Lok Sabha Question No. 323 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Data on Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## DATA ON TENANT FARMERS AND SHARECROPPERS

## *323.      SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will   the  Minister  of  Agriculture   and Farmers Welfare कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  number  of  tenant  farmers  and sharecroppers in the country;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, whether the Government has any plans to maintain the data of tenant farmers and sharecroppers in coming years;
- (c) whether  the  Centre  and  various  State  Governments  are  recognizing  tenant farmers and sharecroppers for availing any of the Government agricultural schemes, if so, the  details  of  the  schemes  along  with  the  list  of  the  States  which  are  recognizing  the tenant farmers and sharecroppers and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  intention  to  include  the  tenant  farmers  and sharecroppers as farmers in database of 'AgriStack'; and
- (e) if so, the details of the steps taken to include them and if not, the reasons for not including them in the database of 'AgriStack'?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (e):     A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

(a) & (b):       As per the latest survey on Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land  and  Livestock  Holdings  of  Households  in  Rural  India  conducted  in  2019  by  National Statistical  Office  (NSO),  tenant  holdings  constituted  (with  both  wholly  and  partly  leased-in area) about 17.3% of the total holdings in the country during 2018-19. State-wise percentage of tenant holdingsis given in Annex-I.

- (c): Agriculture being a State subject, the State Governments undertake implementation of agricultural schemes/programmes for the development of the sector and the Government of India also supplements these efforts through implementation of various central sector/centrally sponsored schemes/programmes. Among these, the schemes which specifically  cover  tenant  farmers  and  sharecroppers  are  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima Yojana  (PMFBY)  &  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop  Insurance  Scheme  (RWBCIS)  and Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme.

In  PMFBY, farmers are required to submit necessary documentary evidence of land records prevailing in the State (Records of Right (RoR), Land Possession Certificate (LPC) etc.)  and/or  applicable  contract/  agreement  details/  other  documents  notified/  permitted  by concerned State Government in case of sharecroppers/tenant farmers and the same should be defined by the respective States in the notification itself. In KCC scheme, adequate and timely credit support through the banking system is provided to farmers, including Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) of farmers for their agricultural activities and other needs. Farmers can avail of loan upto Rs. 1.60 lakh without any collateral. Landless and tenant farmers/artisans can also avail collateral-free institutional credit by forming  Self Help  Groups  (SHGs)  or  Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLGs),  which  is  a  medium  for  financing landless farmers, tenant farmers, sharecroppers and oral lessees.

Beneficiaries of such schemes are decided/selected by respective State Governments. The details of these schemes and the States/UTs implementing them are given in Annex-II. (d) & (e):      In the first phase of building the database of AgriStack, the Department is taking the  publicly  available  data  of  only  landowning  farmers  as  existing  in  various  data  silos  in

Government.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) &(b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.323 due for answer on 21.12.2021

| State /UTs wise percentage of tenant holdings during agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019   | State /UTs wise percentage of tenant holdings during agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019   | State /UTs wise percentage of tenant holdings during agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No .                                                                                       | State/Group of NE States/GroupofUT s Percentage of Tenant holdings                             | State/Group of NE States/GroupofUT s Percentage of Tenant holdings                             |
| 1                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 42.4                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                              | 4.3                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                          | 16.4                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                          | 28.2                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 11.4                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                        | 4.1                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                        | 21.3                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 9.6                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                | 1.5                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 13.3                                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                      | 4.3                                                                                            |
| 12                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                         | 14.7                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 10.9                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 5.6                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                        | 6.4                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                      | 3.6                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                        | 0                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                       | 1.7                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                         | 39.0                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                         | 21.1                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 7.9                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                         | 5.4                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                     | 9.3                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                      | 17.5                                                                                           |
| 25                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                        | 28.5                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                    | 7.3                                                                                            |
| 27                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 17.9                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                    | 29.5                                                                                           |
| 29                                                                                             | Group of N E States                                                                            | 9.1                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                             | Group of UTs                                                                                   | 19.1                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                | All India                                                                                      | 17.3                                                                                           |

Source:Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India,2019.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.323 due for answer on 21/12/2021.

## 1.  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  &  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)

The  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  BimaYojana  (PMFBY)  &  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop Insurance  Scheme  (RWBCIS)  envisages  indemnification  of  crop  losses  due  to  adverse climatic/weather conditions against the predefined guaranteed yield and weather triggers. The scheme  provides  extensive  coverage  of  notified  crops  from  pre-sowing  to  post  harvest stage.Under the Scheme, all farmers including tenant farmers and sharecroppers growing the notified  crops  in  the  notified  areas  are  eligible  for  coverage  provided  they  have  insurable interest.

For  availing  the  scheme,  farmers  are  required  to  submit  necessary  documentary evidence of land recordsprevailing in the State (Records of Right (RoR), Land Possession Certificate  (LPC)  etc.)  and/or  applicable  contract/  agreement  details/  other  documents notified/ permitted by concerned State Government in case of sharecroppers/tenant farmers and the same should be defined by the respective States in the notification itself. PMFBY is voluntary for States/UTs as well as for farmers.

## 2.  Kisan Credit Card(KCC)

Through the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme, the Government is providing short term agri credit upto Rs. 3 lakh at subsidized rate of interest (4% per annum on timely repayment of loan)  to  all  farmers  including  tenant  farmers  and  sharecroppers.  Such  farmers  are  also entitled  for  coverage  under  crop  insurance  Schemes  with  benefit  of  subsidy  in  premium. States  have  to  prescribe  the  modalities  for  enabling  such  farmers  to  avail  credit  and  crop insurance.  Further,  farmers  can  avail  of  loan  upto  Rs.  1.60  lakh  without  any  collateral. Landless  and  tenant  farmers/artisans  can  also  avail  collateral-free  institutional  credit  by forming   Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  or  Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLGs),  which  is  a  medium  for financing landless farmers, tenant farmers, sharecroppers and oral lessees.

List of States implementing the above schemes is given below:

| State-wise implementation of PMFBY & RWBCIS and KCC   | State-wise implementation of PMFBY & RWBCIS and KCC   | State-wise implementation of PMFBY & RWBCIS and KCC   | State-wise implementation of PMFBY & RWBCIS and KCC   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.                                                | State/ UT                                             | PMFBY and RWBCIS combined                             | KCC                                                   |
| 1                                                     | A & N Islands                                         | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 2                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 3                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 4                                                     | Assam                                                 | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 5                                                     | Bihar                                                 | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 6                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 7                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 8                                                     | D & N Haveli                                          | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 9                                                     | Daman & Diu                                           | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 10                                                    | Delhi                                                 | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 11                                                    | Goa                                                   | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 12                                                    | Gujarat                                               | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 13                                                    | Haryana                                               | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 14                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 15                                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                                       | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 16                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 17                                                    | Karnataka                                             | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 18                                                    | Kerala                                                | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 19                                                    | Lakshadweep                                           | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 20                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 21                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 22                                                    | Manipur                                               | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 23                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 24                                                    | Mizoram                                               | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 25                                                    | Nagaland                                              | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 26                                                    | Odisha                                                | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 27                                                    | Puducherry                                            | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 28                                                    | Punjab                                                | -                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 29                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 30                                                    | Sikkim                                                | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 31                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 32                                                    | Telangana                                             | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 33                                                    | Tripura                                               | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 34                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 35                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |
| 36                                                    | West Bengal                                           | ✓                                                     | ✓                                                     |