Lok Sabha Question No. 2102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Rehabilitation of Tobacco Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi, Hemant Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2102

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH MARCH, 2022

## REHABILITATION OF TOBACCO FARMERS

2102. SHRIA. GANESHAMURTHI: SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

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

(a) whether the Government has introduced any scheme or plan to rehabilitate tobacco farmers with alternate livelihood; (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps proposed to help tobacco farmers take up alternative farming; (c) the  details  of  the  quantum  of  land  under  tobacco  cultivation  which  has  shifted  to other crops in the last three years, State-wise; and (d) the budget provisions for providing various incentives under the crop diversification programme in the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR) (a) & (b) In  order  to  encourage  tobacco  growing  farmers  to  shift  to  alternative crops/cropping  system,the  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  is implementing  the  Crop  Diversification  Programme  (CDP),  a  sub-scheme  of  Rashtriya Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  in  10  tobacco  growing  states  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar, Gujarat,  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and West Bengal w.e.f. 2015-16.

In  addition  to  CDP,  Government  of  India  also  providing  flexibility  to  the  states  for  state specific  needs/priorities  under  RKVY  and  the  States  can  promote  crop  diversification under RKVY with the approval of State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) headed by Chief Secretary of the State.

- (c)   Under CDP, crop demonstrations have been conducted to shift the tobacco crop area to  other  alternative  crops  during  the  last  three  years  in  various  states.  The  state  wise details of demonstrations are as under:

( In Hectares)

|   S. No. | State          | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | 3845      | 4200      | -         |
|        2 | Bihar          | -         | 81        | -         |
|        3 | Gujarat        | 1439      | 2131      | 3704      |
|        4 | Karnataka      | 2079      | 2071      | 923       |
|        5 | Tamil Nadu     | 436       | 44        | 67        |
|        6 | Telangana      | 30        | -         | -         |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh  | 1010      | 969       | 438       |
|        8 | West Bengal    | -         | 404       | 612       |

- (d) The budget provisions (central share) under CDP for replacing tobacco farming in the last three years and the current year is as under:

| Year                                            |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| budget provisions (central share) (Rs. in lakh) |       667 |       667 |      1000 |      1000 |

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