Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Survey of Farmers Incomes
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 298

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021

## SURVEY OF FARMERS INCOMES

298. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  put  into  place  any  annual  surveys  to  measure farmers' expenditure and farmers' incomes in the country;
- (b) if  so,  details  of  the  same  including  information  on  the  current  monthly  farmer incomes on average in each State vis-à-vis their monthly expenditure; and
- (c) if not, the details of the  methodology devised to monitor progress of the Government's commitment to double farmers' incomes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  and  (b):  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO)    in  its  77 th round  carried  out  a  survey  on Situation  Assessment  of  Agricultural  Households  and  Land  and  Livestock  Holdings  of Households in the rural areas of the country with an integrated schedule of enquiry during the period  January  2019  to  December  2019.  As  per  the  survey  results,  the  State  /  UT  wise average    monthly  income  and  average  expenses  on  different  heads  per  agricultural household is given in Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.
- (c): The  Government  constituted  an  Inter-ministerial  Committee  in  April,  2016  to examine  issues  relating  to  'Doubling  of  Farmers  Income'  and  recommend  strategies  to achieve  the  same.  The  Committee submitted  its  Report  to  the  Government in  September, 2018  containing  the  strategy  for  doubling  of  farmers'  income  by  the  year  2022.  After acceptance  of  the  Doubling  of  Farmers  Income  (DFI)  Committee  recommendations,  the Government has constituted an 'Empowered Body' to review and monitor the progress.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 298 due for answer on 30/11/2021

State /UTs wise Average monthly income per agricultural household during agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019

| State/ Group of UTs   | Average monthly income (₹)   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh        | 10,480                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 19,225                       |
| Assam                 | 10,675                       |
| Bihar                 | 7,542                        |
| Chhattisgarh          | 9,677                        |
| Gujarat               | 12,631                       |
| Haryana               | 22,841                       |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 12,153                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir       | 18,918                       |
| Jharkhand             | 4,895                        |
| Karnataka             | 13,441                       |
| Kerala                | 17,915                       |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 8,339                        |
| Maharashtra           | 11,492                       |
| Manipur               | 11,227                       |
| Meghalaya             | 29,348                       |
| Mizoram               | 17,964                       |
| Nagaland              | 9,877                        |
| Odisha                | 5,112                        |
| Punjab                | 26,701                       |
| Rajasthan             | 12,520                       |
| Sikkim                | 12,447                       |
| Tamil Nadu            | 11,924                       |
| Telangana             | 9,403                        |
| Tripura               | 9,918                        |
| Uttarakhand           | 13,552                       |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 8,061                        |
| West Bengal           | 6,762                        |
| Group of N E States   | 16,863                       |
| Group of UTs          | 18,511                       |
| all India             | 10,218                       |

Source:  NSS  Report  No.  587:  Situation  Assessment  of  Agricultural  Households  and  Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 298 due for answer on 30/11/2021

State /UTs wise Average monthly expenses per agricultural household on different heads during agricultural year July 2018 - June 2019

| State/ Group of UTs   | Average monthly paid out expenditure for crop production(₹)   | Average monthly paid out expenditure for farming of animals (₹)   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh        | 8,847                                                         | 3,072                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 1,090                                                         | 1,173                                                             |
| Assam                 | 1,202                                                         | 348                                                               |
| Bihar                 | 2,305                                                         | 859                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh          | 1,996                                                         | 84                                                                |
| Gujarat               | 2,417                                                         | 2,194                                                             |
| Haryana               | 11,190                                                        | 4,451                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 1,244                                                         | 783                                                               |
| Jammu & Kashmir       | 998                                                           | 604                                                               |
| Jharkhand             | 753                                                           | 156                                                               |
| Karnataka             | 3,219                                                         | 1,229                                                             |
| Kerala                | 2,508                                                         | 3,191                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 3,038                                                         | 769                                                               |
| Maharashtra           | 3,500                                                         | 1,490                                                             |
| Manipur               | 1,221                                                         | 1,596                                                             |
| Meghalaya             | 2,293                                                         | 381                                                               |
| Mizoram               | 320                                                           | 2,037                                                             |
| Nagaland              | 172                                                           | 289                                                               |
| Odisha                | 1,587                                                         | 392                                                               |
| Punjab                | 11,277                                                        | 3,118                                                             |
| Rajasthan             | 2,361                                                         | 1,773                                                             |
| Sikkim                | 363                                                           | 523                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu            | 2,826                                                         | 1,880                                                             |
| Telangana             | 6,543                                                         | 1,163                                                             |
| Tripura               | 1,441                                                         | 527                                                               |
| Uttarakhand           | 2,319                                                         | 887                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 2,367                                                         | 1,066                                                             |
| West Bengal           | 2,457                                                         | 454                                                               |
| Group of UTs          | 1243                                                          | 1993                                                              |
| All India             | 2,959                                                         | 1,267                                                             |

Source:  NSS  Report  No.  587:  Situation  Assessment  of  Agricultural  Households  and  Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019

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