.82  |
| 16      | Basti                  | 25529                      | 14516                      | 75.87   |
| 17      | Bijnor                 | 361                        | 1638                       | -77.96  |
| 18      | Budaun                 | 29760                      | 12456                      | 138.92  |
| 19      | Bulandshahr            | 16634                      | 5573                       | 198.47  |
| 20      | Chandauli              | 5577                       | 6568                       | -15.09  |
| 21      | Chitrakoot             | 68813                      | 4210                       | 1534.51 |
| 22      | Deoria                 | 8393                       | 11751                      | -28.58  |
| 23      | Etah                   | 2568                       | 4488                       | -42.78  |
| 24      | Etawah                 | 10841                      | 6265                       | 73.04   |
| 25      | Faizabad               | 5629                       | 4938                       | 13.99   |
| 26      | Farrukhabad            | 9844                       | 3495                       | 181.66  |
| 27      | Fatehpur               | 19931                      | 2252                       | 785.04  |
| 28      | Firozabad              | 6336                       | 9838                       | -35.60  |
| 29      | Gautam Buddha Nagar    | 3340                       | 3668                       | -8.94   |
| 30      | Ghaziabad              | 4543                       | 3050                       | 48.95   |
| 31      | Ghazipur               | 16150                      | 8315                       | 94.23   |
| 32      | Gonda                  | 52615                      | 14752                      | 256.66  |
| 33      | Gorakhpur              | 10186                      | 24977                      | -59.22  |
| 34      | Hamirpur               | 37834                      | 11332                      | 233.87  |
| 35      | Hapur                  | 3549                       | 2545                       | 39.45   |
| 36      | Hardoi                 | 48173                      | 18155                      | 165.34  |
| 37      | Hathras/Mahamaya Nagar | 12230                      | 7549                       | 62.01   |

| 38   | Jalaun                     |   20872 |   15093 |   38.29 |
|------|----------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 39   | Jaunpur                    |   23008 |   11877 |   93.72 |
| 40   | Jhansi                     |   37431 |   25258 |   48.19 |
| 41   | Kannauj                    |    5642 |    3316 |   70.14 |
| 42   | Kanpur Dehat               |   14077 |    5558 |  153.27 |
| 43   | Kanpur Nagar               |   26775 |  426006 |  -93.71 |
| 44   | Kasganj                    |    3716 |    2363 |   57.26 |
| 45   | Kaushambi                  |   13817 |    1404 |  884.12 |
| 46   | Kheri                      |   41939 |    6178 |  578.84 |
| 47   | Kushi Nagar                |     672 |    7608 |  -91.17 |
| 48   | Lalitpur                   |   43498 |   22759 |   91.12 |
| 49   | Lucknow                    |   23003 |   12510 |   83.88 |
| 50   | Maharajganj                |    1479 |    6566 |  -77.47 |
| 51   | Mahoba                     |   61765 |   15574 |  296.59 |
| 52   | Mainpuri                   |    5694 |    3350 |   69.97 |
| 53   | Mathura                    |   18556 |   16158 |   14.84 |
| 54   | Mau                        |    7789 |    2909 |  167.76 |
| 55   | Meerut                     |    4913 |    3887 |   26.4  |
| 56   | Mirzapur                   |    3897 |    6044 |  -35.52 |
| 57   | Moradabad                  |     733 |    3310 |  -77.85 |
| 58   | Muzaffarnagar              |    3207 |    1302 |  146.31 |
| 59   | Pilibhit                   |   14348 |    2375 |  504.13 |
| 60   | Pratapgarh                 |   25483 |    5417 |  370.43 |
| 61   | Rae Bareli                 |   15513 |    2141 |  624.57 |
| 62   | Rampur                     |      26 |    2417 |  -98.92 |
| 63   | Saharanpur                 |    2915 |    3009 |   -3.12 |
| 64   | Sambhal                    |    5331 |    4726 |   12.8  |
| 65   | SantKabeer Nagar           |    2926 |    5238 |  -44.14 |
| 66   | SantRavidas Nagar (Badohi) |   12536 |    4104 |  205.46 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur               |   12669 |   11653 |    8.72 |
| 68   | Shamli                     |    2586 |    1446 |   78.84 |
| 69   | Shravasti                  |   21500 |    2487 |  764.5  |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar            |   14230 |    3494 |  307.27 |
| 71   | Sitapur                    |   17057 |    7413 |  130.1  |
| 72   | Sonbhadra                  |    4861 |    2809 |   73.05 |
| 73   | Sultanpur                  |    4026 |    1712 |  135.16 |
| 74   | Unnao                      |   42578 |    8872 |  379.91 |
| 75   | Varanasi                   |   12449 |    8117 |   53.37 |
|      | State Total                | 1184494 | 1009436 |   17.34 |

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